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The cold steel will be hitting the ice soon.The Pens will be in new home in 2010-2011.The new Consol Energy Center is in the fastlane and ready to roll as Mike Lange might say...

Send the zamboni over to PNC Park and pick me up. I am going down with the pirate ship since we traded all the lifeboats for an 8th round pick in next years draft.

LETS GO PENS!!!

(Quest for the Stanley Cup) nice title,where you get that from Go Habs

Pens 3 Jackets 1

I know, preseason but who cares. Fleury saves 32 and shines.

Puck drops for real on October 7th as the Filtydelphia Flyers come to the Burgh for the season opener.

Habs come calling on the 9th.

As Daffey Duck would say, "its rabbit season!" and Bugs replied, "No, its puck season."

LETS GO PENS!!!

I don't look for The HABS to make the eastern finals again,,,, But Go HABS

The puck drops tonight @ 7pm in the new Consol Energy Center in the Burgh as the Filtydelphia Flyers come to town in the season opener.

The Flyers were the first team hosted by the Pens back in 1967 in the Igloo when just over 4,000 folks showed up to watch the teams play to a 1-1 tie. Tonight, over 18,000 will pack the new arena across the street from the Igloo. The Pens owned the Flyers last year as they went 5-1 against them. The Pens also have 66 home wins vs the Flyers. A good omen as 66 is the retired number of Super Mario.

Burgh favorite Sergi Gonchar is with the Sens this year and Staal is out for the Pens with a foot injury but the Pens have Crosby, Malkin, Fleury et al back to bring Lord Stanley's Cup back to it's rightful home in the Burgh.

Puck drops tonight @ 7 with a national TV game on Versus.

LETS GO PENS!!!

Black and Gold never quit, GO BRUINS

The_Legend_of_Northwest wrote:Black and Gold never quit, GO BRUINS

Right colors, wrong mascot.

LETS GO PENS!!!

Mister B wrote:

The_Legend_of_Northwest wrote:Black and Gold never quit, GO BRUINS

Right colors, wrong mascot.

LETS GO PENS!!!

Atleast we both can agree to hate the frickin Flyers

to bring Lord Stanley's Cup back to it's rightful home in the Burgh.
No my friend it's rightful home is where it has rested 24 times Go HABS

Flyers 3 Pens 2

Flyers rookie goalie Sergei Bobrovsky was outstanding in the net. Pens could have easily scored 2 or 3 goals in the first period but Bobrovsky was picking the puck up well. Pens did manage to put more traffic in front of the net in the 3rd but could not get their first win in their new digs.

Habs come to town for a saturday matchup of 0-1 teams as they dropped their opener to the Leafs 3-2.

LETS GO PENS!!!

I know but for the 12th straight year the HABS opened on the road

Canadiens 3, Penguins 2 PITTSBURGH (AP) - Even in their new arena, the Pittsburgh Penguins still have no answer for Mike Cammalleri.

Cammalleri and Scott Gomez scored in a 24-second span over the final 2:12 and the Montreal Canadiens came back for a 3-2 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday night, keeping the Penguins winless through two games at brand new Consol Energy Center.

"Cammalleri is a real quality player and he has the ability to score key goals," Montreal coach Jacques Martin said. "He has a nose for the net."

The Penguins know that all too well.

The final game at Mellon Arena was Montreal 5-2 win in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Cammalleri was Montreal's biggest weapon in that series, scoring seven goals - including the winner in Game 7.

On Saturday, Cammalleri's second goal of the game came when he was second Montreal player to deflect a Josh Gorges shot from the right-wing boards, getting it past Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.

"We were both battling and going to the net, just trying to go to the net after point shots," Cammalleri said. "It was a big goal, and a big two points for us."

Gomez scored on the next shift, skating down the left wing and needling a shot through the pads of Fleury.

Afterward, Gomez evoked Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay - who threw a no-hitter three days earlier.

"I just kind of threw it on net at the end and good things happen, I guess," Gomez said. "Kind of like Doc Halladay, I just threw the 3-2 changeup in there."

Evgeni Malkin and Mark Letestu scored for the Penguins, who lost the first game at only the second home arena they have known, 3-2 Thursday to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Cammalleri also scored in the first period for the Canadiens, who were playing their first game in Pittsburgh since eliminating the Penguins from the playoffs in the second round as a No. 8 seed last season.

Counting playoffs, he has scored in five consecutive games in Pittsburgh.

His goal Saturday 15:24 into the game came when he finished a pretty feed from Tomas Plekanec. Bylsma had said after the pregame skate Saturday that the team must do a much better job defending Cammalleri.

"I plan on playing a lot of games against the Pittsburgh Penguins, so I guess I'll take that as a big form of flattery, to be honest with you," Cammalleri said.

Skating with speed, Plekanec looked as if he was going to circle behind net but instead slipped a pass right out to Cammalleri in the slot. The puck was in the net before Fleury even had turned back around from facing Plekanec.

"We did some good things, there were some positives about the game, but one or two mistakes wind up in the back of your net," Bylsma said. "They have to be corrected and they have to get out of your game if you're going to be a good team and get wins."

Montreal traded the star of last season's playoff run, goalie Jaroslav Halak, in order to make room for Carey Price, a former first-round pick. Price made 36 saves.

"Carey was really good, but you know what? We expect him to be that way," Cammalleri said. "I don't think that was anything out of the ordinary for him - that's Carey Price. I loved his body language, he made some game-winning saves throughout the game, so well done by him."

Malkin made it 1-1 when he scored 40 seconds into the second during a 4-on-3 power play, slapping a one-timer off a cross-ice pass from Sidney Crosby past Price.

The former league scoring champions Malkin and Crosby were held scoreless on opening night.

Letestu scored with 11:18 to play, taking a pass from Matt Cooke while they were skating fast down the left wing, accepting the puck while in the faceoff circle and shoveling a shot that beat Price through the five-hole.

"We let it slip away, that's basically what happened," Crosby said. "We didn't put the game away. We had a lead and had some real good chances. We didn't get the two-goal lead there, and it ended up hurting us."

Notes: Almost 43 years to the day (Oct. 11, 1967), the two teams played the first game at the then-Civic Arena, which still stands across the street from Consol Energy Center. Montreal won that one, too, 2-1. ... Canadiens D P.K. Subban briefly left the game late in the first period after taking a high stick to the face from Pittsburgh C Mike Comrie. .... Crosby limped off the ice after taking a clearing attempt from Pittsburgh D Brooks Orpik off his right knee while killing a penalty during the second period but did not miss a shift. ... Crosby has never been shut out during the first two games of any of his first six NHL seasons.

The Pens get thier first win of the season.A 3-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils Monday afternoon.As Mike Lange would say...."How bout them Apples?"

The Blackhawks pxp guy Pat Foley is pretty good too...I remember Dale Talon used to be his color guy before he got into the GM business.

The Pens fry the Flyers in Philly tonight, 5-1! Crosby scored two power play goals and Cooke added an empty netter.

Well 5,2,1 in second place with 11 points . We will see . GO HABS

I was going to go but had to work ..Lucky me

Facing his former team, Mathieu Garon had added incentive on Tuesday night. That adrenaline helped his current team's continue its surge.

Garon stopped 29 shots for his 17th career shutout, extending his strong play at home in leading the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 3-0 victory against the Montreal Canadiens at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday night.

Rick Nash, Derick Brassard and Kyle Wilson had goals and Jake Voracek added two assists for the Blue Jackets, who have won six of eight.

"Matty was outstanding and he deserves opportunities to play," Columbus coach Scott Arniel said. "He's been good from training camp all the way through to tonight. I have a lot of confidence in both goaltenders. We have 1-A and 1-B."

Garon, a second-round pick by the Canadiens (No. 44) in the 1996 Entry Draft, improved to 8-0-4 with a 1.96 goals-against average in home games since joining Columbus as a free agent in 2009.

With Tuesday's win, Garon improved to 3-0-0 with a 0.86 GAA this season.
"I've been maybe a little lucky," Garon said. "When I've played, we haven't played a bad game this season. It feels good. We have to win at home. If we want to be in the top eight teams (making the playoffs), we have to be dominant here at home."

The Canadiens, who had won four of five, were shut out for the second time this season.
"We've got some lines that are creating some opportunities and other lines are not," coach Jacques Martin said. "We'll look at the video and analyze and see what we can bring as far as a solution for the next game."

Nash gave Columbus a 1-0 lead when he ripped a wrister from the right circle past Carey Price at 12:34 of the opening period, finishing off a 2-on-1 break. It was Nash's fourth goal of the season.

As that goal was being announced, Montreal forward Benoit Pouliot was sent to the penalty box for boarding. Voracek then skated with the puck across the blue line, splitting defensemen Hal Gill and Josh Gorges, and slid a pass through the crease from the left goal line. Brassard had an almost vacant net in front of him and jammed it past Price for his fourth goal in five games.
"We played really well in the first and second," Brassard said. "And in the third, Matty did everything by himself. He saved us a few times. He was the difference tonight."

After a scoreless second period, Columbus added a backbreaker at 6:22 of the third. On yet another 2-on-1 break, Jared Boll backhanded a pass under the stick of Travis Moen to set up Wilson, who lifted a backhander high into the net. He now has three goals in his last six contests.

"Each game we're getting better and better," Nash said. "We finally tonight had lots of chances. Power play, 5 on 5 -- hopefully it just keeps on getting better."

Material from wire services was used in this report.

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