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• A Wish Fulfilled

I never had the opportunity to see Bobby Clarke play the game live and in-person, but watching video of him during his heyday in the NHL makes me realize that he was one of the first true power forwards of the game. While he never shied away from going to the areas of the ice where trouble would find him, he also had more than enough talent to be one of the game's elite scorers during his time. Be...2025
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• Mario Lemieux-led ownership group is 'very interested' in buying back the Penguins, per report

The franchise's greatest player may be getting back into the fold...2025
• Explain The Direction

While he cannot sign a contract until July 1, the fact that the Winnipeg Jets went bananas with as many images of Jonathan Toews as they could today means that the former Chicago Blackhawks forward is coming home to resume his career at age 37 after leaving the game in 2023. Jonathan Toews will be a Winnipeg Jets forward in 2025-26 based upon all the reports today, and I have no problem with the J...2025
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• Recap: Marchand makes history, Panthers one win away from another championship

Sergei Belski-Imagn Images We’re witnessing greatness. The Conn Smythe has Brad Marchand’s name written all over it at this point. The 37-year-old became the first player since 1988 to score six goals in one Stanley Cup Final. Marchand scored twice to join Esa Tikkanen in the history books. To further illustrate the absurdity of this, Tikkanen was 23 years old when he achieved the same fe...2025
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• Friday Question: Which athlete do you hate the most?

Time to be a big old bunch of haters. In a perfect world there’d be no hate. I don’t know if John Lennon said that, or Elmo from Sesame Street. Obviously we all should aspire to hate less and love more, but when it comes to sports that’s not an option. Naturally there are athletes we just grow to hate with a red-hot passion. People who get our blood boiling every single time they set food on the f...2025
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• Gabriel Landeskog joins Mario Lemieux and others among the greatest comebacks in sports

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images And we were there to witness it all. DENVER — Gabriel Landeskog is now forever etched in sports history. In just his second professional game in 1,041 days, "The Captain" found the back of the net. With 6:50 remaining in the second period, Brock Nelson found Landeskog all alone in the slot and whisked him a pass. Landy subsequently unloaded a scorching slapshot pas...2025
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• Recap: Marchand makes history, Panthers one win away from another championship
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• UNH Commits Update 3-28-2025: Spotlight on High-Scoring QMJHL Forward Jacob Newcombe

Jacob Newcombe (LW/C)2025 UNH Commit Player Spotlight Jacob Newcombe Left Wing/Center, 6'1", 215 lbs. Shoots Left Hometown: Sambro, Nova Scotia, Canada DOB: April 27, 2004; 20 years, 11 months old Neutral Zone Rating: 4.0 out of 5 Stars 2024-25 Team: Cape Breton Eagles (QMJHL) Committed to UNH in February, 2025 at Age 20 years, 10 months. ...2025
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• Sidney Crosby highlights stellar first game of Tournament in Canada’s win over Sweden

Photo by Vitor Munhoz/4NFO/World Cup of Hockey via Getty Images Team Canada barely survived comeback attempt from Sweden in 4-3 OT win. Hockey powerhouses Canada and Sweden threw down to kick off the first-ever Four Nations Faceoff. A special ceremony featuring former legends from each nation of the tournament and the nation’s current captains took place pregame. Former hockey greats Teemu...2025
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• 4 Nations Face-Off: Preview & Discussion Thread
With the majority of National Hockey League players preparing to enjoy a mid-season break, 92 of them will instead be heading to Montreal & Boston to take part in the NHL & NHLPA’s 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. Teams representing four of the world’s hockey-craziest nations, the 7 game schedule will allow the top players from Canada, Finland, Sweden, & the United States to show off the...2025
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• Shohei Ohtani on verge of historic feat

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Shohei Ohtani is on the verge of one of the most impressive offensive seasons in MLB history Unicorn. Superstar. Five-tool player. “Showtime.” Greatest of all time? Pick your nickname or adjective, it likely describes Shohei Ohtani. One of Major League Baseball’s most electric players in over 100 years, Ohtani and the LA Dodgers are 88-61, leading the N...2024
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• Weekly Grades: Bring Back My Rantanen Edition

Perry Nelson-USA TODAY Sports The Avs went 2-2 this week, but were they any good? We’re back with the Colorado Avalanche weekly report card! This week Colorado snapped a nine-game winning streak with back-to-back losses at home. But were they any good? THE GAMES Saturday vs Nashville: 7-4 WMonday @Columbus: 4-1 LThursday @ Minnesota: 5-2 WFriday @ Edmonton: 6-2 L PLAYER OF THE WEEK Nathan...2024
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• Edge Of Seventeen

The 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins for a lot of reasons, but most people will remember them from that season for three reasons: the introduction of the "Robo-Peguin" logo, falling to the New York Islanders in the playoffs that year thanks to David Volek, and an epic win streak that lasted for 17 games and 32 days. Despite winning the President's Trophy and having the league's top scorer and third-ove...2024
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• Elaine’s Mailbag : Vol. 2 - Favorites and return to play
Photo by Richard Wolowicz/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images Welcome to volume two of my monthly mailbag. Every month I solicit hockey related questions on twitter, @imaraindancer. If you don’t have twitter, feel free to leave questions in the comments of this article or email them to me at [email protected] . Remember, they don’t have to be just Columbus Blue Jackets and Clevelan...2020
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• NFL Week 13 Picks: Brady vs. Rodgers, with a Little Help from Their Friends
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"Montreal crowd salutes Mario Lemieux at 4 Nations Face-Off"

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"The Pittsburgh Penguins will retire Jaromir Jagr’s number on Sunday, with the Number 68 set to reside in the rafters alongside Mario Lemieux and Michel Briere as the only three players in franchise history to have the honor."

