Devils at Penguins - Pregame - 10-24-09
PREGAME
-Greetings from a cloudy, late October day in Pittsburgh. Just a bleh day. It was dry enough to park downtown and walk up to Mellon Arena however. This is left over from last night. A Quebec license plate in the garage at Chatham Center:
-PPG Place against a gray sky:
-Looking south on Stanwix Street:
-The construction at Market Square which is apparently fine to show off when every major world leader isn't in town:
-There's a "Matrix" joke in here some where:
-Unlicensed merchandise is awesome:
-The Warner Centre is one of our favorite buildings downtown:
-From Steel town to Sports town:
-A pretty cool advertisment at a bus stop for the Warhol Museum:
-Looking south on Ross Street:
-Consol Energy Center:
-The current facility:
-The ice:
-A Ron Francis jersey in the Igloo Club:
-This is from last night. FSN Pittsburgh caught this kid who apparently drank 42 Cokes during the game:
-Some sights around the arena. Here's an odd jersey foul. A Mattias Norstrom Kings jersey:
-We're all for reliable, steady shot-blocking Swedish defensemen, but that has no place here.
-This. Is. Obscure. A Joel Kwiatkowski practice jersey:
-Another obscure one. Vitaly Vishnevski:
-Jean Pronovost:
-Warm ups:
-The Penguins' scratches are Sergei Gonchar and Chris Bourque.
-The Devils' scratches are Matt Halischuk (Thank goodness we don't have to spell that more than once), Andrew Peters and Mike Mottau.
-Marc-Andre Fleury and Martin Brodeur are your starting goaltenders.
-We're not sure if we've mentioned this or not, but Brooks Orpik is wearing an "A" in Sergei Gonchar's absence.
-The most flamboyant butt-cut in the national anthem business, Jeff Jimerson, does what he does best:
