Happy Hockey Holidays and Birthday!

I know this is a little late but wanted to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving!! Also, to congratulate Crosby on his 4th career hat trick!!!! LET'S GO PENS :)

I forgot to mention that yesterday was Marc-Andre Fleury's 25th birthday! What a present Crosby getting a hat-trick but most importantly getting the W!!! 


Also, Cooke was suspended for 2 games for a hit to the head last nigth because he left his feet...

A 13 game day

Today has a full schedule of 13 games, the match ups are....
      Calgary Flames @ Los Angeles Kings
      Washington Capitals @ Toronto Maple Leafs
      Detriot Red Wings @ Montreal Canadiens 
      Buffalo Sabres @ Ottawa Senators
      Florida Panthers @ New York Rangers
      Tampa Bay Lightning @ Carolina Hurricanes
      Pittsburgh Penguins @  Atlanta Thrashers
      New York Islanders @ St. Louis Blues
      Columbus Blue Jackets @ Nashville Predators
      New Jersey Devils @ Dallas Stars
      Philadelphia Flyers @ Phoenix Coyotes    
      Chicago Blackhawks @ Edmonton Oilers
      San Jose Sharks @ Anaheim Ducks 


Last night had some shocking teams come up on top....
      Montreal Canadians were in Washington and beat the Capitals by a score of 3-2. 
      Boston Bruins were in Buffalo and they beat the Sabres in OT to win 2-1
      The Panthers were in Detriot last night and they beat the Red Wings 2-1 in OT
      San Jose Sharks beat the Flyers by a score of 6-3
Danny Heatley was well on fire last night he had a hat trick against the Flyers at home, on goal was a power play goal and another was a short-handed goal. Can you say Three-Heat?


Also in Pittsburgh Penguins news.... 
      Sidney Crosby is probable tonight against the Thrashers due to illness, he was given the day off from practice. 
      Tyler Kennedy, Kris Letang, Jay McKee, and Chris Kunitz are on Injured Reserve.  
      Alex Goligoski is out. 

This is a picture I took at the Penguins morning skate, I will be adding some of the best photos to the end of my posts.

    

     

Last Night...

So last night Gonchar and Talbot returned. Gonch and "Superstar" definetly need more time to get back to the tempo of the game than Malkin did. Malkin it took two strides and he was back in it and after a game I still think Gonch and Talbot aren't fully back in it.

Another addition to the injury list (which I am sick of doing!).....
Jay McKee- has a finger infection that will sideline him for 2-4 WEEKS! I know what you are probably thinking, almost a month for a FINGER infection. It's ok that what I thought!

Updates on injuries...
Brooks Orpik- is very close to returning. That is very good news because as of now we are playing with two defensemen (Gonchar and Eaton) that have played more games in the NHL than the AHL.


All for now....and since I am finally on Thanksgiving break and going to the City of Champions there should be more updates, including our guest blogger.

This is just ridiculous.......

Ok so now Goligoski is going to be out for 2-3 weeks with a "lower-body" injury. Wow! Our defense is now going to be a bunch of AHL-ers.....

Really?

Ok I have good news and bad news,

Malkin is returning tonight!! YAY!
Kunitz is out for two weeks. Really?, no really? another player out for two weeks....great.......
Kennedy will be out for 7 to 10 more days.....

Injury Scroll

Ok so the Penguins have lost four straight but that is without a lot of key players. Here is an update on the injuries....

Player, Injury (Date), Time Frame, Current Progress
Max Talbot: torn labrum (July 7), 4 to 6 months, practicing (cleared for contact)
Sergei Gonchar: broken left wrist (Oct. 20), 4 to 6 weeks, practicing (no contact)
Evgeni Malkin: shoulder strain (Oct. 29), 2 weeks, practicing (cleared for contact)
Tyler Kennedy: undisclosed (possibly groin), day-to-day, no ice participation
Kris Letang: shoulder contusion (Nov. 7), 2 weeks, no ice participation
Brooks Orpik: lower-body (possibly knee) (Nov. 10), 2 weeks, no ice participation

If you would like to, read this article for talk with Talbot and Malkin about their injuries.
http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=505841&navid=DL|PIT|home

LATE EDIT:
Malkin is expected to play tonight! Thank god!
Also, we will be having a guest blogger post his thoughts: