During the game Steiger said Pens have had difficulty getting the first goal in hockey games lately. In fact up util last night they they have only scored the first goal on two of their nine home games. That could have been a problem again if it wasn’t for Sir Massive Johnson who really weathered the storm in the first period. Johnson with 31 saves and a massive assist on Gronk’s second goal.
M-M-M-MASSIVE JOHNSON!!!
FSN flashes some names of the players and number of games without a goal. Brook Orpik leading the list with something like 90+ games. Second on the list is Kris Letang, 20 games without a goal. 39 seconds into second period Tanger got that warm feeling he hasn’t expericed since November 28th, 2009. I guess Tanger really doesn’t want to get traded to Nashville Predators, Dallas Stars, St. Louis Blues or Edmonton Oilers who are among 4-5 teams to have their eye on Letang. Some league speculation rampant that the Pens would move Letang for the right offer to enhance their chances of signing Sergei Gonchar. Team sources say Pittsburgh’s asking price is higher than the “Ryan Whitney” asking price from last year. For Pittsburgh to even consider moving Letang it’s going to take a young-to-mid 20′s impact winger and a top prospect. [insidepittsburghsports.com] I am going to keep out of trouble today and not comment of Tanger recent performance and what i really think Pens should do with him … because some puck bunnies might come after me with scissors.
Moving on … team Canada was upset twice last night … once when USA got the gold and second time when they saw Staal’s performance. What were they thinking?! Jordan Staal not on team Canada in Vancouver = no gold! Sorry Jordan is just a beast with 3 points last night, 2 goals and 1 assist, and his nose almost looks brand new. A little swelling still makes him look like a Jew!
Fedexpress ended Pittsburgh’s power-play slump. Tenk said … somebody had to do it!
Now to the juicy part of the game … Evgeni Malkin with an ASSIST of the season. I gotta do this right … the next segment of the post is called “How Geno single handedly disarms the whole Atlanta Thrashers team.”
Lets see there are 5 Atlanta Thrashers players on the ice plus a goalie. Lets count together …
1st thrasher… Geno schools him with a poke steal that was directed towards Ruslan and immediately spreads his wings and flies down the ice towards offensive zone.
2nd thrasher … Ruslan reads Geno’s memo and passes puck right back at him. Geno gets a hold of the puck and confronted by Kubina who ends up making snow angels on the ice. Geno in the fast lane.
3rd 4th and 5th thrasher … and Geno enters offensive zone and Pavelec knows he is up to something no good. Enstrom tries to believe in himself but rudely interrupted by Geno who steers the puck between Enstrom’s legs. 2 more thrashers come to Enstorm’s aid thinking they can bully Geno around. Wrong! Geno ties all 3 thrashes as they are all focused on him.
6th … thrasher goalie Pavelec … Geno falling down in front of the net with 3 thrashers on him finds the puck on his backhand. He shoots … Pavelec gives up a sweet rebound and gives up his position … Geno down on the ice still manages to make a quick puck poke to Tenk. Tenk is speechless he hasn’t seen anything like that in a while so he can’t figure out what to do fast enough. Lucky Luca Caputi is right behind him sees a wide open net like a Catholic School Girl … i mean Catholic Church Door spread open on Sunday morning and puts one away. Geno > Whole Thrashers Team. Shades of Mario!
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Huge win for the Pens as they face Flyers on Thursday!
Some more good news … Chris Kunitz Undergoes Successful Surgery
Even more … Sergei Gnochar or Sergei Gonchard was practicing today as he hopes to come back on Thrusday!
LETS GO PENS!!!
Tags: Brent Johnson, Brooks Orpik, Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal, Kris Letang, Ruslan Fedotenko, Sergei Gonchar
Malkin is magnificent with this ASSIST! Thank you for this report!
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