On The Ice and Behind the Benches Podcast (Maple Leafs Penguins, Rangers)

The Pittsburgh Penguins scored a huge 2-points in the Big Apple on Monday night when they avoided a season series sweep against the New York Rangers by beating the Rangers by a final score of (PIT 5-2 NYR) and now they look to do it again as they wrap up their final (Back-to-back) of the season and they will look another win to keep their Playoffs hopes alive when they face the New Jersey Devils f...

Well it's the final back to back of 2023/2024 Pittsburgh Penguins Regular season and who better to start this final back to back of the season then with the final showdown against the New York Rangers who currently entering into game are trying to sweep the season series against the Penguins of the Steel city. So can New York pull off a season series sweep tonight or do the Pittsburgh Penguins...

It's show time and now with the first of three games already in the books for the season series between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Pittsburgh Penguins but now as they prepare for the final showdown it's anyone's guess who will win the season series of the four meetings. The Columbus Blue Jackets came into this home & home series (Season series wrap-up) looking to get even wi...

After 3 straight losses the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday, March, 19th, 2024 (NJD 5-2 PIT) and losses to the Dallas Stars on Friday, March, 22nd, 2024 (DAL 4-2 PIT) most recently the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday, March, 24th, 2024 in Overtime (COL 5-4 PIT) The Pittsburgh Penguins will remain home to battle the Columbus Blue Jackets in a Home and Home series finale starting tonight on home ice in fr...

After 3 straight losses the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday, March, 19th, 2024 (NJD 5-2 PIT) and losses to the Dallas Stars on Friday, March, 22nd, 2024 (DAL 4-2 PIT) most recently the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday, March, 24th, 2024 in Overtime (COL 5-4 PIT) The Pittsburgh Penguins will return home to battle the Carolina Hurricanes and they will welcome back Jake Guentzel to Pittsburgh for the first...

The hockey season is nearing another successful and epic season of action as we say hello to the 2023/2024 NHL Stanley Cup Playoff but who's in and who's out of this season playoff race? Plus Spring Training is in the rear-view-mirror and that means it's time for the 2024 Major League regular season as the sun begins to shine on another 162 game season. I'm back in the studio to br...

Team New York has a two game series lead over Team Boston but that could change if Boston is able to even the season series tonight on the road and New York is hopping for a 3 game series lead over the Team of Boston but no matter how this game works out both teams are hopping to get in the win column with a victory over each other. The First ever Professional Women's Hockey League Playoff rac...

The season of 162 games is officially underway, and after four games against Tampa Bay Rays. The Toronto Blue Jays head to the Astrodome for three nights against the Houston Astros. The Houston Astros are looking for their first win of the new season after dropping a 4-game series to New York Yankees at home on Opening Day weekend in Houston. The Toronto Blue Jays come into this game following a s...

It's the dawn of a new Baseball season and with Spring Training in the rearview mirror in the 2024 Baseball season it's time to begin yet another road to championship gold. The Toronto Blue Jays and The Tampa Bay Rays open up this season with four games starting today in Tropicana Field

The Playoff door is still open for the Penguins this season but will it close up before the final game is played. On the other side the Avalanche are in the Playoffs for now and hoping to stay there with the chance to regain the cup of Lord Stanley which was awarded to the Vegas Golden Knight's last playoff season. Now the Penguins are hoping to sweep the season series with the Avalanche and a...

The Penguins are headed back to the Stars of Dallas Texas where they are wrapping up another season series and hoping to even the series at one game a piece after falling to the Dallas Stars on home ice by (DAL 4-1 PIT) in October of 2023 on a Tuesday night in Pittsburgh. The playoff race is heating up and the Dallas stars are hoping to the continue their two game wining streak and also while doin...

The Playoff Race for lord Stanley's cup this hockey season is locking down it's teams for the 2023/2024 NHL Stanley cup playoffs but has the door officially closed on the Penguins and the Devils right now their getting ready for yet another battle on the ice and while they haven't played a game against each other since the Devils beat the Penguins in front of Pittsburgh's Home Crow...

