Category Archives: Hockey

Conference Playoff Finale

Championships, upsets, and heartbreak have all concluded to reveal the NCAA Tournament. After four weeks of brutal playoffs the College Hockey Conference Playoffs are over. Now we head into a month of the NCAA Playoffs. College Hockey is truly a war of attrition. So before we look at the NCAA Tourney let’s recap the ConferenceContinueContinue reading “Conference Playoff Finale”

OLLI MAATTA HAS PLAYED HIS LAST GAME AS A PITTSBURGH PENGUIN

OLLI MAATTA HAS PLAYED HIS LAST GAME AS A PITTSBURGH PENGUIN by Justin Luteran Almost one month ago to the day the Pittsburgh Penguins found themselves in dire straits on the blue line. By the time the horn sounded signaling the first intermission of their Stadium Series matchup vs Philadelphia they were down to justContinueContinue reading “OLLI MAATTA HAS PLAYED HIS LAST GAME AS A PITTSBURGH PENGUIN”

The RFD Buffalo Sabres

Thoughts From the Bench Offices, December 5th, 2018 The growing NHL season has been full of surprises. Once iconic playoff teams falling on hard times as a new batch of emerging young stars lead their teams into prevalence. One such story are the Sabres of Buffalo. Lead by Jack Eichel, this team has been inContinueContinue reading “The RFD Buffalo Sabres”

Seattle Joins the NHL

Seattle Washington, December 4th 2018, Somewhere Martin Crane is sitting in his lazy boy recliner reading a news and the front page reads NHL Expansion comes to Seattle. He would quietly fold his paper look at Eddie and say, “well boy do you like hockey?” Let Thoughts From The Bench be the first to sayContinueContinue reading “Seattle Joins the NHL”

The Nitty Gritty

The rival Philadelphia Flyers came to visit for the first Pennsylvania Derby of the year. A contest that the Penguins dominated last year winning all four meetings in the regular season and dominating the first round playoff series against their Cold War rivals. So naturally when the Penguins need a game to boost their confidenceContinueContinue reading “The Nitty Gritty”

Thank You, Keith Tkachuck.

As a young kid growing up in America it was tough being a hockey fan. We sucked on the international stage, American players were largely considered talent-less goons, and there were only a few heroes to look up to. Yet in the vast ocean of darkness one player shined as bright as his Canadian counterparts.ContinueContinue reading “Thank You, Keith Tkachuck.”

The Tanner Pearson Effect

Tanner Pearson has now played six games with the Metropolitan 6th place Pittsburgh Penguins. So let’s take a look at the Pearson effect from his first six games in black and gold. First the Penguins record, 2-2-2 now its not great but that is six points and by comparison the six games before it onlyContinueContinue reading “The Tanner Pearson Effect”