Senators at Penguins - Pregame - 01-28-10
PREGAME
-Greetings from cold and blustery Pittsburgh. It's in the lower 20s and it's been snowing on and off all day. A few sights from today. Consol Energy Center before the morning skate:
-Mellon Arena:
-That's Mario Lemieux in the gray shirt meeting with a veteran from Afghanistan:
-You can read about that gentleman's day here.
-Lots of snow downtown:
-PPG Place:
-This little building is tucked in behind our alma mater, Point Park College University. We always wanted to get a place there:
-The City-County Building:
-The Grant Building:
-An interesting criss-cross of buildings:
-Looking up Fifth Avenue:
-Apparently someone's had too many cheep drinks:
-This is a nice little piece of real estate available right on Fifth Avenue:
-And about 50 yards up the street is this little dive:
-We have such high hopes for what can happen to the Fifth Avenue corridor when Consol Energy Center is up and running.
-Just up the street is the current facility:
-The ice:
-Considering the damage he did to the Senators the last time they came to Mellon Arena, Evgeni Malkin's a swell choice for the cover of IceTime:
-A few sights around the arena. Daniel Alfredsson has at least one fan here:
-Jaromir Jagr:
-Much like the network, this is just a life foul:
-Aleksey Morozov:
-This one baffles us. An eagle in a Mario Lemieux jersey:
-Evgeni Malkin from the 2006 Olympics:
-Brooks Orpik Team USA:
-You just don't see that many Alex Goligoski jerseys:
(Slight jersey foul.)
-Jersey of the night right here. A Shattuck St. Mary's Sidney Crosby:
-We'll have to check to see if Crosby wore that style just to be a jerk.
-And just after we spot that fan, we find this yahoo:
-A little "Thunderstruck" entertains the fans before the lights go out:
-The Penguins' scratches are Alex Goligoski, Eric Godard and Tyler Kennedy.
-The Senators' scratches are Shean Donovan and Alexandre Picard.
-Marc-Andre Fleury and Brian Elliott are your starting goaltenders.
-Jeff JImerson braved the snow and is on hand to sing both national anthems:
