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Ovechkin rallies against Orpik, Pens PUBLISHED February 7, 2010 ... WASHINGTON -- Very few NHL defensemen have proven to be up to the task of slowing Alex Ovechkin, but Brooks Orpik did a fantastic job Sunday. The Pittsburgh Penguins' blueliner kept the two-time defending MVP in front of him despite Ovechkin's best efforts to spin and juke. He also blocked four of Ovechkin's shots. Yet Ovechkin still had a hat trick and a four-point effort in leading his ... READ STORY › Score: 1.3893609
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Ovechkin gets hat trick; Capitals win 14th in row, beat Penguins 5-4 in OT PUBLISHED February 7, 2010 ... in the rebound 2:49 into overtime after Ovechkin's shot hit the post during a Capitals power play. Washington got the man advantage when Brooks Orpik was sent off for high sticking Alexander Semin, a call that prompted Orpik to call Semin "a baby." The assist gave Ovechkin a league-leading 86 points. "Ovie was crazy. He was awesome. He took the team on his back and he carried us," said Eric Fehr, who ... READ STORY › Score: 0.39696026
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Brian Gionta scores twice to lead Canadiens to 5-3 win over Penguins PUBLISHED February 6, 2010 ... ." That aggressive play was rewarded when Gionta was sprung on a breakaway by Roman Hamrlik and the speedy winger scored on a nifty backhand over a sprawled Fleury at 9:38 of the second. Brooks Orpik took an interference penalty on White just 31 seconds later, and Gomez made it 3-1 Habs with his eighth of the year on the ensuing power play at 10:21. Halak then allowed the Penguins back into it when he let ... READ STORY › Score: 0.39696026
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Sidney Crosby's three goals in second rally Penguins past Sabres PUBLISHED February 1, 2010 ... with an even better one. Crosby's hat trick was his third of the season and fifth of his career, and the Penguins pressed unsuccessfully to try to get him a fourth goal in the final period. By the end, they were scrambling to keep their lead, too. Jason Pominville scored on a power play with three minutes remaining, and the Penguins were forced to kill Brooks Orpik's holding penalty with 2 ... READ STORY › Score: 0.39696026
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Alex Ovechkin scores 2 goals, Capitals rally to beat Penguins 6-3 PUBLISHED January 22, 2010 ... , but it had a different feel than a mere regular-season game - and not just because Ovechkin and Crosby revived a rivalry that also may play out in the Olympics next month. "It had the feeling of a playoff game, and that obviously happens with the matchup we have with Sid and Ovechkin," Penguins defenceman Brooks Orpik said. "The intensity was definitely there." In their 23 career meetings, Crosby ... READ STORY › Score: 0.39696026
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No break: Lemieux watches lengthy Penguins practice on supposed day off PUBLISHED January 4, 2010 ... . But with the Penguins up against the salary cap, and not a lot of help waiting around in the minors, change probably must come from within. "No one's happy, but there's no finger pointing or anything like that," defenceman Brooks Orpik said. "We're a team that's used to winning, so it's a little bit different for us. But there's no trades coming or anything like that. Nothing else outside of this room's going ... READ STORY › Score: 0.39696026
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Lemieux watches lengthy Pens practice on day off PUBLISHED January 4, 2010 ... against the salary cap, and not a lot of help waiting around in the minors, change probably must come from within. "No one's happy, but there's no finger pointing or anything like that," defenseman Brooks Orpik said. "We're a team that's used to winning, so it's a little bit different for us. But there's no trades coming or anything like that. Nothing else outside of this room's going to change ... READ STORY › Score: 0.39696026
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U.S. men's hockey team roster PUBLISHED January 1, 2010 ... The roster for the American men's hockey team, with player and affiliation, as presented Sunday: Goal Ryan Miller, Buffalo Sabres Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings Tim Thomas, Boston Bruins Defencemen Erik Johnson, St. Louis Blues Jack Johnson, Los Angeles Kings Mike Komisarek, Toronto Maple Leafs Paul Martin, New Jersey Devils Brooks Orpik, Pittsburgh ... READ STORY › Score: 0.99240065
