Seriously, what were the odds of Pittsburgh winning a Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals in Detroit -- arguably the hardest place to play on the road in the NHL -- after neither team had won on the road all series? Believe it...

It happened: A Game 7 in the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. The Penguins took care of business at home ... again ... forcing a Game 7 in the rematch of the 2008 Cup Finals. That kept NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's wet dream of a...

After they dropped the first two games of the Stanley Cup Finals, the Penguins were supposed to be dead and buried. That's not the way things worked out. Instead, Pittsburgh rallied back to win both Games 3 and 4 at home,...

You know Kige Ramsey, the infamous Titans fan who has developed a preposterously loyal following for the way he mouths off about his teams and his undeniably zany passion? Well, evidently he has female company when it comes...

Lisa Hillary is a sideline reporter for Comcast SportsNet in Washington, so she's seen plenty of gross locker rooms, unkept concession stands and general disgusting media mongering. What she hadn't seen, until last week, was...

Just take a look at this mach speed collision between Alex Ovechkin and Brooks Orpik during regulation of Pittsburgh's series saving, Game 3 win. Is it any wonder that fans are so tense they're fighting, too? We can hardly...

New Capitals goalie Simeon Varlamov has wasted little time in putting his stamp on Washington's fortunes. As soon as he started, the Capitals started winning, pushing past the Rangers and out of an 0-2 hole, and on to a...

Two notable trends have emerged over the past two weeks at old Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh: 1) The Penguins have started a long decent out of playoff position and, 2) In an attempt to energize his team, young captain Sidney...

Let's see, heroic rallies? Check. Multiple goals waved off? Check. A team facing elimination on the road? Check. More than one sudden death overtime? Check. Referees getting knocked over by players fighting to get ahead?...

It's a long-held playoff tradition to have a team's goalie lead them onto the ice. Well, if the Penguins get swept in the Stanley Cup Finals, that may change in a hurry after Marc Andre Fleury commited the faux paus to end...

Once upon a time, they were the Penguins of Super Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr. Now they are the Penguins of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin who together have helped lead the franchise back to the Stanley Cup Finals. If...

When he was the first pick in the draft that followed a hideous NHL lockout, Sidney Crosby was charged with resuscitating the league's fortunes. Mission just about accomplshed. Crosby has brought a once-storied franchise back...

In case you missed it, Chris Simon reminded the world that he's a totally psychotic hockey player this week when he stomped on the lower leg of Pittsburgh's Tumu Ruutu, drawing the longest suspension in NHL history. And while...

He saved hockey in Pittsburgh, so it's only fitting that he would keep scoring until he headed right off the ice. Then he stayed in the arena and went ahead and saved hockey in Pittsburgh again by getting a new arena, even if...