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  Overview: All capitalized terms in this document shall apply the definitions from the expired CBA. Except as modified by the provisions set forth in this summary, the expired CBA shall continue. # ECONOMIC & SYSTEM ISSUES DESCRIPTION 1. Term Ten-Year Agreement with mutual right to terminate after eight (8) years. NHL shall have the [...]

♦ Updated with national TV coverage. ♦ Local TV (Root Sports Pittsburgh) will release its schedule later. ♦ The first training camp practice is Sunday at Southpointe, 3:10 p.m. ♦ Camp heads to Consol Energy Center on Monday. ♦ Camp practices are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Anyway, dear readers, the Penguins are back. This is [...]

Home games in bold. Sat. Jan. 19 At Philadelphia 3:00PM Sun. Jan. 20 At N.Y. Rangers 7:00PM Wed. Jan. 23 Toronto 7:00PM Fri. Jan. 25 At Winnipeg 7:00PM Sun. Jan. 27 At Ottawa 6:00PM Tue. Jan. 29 N.Y. Islanders 7:30PM Thu. Jan. 31 At N.Y. Rangers 7:00PM Sat. Feb. 02 New Jersey 1:00PM Sun. Feb. [...]

Greetings, dear readers. So, how did you spend your Sunday morning? This blog author is quite pleased and proud of the work done by the Trib’s hockey team, especially tag-team partner Josh Yohe (Twitter: @JoshYohe_Trib). This was a long, hard and at times laughing-gas loopy day – perhaps somebody had one too many donuts that [...]

Obviously, dear readers, this is a fluid story. Please be patient as we try to track down reaction and details. ♦ Here is what Sidney Crosby told the Trib’s Josh Yohe: “I’m really happy a deal has been reached. It’s exciting to know we will be back playing hockey.” This blog author was in contact [...]

The NHL season is saved. The NHL and its Players’ Association have agreed to terms on a new labor contract, ending a 112-day owners’ lockout of players and preventing a second lost season in eight years. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the tentative labor contract in an email around 6 a.m. Sunday. The deal was [...]

Our Golden Triangle has some company on this fine Saturday morning. John Gibson (Whitehall), Vince Trocheck (Upper St. Clair), J.T. Miller (Coraopolis) and Riley Barber (Washington) will return to North American – and at some point their friends and family throughout Western Pennsylvania – with gold medals from the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship in [...]

A late good Thursday evening to the dear reader; so, what have you done with your day? ♦ The opening note on this otherwise sour day for hockey fans was played pitch-perfectly by Team USA at the IIHF World Junior Championship in Ufa, Russia. Anytime the Americans play for a gold medal at arguably the planet’s [...]

Some quick hits before this blog author hits the hay. ♦ Another day, another dosage of no movement on the NHL/NHLPA labor war front. No negotiations are scheduled. There is a growing sense (among scribes) that bargaining will resume shortly after New Year’s Day, thus leaving a window of 7-10 day to save the season. That [...]

Greetings from snowy/icy Pittsburgh, dear readers. Many days have passed since the last update – mostly because there is absolutely nothing happening on the NHL labor front. Deputy commissioner Bill Daly, via email, said Wednesday there has been contact between the NHL and Players’ Association, but that no bargaining sessions are scheduled. Three weeks have [...]