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Pittsburgh Penguins remedy Stanley Cup hangover with solid start PUBLISHED December 22, 2009 ... Staal, Brooks Orpik and Marc-Andre Fleury, all signed through at least the 2011-12 season. "Our chemistry is still the same, it's still solid," said Fleury. "The guys that came in are great fits. "Everyone is getting along very good with everybody. On the ice, I think we've shown we're built to win again - that's the main thing." A major hurdle in winning another championship appears ... READ STORY › Score: 0.49620032
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Sidney Crosby's overtime goal lifts Penguins over Panthers 3-2 PUBLISHED November 23, 2009 ... Oct. 23 in Pittsburgh. "You don't want to have to come from behind, but a lot of things we did tonight allowed us to have a strong third period," Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma said. "Our guys poured it on and played great in the third." The Penguins got a four-minute power play at 1:25 of overtime when Nathan Horton was penalized for high-sticking defenceman Brooks Orpik. Right before ... READ STORY › Score: 0.39696026
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Penguins defenceman Martin Skoula scores twice in 3-2 win over Thrashers PUBLISHED November 21, 2009 ... scorer with 10 goals and 12 assists, assisted on Skoula's first goal. NOTES: Pittsburgh D Brooks Orpik returned after missing four games due to a lower body injury. ... The Penguins were 4-0 against the Thrashers last season and are 27-8-2 overall, including 13-4-2 in Atlanta. ... Afinogenov has six goals and three assists in his last five games. ... READ STORY › Score: 0.49620032
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Wigge: Sizing up the new-look Sharks PUBLISHED November 20, 2009 ... And then there was just one That's kind of how Pittsburgh's Mark Eaton must have felt Nov. 16 when he was the lone defenseman left from the Penguins Stanley Cup-winning team in a contest against one of the game's best lines -- Anaheim's Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry and Bobby Ryan. With Sergei Gonchar, Brooks Orpik, Kris Letang and Alex Goligoski all out of the lineup with various injuries ... READ STORY › Score: 0.39696026
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Phillips scores two in 800th career game as Senators blast Penguins 6-2 PUBLISHED November 19, 2009 ... Malkin, with a late power-play marker. Johnson stopped six of seven shots the rest of the way as the Penguins began their three-game road trip by falling to 3-5-0 in the month of November. Still without defencemen Alex Goligoski, Kris Letang, Jay McKee and Brooks Orpik and forwards Chris Kunitz and Tyler Kennedy, the Penguins did get some help when star blue-liner Sergei Gonchar returned ... READ STORY › Score: 0.39696026
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Penguins down four defencemen with Goligoski out two to three weeks PUBLISHED November 16, 2009 ... PITTSBURGH - Alex Goligoski will be sidelined for at least two weeks with an unspecified lower body injury, leaving the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins with two healthy defencemen among their top six. The Penguins already are playing without Sergei Gonchar (wrist), Kris Letang (shoulder) and Brooks Orpik (undisclosed injury). Also out are forwards Max Talbot (shoulder), Tyler ... READ STORY › Score: 1.1908808
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Malkin makes magnificent return, but Goligoski exits PUBLISHED November 16, 2009 ... Koivu (groin). Though getting Malkin back is great news, the Penguins defense is in shambles and getting worse. Already with offensive defensemen Sergei Gonchar (wrist) and Kris Letang (shoulder) out, and defensive-minded Brooks Orpik also sidelined, on Monday the team announced that its highest-scoring defender, Alex Goligoski (20, 6-8-14, 83 percent), will be out two to three weeks with a lower ... READ STORY › Score: 0.5954404
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Pens' Goligoski out for 2 to 3 weeks PUBLISHED November 16, 2009 ... PITTSBURGH (AP) -Alex Goligoski will be sidelined for at least two weeks with an unspecified lower body injury, leaving the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins with two healthy defensemen among their top six. The Penguins already are playing without Sergei Gonchar (wrist), Kris Letang (shoulder) and Brooks Orpik (undisclosed injury). Also out are forwards Max Talbot (shoulder), Tyler ... READ STORY › Score: 1.1908808
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Pens' Goligoski out for 2 to 3 weeks PUBLISHED November 16, 2009 ... PITTSBURGH (AP) -Alex Goligoski is expected to miss two to three weeks because of an unspecified lower body injury, leaving the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins with only two healthy defensemen among their top six. The Penguins already were playing without Sergei Gonchar (wrist), Kris Letang (shoulder) and Brooks Orpik (undisclosed injury), plus forwards Max Talbot (shoulder), Tyler ... READ STORY › Score: 1.1908808
