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Senators look for new coach and wins (The Canadian Press) Source: Yahoo Sports
OTTAWA – The requirements for the next coach of the Ottawa Senators seem straightforward enough. … See the rest here

NHL Playoffs 2011: Penguins Should Be Weary of Tampa’s Dwayne Roloson Source: Bleacher Report
It is no secret that goaltending determines how far any NHL team can go in the playoffs. Jaroslav Halak carried the Montreal Canadiens to series upsets of the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins last year … The rest is here

April brings rain and Red Wings in NHL playoffs (The Canadian Press) Source: Yahoo Sports
NEW YORK, N.Y. … See the article here

Canucks carry President’s Trophy pressure (Associated Content) Source: Yahoo Sports
The NHL playoff field is set after the Chicago Blackhawks backed in to the playoffs despite losing their last game. The defending champions will face Vancouver in the first round … Read more

Senators looking to make roster changes (The Canadian Press) Source: Yahoo Sports
OTTAWA – The Senators are likely to undergo more changes, in addition to those behind the bench. … Follow this link

Charlie Heads Back To High School Source: The Pensblog
Once again this year, Charlie makes a visit to Plum High School: Go Pens. … Visit link

Sync or Swim Source: penguins.nhl.com
Share Plum High School is at it again, with their 2nd annual Pittsburgh Penguins-themed lipdub video. About 150 students (compared to 96 last year) collaborated on this year’s video, which included a special gues… … See the article here

Scouting Report: Lightning Forward Lineup Source: penguins.nhl.com
The Tampa Bay Lightning finished the 2010-11 regular season with the National Hockey League’s seventh-ranked (tied) offense, averaging 2.94 goals-per game. Their 247 goals scored was good for second in the Eastern Conference, led by the dyna… … Go here to read the rest

@WBSPenguins: Fans, download this LET'S DO THIS photo and set it as your Twitter or Facebook profile picture. – http://twitpic.com/4jqak3

Player Media Appearances: 4/11 Source: penguins.nhl.com
Upcoming media appearances for Coach Dan Bylsma Monday, April 11 5:15 PM: XM Radio Home Ice with Phil Esposito 9:40 PM: SportsCenter on ESPNews (TV) Tuesday, April 12 4:30 PM: ESPN Rome Is Burning (TV-taping at CONSOL Energy Center)… … Visit link

Plum High School offers an encore – 04-11-11 Source: Empty Netters
Remember this Penguins-themed lipdub video by several students at Plum High School? It became the a viral sensation in a short amount of time. … Read this article

Playoff White Outs Source: The Pensblog
Again this year, the Penguins are calling for “white outs” during the playoffs . The only difference this year is that the Pens are selling white out shirts this year for $14.99, rather than giving them out like they did for select games over the past couple of seasons. Or at least that's how it looks. Either way, almost everyone has something white they can wear if they want to. The effect likely won't be the same if you're counting on people to wear white, rather than handing out shirts though. … Excerpt from

Puck Headlines: Todd Richards on firing; Nordiques invasion video (Yahoo! Sports) Source: Yahoo Sports
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. … Read more

Onorato, Ravenstahl & Penguins Announce Wednesday Rally at Courthouse Source: penguins.nhl.com
Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and the Pittsburgh Penguins today announced a “Steal the Lightning’s Thunder” rally at the Allegheny County Courthouse Courtyard beginning at 12:00 noon on Wednesda… … Excerpt from

Game 4 change to 7 p.m. start – 04-11-11 Source: Empty Netters
Game 4 of the Penguins-Lightning Eastern Conference quarterfinal series in Tampa Bay will now start at 7 p.m . … See the rest here

Lightning preparing as if Crosby will play (The Canadian Press) Source: Yahoo Sports
PITTSBURGH, Pa. … More

@pghpenguins: Crews getting the ice ready for the #NHLPlayoffs at @CONSOLEnergyCtr – http://twitpic.com/4jowgk

Penguins/Lightning – head to head – 04-11-11 Source: Empty Netters
A look at the individal statistics between the Penguins and Lightning head to head games this season. (Note: All players are listed with games they played against the opponent on an individual basis. Example: Alex Kovalev played one game each against the Lightning for the Senators and the Penguins … The rest is here

Friday vs. Hershey Highlights [VIDEO] Source: The Pensblog
Wilkes-Blog was put on a brief hold this weekend due to a certain trip to Long Island, etc. It's back now and better than ever, as we gear up for the AHL playoffs. … Read the rest here

Ranking the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoff 1st-round series (Yahoo! Sports) Source: Yahoo Sports
The 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs are set, the schedule is out, and we're all making time to make sure we don't miss a single moment of the NHL fixing it for the non-Canadian teams action. … Go here to read the rest

