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Wednesday, 12 October 2011 08:04

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. The Matt Cooke-Joe Vitale (above)-Pascal Dupuis line needs a name.

-The Miami Herald's recap. No Sidney Crosby. No Evgeni Malkin. No Brooks Orpik. No problem.

-The Sun Sentinel's recap. "We made too many mistakes. It doesn't matter who's not in the lineup.'' - Panthers defenseman Brian Campbell.

-The Associated Press' recap. The Penguins have a five-game winning streak against the Panthers.

-NHL.com's recap. "I think we got a little confidence from last year knowing we can win without them." - Marc-Andre Fleury on playing without Crosby and Malkin.

-Highlights:

-The Fleury/Ben Lovejoy save deserves its own clip:

-Funny Face of the Night: Cooke:

-Cool Photo of the Night: Engelland stepping onto the ice:

-Intense Face of the Night: Florida's Stephen Weiss:

-Jordan Staal and Florida's Shawn Matthias were ready for this faceoff:

-Dan Bylmsa was all, "Peace out yo:"

-Happy times for Richard Park and Mark Letestu:

-A great day for hockey:

-Going to a rave is apparently part of rehabbing a concussion:

-Crosby and Evgeni Malkin (and Teri Garr apparently):

-Game night at Consol Energy Center:

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Vitale speaks:

-Cooke speaks:

-Richard Park speaks:

-Fleury speaks:

-Last night's pregame intro and ceremony:

-Evgeni Malkin and Brooks Orpik are dinged up.

-"This feels like home now." - Matt Niskanen. (PG+)

-Penguins player development coach Bill Guerin will serve as an assistant coach for the U.S. Men's National Select Team.

-The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins signed forward Matt Rust to a professional tryout contract. He is the younger brother of Penguins prospect Bryan Rust.

-Happy 36th birthday to former Penguins forward Randy Robitaille (right). Claimed off waivers from the Kings midway through the 2001-02 season, Robitaille spent parts of two seasons in Pittsburgh. He finished 2001-02 by appearing in 40 games for the Penguins and scored a respectable 30 points. After 41 games and 17 points in 2002-03, Robitaille was dealt at the trade deadline to the Islanders in exchange for a draft pick. In 81 games for the Penguins, Robitaille scored 47 points.

-Happy 46th birthday to former Penguins defenseman J.J. Daigneault. Acquired at the 1996 trade deadline in a deal which sent a draft pick to the Blues, Daigneault spent parts of two seasons in Pittsburgh. He finished 1995-96 by appearing in 13 games for the Penguins and scoring six points. In 17 playoff games that spring, he scored 10 points. After 53 games and 17 points in 1996-97, Daigneault was traded to the Mighty Ducks in exchange for Garry Valk. In 66 regular season games with the Penguins, Daigneault scored 23 points. He currently serves as an assistant coach for the Hartford Wolfpack, the Rangers' AHL affiliate.

Atlantic Division

-"The first game of the season, the first game back after 3 years, and now the first home opener. No matter how old you are, or how many years you have played, you are always nervous the first 10 minutes of the first period." - Flyers forward and former Penguins captain Jaromir Jagr on his team's hope opener tonight.

Northeast Division

-Shootout goals by Milan Michalek, Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson gave the Senators a 4-3 win against the Wild. Chris Neil had a goal and an assist in regulation for Ottawa while teammate Peter Regin recorded two assists. Former Penguin Nick Johnson scored for Minnesota. Craig Anderson made 24 saves for Ottawa. Fire Ray Shero.

-Hit of the Night: Neil slammed Minnesota's Clayton Stoner behind the cage:

-Happy times in Ottawa:

-The Senators brought back members of their innagural team from 1992-93 to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

-The Bruins signed forward Rich Peverly to a three-year contract extension worth a total of $9.75 million. He will have a salary cap hit of $3.25 million.

-Bruins forward David Krejci is dealing with an undisclosed injury.

-Boston demoted defenseman Andrew Bodnarchuk and forward Josh Hennessy to Providence of the AHL.

-Sabres forward Jochen Hecht was given medical clearance for contact for the first time since suffering a concussion in training camp.

-Canadiens forward Mike Cammalleri (right) is expected to be sidelined 10 to 14 days due to a laceration on his leg.

Southeast Division

-The Hurricanes are trying to rebound off a 0-2-1 start.

Central Division

-The Blues claimed defenseman Taylor Chorney, the son of former Penguin Marc Chorney, off waivers from the Oilers and placed defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo (concussion) on injured reserve.

-The Predators claimed forward Brian McGrattan off waivers from the Ducks.

Northwest Division

-After a brutal 2010-11 season, it's so far, so good for Vancouver defenseman Keith Ballard in 2011-12.

Pacific Division

-The Ducks demoted goaltender Jeff Deslauriers and defenseman Kyle Cumiskey to Syracuse of the AHL.

-Sharks forward Martin Havlat is still recovering from his latest shoulder injury.

(Photos: Panthers/Penguins-Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press and Jamie Sabau/Getty Images; Robitaille-Penguins Hockey Cards; Wild/Senators-Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images; Cammalleri-Elsa/Getty Images)

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written by Disgruntled Goat, October 12, 2011 - 11:56 AM

Off day topic: Jeremy Roenick is an ass. Any thoughts?

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written by newellcr, October 12, 2011 - 12:48 PM

Roenick is an interesting side show. I appreciate his candor on topics, but I think you have it right, Goat.

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written by Disgruntled Goat, October 12, 2011 - 01:09 PM

Yes. I'm right.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/bl...hl-wp14650

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written by Milwaukee Hockey, October 12, 2011 - 10:06 PM

I don't get why what JR said is big of a deal. He didn't say anything insensitive to Sid, the Penguins, or anyone else. All he said was he was sick of the media reporting the same story over and over and over again when there is no new story. When something new surfaces, great...report it. Until then, there's nothing to report. I agree with him. If anyone is the tool, it's Edzo.

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