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"Penguins ownership expects Mario Lemieux to have more active role in franchise moving forward"

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"Remembering What Made Mario Lemieux the Greatest"

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"Ongoing discussions between FSG and Penguins co-owners Ron Burkle and Mario Lemieux […] The post Tom Werner Confirms Fenway Sports Group Near Deal To Buy Penguins, Enter NHL appeared first on NESN."

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"The Mario Lemieux Foundation is partnering with NHL94."

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"Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are on pace for more than 130 points each this season, a scoring feat nobody has accomplished since Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr in 1995-96."

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"PITTSBURGH (AP) Mario Lemieux had one question for Sidney Crosby after the Pittsburgh star slipped past his boss as the Penguins' career playoff scoring leader during a Game 4 romp over Philadelphia."

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"For Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Bobby Orr, the late "Mr."

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"Hall lived with Edmonton’s 2008 first-round pick Jordan Eberle early on, and even Sidney Crosby spent five years living with former Pittsburgh Penguins great Mario Lemieux."

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"Retired Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom said former Pittsburgh Penguins center Mario Lemieux was the best player he played against during his career, according to a report in Swedish paper Expressen."

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"He wants the focus on his team as he works behind the scenes, much like his friend and NHL legend Mario Lemieux does as a co-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins."

• Explain The Direction
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• Gabriel Landeskog joins Mario Lemieux and others among the greatest comebacks in sports
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• Penguins Update: In Ray We Trusted
I remember how excited I was when the Penguins hired 43-year-old Ray Shero in the spring of 2006 to replace Hall-of-Famer Craig Patrick as general manager. Although Patrick and his chief scout, Greg Malone, had drafted brilliantly, adding the likes of future superstars Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Marc-Andre Fleury and Kris Letang along with a stable of other young hopefuls, he’d lost his ability...2025
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• Congrats... And Stuff?

While it may be a historic moment tonight and will certainly be historic upon Alex Ovechkin's next goal, it might be time for a disclaimer: I really don't care if Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky's career goal-scoring record. While it's certainly interesting to see Gretzky's record fall, it's hard to be enthusiastic for Ovechkin when I spent a lot of my life disliking both men. As a Penguins fan, the...2025
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• UNH Commits Update 3-28-2025: Spotlight on High-Scoring QMJHL Forward Jacob Newcombe
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• Penguins Play-by-Play Legend Mike Lange Passes Away
I was deeply saddened to learn that Penguins broadcasting legend Mike Lange passed away yesterday at the age of 76. Plain and simply, Mike was a Pittsburgh institution, much in the way his one-time broadcast partner, Bob Prince, had been years earlier. There was a time in the early 1980s, before we were blessed enough to draft franchise savior Mario Lemieux, when Mike was arguably the only reason ...2025
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• 4 Nations Update: Sid Shines on Big Stage
I’ll be honest. I wasn’t planning to do any recaps during the 4 Nations Faceoff. Frankly, I’m a little burned-out and intended to take a much-needed break from blogging. Kind of my version of flopping on a beach in Florida. However, life and circumstance have a way of drawing you back in. Such is the case in the wake of Sidney Crosby’s electric three-assist performance last night in Montreal to le...2025
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• Knights Without Jagr

While the title of this article could be misheard as the title of a romance novel when said aloud, it seems that there's a major shake-up happening in the Czech Extraliga as the Rytíři Kladno, aka the Kladno Knights, are about to change ownership. As you may know, the Knights are currently owned by hockey legend and Kladno native Jaromir Jagr, but it seems he's getting out of the hockey ownership ...2025
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• Paul Skenes’ dominant season worthy of Rookie of the Year

