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Penguins 5, Red Wings 1. The real winners? Fans getting the first glimpse of a sporting event at Consol Energy Center. The Goal Mine glowed in the first hockey game here – even if it was just an exhibition that won’t count in the standings or statistics – before a spirited sellout crowd of 18,087 [...]

The Penguins just announced on press row with 16:38 remaining in the third period that captain Sidney Crosby is out with a “sore” hip flexor and will not return to the game against Detroit. Crosby had a goal and an assist in 14 shifts and 12:28 of ice time through the first two periods. He [...]

The catcalls for Chris Osgood cascaded from the Consol Energy Center upper deck late in the second period after the Penguins scored for the fifth time against the Detroit goalie, including a second goal by Ryan Craig. After Detroit defenseman Ruslan Salei cut it to 3-1 with a slap shot from the right point at [...]

Goodbye, Igloo. Hello, Goal Mine. The Penguins officially christened Consol Energy Center with its first hockey game as their home ice in an exhibition against the Detroit Red Wings, their nemesis in the 2008 and ’09 Stanley Cup finals. And the Penguins wasted no time lighting the lantern. Only 1:21 into the first period, newly [...]

When I agreed this summer to cover a high school football season opener in Harrisburg, it was with the intention of writing a column about Bishop McDevitt’s latest star running back, Jameel Poteat, a Pitt recruit. Sometimes someone else catches your eye. As I watched Bishop McDevitt’s 23-0 victory over Gateway – an upset of [...]

If you haven’t noticed, Sitting Ringside has been on hiatus since the Penguins exited the Stanley Cup playoffs in May.

The Penguins had Mellon Arena rocking by the end of the second period, and the way it ended was a promising sign for the third.

Jordan Staal kept the play alive in the Penguins’ end by digging a puck out of the back boards, then redirected an Alexei Ponikarovsky shot from center point to score his third playoff goal and make it 4-2 at 16:30 of the second.

The real assist on the Penguins’ first goal of this Game 7 against Montreal belongs to the official who got in front of Kris Letang’s shot on net, as it bounced off him and right in front of Chris Kunitz.

Michael Cammelleri scored his NHL-best 12th goal of the playoffs and seventh of the series to give the Canadiens a 3-0 lead over the Penguins at 3:32 of the second period.