Pens Points: Mile High Rebound

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Good morning one and all,

A little sleepy after the late-night game, but it was worth staying up to see the Pens actually play a good possession game, stick with it, and get rewarded by three goals in the 3rd period. Here is your game recap. [PPG]

Whether they played for their embattled coach or for each other, the Pens really stepped it up and played the way they are capable of playing every night. [Trib]

Former Penguins coach Dan Bylsma took the time in his press briefing to congratulate Pascal Dupuis on a great career. [Buffalo News]

WBS Penguins returned to their winning ways last night by crushing Syracuse Crunch 6-2 behind two goals from Dominik Simon. [Times Leader]

*Highly recommend this article, as it addresses last night's situation of goalie interference review after the goal review. Messy issue and I agree the league has created new problems by trying to address and existing one. [Defending Big D]

I really just saw bits and pieces of the Rangers-Canucks game but there was everything in it and Dan Hamhuis is a lot worse for the wear. Oh and hey, the Rangers have lost 6 of their last 10 games. [Sportsnet]

Good night and good luck to Alex Semin, the prototypical enigmatic Russian who has left the NHL for the greener pastures of the KHL by agreeing to a deal with Metallurg Magnitogorsk. [The Score]

*A good article on what the likes of Alex Ovechkin can learn from TJ Oshie about the art of the shootout. [Hockey Graphs]

This is a good article but in essence this is just another person thinking rationally and asking the same damn question - why does this league still allow fighting? [ESPN]

Almost half of Canada's gold medal-winning 2015 WJC team is making a real impact in the NHL already. This is probably one of the golden generations of Canadian hockey. [Canadian Press]

Steven Stamkos needs to be more careful when favoriting tweets. We are in 2015 and so a guy liking a tweet is major news. [USA Today]