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Sidney Crosby is down a few teeth after taking a slapshot to the face against the New York Islanders are Saturday. The Penguins earned their 15th straight win in Jarome Iginla’s debut for Pittsburgh. (Photo: Gene J. Puskar/The Associated Press)
REUNITED: Jarome Iginla is now with the Pittsburgh Penguins, in case you went to bed at a decent hour. It was a strange night: At one point, the media was all but certain the Flames captain was headed for the Boston Bruins … but that was not the case. (Photo: The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh)
Terrifying: The moment Matt Cooke’s skate sliced open Erik Karlsson’s Achilles tendon. The Senators star had to leave the game and is now out indefinitely. (Photo: Gene J. Puskar/The Associated Press)
NHL players braced for the league’s fourth work stoppage to begin this weekend, and Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby says “it’s not looking great” for the season to start on time Oct. 11.
Crosby was among more than 280 players who attended union meetings in New York that ended Thursday. NHL owners also met Thursday ahead of the expiration of the sport’s labour contract at midnight Saturday night, and Commissioner Gary Bettman plans to call for a lockout if there’s no deal by then.
Crosby says he’ll consider playing overseas if part of the NHL season is canceled. He also said “things can change pretty quickly.”
Sidney Crosby is a “Cowardly Penguin” … according to a very unbiased Philadelphia news outlet.
Uhhh, UNDERwear is for UNDER your clothes: A Pittsburgh Penguin fan dances during the Penguins’ playoff opener against the Philadelphia Flyers at Consol Energy Center on April 11, 2012 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Flyers came back from a 3-0 deficit to win the game in overtime.
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Sidney Crosby was bloodied after being struck in the face by a puck shot by New York Islanders defenceman Dylan Reese.
The Pittsburgh captain, playing in the ninth game of his second comeback of the season after recovering from concussion symptoms, was hit 1:43 into the second period. Reese was trying to clear the puck out of the lower left corner in the New York end when he hit Crosby, who was standing a few feet away from him. Photos: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images, Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Frosty reception
Seeming to revel in the chance to play the villain, Philadelphia’s Jaromir Jagr punctuated his return to Pittsburgh with his 12th goal of the season in a 4-2 Flyers victory on Thursday night.
The second-leading scorer in Penguins history briefly raised his arms in triumph, then skated along the boards, offering a stone-faced salute as the Consol Energy Center crowd booed lustily.
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Squeezing one by
Pittsburgh’s Jordan Staal beats Philadelphia’s Sergei Bobrovsky at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh on Thursday night. The Flyers got the last laugh, however, winning 4-2 in Jaromir Jagr’s return to his old stomping grounds. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
Still in the dark
Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby is still suffering from concussion symptoms, Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said Wednesday, offering the first update on Crosby since he was sidelined earlier this month. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)
