THE BLACK-N-GOLD NEWS
PENGUINS
Oh what a week it's been for our Penguins! Last Sunday Coach Mike Sullivan decided to replace rookie G Matt Murray with former starter Marc-Andre Fleury for Game of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning. It was also announced that D Trevor Daley would miss the rest of the season with a broken ankle. That's a tough break for Trev. Get well soon!
Unfortunately, the Flower didn't blossom in his first start in over a month. The Pens lost Game 5 in OT 4-3. Facing elimination, the Pens went on the road to Tampa Bay for game 6. Our favorite Black-N-Gold hockey team dominated from start to finish in a 5-2 victory, tying the series at 3 games apiece. The series would return to Pittsburgh for the final game and the chance to go to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Pens did not disappoint. Murray returned to goal and the Pens took the series with a 2-1 win.
The Pens return to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since winning the Cup in 2009. They'll hold home ice advantage when they faceoff against the Western Conference winners, the San Jose Sharks. Game 1 is tomorrow night at Consol Energy Center at 8pm. Mrs. Black-N-Gold will have her Stanley Cup preview as well as her keys to the game, tomorrow. Below is the schedule. Let's Go Pens!!!
There was more Pens news leading up to Game 1. Several Penguins were named to various World Cup teams for that competition. Congrats to C Sidney Crosby (Team Canada), G Matt Murray (Team North America), D Olli Maatta (Team Finland) Fs Carl Hagelin and Patric Hornqvist (Team Sweden) and Coach Sully (Team USA). Let's Go Pens!!!
PIRATES
Our Pirates started the week in the loss column with a 5-1 loss to Colorado last Saturday. After a rain delay of several hours, Sunday's game was postponed. It was rescheduled for the following day with a 12:35pm start. No problem for the Pirates, they took the series with a 6-3 win over the Rockies. Unfortunately they did receive some bad news. RH Ryan Vogelsong, called on for the spot start, was injured when he was hit in the face by a pitch while batting. Vogey was taken to AGH, where he had to spend a few days while the swelling went down on his left eye. He was placed on the 15 day DL and RH AJ Schugel was re-called from Triple A Indy. Get well, soon, Vogey!
The Pirates won the opener in the series with Arizona, downing the Diamondbacks 12-1. They edged Arizona the next night in a 5-4 win.
Some more roster moves were made, too. RH Arquimedes Caminero, who hit 2 Diamondbacks batters in the head in Tuesday night's game was placed on the 15 day DL. LH Tony Watson was placed on the paternity list. LH Kyle Lobstein and RH Rob Scahill were brought up from Indy to take their place. The Pirates brook out the brooms for the sweep on Thursday afternoon, winning 8-3.
The Pirates took their show on the road to Texas with a 3 game series that started on Friday night. The Pirates pounded the Rangers 9-1 to extend their winning streak to 5 games.
Prior to Saturday's game, the Pirates reinstated Watson and sent Lobstein back to Indy. Our favorite Black-N-Gold baseball team saw their winning streak come to an end. Former coach Jeff Banister's squad defeated the Bucs last night 5-2. They look to bounce back today in the rubber game. From there, they'll head to Miami for a 4-game set. Let's Go Bucs!!!!!
STEELERS
Our Steelers announced that training camp will get under way at St. Vincent's College in Latrobe on July 28. Mark your calendars. Meanwhile, OTAs kicked off this week. Not everyone was present at the start of activities. WR Antonio Brown was absent, finishing off his Dancing with the Stars commitments. AB did arrive on Thursday and is expected to be with the team for the rest of the offseason workouts. Let's Go Steelers!!!!!!
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