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• Mike Sullivan should hopefully extend Mika Zibanejad’s career

The Rangers offseason started far sooner than many hoped and anticipated, but it got off to a decent start with […]...2025
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• U.S. men’s hockey team wins first standalone world championship in 92 years

Photo by Andrea Branca/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images The U.S. is on top for the first time defeating Canada 2-1 on February 6, 1933, in the former Czechoslovakia. USA ALL THE WAY! The U.S. men’s hockey team secured its first standalone world championship since 1933, beating Switzerland 1-0 in overtime in Sunday’s final in Stockholm, Sweden. Tage Thompson scored in overtime to give the...2025
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• Penguins Update: Fourth Line Follies
Inspired by a certain segment of the Florida Panthers’ lineup, I thought I’d scrape together a Penguins Update while once again focusing on a familiar subject matter and pet peeve. During the Mike Sullivan era, it both rankled me to no end and served an incredible source of frustration that we wouldn’t employ anyone remotely resembling a genuine physical player. The few heavyweights then-GM Jim Ru...2025
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• Will Mike Sullivan push the Rangers to keep Chris Kreider?

The lingering offseason question for the Rangers is how they will manage the big three forwards of Mika Zibanejad, Artemi […]...2025
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• How Adam Fox’s Role Will Change Under New Rangers Coach Mike Sullivan
The New York Rangers have a new bench boss in Mike Sullivan. The former Pittsburgh Penguins coach has a history of success, winning back-to-back Stanley Cups in the Steel City.…...2025
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• The Hockey Show - Episode 660

The Hockey Show, Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, is back tonight with all sorts of chatter and analysis from the last week in the hockey world. There are some new faces in new places as the teams who fell short look to find people who can push them higher, but one has to wonder if the people being hired are the right men for the jobs. Outside of that, one team ...2025
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• Catching up

IIHF U18 World Championships Photo credit Steven Ellis/Daily Faceoff With rising sophomore Sascha Boumedienne as a major contributor, Sweden won the silver medal at the World U18s in Frisco, Texas. The rising sophomore defenseman received the Directorate Award as the tournament's top blueliner, was named Sweden's best player in the gold medal game loss to Canada and was selected to the...2025
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• Pens' Bunting out indefinitely after appendectomy
Penguins forward Michael Bunting is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to remove his appendix, coach Mike Sullivan announced Thursday....2025
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• Recap: McDavid wins 4 Nations gold for Canada with OT winner
Tonight the United States and Canada met for the championship of the 4 Nations Face-Off, in a rematch of an epic American win on Saturday night. The US was without injured defenseman Charlie McAvoy, but injured forwards Auston Matthews and Matthew and Brady Tkachuk returned. Kyle Connor was scratched so Chris Kreider could remain in the lineup. On the Canadian side, Cale Makar (who missed the firs...2025
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• Canucks defenceman Hughes set to join US ahead of 4 Nations final against Canada

BOSTON - Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes is heading to Boston to join the United States as a potential injury replacement, head coach Mike Sullivan told reporters Tuesday....2025
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• Recap: Shorthanded Americans lose to Sweden, will face Canada for 4 Nations championship
On Monday, the 4 Nations Face-Off relocated to Boston for the final three games. The action in Beantown began with a loser-go-home match between Canada and Finland. The Canadians jumped out to a 4-goal lead, but the Finns made things interesting with 3 goals in the third period, including two within 23 seconds in the final two minutes. A Sidney Crosby empty-netter sealed the victory for Canada, an...2025
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• US star Matthew Tkachuk leaves the 4 Nations Face-Off game vs. Canada with a lower-body injury
MONTREAL (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk left the United States’ 4 Nations Face-Off victory over Canada on Saturday night because of what coach Mike Sullivan called a lower-body injury....2025
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• 4 Nations Update: Hope Dubas & Co Are Paying Attention
As the Penguins’ brass prepares to embark on a retool in earnest, I hope they were paying attention to Thursday night’s rousing 4 Nations tilt between the United States and Finland. The players who made the most impact (literally) for the victorious United States squad weren’t necessarily the high-skill guys like Auston Matthews and Jack Hughes. Rather, they were the Tkachuk brothers, Brady ...2025
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• Game Day Terriers visit Providence; Women travel to UNH; Tkachuk Brothers & Eichel shine at 4 Nations

#9 Terriers must put aside the euphoria of Monday’s Beanpot win as they begin a home-and-home series with #7 Providence tonight at Schneider Arena with six critical conference points at stake. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. for the contest that will be live-streamed by ESPN+.In the Hockey East race, BU is currently third with 32 points, e...2025
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• Terrier visit Merrimack; "A Factory for NHL stars," Women host UConn

