Penguins Report: Practice 2/9/10
Tuesday, 02.09.2010 / 10:39 AM
/ Penguins Report
By Sam Kasan
10:56 AM:
One final note on the Penguins travel problems. The Tribune-Review's Rob Rossi, one who is never afraid to offer his opinion on any subject (from sports to politics to classic Nintendo games) wrote a provocative piece in his blog, chipped ice. Worth the read.
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10:50 AM:
Speaking of the weather conditions that the Penguins went through just to play the Capitals on Sunday afternoon, the team's battle with Mother Nature didn't end after the game was over.
The Penguins arrived back in Pittsburgh around 6 p.m. Sunday to find all of their cars buried in snow at the airport. But the Penguins, with some good old fashion team work, banded together to help dig out every last vehicle.
Those helping included - but not limited to - Jay McKee, Bill Guerin, Pascal Dupuis, Ruslan Fedotenko and head coach Dan Bylsma. Other players also lended a hand but that group remained until the last car was excised. McKee worked the shovel to alleviate the thigh-high snow piles around the cars, while the rest of the guys helped push cars that were stuck in the snow, which was pretty much every car.
FSN's Dan Potash managed to get the fiasco on film and you can see coverage of it during Wednesday's telecast against the NY Islanders.
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10:38 AM:
The Penguins were given the day off on Monday following a weekend of brutal travel conditions and little chance to rest. The team is scheduled to take the Mellon Arena ice at 11 a.m. for practice.
Pittsburgh finishes up its stretch run into the Olympic break with a three-game homestand against the NY Islanders (Wednesday), NY Rangers (Friday) and Nashville (Sunday afternoon).
-L
