Posted by: mattgajtka
on Apr 23, 2011
Even though the Pittsburgh Penguins had lost the previous four times they had a chance to close out a playoff series at home, it seemed rather improbable that they would lay an egg in Saturday’s Game 5 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Posted by: mattgajtka
on Apr 21, 2011
Seth Rorabaugh, who operates the popular, entertaining and informative Empty Netters blog at Post-Gazette.com, joined Matt Gajtka for an NHL-centric edition of the Polish Prodigy Podcast.
Posted by: mattgajtka
on Apr 21, 2011
En route to what would be a memorable finish for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Tyler Kennedy and Arron Asham scored to give them a 2-0 lead early in the game.
Posted by: mattgajtka
on Apr 20, 2011
Michael Shaeffer, Pirates writer and columnist for Sports Haze Pittsburgh (http://www.sportshaze.com/pittsburgh), hops on the Polish Prodigy Podcast to talk Bucs baseball three weeks into the season. Michael recently wrote about the Pirates prospects to watch and their viable options for the No. 1 pick in the MLB Draft; he discussed all that, plus his evaluations of the major-league club so far.
Posted by: mattgajtka
on Apr 20, 2011
Matt Metzger, Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations for the Youngstown Phantoms hockey team, joined Matt Gajtka in an early-evening edition of the Polish Prodigy Podcast.
Posted by: mattgajtka
on Apr 19, 2011
The action items for the Pittsburgh Penguins entering Game 3 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with the Tampa Bay Lightning involved producing more on the power play while keeping the opponent off the man advantage.
Posted by: mattgajtka
on Apr 18, 2011
It's a solo flight on the Polish Prodigy Podcast, as Matt Gajtka takes a spin around the sports world in the aftermath of a busy weekend. Of course, the Stanley Cup playoffs take precedent with the Penguins deadlocked at one game apiece with Tampa Bay heading into Monday's Game 3. Pirates baseball and even some NBA postseason action highlights the rest of the hour.
Posted by: mattgajtka
on Apr 16, 2011
In assessing the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 win Wednesday in Game One of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal clash with the Tampa Bay Lightning, it was easy to overlook the home team’s lackluster first period and faltering power play.
Posted by: mattgajtka
on Apr 15, 2011
Hockey media guru Steve Lepore joins Matt Gajtka during the first week of the Stanley Cup Playoffs to talk NHL and the people and entities that cover it. Television, radio and Internet are all in play with Lepore, who also writes on the NHL for the blog network SBNation.com in addition to his work at Puck the Media (http://puckthemedia.wordpress.com).