Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Nov 28, 2011, 7:41 pm
While we patiently wait for tomorrow's matchup against the Rangers, John S. from Sport Chek sent in a short video for us:We were so excited to welcome Sidney back to hockey this week; looks like you were too! We got out the morning after he scored that great goal and had some local kids recreate it ...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Nov 20, 2011, 3:28 pm
Siddo is back in the lineup! Our Captain will be playing in his first game since January 5 of this year. The Pens will be facing the Islanders. (Yeah, these Islanders...) But it should be fine - we're at home, and there weren't many shenanigans at the teams' home & home series in October. I hope h...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Aug 7, 2011, 2:15 pm
With many wishes for an INJURY FREE 24th year of life for our Captain. :) Happy Birthday, Sid!!!
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Jul 16, 2011, 3:21 pm
Yesterday, Pens fans everywhere got a FANTASTIC bit of news: Siddo has reportedly resumed on-ice workouts an agonizing seven months after having his season cut short by a concussion. And on that happy note, I've got something else pretty cool to share with you. Last weekend, I received an email from...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Jul 1, 2011, 3:50 pm
What a day so far, eh? We're going to have a few new heels to hate next season. Some of the day's activities are listed below - not in chronological order, but in order of how much it upset me. (Feel free to share your feelings on the day's transactions in the Friends' Zone below.) Starting out on t...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Jun 23, 2011, 4:55 pm
CONGRATULATIONS to 2010-11's NHL Coach of the Year, Dan Bylsma!!! After coaching our Boys to the playoffs despite the multitude of injuries and the loss of the services of the world's best player, I'd say this is an honor well deserved. :)
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - May 17, 2011, 6:41 pm
Les Pingouins sont en vacances à Cannes, en France! Paul Martin, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, our title man, and Jordan Staal En anglais that is, the Penguins are vacationing in Cannes, France! Michael Saylor, le capitaine, Boula Duval, and Staal Well... at least four of them are: Siddo, Max Talbot, Paul Mar...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - May 5, 2011, 5:56 pm
SWEPT AWAY! "Ovechkin" is Russian for "loser." Hey, at least we took the Bolts to seven. ;) After the dismal way our season ended, I just had to post this photo of A-hOle™ so we could take a little solace in the fact that even without our two biggest stars, our Boys still put up a better showing t...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Apr 15, 2011, 7:04 pm
It's that time of year again, folks!!! I'm not talking about tax day: the PLAYOFFS have begun and we're already at the advantage. Apologies for the lack of promised posting leading up to these playoffs this year - I've enrolled in a digital photography class and it's consuming a lot more time than I...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Mar 21, 2011, 1:29 pm
Wwweeellllll, that did not go exactly as woodstock and I had hoped. The Boys lost the game due in large part to another act of wanton stupidity from Matt Cooke. (We'll get to that in a minute...) But I finally got to see Alexei Kovalev in a Penguins jersey again!!!!!! :D :D :D The only thing that co...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Mar 14, 2011, 12:16 pm
OH HAPPY DAY!!!!!! This picture is from this morning when our Captain took the ice for the first time since January 5th! According to the Pens' website, "Crosby skated on the ice for about 15 minutes in full gear early in the morning at CONSOL Energy Center. He stick handled around some cones and s...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Mar 8, 2011, 5:26 pm
When it rains in the Crosby household, it pours. Two weeks ago, Sid's little sister, 14-year-old goaltender Taylor, suffered a concussion just like her big brother. Fortunately, unlike the elder Crosby, Taylor missed just a week and two games before returning to team practices. Given this latest tur...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Mar 2, 2011, 5:57 pm
Hello, again, my wonderful old Friends. I have missed you all so much. To be honest, I don't know how many of you will see this because my hiatus is turning out to be much longer than I intended. Much like our title man, I am experiencing some setbacks in my condition (though, mine are not as seriou...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Nov 22, 2010, 1:29 pm
This is absolutely unreal: GO PENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Nov 4, 2010, 9:34 am
“That I got beat up by Sidney Crosby?” ~ Stars defenseman Matt Niskanen when asked if Wednesday night’s fight was a story he could tell the grandchildren about some day. GO PENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Oct 27, 2010, 5:37 pm
Tonight the Boys are in sunny Florida to face the Tampa Bay Lightning after an extra loooong weekend break. But we're going to rewind and go back to Saturday's OT loss to the Blues because longtime good Friend of The Show Jaime was there and took a bunch of great pics for us. :) Here they are preced...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Oct 23, 2010, 6:04 pm
Brooksie's back, baby! Orpik will make his return tonight against the Blues after missing six games following a groin pull during the match versus the Canadiens. Whether Flower or B.J. will be tonight's netminder has yet to be determined, though B.J. was actually scheduled to be in goal tonight. Sid...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Oct 21, 2010, 6:03 pm
