Penguins pregame report: Crosby as superstitious as ever before Game 7
Scott Burnside...sleep in the afternoon. Just close your eyes and try and relax a little bit. Come game time, it didn't matter, your energy was there and all that. It's a little different...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 12, 2009Game 5 superstitions: Babcock's magic tie and Penguins' revolving hotels
Scott Burnside...s former teammates, are expected to be on hand for Game 5 tonight. Babcock will be wearing his school tie for the fifth time, according to McGill officials. He has a 4-1 record...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 06, 2009Draper also not expected to play
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comRed Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk will not play in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals Saturday night, despite his assertion he is a game-time decision.
Story | Conversation | May 30, 2009Draper also not expected to play
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comRed Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk will not play in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals Saturday night, despite his assertion he is a game-time decision.
Story | Conversation | May 30, 2009Checking in from Wings' skate: How to stop Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin
Scott Burnside...It takes him a bit to get going. Now, we haven't tested it in a game-time situation where you get there and you get warmed up and you do all that stuff...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 30, 2009Maurice says Game 2 not a must-win for Canes
Scott Burnside...and ESPN.com was told Wednesday Ruutu would not play -- Maurice insisted Tuomo would be a game-time decision. As for Erik Cole, he did skate this morning and Maurice said the forward was...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 21, 2009Keys to Game 7: Penguins vs. Capitals
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comThe Penguins and Capitals take the ice for Game 7 on Wednesday. Scott Burnside looks at the keys for each club.
Story | Conversation | May 12, 2009Washington Capitals again looking for more scoring help in do-or-die Game 6
Scott Burnside...whether to go to seven and 11 or go back to six," Bylsma said. "Always a game-time decision." Pregame speech? Um, no Don't look for Ovechkin to give his teammates the old...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 11, 2009Pens' Malkin finds game, redemption
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comEvgeni Malkin and his teammates redeemed themselves in a dramatic Game 3 win that helped make this Pens-Caps series one of the most compelling in recent memory.
Story | Conversation | May 06, 2009Pregame check-in from Caps-Pens series
Scott Burnside...game." Last word on lineups On the injury front, Pittsburgh defenseman Kris Letang will be a game-time decision, as will Washington defenseman John Erskine. Caps forward Eric Fehr is "questionable," and Michael Nylander...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 06, 2009With Holmstrom's status up in air, Wings could face serious test
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comThe big news on the eve of Saturday's Game 4 was the status of Tomas Holmstrom. If he doesn't play, the Wings will be without one of their best players and will face their biggest test of the playoffs.
Story | Conversation | May 30, 2008Senators being outplayed in every facet of the game
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comA year after enlightening the city with a Stanley Cup final run, the Ottawa Senators have played with little resolve, finding themselves down 3-0 to the Pittsburgh Penguins. And Scott Burnside says, grab the golf clubs, cue the funeral dirge -- it's over.
Story | Conversation | April 15, 2008Winter Classic: We're live from Buffalo
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comScott Burnside checks in from Buffalo during Tuesday's Winter Classic between the Penguins and Sabres at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
Story | Conversation | January 01, 2008This time around outdoors, there's more at risk for NHL
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comWhat confronts the NHL in its latest outdoor extravaganza? Creating the carnival without seeing it devolve into a circus.
Story | Conversation | December 31, 2007GMs expect to have new penalty on blows to head
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comChris Pronger single-handedly set the NHL general managers' meeting agenda, making blows to the head the primary topic discussed Monday.
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