Matt Cooke News

Wild defenseman Marek Zidlicky fights with Penguins forward Sidney Crosby in the second period of Saturday's game at Mellon Arena.

One of the last things the Penguins wanted to talk about late Saturday night was the impact of injuries to several key players.

Matt Cooke is not a pleasant guy to be around. Not during his working hours, anyway.

This was such foreign territory that it stung just that much more. The Penguins had not given up more than four goals in a game before last night.

Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells will undergo surgery to repair damaged cartilage in his left wrist.

Hours before appearing in his 1,200th NHL game, Penguins winger Bill Guerin's thoughts were with his contribution to USA Hockey's golden era.

Right winger Tyler Kennedy , who has missed the Penguins' past three games with an undisclosed injury, took part in his first full practice with the team yesterday at Anaheim Ice and could return to the lineup as soon as tonight against the Ducks at Honda Center.

Jordan Staal has three goals and two assists this season while appearing in -- naturally -- every game.

Fans at Mellon Arena once turned the phrase "shoot the puck" into a nightly battle cry.

One day after it was announced he would carry the Olympic torch in his home province, Sidney Crosby burned the team he rooted for as a boy.

This week's list is in honour of Roberto Luongo's new Vancouver Canucks shutout record.

Penguins forward Matt Cooke has 101 career goals. Playing the body is, simply put, Matt Cooke's game.

All this talk of Mellon Arena closing its doors, the time seemed ripe to ask the Penguins about the NHL's other 29 rinks.

The Pittsburgh Penguins will shoot for a seventh straight win tonight when they welcome the Florida Panthers for a battle at Mellon Arena.

Arguably the National Hockey League's best third line - left wing Matt Cooke, center Jordan Staal and right wing Tyler Kennedy - packs a punch, pinches off space for opposing forwards and prefers to play in the offensive zone for the Penguins.

Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar will be out four to six weeks with a broken left wrist, his third significant injury in slightly more than a year.

So much from a Stanley Cup hangover. The Pittsburgh Penguins are off to the best start in franchise history after dismantling St.Louis 5-1 at Mellon Arena in the only meeting between the two teams this season.

Tyler Kennedy scored twice and Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves, leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Monday night.

Pittsburgh Penguin Matt Cooke joins Craig Adams in celebrating Tyler Kennedy's goal in second period action as the Ottawa Senators take on the Pittsburgh Penguins in NHL action at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, October 12, 2009.

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