#8 Terriers return to conference play tonight with a road game against Merrimack. Puck drop at Lawler Rink is at 7 p.m. with ESPN+ providing the live stream.This will be the teams’ third meeting of the season with BU claiming victories at Agganis (6-3) and in the Friendship Four tournament in Belfast (6-2). The Warriors went 5-10-1 during an injury-plagued first semester, bu...2025
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• Penguins This ‘n’ ‘At
With a lull between games, I thought I’d cobble together a Penguins This ‘n’ ‘At. Without further ado, here goes. Virtually every Pens fan, if not every hockey fan across the Dominion of Canada, is holding their breath (and saying their prayers) over the status of Sidney Crosby. Sid got his arm caught between a rock and a hard place (Devils Luke Hughes and Erik Haula) on Tuesday night. Although ou...2025
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"The New York Rangers are in advanced contract talks to make former Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan the next head coach, sources told ESPN's Emily Kaplan and Kevin Weekes on Thursday."

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"Steelers retain former QB coach/interim offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan"

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"Steelers fire OC Matt Canada, team promotes RB Eddie Faulkner to spot, QB coach Mike Sullivan to call plays"

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"Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will not play in Friday's Game 6 against the Rangers because of an upper-body injury, according to coach Mike Sullivan."

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"Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is unavailable for Thursday night's game against the Flyers after becoming the latest member of the team to be placed in the NHL's COVID-19 protocol."

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"The Pittsburgh Penguins hired Todd Reirden as an assistant coach under Mike Sullivan on Tuesday, just over a week after Reirden was fired as head coach of the Washington Capitals following a playoff loss to the New York Islanders."

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"Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has been skating with the team for the past six days, coach Mike Sullivan said, a month after surgery for a core muscle injury."

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"The Denver Broncos have reportedly hired former New York Giants offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan to be the team’s quarterbacks coach."

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"Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan says the team also respects players' right to protest"

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"'s ability on the hardwood at John Lucas All-Star Weekend in 2015:His dad was also in attendance to see him at the 2016 Buckeye Prep Invitational:"Yeah, he's already got some offers from colleges, it's pretty crazy," said the Cleveland Cavaliers star in February 2015, per Mike Sullivan of CBS Detroit."

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"Penguins fire coach Mike Johnston, name Mike Sullivan as replacement"

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"Mike Sullivan, a member of the Giants coaching staff from 2004-2011, will return as Quarterbacks Coach in 2015"

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• No Joy in Lottery Land, Penguins Tease, Then Fall to Eleventh
Following an extremely favorable start to the NHL Draft Lottery on Monday that saw our Penguins in the thick of the hunt for the top overall pick, those fickle lottery balls turned coat and sank us all the way to eleventh, two slots worse than our ninth overall regular-season finish. One slot ahead of Mike Sullivan’s Rangers. Hey, all’s fair in love and lottery balls, right? Given that this ...2025
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• Sources: Rangers close to hiring Sullivan as coach
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With the IIHF World U18 Championships about to begin the medal round, BU’s Sascha Boumedienne is the tournament’s second leading scorer with 12 points (1-11-12). He began the tournament with a six-point game against Switzerland and had six more points in the next three games. His 12 points are seven more than any other blueliner in the tournament. In Sweden’s 6-3 loss to the U.S....2025
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• Penguins Update: Things I Wonder
This is one of my “before I begin, I need to be crystal clear” rambles. You know, where I state that what I’m about to write is something strictly concocted in my noggin and has absolutely no basis in any type of factual report. I also need to restate that I have absolutely no connections to the Penguins, nor am I privy to any type of inside scoop. This is strictly a case of me emptying my brain p...2025
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• Have the Penguins Unearthed a Couple of Legit Defensemen?
Although it seems almost impossible given the perpetually sorry state of our defense this season (a minus-52 goal differential), have Kyle Dubas and the Penguins unearthed a couple of diamonds in the rough for our blue line corps? And, no, I’m not referring to Pierre-Olivier Joseph, reacquired in December, who piled up minuses at a staggering rate before recently going on IR. (Minus-15 in 24 games...2025
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• Game Day Terriers visit Providence; Women travel to UNH; Tkachuk Brothers & Eichel shine at 4 Nations
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• Penguins Pull the Plug on Puljujärvi
The Penguins have placed forward Jesse Puljujärvi on unconditional waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract. Essentially pulling the plug on an experiment that began nearly a year ago to the day (February 4) when the team signed the hulking winger to a two-year deal. The move appears to have transpired with the mutual consent of player and team. Following an outstanding training camp an...2025
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• Terrier visit Merrimack; "A Factory for NHL stars," Women host UConn
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• Protocol penalty update; Poll Story; P-O-W for Pietersen

