Sunday, January 18, 2009

Zigomanis, Garon and the Rangers Oh My!

Aloha,

It's been a while, and seemingly while I have been searching for my terrible towel in the basement, the Pens have gained their swagger back. In some unfortunate news, Mike Zigomanis looks to be out for four to six months with successful shoulder surgery. His faceoff skills have certainly been missed as he is a valuable asset for the Pens.

Ray Shero has acquired veteran goaltender Mathieu Garon from the Edmonton Oilers for Netminder Dany Sabourin, Baby Pen Ryan Stone and a fourth round pick in 2011 Garon has played 199 career games touting an impressive 2.84 GAA and a record of 91-82-3-10. In lieu of avoiding a lateral trade, Shero hopes that Garon can provide a backbone for the playoff push. The move should level the drop off in goaltending when Flower is out of the lineup.

The Penguins came out today and absolutely destroyed the Fleury_Terrible_TowelNew  York Rangers in every facet of the game. More importantly, Flower got a shut out and neither Sid or Malkin registered a point. While this may be bad for their points race, it is a confidence boost for the rest of the squad. Chris Minard lit the lamp for his first goal of the season, and also may have shed the "Baby" from the front of his uniform for a while. Kennedy and Sykora provided insurance with their 8th and 17th goals on the season.   NHL Score Sheet.

The Pens look to weather the Hurricanes on Tuesday January 20th. After the All-Star break, the battle of the Staals continues for the third straight contest, as the Rangers come back to Pittsburgh for hopefully another thrashing on the 28th of January.

Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go!!!!

Aloha

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