We're going down south to meet the Nashville Predators tonight. Johnson's on a hot streak, so don't be surprised if he's the one between the pipes again. On the other hand, Flower's got to play to get through this rough patch, so you never know... Anyhoo, Siddo has finally opened up his can of point...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Oct 18, 2010, 6:21 pm
I hope all of you had as nice a weekend as I had. :D On Friday I spent some time with my best friend and my Goddaughter and came home to watch a Pens victory on the DVR, and on Saturday I enjoyed an amazing date afternoon/night with woodstock and Siddo opened up a can leading the way to another Peng...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Oct 15, 2010, 5:24 pm
All right, Boys. It's time to show them what you're REALLY made of. Time to kick some Islander arse!!!!!!!!! This is going to be a tough weekend for our team. They're scheduled for two games less than 24 hours apart. Tonight at 7:00pm Eastern, they'll take on the Isles. Then tomorrow at 6:00pm Easte...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Oct 13, 2010, 7:35 pm
It's Fall and you know what that means - time for some Leaf blowin'! ;) The Pens are looking for their first regular season victory inside their new digs, but the Leafs will be looking to remain undefeated. Siddo, meanwhile, is looking for his first goal of the year. This should be a great game. A b...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Oct 11, 2010, 1:53 pm
A weekday 4pm game?! WTF? This one flew under my radar, so I'm posting this from work (hence the brief nature of the post). I will add photos of our VICTORY (think positively, people!) when I get home. I'll also add the pics from this weekend's crushing last-minute loss to the Canadiens. GO PENS!!!!...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Oct 9, 2010, 2:35 pm
Well, the season didn't get off to the start that we had all hoped it would, but there are 81 games left to play - panic now and you should just stop watching hockey altogether. Tonight, we're taking on the team that ended our season last year. Time for a little retribution. (Just an FYI: I may be w...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Oct 7, 2010, 4:49 pm
Well, folks, if you've missed the Pens this summer, they're about to come back in spectacular fashion. There is going to be a red carpet, a big screen, a mayoral declaration, a whole lotta NHL hoopla, and oh yeah - there's going to be that game! We're hosting the filthy Flyers. :P The House That Mar...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Oct 6, 2010, 5:14 pm
Oh, only one more day to go! The waiting is torture! I hope you all had a great summer. Mine was great. I really needed a break from TSCS, if only because I was exhausted everyday from getting the school's computers ready for the new year. So there's another canine Pens fan in our home - we adopted ...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Oct 5, 2010, 3:40 pm
Drop the freakin' puck already! GO PENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Aug 7, 2010, 11:39 am
To Sid from all your fans: Happy 23rd anniversary of your birth. May you have many, many more. :) Have a great day, Captain!!!
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Jun 15, 2010, 11:47 am
Well, they haven't been so lazy for me, haha! Greetings, everyone!!! I hope you're all doing well. :) I just want you all to know I haven't been purposely neglecting TSCS. I have been absent because I was recently diagnosed with GERD, and I've been having some difficulties with the medication. I've ...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - May 27, 2010, 7:03 pm
This news has made my entire day week month year! From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette: The Penguins will face Washington in the NHL's 2011 Winter Classic Jan. 1 at Heinz Field. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is expected to make a formal announcement about that, along with several other high-profile leag...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - May 24, 2010, 6:11 pm
Apologies for not giving you prior warning, but I took a much needed break and had some fun in Eastern PA with my sister. I got a few funny looks and one (good natured) comment about driving an orange car with Penguins accessories all over it in Flyers country. Hmm. I bet none of the Flyers snowjobb...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - May 24, 2010, 5:22 pm
Apologies for not giving you prior warning, but I took a much needed break and had some fun in Eastern PA woth my sister. I got a few funny looks and one (good natured) comment about driving an orange car with Penguins accessories all over it in Flyers country. Hmm. I bet none of the Flyers snowjob...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - May 12, 2010, 5:56 pm
Game 7. Oh, Game 7, how you cause us so much stress. How you make our hearts beat faster and faster. How you draw the sweat from our brows. Game 7. We've known both sides of you... The sting of season ending defeat. The glory of playoff advancing victory. Game 7. We are ready for you. LET'S GO PENS!...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - May 10, 2010, 5:00 pm
Okay, Friends! This could be it for the Canadiens. How delicious would it be to eliminate the Habs in their own house?! :D I know, I know... I'm getting ahead of myself. All I really want is for the Pens to play their game for a full 60 minutes. If they do that, a victory is sure to follow. At the v...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - May 9, 2010, 12:14 pm
Well, once again we dominated for the majority of the game, more so than the final score reflected. But this time the right team ended up with the W. :) The USS Gill - or as woodstock has rechristened him: "Sid's blanket" - was sunk in the early part of the third period when he collided with a steam...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - May 6, 2010, 6:05 pm
