Coming off three straight losses in which only one point was earned in the standings, the Pittsburgh Penguins (33-17-9, 75 pts) rebounded nicely Saturday night in St. Louis, defeating the Blues (38-17-4, 80 pts) 4-2 at Scottrade Center. Thomas Greiss was strong early, fending off a first period attack that featured more quality opportunities for St. Louis than Pittsburgh. Scoreless until about three minutes remaining before intermission, Blake Comeau started the scoring with a quick shot ... Read More
Archives for February 2015
Penn State takes overtime thriller against Minnesota, final score 4-3
The Penn State Nittany Lions (16-10-4, 8-5-1-0 Big Ten pulled off a thrilling overtime upset against the fifteenth-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers (17-10-3, 8-3-3-0 Big Ten) by a final score of 4-3, splitting a pivotal series at Pegula Ice Area in University Park. Penn State scored twice in the opening period to take a decisive lead against Minnesota. Junior Curtis Loik started the Nittany Lions off 7:21 into the first with a shot over the arm of Minnesota goaltender Adam Wilcox. Freshman Scott ... Read More
Duquesne knocks off Dayton for biggest win of season
Duquesne (9-16, 4-10) rallied to defeat Atlantic 10 co-leader Dayton (20-6, 10-4) in an 83-73 upset win this afternoon at the CONSOL Energy Center. The Dukes were led by junior guard Derrick Colter, who had a team-high 25 points in scoring his thousandth point on a 3-pointer with 18:06 left in play. Colter became the 38th player in Duquesne history to be given the honor. “It was a good win. I just wanted to win,” Colter said. “I [don’t] really care about the thousand points right now—I ... Read More
Duquesne assistant John Rhodes fighting cancer, involved in accident this week
Duquesne head coach Jim Ferry took a few minutes during Saturday’s postgame conference to move the discussion away from his team’s 83-73 win over the Dayton Flyers. He instead focused on one of his assistant coaches John Rhodes. Ferry announced that Rhodes had been diagnosed with cancer three weeks ago and was set to begin treatment this week but he was also hit by a car during the team’s road trip to La Salle earlier this week, suffering two broken bones in his leg and a slight fracture of ... Read More
Chris Jones shoots Pitt past Syracuse
Needing a big win to keep their NCAA Tournament hopes alive, the Pitt Panthers needed to go into a building they are very familiar with and defeat a former Big East Conference rival they defeated just two weeks prior. Thanks to a 16 point, six assist and six rebound effort from Jamel Artis and some hot shooting from Chris Jones, Pitt went into the Carrier Dome and knocked off Syracuse 65-61, keeping those slim tournament hopes alive. Things didn’t come easy for Pitt (18-10, 7-7 ACC) as ... Read More
Duquesne looks to get back on winning track vs. Dayton
Duquesne (8-16, 3-10) suffered an 87-72 loss Wednesday night to La Salle (15-11, 7-6) at the Tom Gola Arena in Philadelphia, Pa. Redshirt sophomore guard Jordan Price led the court in scoring 19 points in the Explorers’ wire-to-wire win. Price hit five three-pointers in the effort. Duquesne junior guards Micah Mason and Derrick Colter had 16 and 11 points, respectively. Sophomore forward L.G. Gill added 10 points off the bench. La Salle jumped to a 15-2 early lead in knocking down five ... Read More
Duquesne Women look to continue hot streak; chasing NCAA bid
If you are looking for the best basketball team right now in the city of Pittsburgh, you might not have to look any further than the Duquesne women. Under head coach Dan Burt's guidance, the Dukes are sitting at 18-8, 10-3 in the Atlantic-10, which is good for third place right now. Even more impressive is that following a 58-51 victory over Richmond on Wednesday night at the Palumbo Center, the Dukes are riding a seven-game win streak. Prior to the season, Burt told me he had some ... Read More
Penn State drops series opener to Minnesota 2-1
The Penn State Nittany Lions (15-10-4, 7-5-1-0 Big Ten) could not complete the upset and fell 2-1 in the first of a two-game series against the fifteenth-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers (17-9-3, 8-2-3-0 Big Ten) at Pegula Ice Area in University Park. Left winger David Goodwin put Penn State on the board with his thirteenth goal of the year 12:43 into the first period off of a nod from fellow first line center Taylor Holstrom and freshman Erik Autio. Penn State dominated the first period with ... Read More
Player-to-be-named announced in Snider trade
The Pirates announced the player-to-be-named in the Travis Snider trade with Baltimore. The team acquired 22-year-old LHP Steven Brault from the Orioles High-A Frederick organization. Brault, an 11th round pick by the Orioles in the 2013 Amateur Draft, posted an 11-8 record with a 2.77 ERA and a 0.984 WHIP in 24 starts (25 games) in 2014 between Class-A Delmarva and High-A Frederick. Brault's fastball sits 90-92 mph with some sink to it. He also has a decent slider and change up that ... Read More
Penn State hockey returns home for series against Minnesota
The Penn State Nittany Lions (15-9-4, 7-4-1-0 Big Ten) return home to Pegula Ice Arena on Friday (6:30 p.m.) and Saturday (5:00 p.m.) to face off against the fifteenth-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers (16-9-3, 7-2-3-0 Big Ten) in a pivotal series. Penn State will try to rebound from its first sweep of the season that broke an eight-game winning streak with a double loss to Michigan State last weekend in East Lansing. Goaltender PJ Musico has started eight of the last 12 games and has a .933 ... Read More