The controversial protocol penalty at the start of Saturday's BU-BC games remains a hot topic. The Boston Hockey Blog's Mitch Fink spoke with Hockey East Supervisor of Men’s Officials Brian Murphy and Associate Commissioner Brian Smith about the ruling.“The BU goalkeeper came on the ice before the officials came on the ice and certainly before Boston College came on the ice. And as you’ll s...2025
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• U.S. men’s hockey team wins first standalone world championship in 92 years
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• Penguins Update: Fourth Line Follies
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• No Joy in Lottery Land, Penguins Tease, Then Fall to Eleventh
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• Penguins Summon Defenseman for Král to Finish Line
With one game left in the 2024-25 regular season, the wheels continue to turn for our Penguins. The team summoned defenseman Filip Král from the Baby Penguins in advance of the season finale against the Capitals on Thursday. Curious timing, to say the least. However, Mike Sullivan was extremely unhappy with his defense in the wake of Sunday’s sloppy, flat-line loss to the Bruins. To make room, for...2025
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• Recap: McDavid wins 4 Nations gold for Canada with OT winner
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• Recap: Shorthanded Americans lose to Sweden, will face Canada for 4 Nations championship
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• 4 Nations Update: Is Sully Getting His Groove Back?
Anyone who follows hockey knows the past few seasons haven’t been especially kind to Penguins coach Mike Sullivan. For starters, the black-and-gold has missed the playoffs two seasons running and are a good bet to fall short again. A numbers of folks, including yours truly, have called for Sully to be replaced. Citing, among other issues, a perceived unwillingness to adjust his system to fit the a...2025
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• 4 Nations Update: Hope Dubas & Co Are Paying Attention
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• Steel City Shocker: Penguins and Mike Sullivan Agree to Part Ways
I don’t often claim to be prescient or have any sort of ESP. However, back on March 19, I posted a Penguins Update titled “Things I Wonder” where I surmised that the Pens and coach Mike Sullivan might amicably part ways this summer. Well, it looks like both parties beat me to the punch (summer doesn’t begin till June 20). In a bit of news that can only be described as shocking, the Pens and their ...2025
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• Penguins’ Kids Shine in 5-4 OT Loss to the Blues
We got a glimpse into the Penguins’ future last night at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. If the sequence near the end of regulation is any indication, it may be brighter than we think. With the clock ticking down to under 30 seconds remaining and the Pens trailing, 4-3, Ville Koivunen scooped up the remains of an errant Erik Karlsson shot and wheeled off the right sideboards with the puck. Aft...2025
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• New-Look Penguins Clip Senators, 1-0, on Sid’s OT Winner
It’s been a strange (strange) season for our Penguins to say the least. Following back-to-back blowout losses during which we barely displayed a pulse, the last thing I expected was a shutout victory over the playoff-bound Senators last night with rookies Rutger McGroarty and Ville Koivunen filling top-six roles and Tristan Jarry stationed between the pipes. Especially since the latter yielded eig...2025
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• Recap: McDavid wins 4 Nations gold for Canada with OT winner
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• 4 Nations Update: Is Sully Getting His Groove Back?
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• The Beanpot comes home; Defkit's Terrier Takeaway; Monday Night Leftovers

A Beanpot Championship—especially when the win is a takedown of an arch-rival and the NCAA’s top-ranked team—more than warrants a second blogpost. We start with Defkit’s Terrier Takeaway:- What a great victory for a team that has struggled with consistency but has shown that when they are on, they can compete with any team in the country. While it was tremendously grat...2025
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• Terrier visit Merrimack; "A Factory for NHL stars," Women host UConn
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• Protocol penalty update; Poll Story; P-O-W for Pietersen
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• Penguins Update: Is Mike Sullivan Reinventing Himself?
Anyone who’s read PenguinPoop for any length of time knows black-and-gold coach Mike Sullivan doesn’t receive a whole lot of love on our blog. I’ve personally been critical of his work on occasions too numerous to count. I’ve called for him to be fired at least twice. The first time, following the 2022-23 season when we let an all-but-assured playoff berth slip through our grasp. The second, earli...2024
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• LeBron James Jr. Reportedly Has Scholarship Offers from Duke, Kentucky
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• Pens coach Sullivan says Crosby's not cheating - at least, not more than Sharks
Coach Mike Sullivan says that if Sidney Crosby is cheating in the faceoff circle, so is everyone else. The Pittsburgh Penguins coach defended his star centre on a conference call on Thursday against charges from some San Jose Sharks that Cros......2016
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• Matt Murray back in goal for Penguins against Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. - The Pittsburgh Penguins are turning to rookie goaltender Matt Murray with their season on the line against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final. Coach Mike Sullivan made the decision Tuesday, with th......2016
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• Penguins close out Rangers 5 games with 6-3 rout
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Mike Sullivan was right. The past is the past for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Pittsburgh ended its post-season hex against the New York Rangers emphatically Saturday, lighting up Henrik Lundqvist in a remarkably easy 6-3 rout i......2016
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• Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury out with a concussion
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has a concussion and did not travel to New York for Saturday's game against the Islanders. Coach Mike Sullivan said before the game that Fleury was not feeling well Friday and ......2016
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• Steelers fire OC Matt Canada, team promotes RB Eddie Faulkner to spot, QB coach Mike Sullivan to call plays

