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I’m on vacation until Monday, but I have this post here for Joe to place his links and for any commenting on stuff. I’ll put one of these up all week.

I’m on vacation until next Monday, but I have this post here for Joe to place his links and for any commenting on stuff today. I’ll put one of these up all week.

Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins (26-17-4) vs. Washington Capitals (25-19-2) Time: 12:38 p.m. Site: Consol Energy Center TV, radio: NBC, 105.9 The X. Here is the official live summary. News updates are on our Penguins page. Josh Yohe covers.

Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins (25-17-4) vs. Montreal Canadiens (17-21-8) Time: 7:08 p.m. Site: Consol Energy Center TV, radio: Root Sports Network, 105.9 The X. Here is the official live summary. News updates are on our Penguins page. Josh Yohe speaks French about as well as Randy Cunneyworth.

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> My Friday column is about Jamie Dixon and the cross-purposes of being a college coach. >> This will be the last full Wakeup Call until Jan. 30. I’m taking all of next week off, my first real break since coming over to the Trib, and I’m under orders [...]

Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins (24-17-4) vs. New York Rangers (29-11-4) Time: 7:08 p.m. Site: Madison Square Garden TV, radio: Root Sports Network, 105.9 The X. Here is the official live summary. News updates are on our Penguins page. Josh Yohe will start spreadin’ the news.

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> The chat is today at noon, usual time, usual place, usual weapons ordinances. >> It’s ironic and unfortunate that, just as hockey is thriving in its second boom, just as the Pittsburgh area is No. 1 in the U.S. in TV ratings for NHL games, the Wheeling Nailers [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> My Wednesday column addresses the NHL’s inexplicable All-Star snub of James Neal. My thanks to the athlete for insight and the Penguins’ Jason Seidling for information contained herein. >> Anyone who missed it on the blog yesterday, please check Craig Adams’ comments. They will, as the entry states, [...]

Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins (23-17-4) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (16-24-7) Time: 7:08 p.m. Site: Consol Energy Center TV, radio: Root Sports Network, 105.9 The X. Here is the official live summary. News updates are on our Penguins page. Josh Yohe is back on home ice.

This morning at the Penguins’ skate, I approached right winger Craig Adams, one of the team’s veterans and the player who has been most vocal in denying information in my column Friday that players recently discussed a temporary captaincy with Sidney Crosby out. Adams was impeccably professional as we spoke for about 15 minutes. The [...]