Category: Interviews and Articles

Letang: Cooke deserved suspension

Letang: Cooke deserved suspension

MONTREAL – Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Kristopher Letang says teammate Matt Cooke deserved to have the NHL’s hammer drop on him for his latest on-ice cheapshot. “He’s an important player on our team but even he knew what was coming after...

Today’s Pens Report!

Today’s Pens Report!

Here is the summary – 3/17/11 Following practice the players participated in a “team building” session. The team was run through some West Point drills by JB Spizzo. Kris was carrying Chris Conner (I think?) with fellow teammate Chris Kunitz...

The French Connection

The French Connection

La connexion française – the French connection. That’s what four players in the Penguins locker room have. And while they’ve all adjusted to American culture at different times and speeds, in the end, they all speak the same language in...

Point man: Penguins’ Letang a Norris candidate

From junior captain to being likened to Lidstrom, a star on the rise Tuesday, March 01, 2011 By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Peter Diana/Post-Gazette Kris Letang It was a three-step sequence one sees several times in any hockey game: 1....