It's been a long week - I've got a few big projects at work that are sucking up my energy reserves. So in a nutshell, here's what the Boys have got going on right now: The nominees for the Ted Lindsay Award were announced. (Up until April 29th of this year, the award was known as the Lester B. Pears...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - May 4, 2010, 5:11 pm
BEEP ... BEEP ... BEEP ... BEEPHear that, Boys? It's the alarm clock - time to WAKE UP! First things first: Jordan Staal > everyone else. That dude is a BEAST. He skated today. Granted, it was only for 5 minutes and he wasn't wearing his equipment, but this comes only FOUR days after sustaining a la...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - May 2, 2010, 1:57 pm
Holy Halak! The Boys chased the not-so-impervious Jaro in Game 1. :) We will be without the services of Selke nominee Jordan Staal, who is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair a tendon in the top of his right foot. The incident serves as a reminder of just how sharp those blades reall...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Apr 30, 2010, 6:07 pm
The Canadiens pulled off an improbable upset. They were the last placed team that qualified for the playoffs. Yet the #8 Habs held off the #1 Caps and circumvented their own elimination not once, not twice, but 3 games in a row. That's impressive. But it's not the whole story... The Canadiens won th...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Apr 29, 2010, 3:34 pm
It's official! Siddo's a candidate for this season's Most Valuable Player!!! I say this as unbiasedly as I possibly can: I simply do not understand why Alexander Ovechkin is a candidate. To answer this question, we first need to define the criteria for winning the award. The NHL gives the Hart Memo...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Apr 28, 2010, 5:47 pm
Disclaimer: These positive vibes I'm sending out Canadiens are part of a one-day-only special. ;) After being down in the series 3-1, #8 Montreal is facing #1 Washington in D.C. for a Game 7 match up that could literally go either way. The Canadiens were able to bounce back and tie the series b...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Apr 24, 2010, 6:22 pm
What a thriller Game 5 was! Even though we lost, you have to admit that was one of the best Round 1 playoff games we've seen in a while. Siddo's falling-on-his-arse goal was a sight to behold all on its own, but going into three overtime periods was nuts! Those Senators really did not want t...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Apr 22, 2010, 5:25 pm
It's elimination time, Boys. DO IT. Let's send them packing tonight from the comfort of home. Although, in honor of Earth Day, I think the Pens should recycle the Sens, rather than just sending them out with the trash. ;) Don't you just absolutely LOVE this time of year??? GO PENS!!!...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Apr 20, 2010, 5:49 pm
Staal is officially in the running for the Frank Selke award for the best defensive forward!!! WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! What a player. Good luck, Gronk! Now back to more pertinent issues... Much Ado About Booing In the last post, The Friends' Zone was abuzz with talk of the boo birds showering our t...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Apr 18, 2010, 6:14 pm
Many, many apologies for not having the promised scheduled post for Game 2. This has been an extremely busy, extremely tiring weekend for me - so much so that I'm looking forward to going back to work tomorrow for a break!! :-P (That's supposed to be a joke, but it's kind of true...) Sp...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Apr 14, 2010, 11:45 am
I can hardly believe it's time to defend the Stanley Cup already. It seems like just yesterday we watched Sid yell, "WHOOOOEEEEEEE!!!!!!!" like a little kid as the Commish handed him the Cup for the very first time. I'm ready to see how he reacts when he wins it for the second time, how abou...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Apr 11, 2010, 5:02 pm
So we've come to the last game of the regular season, and Eric Tangradi has been invited to the dance!!! Keep an eye on him - he's been called "Sidney's future winger" by some. Speaking of the Saint: this is one last chance for Siddo to break that magic number. Race for the Rocket, Sidd...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Apr 10, 2010, 6:45 pm
Okay, if it's not too much to ask of the hockey gods, here's what I am wishing for tonight: This pic is for Sid. Bonus points to the first Friend who can figure out why... ;) the Islanders to beat the Devils,the Senators to beat the Sabres,and (of course) the Pens to beat the Thrashers.That...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Apr 8, 2010, 5:02 pm
Instead of a recap of tonight's game, I want to do something a little different in honor of the historical significance of the evening. (All pictures in today's post are my own. Click them to enlarge. I tried to select ones that demonstrated the uniqueness of the Mellon.) Nearly two years a...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Apr 6, 2010, 6:08 pm
What is that famed Lennon lyric? "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." How true. I had planned to resume recapping the last 5 games to get back into the swing of things for the playoffs; however, on Saturday I took an unplanned solo road trip to my sister's hous...
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Jodie L. posted an article on The Sidney Crosby Show - Mar 31, 2010, 5:24 pm
The Red Baron got "fixed" yesterday. We're supposed to keep him calm for the next two weeks, if possible. At the very least, the doc wants him to be relaxed and inactive for 5 days. So last night, less than 8 hours after the surgery, Killian got his lambie and proceeded to throw it and run aroun...
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