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• Eli Manning identifies key areas to improve
Eli Manning discusses the progress of the offense under new coordinator Mike Sullivan and new QB coach Frank Cignetti This season, Eli Manning enters his third year working with Ben McAdoo, but fo......2016
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• Penguins D Ben Lovejoy dealing with "long-term" injury
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The Pittsburgh Penguins will have to continue their playoff push without veteran defenceman Ben Lovejoy. Coach Mike Sullivan said Tuesday that Lovejoy is dealing with a "long term" upper body injury and is out indefinitely. ......2016
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• Marc-Andre Fleury Injury: Updates on Penguins Star's Concussion and Return
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• Penguins Update: Fourth Line Follies
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• Sullivan makes sure to speak with 'every player on the roster' as he starts anew as Rangers coach

For Mike Sullivan, the latest coach of the New York Rangers, there will be many priorities in taking over a team that missed the playoffs a season after winning the Presidents’ Trophy....2025
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• No Joy in Lottery Land, Penguins Tease, Then Fall to Eleventh
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• Penguins Update: More Random Thoughts About Mike Sullivan
Hey all. Still trying to wrap my brain around today’s news concerning Mike Sullivan. To digress, anyone who’s read PenguinPoop for any length of time knows I haven’t always been Sullivan’s staunchest supporter. I think my dissatisfaction with our former coach reached its peak during the Covid playoffs of 2020, when a small ‘n’ speedy Penguins team built to his specifications got muscled aside with...2025
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• Rangers Connected to Mike Sullivan in Head Coach Search, Insider Hints
The New York Rangers had a disastrous 2024-25 campaign, missing the playoffs just one season after winning the Presidents’ Trophy and making it to the Eastern Conference Final. While some…...2025
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• Steel City Shocker: Penguins and Mike Sullivan Agree to Part Ways
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• New-Look Penguins Clip Senators, 1-0, on Sid’s OT Winner
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• Steel City Shocker: Penguins and Mike Sullivan Agree to Part Ways
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• Penguins Jar(ry) Panthers, 5-4, in OT
Shortly after Marcus Pettersson scored on a stunning power move worthy of former great Kevin Stevens (who happened to be in the broadcast booth) to stake our Penguins to a shocking and seemingly insurmountable 4-1 lead over the Panthers, I received a text from PP colleague Caleb DiNatale. RICK! WHAT’S HAPPENING? Why are we doing so well against a contender? My answer, or attempt at one, amounted t...2024
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• Viewing the Friendship Four; Massachusetts forward commits; Recruits in the news; Sacco takes the Bruins reins

Buckle up, Terrier fans. Lots of ground to cover today. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 23

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. David Ross is signed, Rick Sutcliffe lets out a Cy, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 23

Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Quite a glare he had, Jack Coombs. He was a Cubs nemesis for a long time, way back in the day. Plus many other events in this episode. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centr...2023
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• Penguins Free Agent Tracker
Hey all. I just have a moment, but I thought I’d post a brief entry to give everyone a place to share their comments and updates. Or, in Mike Lange speak, a place to cry or wind our collective watches. The Penguins…or should I say Kyle Dubas’ first free-agent deal…signing veteran forward Matt Nieto to a two-year pact with an AAV of $900 K. Yeah boy. Not hard to guess at the particulars. Niet...2023
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• Is Mike Sullivan Driving the Search for the Penguins’ Next GM?
I was reading an article by Dan Kingerski on Pittsburgh Hockey Now when I came across an item that sent a shiver down my spine. Namely, that Stan Bowman (pictured above) has popped up as a possible candidate to replace Ron Hextall. Scion of former Penguins coach and hockey legend, Scotty Bowman, Stan served as the general manager in Chicago from 2009-2021 where he presided over three Stanley Cup w...2023
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• Blue Jackets snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in 3-2 loss to the Penguins
Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images Jackets lose on controversial call in final minutes The Columbus Blue Jackets gave up two third period goals and lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins by a final score of 3-2. An entertaining game from the opening draw was spoiled by a controversial call in the dying minutes of the game, but we’ll get to that later. Here’s how it went down. 1st Period Right from ...2022
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• Giants coaches and legends buzzing about rookie tight end
Giants rookie tight end Evan Engram has turned heads this offseason: Add offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan to the list of people excited to see rookie tight end Evan Engram strap up for the firs......2017
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• Giants coaches and legends buzzing about rookie tight end
Giants rookie tight end Evan Engram has turned heads this offseason: Add offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan to the list of people excited to see rookie tight end Evan Engram strap up for the firs......2017
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