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[goosedennis]

Pens Acquire Rozsival

Rozsival returns for a second stint with the Penguins

Michael Rozsival is a Penguin once more.

The 34-year old Czechoslovakian defenseman was acquired in a trade at 2:58 PM from the Anaheim Ducks. Rozsival had previously played four seasons for the Penguins, amassing 65 points in 235 games.

In return for Rozsival, the Penguins shipped out 34-year old winger Matt Cooke. Cooke had played for the Penguins for the previous four seasons. So far in the 2012-13 NHL season, Cooke has played 32 games for the Penguins, scoring five goals and tallying five assists for a total of ten points.

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[goosedennis]

Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins
Mar 6, 2013 1 2 3 SO F BOS (30-32-6) 1 1 0 1 2 PIT (41-22-2) 0 1 1 2 3 Three Stars Marc-Andre Fleury .951 SV% Simon Despres 1 G, 1 A Tim Thomas .935 SV%	Team Stats Comparison BOS PIT Shots on Goal 41 31 Hits 14 25 Faceoffs Won-Lost 25 19 Penalty Minutes 14 22 Power Plays Converted 1 0 Power Play Opportunities 6 2 Time on Attack 4:55 5:39
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD BOS 7:48: Patrice Bergeron (19): Brad Marchand, Nathan Horton SECOND PERIOD BOS 8:42: Tyler Seguin (18) PP PIT 15:43: Simon Despres (4): Michal Rozsival, Teemu Selanne THIRD PERIOD PIT 16:09: Evgeni Malkin (46): Simon Despres SHOOTOUT BOS Tyler Seguin misses PIT Evgeni Malkin scores BOS David Krejci misses PIT James Neal misses BOS Patrice Bergeron scores PIT Kris Letang misses BOS Nathan Horton misses PIT Jordan Staal scores
Boston Bruins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Tim Thomas 31 29 94% 1.85
Pittsburgh Penguins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Marc-Andre Fleury 41 39 95% 1.85

[bthomp05]

Great trade my friend, I think he will do marvelous on the bottom 2.

And another win....

[goosedennis]

Gionta (Somehow) Scores in Pens Loss

Montreal Canadiens at Pittsburgh Penguins
Mar 8, 2012 1 2 3 F MON (34-25-9) 1 2 2 5 PIT (41-23-2) 0 0 1 1 Three Stars Tomas Plekane 2 G 1 A Brian Gionta 1 G 1 A Carey Price 20 SA, 19 SV	Team Stats Comparison MON PIT Shots on Goal 40 20 Hits 17 20 Faceoffs Won-Lost 16 12 Penalty Minutes 7 9 Power Plays Converted 2 0 Power Play Opportunities 2 1 Time on Attack 6:57 4:28
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD MON 15:31: Brian Gionta (20) PP: Tomas Plekanec, Max Pacioretty SECOND PERIOD MON 7:00: Tomas Plekanec (19): Raphael Diaz, Brian Gionta MON 14:52: Steve Ott (9): Enver Lisn, Andrei Markov THIRD PERIOD MON 0:54: Tomas Plekanec (20) PP: Josh Georges PIT 2:13: James Neal (27) SH: Jordan Staal, Brooks Orpik MON 3:06: David Desharnais (13): Erik Cole, Tomas Kaberle
Montreal Canadiens - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Carey Price 20 29 145% 1.00
Pittsburgh Penguins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Marc-Andre Fleury 40 35 88% 5.00

[bthomp05]

Wow, a lose..

[goosedennis]

Biron Stellar in Pens Win

Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins
Mar 10, 2013 1 2 3 F TOR (36-23-8) 1 0 0 1 PIT (42-23-2) 0 1 1 2 Three Stars Martin Biron 33 SA, 32 SV James Reimer 38 SA, 36 SV Ryan Suter 1 G	Team Stats Comparison TOR PIT Shots on Goal 33 38 Hits 14 26 Faceoffs Won-Lost 14 15 Penalty Minutes 14 12 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Power Play Opportunities 1 2 Time on Attack 4:47 5:34
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD TOR 5:01: Matthew Lombardi (15): Joffrey Lupul, Mike Komisarek SECOND PERIOD PIT 15:38: Ryan Suter (6): Sidney Crosby, James Neal THIRD PERIOD PIT 14:42: Pascal Dupuis (12): Chris Kunitz, Cal O'Reilly
Toronto Maple Leafs - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA James Reimer 38 36 95% 2.00
Pittsburgh Penguins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Martin Biron 33 32 97% 1.00

[bthomp05]

Great game for Biron.

[goosedennis]

Well, NHL 12 keeps freezing when I get to 10:00 of the third period. It' getting really frustrating. I'm going to have to simulate until the end of the season and just do the playoffs and hope to god it works then.

[bthomp05]

Crappy....

[goosedennis]

60



The resurgence of Evgeni Malkin is truly something to be noted.

After having poor 2009-10 and 2010-11 campaigns, in which Malkin scored 49 and 22 points in 67 and 43 games, respectively, the 26-year old phenom has won back-to-back Art Ross trophies in the past two seasons by scoring 98 and 117 points.

But this season, "Geno," as he is called by fans and his peers, has captured something that has eluded him in his first six NHL seasons - the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy.

"Oh, it feel great," said Malkin in a thick Russian accent. "I mean, I never score 50 before this year and now I score 60. It feel great."

And great he was for the Penguins, tallying a league-leading 60 goals in 82 games, something nobody has done since the 2007-08 season when fellow Russian Alexander Ovechkin scored 65 goals en route to inning his first of two consecutive goal scoring titles.

"I'm excited for him," Sidney Crosby said. "I'm excited to see what he can do in the playoffs, too."

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The success of the Penguins, i.e., their NHL-leading 52-28-2 record, has come despite the humiliating goaltending. After a strong 2011-12 season in which goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury posted a 48-18 record in 70 games with a .926 save percentage and a 2.09 goals against average, the 28-year old netminder hit a snag in his career, having just a .909 save percentage, the worst he has had since his .905 figure in 2009-10.

"I don't know," uttered goaltending coach Giles Meloche. "It looks like he's doing everything right, but pucks are just getting behind him."

Despite the sub-par numbers Fleury posted in the goals against and save percentage columns, his five shutouts put him in a tie for fourth place in the NHL in most shutouts.

Perhaps things weren't that bad for the goalie now just exiting his seventh full season in the show. He became the first Penguins goaltender to score a goal in a regular season game and the 11th goalie in the NHL to do so.

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