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Thursday, 13 October 2011 03:18

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Flyers fans managed to boo Sidney Crosby (above) last night. During an anti-cancer PSA.

-Speaking of Crosby and Philadelphia... What's up with Jeremy Roenick? (PG+)

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Ben Lovejoy speaks:

-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defenseman Joey Mormina is holding a mustache growing contest to benefit prostate cancer research.

-Happy 55th birthday to former Penguins forward Rod Schutt (right). Acquired early in the 1978-79 season in a deal which sent a draft pick to the Canadiens, Schutt spent parts of six seasons in Pittsburgh. In 1978-79, while primarily playing on a line with Peter Lee and Greg Malone, Schutt played in 74 games and scored 24 goals and 45 points. In that spring's playoffs, he saw action in seven games and netted two goals. He followed that up in 1979-80 by collecting 39 points in 73 games. The 1980 playoffs saw him play in five games and score three points. Schutt's best season was 1980-81. He set a career-highs in games (80), goals, (25), assists (35) and points (60). In that spring's playoffs, Schutt appeared in five games and netted six points. In 1981-82, Schutt was limited to 35 games and 21 points. He would appear in five playoff games that spring and score three points. Schutt only appeared in five games in 1982-83 and failed to score a point. Schutt's final season in Pittsburgh was 1983-84. Once again, he was limited to 11 games and four points. After spending the entire 1984-85 season with Muskegon of the IHL, Schutt joined the Maple Leafs as a free agent in the 1985 offseason. In 278 regular season games with the Penguins, Schutt scored 169 points, 44th-most in franchise history. In 22 postseason games, Schutt netted 14 points.

-Happy 51st birthday to former Penguins forward Darren Lowe. The first black player in franchise history, Lowe joined the team as a free agent midway through the 1983-84 season. In that campain, he appeared in eight games and scored five points. He was released in the 1984 offseason. He is currently the head coach of the University of Toronto's men's team.

Atlantic Division

-Claude Giroux had a goal and two assists for the Flyers in an entertaining 5-4 win against the Canucks. Captain Chris Pronger added a goal and an assist for Philadelphia while Ilya Bryzgalov made 36 saves in the victory. Daniel Sedin. captain Henrik Sedin and former Penguin Mikael Samuelsson each had a goal and an assist for Vancouver. Fire Craig Patrick.

-Flukey Goal of the Night: Giroux took a lucky bounce off the boards to score on Vancouver's Roberto Luongo:

-Pass of the Night: Vancouver's Alex Edler to set up Daniel Sedin for a goal:

-Save of the Night: Luongo on former Penguins captain Jaromir Jagr:

-Luongo had issues with this puck:

-Jagr collecting a puck:

-Philadelphia's Scott Hartnell had issues with Vancouver's Kevin Bieska:

-The Flyers dealt forward prospect Stefan Legein and a sixth-round pick in the 2012 to the Kings in exchange for future considerations.

-Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro took a slap shot to the mask and left practice early yesterday. No update on his status was provided.

Northeast Division

-This is a new injury. Bruins forward David Krejci is day to day due to a "core" ailment.

-Sabres forward Nathan Gerbe is a good human. He will be donating two tickets a game to military personnel from Western New York.

Southeast Division

-Cam Ward made 26 saves for the Hurricanes in a 3-2 defeat of the Bruins.

-Goal of the Night: Boston's Tyler Seguin with a sick snipe on Ward:

-The Panthers demoted forward Evgeny Dadonov to San Antonio of the AHL.

Central Division

-The Blackhawks assigned forward Brandon Saad, a native of Gibsonia, to Saginaw of the OHL and recalled goaltender Alexander Salak from Rockford of the AHL.

-The Predators demoted forward Zack Stortini to Milwaukee of the AHL.

Northwest Division

-Shootout goals by Milan Hejduk and Matt Duchene gave the Avalanche a 3-2 win against the Blue Jackets. Semyon Varlamov made 31 saves in the victory. Captain Rick Nash had a goal and an assist in regulation for Columbus.

Pacific Division

-The Stars acquired forward Eric Nystrom (right) from the Wild in exchange for future considerations.

-The Ducks re-signed former forward Troy Bodie to a one-year two-way contract and assigned him to Syracuse the AHL.

-The King signed forwards Robert Czarnik, a third-round pick in 2008, and Andy Andreoff, a third-round pick in 2011, to three-year entry-level contracts.

Smythe Division

-“The fact we haven’t had any [suspensions] in a week, to me it speaks to the players, to their ability to adapt and make changes.” - NHL discipline czar Brendan Shanahan.

(Photos: Crosby-Jim McIsaac/Getty Images; Canucks/Flyers-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images and Tom Mihalek/Associated Press; Nystrom-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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written by Matt Eager, October 13, 2011 - 09:05 AM

What's up with Jeremy Roenick is he wants to be Don Cherry. Never mind his talking points are usually dull, and he has the speaking cadence of a third grader delivering a book report.

I think the man truly has a complex about never winning a championship.

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