Rinko Q&A, Our Side Bet, Etc. Source: The Pensblog
As you probably know, Rinkotology team selection is now open . A couple more questions have come up, so we figured we'd post the answers here to make it easier for everyone. You can choose a goaltender as your captain or alternate captain … Excerpt from

Twenty Years Later – Devils 4, Penguins 2 – 04-11-11 Source: Empty Netters
“Twenty Years Later” is a segment with a highly unimaginative name which will appear on Empty Netters throughout the 2010-11 season. We will examine the Penguins’ 1990-91 season which led to the first Stanley Cup title in franchis … … More here

Baby Penguins Banter: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Regular Season Wrap-Up Source: Bleacher Report
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins concluded their regular season this weekend with games against division rivals the Hershey Bears and Adirondack Phantoms. The Penguins split a home-and-home series with Hershey, dropping Friday’s game by a score of 2-1 … Follow this link

Without Crosby, Jordan Staal thrives in new role for Penguins (Yahoo! Sports) Source: Yahoo Sports
As the Pittsburgh Penguins prepare for their opening-round date with the Tampa Bay Lightning, the status of Sidney Crosby's return to lineup remains unknown. … Follow this link

Outdoor big screen returning for Penguins’ playoffs Source: Post Gazette
The large outdoor screen is returning for fans to watch the Penguins face Tampa Bay in the first round of the playoffs, beginning with Wednesday’s opener … More here

Pens Fans Can Gather to Watch Playoff Games On The ‘Big Screen’ Near CONSOL Energy Center Source: penguins.nhl.com
A Penguins playoff tradition is returning – with a new twist. The popular “Big Screen,” which has enabled thousands of Pens fans to watch playoff games together outdoors since 2008, will return for the first round of the playo… … Read more here

Pens Call for Playoff "White Outs" Source: penguins.nhl.com
The Pittsburgh Penguins are calling for White Out conditions at home playoff games this season. The Penguins are encouraging fans to “Wear Your White” — white jerseys, sweatshirts, sweaters, shirts or t-shirts — for all playoff ga… … Read the rest here

What We Learned: No sympathy for NHL’s playoff berth chokers (Yahoo! Sports) Source: Yahoo Sports
Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about … Continue reading → … Read this article

Empty Netter Assists – 04-11-11 Source: Empty Netters
Penguins -Dave Molinari’s recap from yesterday’s game . “At the beginning of the season, if you’d say we’d finish with 106 points .. … Continued here

Video: Plum High School Lip Sync Video (04/08/11) Source: penguins.nhl.com
Plum High School produces their 2nd annual lip sync video for the 2011 Pittsburgh Penguins Playoffs run. … See video here

Video: Inside Penguins Hockey Episode 26 Source: penguins.nhl.com
Mike Rupp, ADM USA Hockey, Post Season Crossfire, Coach Bylsma Mic’d Up … See video here

Video: Prepare to be jealous of this Penguins fan’s man cave (Yahoo! Sports) Source: Yahoo Sports
Fun fact: I have a “Star Wars” bathroom in my house, which serves both as a depository for my childhood trinkets and a place for me to meditate about the role of midichlorians on our everyday lives. So I appreciate … Continue reading → … Excerpt from

Tampa Bay media links Source: The Pensblog
This guy looks like he was voted by high-school classmates as “most likely to continue being a douchebag.” He writes for the St. Pete Times at TampaBay.com. There is also a website called TBO … Continue reading here

Lightning assistant coach has brain tumor Source: The Pensblog
We have no intention of being facetious, but unless Max Talbot has gonorrhea, the Lightning will win the battle of rallying cries for the upcoming playoff matchup. We hope this guy pulls through all right. WebMD says golfing is good for recovery. [ Tampa Bay assistant coach has brain tumor ] … More

LINK CITY: Tampa’s game planning, Crosby concussion re-enactment, playoffs lineup Source: The Pensblog
Links that can't wait to start hating Adam Hall. Guy Boucher had some interesting comments regarding his game planning for the series … More here

Penguins’ playoff opener scheduled for Wednesday Source: Tribune-Review
The Pens will play host to its first Stanley Cup playoff game Wednesday night when the Penguins take on the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of a best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. … Follow this link

Lemaire out, Blackhawks in on busy last day in NHL (AP) Source: Yahoo Sports
Jacques Lemaire's exit was hardly unexpected. The Chicago Blackhawks' near departure was almost a much bigger stunner. Lemaire said goodbye to the New Jersey Devils for the second straight year after the club he took over in midseason finished a rare non-playoff campaign with a 3-2 victory Sunday over the playoff-bound Boston Bruins. … Read more here

Familiar foe for Malone Source: Tribune-Review
Not even Ryan Malone can believe the irony — the only two NHL franchises he has known meeting in Round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. … Continued here