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Bergfors, Parise, Zajac lead Devils past Penguins for ninth consecutive road win PUBLISHED November 12, 2009 ... the left wing boards and fed it to Bergfors in the slot for his fifth. David Clarkson scored for the second night in a row, into an empty net with two seconds remaining. NOTES: Penguins D Brooks Orpik is expected to be out for about two weeks with an undisclosed injury that occurred during a collision along the end boards with Bruins D Mark Stuart on Tuesday. ... Brodeur remains one shutout away ... READ STORY › Score: 0.39696026
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Malkin, Talbot progressing towards recovery PUBLISHED November 12, 2009 ... . The positive news on the injury front is a welcome sign for the Penguins, who seem to be getting bad news a lot these days. It was announced today that defenseman Brooks Orpik will be out at least two weeks with a lower-body injury. Defenseman Kris Letang is out at least another 10 days with a shoulder contusion, and forward Tyler Kennedy is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Sergei Gonchar remains ... READ STORY › Score: 0.99240065
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Penguins' Orpik sidelined two weeks PUBLISHED November 12, 2009 ... Another day, another injury. Or so it seems for the Penguins these days. In the team's most recent health setback, it was announced Thursday that defenseman Brooks Orpik will be out of the lineup for the next two weeks with a lower-body injury. Orpik left Pittsburgh's game Tuesday night in Boston in the first period after falling awkwardly into the boards and did not return in the game ... READ STORY › Score: 0.99240065
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Bruins claim 1st back-to-back wins of season, shut out slumping Penguins 3-0 PUBLISHED November 10, 2009 ... MVP Evgeni Malkin along with Kris Letang, Sergei Gonchar and Tyler Kennedy, lost former Boston College defenceman Brooks Orpik in the first period to an unspecified injury. Hunwick scored at 18:24 of the second period, but it took a bit longer for the goal to count. After he beat Fleury, three Bruins began celebrating and the TD Garden foghorn sounded, but the referee waved off the goal ... READ STORY › Score: 0.5954404
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Prucha scores while on his back, surprising Coyotes beat flat Penguins 3-0 PUBLISHED October 7, 2009 ... champions." Earlier in the second, Prucha improvised to score an odd but important goal. Skating toward the net, Prucha collided with Mark Eaton and was knocked off his skates, but, landing on Eaton's back in front of the net, controlled Radim Vrbata's rebound and steered the puck past Johnson at 10:47. Pittsburgh's Brooks Orpik was off for hooking. "I was just waiting for a rebound or a tap ... READ STORY › Score: 0.39696026
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NHL announces 2009-10 opening-day rosters PUBLISHED October 1, 2009 ... . Injured reserve: Taylor Pyatt, F. Pittsburgh Penguins Craig Adams, F; Chris Bourque, F; Matt Cooke, F; Sidney Crosby, F; Pascal Dupuis, F; Mark Eaton, D; Ruslan Fedotenko, F; Marc-Andre Fleury, G; Eric Godard, F; Alex Goligoski, D; Sergei Gonchar, D; Bill Guerin, F; Brent Johnson, G; Tyler Kennedy, F; Chris Kunitz, F; Kris Letang, D; Evgeni Malkin, F; Jay McKee, D; Brooks Orpik, D; Mike Rupp, F; Jordan ... READ STORY › Score: 0.24810016
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Jason Blake scores, adds assist as Maple Leafs slip past Penguins 4-3 PUBLISHED September 18, 2009 ... 20 minutes to pick up where he left off last season. Malkin, the NHL's leading scorer in the regular season and Stanley Cup playoffs, deflected a shot from Matt Cooke past James Reimer at 13:24 of the opening period. Cooke's goal at 6:43 opened the scoring for Pittsburgh (1-1). Defenceman Brooks Orpik added a power-play goal for Pittsburgh in the third period. The Penguins were without ... READ STORY › Score: 0.69468045
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Obama remarks honoring Cup champion Penguins PUBLISHED September 10, 2009 ... . But as many of you know, I have a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh and so if it can't be the Blackhawks, then the Penguins aren't a bad choice. LATEST NEWS Penguins lend a hand in D.C. Sam Kasan - pittsburghpenguins.com Penguins Sidney Crosby, Bill Guerin, Jordan Staal, Brooks Orpik and Marc-Andre Fleury took part in the Hockey is for Everyone clinic. READ MORE they visited elementary schools ... READ STORY › Score: 0.49620032
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