SB Nation Pittsburgh - Penguins Training Camp: Brooks Orpik's Knee And Johan Franzen's Thighhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48827/pitt-fv.png2010-10-02T10:58:24-04:00http://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/rss/stream/14710732010-10-02T10:58:24-04:002010-10-02T10:58:24-04:00Without Crosby, Penguins Lose To Blackhawks
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<p>The Pens <a href="http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_702422.html">fell 5-2</a> to the Blackhawks Friday night in their first exhibition loss. <span>Arron Asham</span> left the game with an “upper-body injury.” The Pens will play their last preseason game against the Red Wings on Sunday.</p>
https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/pittsburgh-penguins/2010/10/2/1726119/sidney-crosby-penguins-lose-to-blackhawks-nhl-preseasonCharlie Wilmoth2010-10-01T11:51:02-04:002010-10-01T11:51:02-04:00Sidney Crosby Hurt, Will Miss Game Tonight
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<p>Not a big deal, but <span>Sidney Crosby</span> has a <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10274/1091864-100.stm">sore hip flexor</a> and will be out tonight against the Blackhawks:</p>
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<p>It is a recurring problem that forced him to miss a couple of days earlier in training camp, but Crosby and coach Dan Bylsma said the time off the ice is precautionary.</p>
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https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/pittsburgh-penguins/2010/10/1/1724463/sidney-crosby-hurt-will-miss-game-tonight-penguinsCharlie Wilmoth2010-09-29T12:56:51-04:002010-09-29T12:56:51-04:00Penguins Trim Roster To 30
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<p>The Penguins have <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10272/1091193-100.stm">trimmed</a> their training-camp roster to 30 players, sending 11 to their minor-league team in Wilkes-Barre:</p>
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<p>Forwards <span>Chris Conner</span>, <span>Nick Johnson</span>, <span>Brett Sterling</span>, <span>Joe Vitale</span> and <span>Tim Wallace</span>, defensemen <span>Robert Bortuzzo</span>, <span>Corey Potter</span>, <span>Brian Strait</span> and <span>Steve Wagner</span> and and goalies <span>Brad Thiessen</span> and <span>John Curry</span> were sent to the Baby Penguins.</p>
<p>Conner, Curry, Potter, Sterling, Wagner and Wallace will go on waivers and, if not claimed by noon Thursday, will report to Wilkes-Barre.</p>
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<p>SB Nation Pittsburgh's Jimmy Rixner comments on these moves <a href="http://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/pittsburgh-penguins/2010/9/29/1719566/pens-cut-eleven-players-as-roster-battle-heats-up">here</a>.</p>
https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/pittsburgh-penguins/2010/9/29/1719590/penguins-trim-roster-to-30Charlie Wilmoth2010-09-28T21:48:00-04:002010-09-28T21:48:00-04:00Sidney Crosby Talks, You Listen
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<p>If it weren’t for the ubiquitously beloved Pittsburgh Steelers and their cast of characters, there’s no doubt that <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.pensburgh.com/">Pittsburgh Penguins</a> captain <span>Sidney Crosby</span> would be the most popular athlete in town. Sid The Kid has already led the Penguins to Stanley Cup glory once in his still-young career, and nearly did so again last year before Pittsburgh bowed out in Game 7 of the Finals to the Montreal Canadians. There will be more parades and championship celebrations to come though. You can count on that.</p>
<p><a href="http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2010/09/28/sidney-crosby-and-the-penguins-have-reasons-to-be-optimistic/" target="new">Crosby joined 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh</a> on Monday to talk about that bitter loss in the Finals, what he’s been hard at work on this offseason to get better individually, what he thinks of the new-look roster, and other topics. Below are a few excerpts from the interview.</p>
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<p><strong>What part of his game he worked at during the offseason:</strong></p>
<p><em>“Well obviously I think I was trying to just make the most of a bit of the offseason basically trying to improve strength and speed and probably focus a little more on off-ice stuff trying to make sure that I had a good foundation here coming into camp and I felt strong and re-energized a bit so I feel like I was able to do that so now it is time to work on the ice and keep building on those.”</em></p>
<p><strong>How long the Game 7 loss to the Canadiens stayed with him:</strong></p>
