THE BLACK-N-GOLD NEWS
STEELERS
The big news for our Steelers is that they battered the Denver Broncos in a 34-27 win on Sunday to close out their regular season home schedule. The win also moved the Steelers into the 2nd Wild Card spot in the AFC. A win on Sunday at the Baltimorons and a Jets loss to the Patriots officially gives the Black-N-Gold a trip to the postseason. That game is a 1pm kickoff so be ready Steelers fans. It's a chance for revenge for the game the Steelers gave away earlier in the year.
Pro Bowl selections were announced. 3 players will represent the Black-N-Gold. They are QB Ben Roethlisberger, WR Antonio Brown and G David DeCastro. Congrats to Big Ben, AB, and DeCastro. While it's a big honor, Mrs. Black-N-Gold hopes that they're too busy getting ready for the Super Bowl and have to sit out the Pro Bowl. Let's Go Steelers!!!!!!
PENS
Our Penguins spent most of the week searching. Searching for the net, searching for the win column and searching for Coach Mike Sullivan's first win behind the bench.
They suffered a beating from the Bruins on Friday night, 6-2. There were some firsts for the Black-N-Gold in this contest. F Conor Sheary scored his 1st NHL goal. D Trevor Daley recorded his first goal since joining the Pens. Congrats to Conor and Trevor! May they be the first of many.
Saturday brought roster moves for the Boys of Winter. F Daniel Sprong was sent to the Junior Hockey League. In the process, F Scott Wilson was re-called from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The moves didn't help as the Pens dropped another, 2-1 to Carolina.
The Pens also called up F Bryan Rust from WB/S when it was announced that G Marc-Andre Fleury was placed on IR due to concussion symptoms. The injury bug also bit C Sidney Crosby. He is now day-to-day with a lower-body injury.
Sid missed Monday's matchup versus Columbus due to his ailment. But the Pens finally got back in the win column, beating the Blue Jackets 5-2. Congrats to Sully for his first win. Congrats also to G Matt Murray for his 1st NHL victory.
More moves were made when Rust and Wilson were sent back to WB/S. Speaking of the Baby Penguins, the team announced that Clark Donatelli will take over head coaching duties now that Sully is Head Coach in Pittsburgh.
The Pens are off for the Christmas break until this weekend. They'll play back-to-back games on 12/26 and 12/27. They go on the road to Minnesota and Winnipeg. Stay in the win column and climb back into the playoff race. Let's Go Pens!!!
PIRATES
Our Pirates continue to make nary ripple in the free agent pool this offseason. They did make some moves this week, however insignificant. They traded a couple of minor leaguers to Milwaukee. OF Keon Broxton and RH Trey Supak where sent to the Brewers in exchange for INF Jason Rogers. Their BIG signing off the week came when they brought back graybearded RH Ryan Vogelsong on a 1 year deal. To make room for Vogelsong, they released RH Allen Webster. One more move was made to to finalize the 40-man roster. The Bucs acquired LH Kyle Lobstein from Detroit for cash considerations.
Mrs. Black-N-Gold has heard plenty of talk on local radio lately that the Buccos are calling this season a "bridge season". It looks like a bridge to nowhere to me. Mrs. Black-N-Gold hopes she's wrong. Let's Go Bucs!!!!!
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