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HEAD COACH
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Kevin Constantine
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ROSTER
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C - Martin Straka, Robert Lang, Jan Hrdina, Tyler
Wright. LW - German Titov, Kip Miller, Matthew Barnaby, Dan
Kesa. RW - Jaromir Jagr, Alexei Kovalev, Aleksey Morozov, Robby
Brown, Martin Sonnenberg. D - Darius Kasparaitis, Kevin Hatcher,
Brad Werenka, Jiri Slegr, Ian Moran, Sven Butenschon, Bobby
Dollas, Neil Wilkinson, Jeff Serowik, Victor Ignatjev, Maxim
Galanov, Pavel Skrbek. G - Tom Barrasso, Peter Skudra,
Jean-Sebastien Aubin.
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INJURIES
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Tom Barrasso, g (hand, couple weeks); Victor Ignatjev,
d (shoulder, couple weeks); Jeff Serowik, d (concussion,
indefinite); Kevin Hatcher, d (broken foot, couple weeks); Darius
Kasparaitis, d (knee surgery, done for the season); Maxim
Galanov, d (shoulder, indefinite).
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TRANSACTIONS
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Recalled a bunch of scrubs.
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GAME RESULTS
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3/25 at New Jersey L 5-3
3/27 Buffalo T 1-1
3/28 at Buffalo L 4-3
3/30 Ottawa L 6-4
4/01 at Ottawa T 3-3
4/03 New Jersey L 4-2
4/05 at Buffalo L 3-1
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STANDINGS
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Atlantic Division GP W L T PTS GF GA
New Jersey 76 42 23 11 95 230 186
Pittsburgh 77 36 27 14 86 232 210
Philadelphia 77 34 25 18 86 219 188
NY Rangers 77 32 35 10 74 209 213
NY Islanders 77 21 46 10 52 177 230
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TEAM NEWS
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by Jerry Fairish, Pittsburgh Correspondent
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Lose a player, lose a game. Lose another player, lose another
game. Lose a player...do you see a trend building? If you want,
you may substitute lose a game with tie a game, but when it comes
down to it the Penguins haven't been able to record a win since
March 25 when they beat the Chicago Blackhawks, 5-2.
This is not the time to fall into a downward spiral. With only a
handful of games left, the Penguins are carrying zero momentum
into the playoffs. The plague of injuries they've suffered
they've had to manage with guys that a lot of people have
probably never heard of.
The latest of these injuries was to backup goaltender J.S. Aubin,
who was replacing Tom Barrasso who is still out with a broken
wrist. Late in the second period against New Jersey on Saturday,
Aubin reached out to make a glove save and pulled a hamstring.
Aubin was finally starting to come into his own. He is leading
all rookie goaltenders in goals-against average, and playing with
tremendous confidence. Aubin is a strong goaltender with good
angles and doesn't over commit on a shooter. He waits for the
shot, and then robs a goal with a quick glove or a leg pad. I'm
calling it now and you'll believe me in a few years; Aubin is the
real thing and will be a quality starter for a club in the
future, I just hope it's here in Pittsburgh. Now that I think of
it, I just hope the Penguins will be here in the future.
As the old hockey adage goes, "Defense wins games." Well, in the
case of the Pens this would explain the recent streak of
non-winning. The Pens have six defensemen on the shelf along
with two goaltenders. How do you expect to win games having to
overcome this deficit? I mean they could always hold a "Be a
professional hockey player for a day" contest to try and find
some help. They do it in Tampa Bay, why not here. Oh, they
don't do it in Tampa Bay? Well, what the hell is going on down
there? You mean all of their players were drafted? I'm telling
you there is no room for expansion. Do you really want an entire
league of Tampa Bays? Hell no, nobody does. So write your local
congressman and let him know how you feel.
Finally, I have received zero fan mail. None. Zip. Zilch. Do
you smell what I'm cookin'? Does nobody like me? Do you all
hate me? Then I hate you too. Unless you like me, then I like
you too. It's a give and take relationship. So write to me. I
promise I'll answer, I mean how long does it take to answer zero
e-mails? Hold on, I'll answer all this season's fan mail...I'm
done.
Thank you.
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