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Sixteen teams begin the run for the Stanley Cup

Last updated Monday, April 29, 2013 - 2:34pm

Sixteen teams will have a chance to win the Stanley Cup as the playoffs begin. Most, if not all, genuinely believe they can do it. And, if history counts for anything, they should. No postseason tournament is more grueling or unpredictable, and any advantage gained over the course of a regular season can be wiped out by 60 subpar minutes.

Parlaying regular-season excellence to a Stanley Cup can be tougher than translating Finnish to Hindi.

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How have the Penguins played such great hockey?

Dave Molinari Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Last updated Monday, October 24, 2011 - 5:12pm

It's not so much that the Pittsburgh Penguins are tied for first place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Not when the team they are even with, Washington, has played three fewer games, as have the clubs clustered directly below those two.

No, the most striking thing about the Penguins' 6-2-2 start is they have done so well under such trying circumstances.

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After Islanders mayhem, Lemieux ponders NHL future

Dave Molinari, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Last updated Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 6:08pm

Mario Lemieux, a Hall of Fame player and co-owner of the Penguins, is one of the most celebrated figures in National Hockey League history.

Sunday, though, he effectively threatened to sever his ties to the league because of its handling of the mayhem during the Penguins' 9-3 loss Friday night to the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island in Uniondale.

That game produced 346 penalty minutes and resulted in three players, one of them Penguins right winger Eric Godard, being suspended.

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