<p><em>“Not that long. Some people react differently to those kind of things and for me I like at game 7 and anything can happen in game 7 and obviously that wasn’t the way that we wanted it to play out, but at the same time we had opportunities in game 6 to close out the series and there is so many things that you could look at that go into not winning and sometimes it is not really that much. It is a fine line between winning and losing so I was able to forget it pretty quickly once the season was over. Once you are going into July and you realize, you know what, what happened last year doesn’t really matter now because we everyone is starting fresh coming into September and once you realize that I think you look forward to starting and hopefully that little motivation helps you.”</em></p>
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https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/pittsburgh-penguins/2010/9/28/1718557/pittsburgh-penguins-training-camp-nfl-2010-2011-season-sidney-crosby-interviewMichael Bean2010-09-26T14:02:53-04:002010-09-26T14:02:53-04:00Fleury Saves 32 Of 33 Shots In Pens' Win Over Columbus
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<p><span>Marc-Andre Fleury</span> <a href="http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=538655&navid=DL%7CPIT%7Chome">saved 32 of 33 shots</a> in the Penguins’ 3-1 victory over the Blue Jackets Saturday night at <span class="caps">CONSOL</span>. So far this exhibition season, Fleury has saved 52 of 54 shots.</p>
https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/pittsburgh-penguins/2010/9/26/1713116/fleury-saves-32-of-33-shots-in-pens-win-over-columbus-blue-jacketsCharlie Wilmoth2010-09-23T23:08:32-04:002010-09-23T23:08:32-04:00Brooks Orpiks' Knee And Johan Franzen's Thigh
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<p>A major subplot in the Pittsburgh Penguins' preseason opening thrashing of the <a href="https://www.wingingitinmotown.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Detroit Red Wings</a> was <span>Brooks Orpik</span>'s knee on <span>Johan Franzen</span>.</p>
<p>Orpik was immediately challenged to a fight for the hit by, ironically, <span>Todd Bertuzzi</span>,<a target="new" href="http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=538407"> who proceeded to admit that he didn't even see the hit</a>, before Orpik was assessed 20 penalty minutes and a game misconduct.</p>
<p>Franzen left the game with what was later diagnosed as a charley horse. He'll <a target="new" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jntCUDvwh_tpbDF0aR4o3NaUajmQD9IDPJCO0">be out of action for a a few games</a> and should be ready to go well before the start of the regular season. The promising news for Franzen, however, hasn't diminished calls for Orpik to be suspended from Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock nor<a target="new" href="http://www.freep.com/article/20100923/SPORTS05/100923040/1053/rss17"> Franzen himself:</a></p>
<blockquote>"It's terrible," Franzen said. "Stupidest play I ever seen. He lifted his foot up and put his knee inside of my leg.... I just put the puck back down deep and was trying to go get it, and he threw his knee out." ... Does Orpik deserve to be suspended? "Yeah," Franzen said.</blockquote>
<p>As for Orpik, he blamed it on rust (skip to about 20 seconds): <object width="65%" height="65%" id="embed" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://video.penguins.nhl.com/videocenter/embed.swf">
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<p>While calls to suspend a player from an opposing team generally seem to hold little merit to higher ups in the NHL, and though it's not likely, it wouldn't be a shock to see Orpik get hit with a short suspension during the preseason for his actions, which were largely unseen, since the game was not televised.</p>
https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/pittsburgh-penguins/2010/9/23/1707433/brooks-orpiks-knee-and-johan-franzens-thigh-pittsburgh-penguins-detroit-red-wingsVoxMediaUser3526512010-09-23T18:49:38-04:002010-09-23T18:49:38-04:00Penguins Training Camp: Pens Win Exhibition Opener, Make Roster Cuts
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<p>The Pens <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10266/1089725-61.stm">began their exhibition schedule</a> before a sold-out crowd last night at the new CONSOL Energy Center, defeating the Red Wings 5-1. <span>Ryan Craig</span> scored two goals, and <span>Brett Sterling</span> added a goal and assisted <span>Mike Comrie</span> on the first goal ever scored at the new arena. <span>Sidney Crosby</span> scored a goal but left the game with a sore hip. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_700952.html">Today the Pens cut 13 players from camp</a>:</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; font-size: 13px;">Forwards <span>Jesse Boulerice</span>, Chris Collins, <span>Joey Haddad</span>, <span>Nick Petersen</span>, Ryan Schnell, Zack Sill, Alex Smigelski, Kevin Veilleux Geoff Walker, and defensemen Jason DeSantis, Derek Peltier Carl Sneep and goalie <span>Patrick Killeen</span> have all been sent to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.</span></p>
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<p>The Pens also sent Tyler Brown and Alex Pechursky to their junior teams.</p>
https://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/2010/9/23/2321484/penguins-training-camp-pens-win-exhibition-opener-make-roster-cutsCharlie Wilmoth