The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the New York Rangers on Saturday night by the final score of 4-3.
The main headline of Saturday night was Pittsburgh's captain Sidney Crosby scoring consecutive goals in the last six minutes of the second period. The captain had a backhand tap-in goal into a wide open net with 5:53 left in the first period. Then ,after recieving a perfect pass from Chris Kunitz, Crosby redirected the puck top shelf on Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist while falling to the ice. The goal came with 1:24 left in the second period.
In Pittsburgh, fans are relieved and excited that their team was able to produce a split on the road against the NHL's best team. In New York… they're sweating...
Pittsburgh now has home ice advantage. Splitting in the first two meetings leaves 3 out of the next 5 games to be played in the steel city. Can the Pens take advantage of what they've earned? Game 3 is monday & takes place at Console Energy Center at 7:00 p.m.
Written by Austin Young, in collaboration with Joe Smeltzer.
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Final Four Predictions
68 teams were invited to the NCAA tournament this season, and only 4 remain. All four of these teams are very deserving and have worked very hard to get here. The winners of tonight's games will move onto the National Championship that will take place on Monday. Let's get into what I think will happen in tonight's games.
#1 Duke vs. #7 Michigan State
Duke was expected by a lot of people to be here, while the same cannot be said about Sparty. But Tom Izzo and his squad have knocked off giants in Virgina, Oklahoma and Lousiville to get here. The Spartans have solid guard play, led by Denzel Valentine, but I think that Duke will overpower MSU inside, as Jalihl Oakfor is arguably the best big man in the country. As has been the case many times before, Oakfor will propel Duke to victory.
Winner : Duke
#1 Kentucky vs. #1 Wisconsion
This is the matchup that I'm sure a lot of people had taking place in their bracket and I know that this is the game I wanted to see. It will be very close, and is a very hard game to predict. However, I'm going to have to go with Kentucky, do to their toughness and depth. As good as Frank Kaminsky is, he will be seeing 2 big men that are better than any he has faced all year besides Oakafor, in Karl Anthony Towns and Wille-Caully Stien. Kaminsky was not effective against Oakfor, and although I expect Towns and Stien to nerur lose him just enough to win it for UK. The Wildcats have the best defensive team in the land, and Wisconsion will not shoot like they did against Arizoka against them. So, I think 39-0 will become a reality.
Winner: Kentucky
#1 Duke vs. #7 Michigan State
Duke was expected by a lot of people to be here, while the same cannot be said about Sparty. But Tom Izzo and his squad have knocked off giants in Virgina, Oklahoma and Lousiville to get here. The Spartans have solid guard play, led by Denzel Valentine, but I think that Duke will overpower MSU inside, as Jalihl Oakfor is arguably the best big man in the country. As has been the case many times before, Oakfor will propel Duke to victory.
Winner : Duke
#1 Kentucky vs. #1 Wisconsion
This is the matchup that I'm sure a lot of people had taking place in their bracket and I know that this is the game I wanted to see. It will be very close, and is a very hard game to predict. However, I'm going to have to go with Kentucky, do to their toughness and depth. As good as Frank Kaminsky is, he will be seeing 2 big men that are better than any he has faced all year besides Oakafor, in Karl Anthony Towns and Wille-Caully Stien. Kaminsky was not effective against Oakfor, and although I expect Towns and Stien to nerur lose him just enough to win it for UK. The Wildcats have the best defensive team in the land, and Wisconsion will not shoot like they did against Arizoka against them. So, I think 39-0 will become a reality.
Winner: Kentucky
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