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Fly Penguins Fly Episode 43: The Penguins get a visit from the Seattle Kraken, and I’m joined by notn one but TWO Seattle-area hockey pals: First, I'll have a short chat with Kraken Fan and frontline worker Josh Bicknese. (2:53) Then I sat down with Seattle Kraken youth hockey (Jr. Squid program) volunteer coach, Harper Schneider! (11:00) Enjoy tonight's matchup with the Kraken and of COURSE: LET'...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 42: The Penguins get a visit from the Arizona Coyotes. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! (Do not) RELEASE THE HOUNDS!  Phil the Thrill is in the house tonight as the Pengweenos welcome home #81, two time Stanley Cup Champion, Phil Kessel. I'd say it'll be an emotional moment but that's just not Phil's style, is it? Plus it's not his first time...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 41: The Penguins get a visit from the Winnipeg Jets. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! I chat a bit about today's game versus the Jets, but mainly I get into a little trade deadline talk, opine on the artistic value of the Dave Matthews Band (spoiler, I'm a fan), and of course recap Crosby's wild hat trick ENG the other night in Columbus. Enjoy...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 40: The Penguins visit the Columbus Bluejackets. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter!! The Pens hope to make it four straight as they take on the Jackets in CANON territory. That's right: if you've never been to or watched a game played on Columbus ice, they've got a black powder CANON in the rafters that they actually fire off, INCREDIBLY LOUDLY,...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 39: The Penguins get a visit from the Ottowa Senators, and I'm joined by The Athletic's Penguins beat writer Josh Yohe. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram, and @penspod on Twitter! What an absolute pleasure it was, sitting down to talk Penguins Hockey with Josh Yohe. If you haven't already done so, subscribe to The Athletic to enjoy Josh's excellent articles on all things...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 38: The Penguins visit the Vegas Golden Knights. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! Got this one posted JUST in time for puck drop... Back on a more normal schedule after this western road trip!  Enjoy tonight's game versus the Knights and of COURSE, LET'S GO PENS! JEFF TAYLOR

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 37: The Penguins visit the San Jose Sharks. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! Tonight the Penguins hope to rebound from Thursday's tough loss to the Kings. All Star Timo Meier takes the ice for the Sharks, while fellow All Star Tristan Jarry starts this game on the bench: Louis Domingue will get his first regular season start with the Penguins this season, hoping to put...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 36: The Penguins visit the Los Angeles Kings. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! Coming off Evgeni Malkin's triumphant return to the Penguins' lineup on Tuesday, it's now time for the Big-Rowdy-Red-Riot, Jeff Carter to make his homecoming in Los Angeles. After a two-goal performance up the freeway at the Honda Center the other night, #77 and the Penguins are (hopefully!)...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 35: The Penguins visit the Anaheim Ducks. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! The Penguins look to sweep the season series against Anaheim, the first of which games ended in a 1-0 Pittsburgh shutout on home ice. I'm joined in the studio by Richard Cole, former goalie for the London Legion, die-hard Penguins fan, and British ex-pat! Enjoy our chat, in which we touched on:...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 34: The Penguins visit the Dallas Stars. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! Having racked up 10 consecutive wins, the Penguins go into Dallas hoping to even up the regular-season series against the franchise formerly known as the Minnesota North Stars.  The Stars, neither in a playoff position nor a wildcard spot, are coming off an impressive shootout win on home ice, ag...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 33: The Penguins visit the Philadelphia Flyers. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! This episode kicks off with my new Penguins-themed song, "Head Of The Snake (Funny Mistake)."  This is a ballad that chronicles St. Louis Blues' head coach Craig Berube's weird decision not to inform his players that poking the bear would be a bad idea. It kicks off with a sample of Berube...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 32: The Penguins get visit from the St. Louis Blues. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! Coming off their big Winter Classic win last weekend, the Blues are in Pittsburgh to try and show Penguins fans precisely why St. Louis are currently sitting atop the Central Division. Jordan Binnington figures to be in net for the 2019 Stanley Cup Champion club, on the three year ann...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 31: The Penguins get a visit from the San Jose Sharks. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! What a wild game versus the Sharks, with the Pens coming out victorious 8-5... Speaking of WILD, we also get a visit from Wild Pete, friend of the podcast and lifelong Minnesota Wild fan. We recap last night's incredible Winter Classic event. Enjoy the podcast and of COURSE: Let's G...