THE BLACK-N-GOLD NEWS
PENGUINS
The March to the playoffs is well underway for our Penguins. Unfortunately, as the wins mount, so are the injuries. F Carl Hagelin was the latest member of the walking wounded. He is expected to miss approximately 4 weeks with a lower-body injury. Get well soon, Hags!
The Pens dropped their last game on the Western Canada portion of their road trip. However, they were able to get point out of it when Calgary clipped them 4-3 in a shootout Monday night/Tuesday morning. Did they escape the Great White North with no more injuries? No such luck. D Mark Streit left the contest in Calgary with a lower-body injury. No word yet on the extent of said injury. Get well soon, Streit!
Our Favorite Black-N-Gold Hockey Team had to call in more reinforcements from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. They recalled F Josh Archibald from the Baby Pens. Speaking of Baby Pens, free agent Zach Aston-Reese was recently signed out of Northeastern, averaging more than a point a game during his NCAA career. He received a 2-way, entry-level contract and will join WB/S immediately.
The Pens road trip ended with a thud. They were shutout, 4-0, in Philly Wednesday. They also may have lost D Ron Hainsey in the process. Yes, another player left the game due to injury. No word yet on his status. Get well soon, Hainsey!
The Pens must be getting healthy, though. They sent Archie & Sunny back to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Thursday. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton-Pittsburgh connection continues, the Pens called up D Derrick Pouliot again.
Coach Sully announced that Hainesy is week-to-week. Meanwhile, C Evgeni Malkin missed Friday's game with an upper-body injury. Get well soon, Geno!
Friday night saw another game, another possible Pens injury. F Conor Sheary left the 6-4 win over New Jersey when he was hit in the face by a puck. No doubt about it, the Pens are having a run of tough luck. Sheary was able to return from the game and assist on C Sidney Crosby's 2nd goal of the game.
Sid and the Kids (Fs Jake Guentzel and Conor Sheary) continued their hot play yesterday. Sid had a hat trick and his lieutenants assisted on all 3 goals en route to a 4-0 shutout of the Florida Panthers. G Marc-Andre Fleury notched the shutout.
The Pens are 45-17-9 with 99 points, 1 point behind both Washington and Columbus for the division lead. The Captain now leads the league with 80 points (along with some kid named McDavid) and 40 goals.
The Pens take their show on the road to Buffalo Tuesday night. A win on Tuesday punches the Pens ticket for the playoff for the 11th straight season. Let's Go Pens!!!!
The Pens road trip ended with a thud. They were shutout, 4-0, in Philly Wednesday. They also may have lost D Ron Hainsey in the process. Yes, another player left the game due to injury. No word yet on his status. Get well soon, Hainsey!
The Pens must be getting healthy, though. They sent Archie & Sunny back to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Thursday. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton-Pittsburgh connection continues, the Pens called up D Derrick Pouliot again.
Coach Sully announced that Hainesy is week-to-week. Meanwhile, C Evgeni Malkin missed Friday's game with an upper-body injury. Get well soon, Geno!
Friday night saw another game, another possible Pens injury. F Conor Sheary left the 6-4 win over New Jersey when he was hit in the face by a puck. No doubt about it, the Pens are having a run of tough luck. Sheary was able to return from the game and assist on C Sidney Crosby's 2nd goal of the game.
Sid and the Kids (Fs Jake Guentzel and Conor Sheary) continued their hot play yesterday. Sid had a hat trick and his lieutenants assisted on all 3 goals en route to a 4-0 shutout of the Florida Panthers. G Marc-Andre Fleury notched the shutout.
The Pens are 45-17-9 with 99 points, 1 point behind both Washington and Columbus for the division lead. The Captain now leads the league with 80 points (along with some kid named McDavid) and 40 goals.
The Pens take their show on the road to Buffalo Tuesday night. A win on Tuesday punches the Pens ticket for the playoff for the 11th straight season. Let's Go Pens!!!!
PIRATES
Our Pirates made the first cuts of the spring. They assigned LH Cody Dickson, LH Tyler Eppler, C Jin-De Jhang and SS Kevin Newman to minor league camp. Our Favorite Black-N-Gold Baseball Team also optioned RHs Clay Holmes and Nick Kingham to Triple A Indy.
The Bucs made some more cuts when they optioned RH Dovydas Neverauskas and assigned OF Barrett Barnes and C Christian Kelley to minor league camp, too. They also optioned INF Chris Bostick to Triple A Indy & assigned INF Erich Weiss to minor league camp.
Still no word on 3B Jung Ho Kang and his visa issues.
Opening Day is 2 weeks away. Let's Go Bucs!!!!!
The Bucs made some more cuts when they optioned RH Dovydas Neverauskas and assigned OF Barrett Barnes and C Christian Kelley to minor league camp, too. They also optioned INF Chris Bostick to Triple A Indy & assigned INF Erich Weiss to minor league camp.
Still no word on 3B Jung Ho Kang and his visa issues.
Opening Day is 2 weeks away. Let's Go Bucs!!!!!
STEELERS
Free agency kicked off recently. Our Steelers have been entertaining some potential signees. They hosted former Jacksonville CB Davon House (while House was in the house on the South Side, he agreed to a deal with the Packers on his cell phone), former Buffalo WR Justin Hunter, former Packers LB Jayrone Elliott (who ultimately re-signed with Green Bay) and former Patriots LB Dont'a Hightower. No word yet on any signings from that group. Mrs. Black-N-Gold will continue to keep you abreast of the situation and let you know if/when our Favorite Black-N-Gold Football Team signs anyone. Hunter ended up inking a deal with the Steelers for 1 year.
The Steelers former 1st round pick, LB Jarvis Jones, has taken his talents to Steelers West. Jones signed a free agent contract with the Arizona Cardinals.
On the injury-front, RB Le'Veon Bell underwent core muscle surgery to repair the groin injury that was suffered during the playoffs. He may not be ready for OTAs but should be ready for training camp. Get well, Bell!
Now the Steelers get ready for the draft. The NFL will convene in Philly April 27-29. Let's Go Steelers!!!!!!
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