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Skenes came in with big expectations and surpassed all of them. It’s hard to put into words how much one player could mean to a sports franchise. Patrick Mahomes to the Kansas City Chiefs, Steph Curry to the Golden State Warriors, Sidney Crosby to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In the same city as Crosby as past greats like Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Joe...2024
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• A Wish Fulfilled
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• Gabriel Landeskog joins Mario Lemieux and others among the greatest comebacks in sports
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• Penguins Update: In Ray We Trusted
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• Penguins Update: Sid MVP, Bemström Waived
Just a quickie Penguins Update. Sidney Crosby has been named the team MVP for the 13th time in his illustrious career, eclipsing his former landlord Mario Lemieux, who won the award a dozen times. Noel Acciari was voted the Unsung Hero Award by his teammates. In other news, Emil Bemström was placed on waivers. If he clears, he’ll likely rejoin the Baby Pens. In 13 games with the Pens, the 25-year-...2025
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• UNH Commits Update 3-28-2025: Spotlight on High-Scoring QMJHL Forward Jacob Newcombe
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• All Penguins’ Prospects Who Glitter May Not be Gold
Back in 1982-83, a feisty 20-year-old center named Mitch Lamoureux tore through the AHL like a comet. Skating for the Baltimore Skipjacks, the Penguins’ top farm team, Lamoureux piled up 57 goals and 107 points. Labelled a “special player” by one of the team’s execs, he appeared to be tailor-made for a black-and-gold team in the throes of a pre-Mario Lemieux teardown. However, after earning a spot...2025
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• 4 Nations Face-Off: Preview & Discussion Thread
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• A Wish Fulfilled
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• Recap: Marchand makes history, Panthers one win away from another championship
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• Friday Question: Which athlete do you hate the most?
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• Gabriel Landeskog joins Mario Lemieux and others among the greatest comebacks in sports
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• Sidney Crosby highlights stellar first game of Tournament in Canada’s win over Sweden
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• Lidstrom says Lemieux was best he faced: report
Retired Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom said former Pittsburgh Penguins center Mario Lemieux was the best player he played against during his career, according to a report in Swedish paper Expressen. "It was all about Wayne Gretzk......2015
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• Penguins ownership expects Mario Lemieux to have more active role in franchise moving forward

Lemieux played a prominent role in each of the team's five Stanley Cup wins...2023
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• My Lunch with Michael Jordan: Outside the Spotlight, Still All Business
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• The Connor McDavid Story: How the Future of the NHL Became a (Reluctant) Star
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• Mario Lemieux Foundation to present charity NHL '94 tournament
The Mario Lemieux Foundation is partnering with NHL94.com for an open tournament in one of the most iconic sports video games....2020
• NHL legends Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr say Gordie Howe was the greatest
For Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Bobby Orr, the late "Mr. Hockey" is No. 1 in NHL history. ...2017
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• Remembering What Made Mario Lemieux the Greatest
*This article was originally published in 2018 Equal parts exhilarating and devastating, sports are quite simply unpredictable. Ask the city of Pittsburgh. This week 25 years ago, Penguins fans experienced…...2022
• Franchise Leaders: The all-time point leader for all 31 NHL teams
Mario Lemieux came close in Pittsburgh, but nobody put up more points for the same franchise than Gordie Howe had for Detroit. Take a look at the all-time leading point man for all 31 NHL teams, plus the all-time runner-up and active scoring leader. The post Franchise Leaders: The all-time point leader for all 31 NHL teams appeared first on TheHockeyNews....2020
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• Explain The Direction
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• Gabriel Landeskog joins Mario Lemieux and others among the greatest comebacks in sports
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• UNH Commits Update 3-28-2025: Spotlight on High-Scoring QMJHL Forward Jacob Newcombe
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• All Penguins’ Prospects Who Glitter May Not be Gold
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• Sidney Crosby highlights stellar first game of Tournament in Canada’s win over Sweden
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• Magic On December 27

I'm hardly any kind of superstitious person when it comes to how I live my life. I do believe that coincidences happen, but it's not because I dressed in a certain order or ate the same foods for each meal that day. Hockey players certainly are different, and each has their own set of what they believe and what just happens via coincidence. When two historical things for one franchise happens on t...2023
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• Penguins Erupt, Keelhaul Toothless Sharks, 10-2
Back on December 17, 1991, the Penguins feasted on an epically bad Sharks team by the lopsided score of 10-2. Mario Lemieux, Jamie Leach and our beloved Bibster, Bob Errey, notched two goals apiece. Sixteen black-and-gold skaters tallied at least one point that night. Thirty-two years later (has it been that long?), history repeated itself last night at the appropriately named SAP Center. Powered ...2023
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• The Future Of HBIC

The number to the left became real yesterday as HBIC crept past the 5900th article on this platform. Frankly, that number is bewildering to me in trying to make sense of knowing that I've written that much about the sport of hockey, but I suppose anything that's happened daily since January 21, 2007 will have some longevity to it. Having been doing this since that date in 2007, though, means there...2023
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• Zeroes At The NHL All-Star Game

If you're an NHL fan, you've likely known for some time that the numbers zero and double-zero are both outlawed by the league. The reasoning for this was that the NHL's statistic database didn't recognize those numbers as valid numbers being used, so the NHL outlawed them in 1996-97. That ended the hopes of seeing Martin Biron carrying on in his career wearing #00, Kevin Weekes never wearing the n...2023
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• Around the Rink: No Doubt the NHL Is in a Golden Age of Young Talent
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• Around the Rink: The Beginning of the 2015-16 NHL Season by the Numbers
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• Complete Guide and Predictions to the 2015-16 NHL Season
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• NHL Draft 2015: 1st-Round Mock Draft and Can't-Miss Prospects
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• NHL Combine 2015: Dates, Schedule, Format and Top Prospects
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