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 30: "Postponed: PIT@OTT" Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! One final (?!?!) installment in our "postponed" podcast series... Checking in with you all, one. more. time... before we all ring in the new year and prepare for the RETURN of regularly-scheduled Penguins hockey this Sunday, with a matchup against San Jose. Stick around until the end of the (very short) episode,...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 29: "Postponed: PIT@TOR" Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! While we don't get to watch Pens at Leafs this evening, it WAS a big day for number seventy-one. For the first time since Pittsburgh's untimely exit from the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Evgeni Malkin took to the podium and addressed the press at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, PA following the team'...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 28: "Postponed: PIT@BOS"  Tonight we check in with HCMS's media availability from earlier this morning in Pittsburgh. A few players have entered COVID protocol, while some others are emerging from long-term absences themselves: Namely a large, talented Russian with the initials E.M. Featured in tonight's episode is "Merry Christmas Baby" by Pat Van Dyke and Jeff Taylor (Ye...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 27: "Postponed PHI@PIT." Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! What do you do when you make a Game-Day Pittsburgh Penguins Podcast... but there's no Penguins game being played? Well, you look at who their opponent is. When it's the Flyers, that makes you think of your new GM, former Flyers' goalie Ron Hextall. I strung together a mini-mosaic of infamous Ron Hextall goalie m...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 26: "Postponed NJD@PIT." Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! It's real simple, folks: The NHL postponed tonight's game, but no one said anything about podcasts.  So I'm on the job, bringing you a brand new podcast right on time for an empty 7pm puck drop slot.  I'll discuss the state of the team coming off a victory in NJ, with some audio-rich moments I promise will get y...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 25: The Penguins visit the New Jersey Devils. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! In addition to the Penguins riding a 6 game winning streak right now, I am extra excited for today's episode because we've got a fantastic guest on the podcast, to give us a deeper look inside the Devils' locker room and recent performance: Please welcome to Fly Penguins Fly, Matt Kass!   Ma...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 24: The Buffalo Sabres visit the Penguins. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! It's been a weird week around the NHL. Games have been suspended through Xmas for a few teams, but so far so good (knock on wood) for the Pens. Tonight, the Sabres come to town looking to cap off a breakneck road trip with a third straight victory. The Pens look to continue their own hot streak...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 23: The Montreal Canadiens visit the Penguins. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! Mayor Quimby offers an intergalactic greeting and I briefly discuss tonight's game versus the Habs before focusing in on some thoughtful comments from HCMS in a presser he did this morning. Happy Birthday to my wonderful wife, Ashley :) Enjoy Tonight's Game versus the Canadiens and of COURS...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 22: The Penguins get a visit from the Anaheim Ducks. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! Tonight is the back half of a back-to-back for the Penguins, beating the mighty Washington Capitals last night in D.C., 4-2. This evening will mark the debut of the dazzling primary-black Third Jerseys featuring the gold diagonal "P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G-H" lettering on the front, skating p...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 21: The Penguins visit the Washington Capitals. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! Without the red-hot Jake Guentzel in the lineup tonight (upper-body injury, week-to-week), can the Penguins withstand the  offensive onslaught Washington is capable of bringing to the rink? I think the Penguins can get at least a point in this one. Sid Crosby (whose name, miraculously, I d...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 20: The Penguins visit the Seattle Kraken. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! This is the first time the Penguins will see the Kraken in person, though they're by no means unfamiliar with the players on Seattle's roster. Names like Oleksiak and Tanev have been sewn onto the backs of Seattle jerseys, and those jerseys will be worn on the ice in Seattle TONIGHT by humans o...

Fly Penguins Fly Episode 19: The Penguins visit the Vancouver Canucks. Follow @flypenguinsfly on Instagram! Tonight, in the thick of a not-insignificant swing through western Canada, the Penguins look to grab a couple points from from a Vancouver team that's walking with a bit of a limp. Same goalie matchup as last time, British Columbia's own Tristan Jarry vs. California native Thatcher Demko.  G...