The Playoffs for the NHL 2023/2024 season are upon us and we'll talk all about it all on today's show + Wayne Simmons has called it a career after playing a remarkable 15 seasons in the NHL with the Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angels Kings, New Jersey Devils, Buffalo Sabres, and Nashville Predators. Later in the show We talk all things Professional Women's Hockey and...

Since the beginning of the season these two women teams of Hockey have had their own unique edition of Battling of Ontario and it’s pretty much evenly matched with Toronto beating Ottawa in the third round of this season series by a score of (TOR 5-2 OTT) however Ottawa has a two game series lead beating Toronto back in January by scores of (OTT 5-1 TOR) in their first round and (TOR 1-3 OTT) in t...

Hey Hey Hey what do you say hockey fans as we prepare for some more hockey tonight in the steel city of Pittsburgh with the puck dropping at 6 pm when the Redwings enter an already electric and noisy crowd of Fans as they prepare to do battle once again only this time the Road Team isn't the Penguins nope while their hopping to string some more wins together and in front of their Home Fans. Th...

These two teams haven't played a hockey game since they last met in November of 2023 when the Rangers defeated the Penguins on the road ice by a score of (NYR 1-0 PIT) on a Wednesday night inside the Steel city of Pittsburgh. Now here we are again with the Penguins having trouble trying strings some wins to keep their playoff hopes alive this season. The Pittsburgh Penguins can not only boost...

The San Jose Sharks and Pittsburgh Penguins haven't played a hockey game against each other since the beginning of the November on a Saturday Night and as the Sharks are hoping to even the season series after being beaten on Home ice by the Penguins with a Final of (PIT 10-2 SJS) Pittsburgh is hoping on the other hand to not only keep their playoff hopes alive but also win the season series ag...

The Eve Of Christmas was the second time the Senators had played against the Pittsburgh penguins and now they look to sweep them after winning their first two games in the season series by scores of (OTT 5-2 PIT) on Saturday night October 28 and (PIT 4-5 OTT) on a Saturday night in December. Now here we are again months later and still the Penguins are hopping to bounce back not only in the season...

The NHL Trade Deadline for the 2023/2024 regular season is the last stop on the road to the playoffs and today we’ll break down some of the trades on the show plus I'll give some of my thoughts on this years Spring Training as we approach the beginning of yet another sure to epic 162 game season in the 2024 Major League Baseball season. A little later we'll talk about the women's hocke...

Hey National Hockey league fans can we borrow your Professional Hockey rinks for a weekend? Wait what do you want our rinks for? It's the Battle on Bay Street taking over the Steel city of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and it features the Teams of Montreal taking on the Team of Toronto & spoiler alert it' all happens before the Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Detroit Red Wings later tonight...

What's better than one PWHL Recap on the Weekend? How about Two PWHL Recap and it all begins in Detroit and who better to start the weekend off with the Teams of Ottawa and Boston who's season series currently has Boston leading 2 games to one with a victory over Ottawa back in January by a score of (BOS 3-2 OTT) but then we had Ottawa even the series up at one game a piece with a score of (OTT 4-...

The season series against Boston is even at one game a piece and we’ve got more games to play before the final game between the Penguins and the Bruins this season and why not start it with the finale of the season series against the Edmonton Oilers and Connor McDavid? Last time the Penguins played the Oilers they fought hard but they could only score one goal as the Oilers cruised over to a (EDM...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are hoping to keep their playoff hopes alive with a win in the season series against the Boston Bruins after being shut out on Home Ice against the Capitals by a score of (WSH 6-0 PIT) The Boston Bruins meanwhile are looking to get even with the Penguins after falling to the Penguins in Boston in early January by a final score of (PIT 6-5 BOS) as they come into this game co...

The Capitals and the Penguins have played two games out of their four meetings this season, and each of those games one of the teams came out victorious. So who's going to take the season lead and eventually win the season series when they meet for the fourth and final time this season? We'll soon find out but first these two teams may have their seasons on the line as the race for the pla...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are off to a bit of a shaky start in the month of March having loss 3 games in a row with two of them opening up the March schedule as the Flames got their revenge Saturday night by a score of (PIT 3-4 CGY) and Sunday against the Oilers by a score of (PIT 1-6 EDM) Elsewhere the Penguins face a team who is just coming off two wins both on Saturday and Monday with scores of (...