Future remains mystery for Hawks, Pens
CHICAGO -- Watching the Chicago Blackhawks and the Pittsburgh Penguins cap off Hockey Weekend Across America on Sunday, it was hard not to think about...
View ArticleThe emotional return of Sidney Crosby
PITTSBURGH -- So now we know the answer to the question when, but as the hours tick down to the return of Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby,...
View Article2012 NHL Playoffs: How Pittburgh Penguins feel about being most-hated team in...
The Penguins have suddenly become one of the most-hated teams in the league. How did that happen and how do they feel about it? Scott Burnside takes a look.
View ArticleThey don't take away points for ugly
PHILADELPHIA -- Hockey came home Saturday afternoon. It came home to the familiar chants of "Crosby sucks!" from the largest crowd -- 19,994 -- to ...
View Article2013 NHL playoffs - Five ways the Pittsburgh Penguins can bounce back against...
The Penguins have stumbled badly so far against the Bruins, and Scott Burnside offers up five ways Pittsburgh can get back into the series.
View ArticleScott Burnside: Is Dan Bylsma on the hot seat?
Penguins GM Ray Shero has decisions to make, and, after the Pens got swept by the Bruins, the first one might involve the future of Dan Bylsma at the helm, Scott Burnside writes.
View ArticleScott Burnside: For the Pens, it's going to be a long summer
Instead of gearing up for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final Sunday, the Penguins were cleaning out their lockers and wondering who will be back, and who wouldn't, Scott Burnside writes.
View Article2013 Stanley Cup playoffs -- Burnside: Why officiating changes in the playoffs
For years it's been assumed that games in the regular season and playoffs will be officiated differently. Scott Burnside asks, is that hurting game?
View ArticleBylsma eager to test international waters
NEW YORK -- Dan Bylsma figures there have been a couple of times in his life that he would describe as surreal. The moment he found out he would co...
View ArticleNHL - Scott Burnside: USA Hockey building legitimate gold-medal threat in...
There is no underestimating the United States as the Americans try to build a team for Sochi that will surpass the expectations set by the silver medal won in 2010, writes Scott Burnside.
View ArticleNHL - 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs: Something is amiss with Pittsburgh Penguins...
Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby's scoring struggles are every bit as mystifying as you might expect, writes ESPN.com's Scott Burnside. But it doesn't mean he's not being effective.
View Article2014-15 NHL season preview -- Seven biggest offseason storylines
With training camps open across the hockey landscape, Scott Burnside looks at the seven biggest offseason storylines.
View Article2014-15 NHL season preview -- Heat is on Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby...
Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby both face tests this season in trying to revive franchises whose failures led to wholesale changes this past offseason, writes ESPN.com's Scott Burnside.
View ArticleNHL -- Revamped Pittsburgh Penguins sparked by Pascal Dupuis' return
On a night all about firsts for the revamped Penguins, it was familiar face Pascal Dupuis who enjoyed a special return to action after a long absence, writes Scott Burnside.
View ArticleNHL -- Scott Burnside's highs and lows of NHL season's first quarter
Scott Burnside examines who's impressing, who's disappointing and who needs to prepare for the unemployment line after the first quarter of the NHL season.
View Article2015-16 NHL season preview -- Phil Kessel is enjoying a clean slate with the...
Phil Kessel got plenty of blame for what went wrong in Toronto in recent years, but the talented winger is making a fresh start in Pittsburgh and appears primed to continue his high-scoring ways.
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