The game is being played at the Cambria County War Memorial, where many iconic scenes of “Slap Shot” took place.
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Penguins educate Mike Johnston was at seeing dissatisfied having the consider, but chose to never try using a coach’s undertaking.
Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins players mingled with fans this morning in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, site of the teams’ nationally televised preseason game tonight.
Johnstown, with a population of about 20,000, is hosting the game after earning the title of Kraft Hockeyville United States of America in online voting.
The trio formed the top line for the Penguins, who did not dress center Sidney Crosby or right wing Phil Kessel. As I stated above, roster space competition is still ongoing so you will see a few swaps, but expect mostly primary players for this one.
The Lightning will be back on home ice Thursday night to take on the Dallas Stars, a team that looks to compete in the Western Conference. “I know it’s only preseason, but we only have two games left to get things going, so that’s alarming”. Drouin tied it midway through the second period before Malkin gave Pittsburgh the lead when he shoveled a rebound past Tampa Bay goalie Kevin Poulin and Clendening added a shorthanded goal on a 2-on-1 break. While many want to see Ben Bishop’s big bad self owning the board per usual, the player assessment has got to be done in goal to make the best choice for the Bishop backup job.
“I’m more anxious about the sloppiness of our play (Tuesday)”, Stamkos said. The only time the Lightning had a real scoring chance was during their time on the man advantage, and even then they could not put the puck past Matt Murray.
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Sergei Plotnikov gave Pittsburgh the 1-0 lead just 14 seconds into the game on assists from his linemates, Evgeni Malkin and Patric Hornqvist. Each wore taped glasses during warm-ups.