Experience a toss-up in Pens-Lightning series Source: Tribune-Review
Ignore preconceived notions when the No. 4 Penguins and No. 5 Tampa Bay Lightning meet in an opening-round Stanley Cup playoff series beginning this week. … See the article here

Lightning can strike quickly; Pens confident Source: Tribune-Review
The Penguins historically win playoff series with superior offensive skill. … Read this article

Sunday’s Three Stars: Wild help ‘Hawks clinch; Foote’s finale (Yahoo! Sports) Source: Yahoo Sports
No. 1 Star: David Jones, Colorado Avalanche Jones completed his breakout year by scoring 27th goal in overtime as Colorado beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3. After assisting on two earlier Avalanche goals, including Milan Hejduk's tying effort early in the … Continue reading → … Excerpt from

Prepare for a special series Source: Post Gazette
The first playoff game between the Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning will be at 7:08 p.m. … More

Core players rest up for playoffs Source: Post Gazette
ATLANTA — Jordan Staal spent the day in street clothes. So did Chris Kunitz. James Neal and Paul Martin, too … See more here

Penguins Notebook: Crosby tops team in goals Source: Post Gazette
ATLANTA — Sidney Crosby sat out the final 41 games of the 2010-11 season because of a concussion. And while that wasn’t the most among Penguins players — Mike Comrie claimed the top spot on the games-missed list with 52 — it also didn’t prevent him from leading the team in a number of statistical categories. … More here

NHL Roundup: Devils send Lemaire away with win Source: Post Gazette
Jacques Lemaire went out a winner. The 65-year-old Hall of Famer walked away from coaching for the third and probably final time, announcing his retirement Sunday after the host New Jersey Devils beat the playoff-bound Boston Bruins, 3-2, on third-period goals by Vladimir Zharkov and Alexander Urbom. … Excerpt from

RINKOTOLOGY: Open For Business Source: The Pensblog
Rinkotology is open for team selection. Click here to get started. … Continued here

Penguins playoff series starts with Tampa Bay at Consol Engery Center Source: Post Gazette
The first playoff game between the Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning will be at 7:08 p.m. … Read more here

Pens open up the playoffs at home on Wednesday night Source: Inside Pittsburgh Sports
The Penguins round 1 schedule is out and the team kicks off the playoffs on Wednesday night at home against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Game 2 is Friday night at the Consol Energy Center … Read more

Penguins to Open at Home on Wednesday, Friday in First-Round Playoff Series Against Tampa Bay Source: penguins.nhl.com
The Penguins will open their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at CONSOL Energy Center … Continued here

Pens start Wednesday night Source: The Pensblog
Full schedule coming shortly. … Link

Blackhawks sneak into NHL playoffs (Yahoo! Sports) Source: Yahoo Sports
It looked like they’d blown their chance, but the defending Stanley Cup champs made it into the postseason. … View post

Penguins vs. Lightning Round One Preview Source: penguins.nhl.com
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RECAP: Playoffs City. PENS WIN Source: The Pensblog
Whatev. Just putting this post up to make it appear that we recapped all 82 games. Great season for Brent Johnson, Pens win 5-2 … Link

Playoff schedule – 04-10-11 Source: Empty Netters
The NHL has released the schedule for the first round of the playoffs. Broadcasters are still TBD: Updated: With national broadcasters … More here

First Round Schedule: WB/S vs. Norfolk Source: The Pensblog
As the Pittsburgh Penguins are taking on the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the NHL Playoffs, their respective farm teams will duke it out in the AHL Playoffs. Highlights from all 3 weekend games coming soon … Go here to read the rest

Playoff matchups set; Schedule to be revealed on NHL Network at 10 p.m. – 04-10-11 Source: Empty Netters
All eight first-round playoff match-ups have been determined. … View post

Perseverance: the Penguins’ 2010-11 Season in Review Source: penguins.nhl.com
Share What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. That’s been the Penguins’ motto for the 2010-11 season. A season that started with eternal optimism took a hard left turn with seemingly endles… … Read more here

Video: Post-Game: Mike Rupp (4/10/11) Source: penguins.nhl.com
Mike Rupp talks to reporters following the Penguins win over the Atlanta Thrashers in the last regular season game … View video here

Video: Post-Game: Ben Lovejoy (4/10/11) Source: penguins.nhl.com
Ben Lovejoy talks to reporters following the Penguins win over the Atlanta Thrashers in the last regular season game … View video

Video: Post-Game: Max Talbot (4/10/11) Source: penguins.nhl.com
Max Talbot talks to reporters following the Penguins win over the Atlanta Thrashers in the last regular season game … Video here

Video: Post-Game: Dan Bylsma (4/10/11) Source: penguins.nhl.com
Dan Bylsma talks to reporters following the Penguins win over the Atlanta Thrashers in the last regular season game … See video here