Penguins want that cup badly!

The Pittsburgh Penguins are doing everything they can this season to get the Stanley Cup. 

Already making it on a current 13 game win streak, breaking the record, and hoping to continue that streak tonight against Winnipeg. 

The Penguins have made three very serious trades over this past week to bring in some very good players to add an edge for our team.  This was done without removing anybody from our current team roster, too. 

The newly added players are Brenden Morrow, a defenseman from the Dallas Stars, who was the captain of the team.  Douglas Murray, a defenseman from the San Jose Sharks. Also, as of yesterday the Penguins have picked up.  Jarome Iginla who was a forward on the Calgary Flames.

Although  we can only speculate how these three new additions will hold up, it's exciting to see some good players be added to an already amazing team.

Click here for new information on the recently added players.

http://www.rantsports.com/nhl/2013/04/21/new-acquisitions-finally-comfortable-in-roles-for-pittsburgh-penguins/







Player Profile:  Chris Kunitz

For anybody that does not know Chris Kunitz is a forward on the Pittsburgh Penguins.  He is on the same line as Pascal Dupuis and the captain of the team Sidney Crosby.

Kunitz has had an amazing start to the season in only a short few weeks.  With the help of his other two forward Kunitz has managed to pull up to second place in the league for goals, just under Steve Stamkos.  Kunitz is third overall for points right under his lineman Crosby.

Kunitz has scored 19 goals and made 22 assists so far in this season.

Also for anybody following Kunitz throughout the season you can see that he has more than excelled so far and pushed himself to be one of the best forwards this season.

Crosby, Kunitz, and Dupuis have the best line in all of the teams in the NHL this season.

For anybody checking out the next games for the Penguins check out Kuntiz number 14 to score plenty of goals.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins still managed to keep their streak alive winning tonight against Philly.  They now reached a 12 game win streak!




Goal three of the Kunitz hat trick against washington on Feb 3rd.  His best game so far of the season..

http://penguins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8470543

Pens go ten!!

The Pittsburgh Penguins have officially gone on a ten game win streak, as of Tuesday when they played the Washington Capitals.  The win sets the team up to be "the team to beat" in the East.

It was a 2-1 win over the Capitals on Tuesday that gave the Penguins their new position in the league.

The goals from the Pens were scored by Matt Niskenan and Matt Cooke.  In addition to that, Sidney Crosby added to his record assists for the season by assisted both goals of the night. 

Even with our star forward Evgeni Malkin out with an upper body injury, our Pens have still managed to keep up their win streak.  Malkin may still be out for atleast another week before he can return to the ice. 
The Pitstburgh Penguins are currently 23-8-0, with their ten win streak a record for the season in the Eastern Conference.

They play tomorrow agains the New York Islanders, a team that isn't the best, but has proven to stand a good chance agasinst the Penguins in the past. 

I just hope that I did in no way jinx the team by writing this blog about their current win streak.

 Lets go Pens!!!



Let's keep breaking records and take a look at these ten great goals by the Penguins:

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/19/pens-win-streak-at-10-games-with-2-1-victory/

Player Profile: Steven Stamkos

Player Profile:  Steven Stamkos

Steven Stamkos scored his 200th career goal yesterday against the Philadelphia Flyers.  Stamkos and his team won the game with a 4-2 victory over the Flyers.  

For those who do not know much about hockey, Steven Stamkos plays as number 91 on the Tampa Bay Lightning.  Stamkos is considered one of the best forwards in hockey these days, and he has surely proven it this season already.

In the game yesterday against the Flyers, Stamkos managed to get an assist to bring the Lightning ahead. Stamkos managed to score his 200th goal yesterday on an empty net with only three seconds left to go in the game.  

The Tampa Bay Lightning are currently 13-15-1 for the shortened 2013 season.  They stand at third place in their division, which is not a horrible spot to sit.  However, can they bring their ranking up to be more competitive with other teams?  Teams like the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Chicago Blackhawks have proven to be dominant this season, even with players on their roster being injured.

Stamkos is one of my favorite hockey players right now.  I even had him on my fantasy team this year, and he led my team in points overall.  He is a very well rounded player and his biggest strength is his consistency each game.

Stamkos currently sits at number two in the league for points.  Currently he has 40 points this season, sitting only several points under from the leader, Pittsburgh Penguin's Sidney Crosby!  They are constantly battling each other for the number one spot every week.

Stamkos, for the 2013 season, has 21 goals and 19 assists.  He is the first one this season to reach the 20 goal mark.  In addition, he was projected to score 34 goals the entire season with assisting 31.  With a couple months in the season it looks as if he will be able to break that projected total for both and go much higher.

Take a look at the video from the game showing Stamkos making his record 200th career goal.

Stats taken from:  http://espn.go.com/nhl/player/_/id/5037/steven-stamkos