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Opinion | Athletes are under too much pressure

By Jameson Keebler, Senior Staff Columnist • March 4, 2024

When athletes get injured, the conversations online always revolve around the ways that they are hurting the team instead of their recovery. There isn’t care put towards the fact that they are real people who feel pain like everyone else.

Photos: Pitt Club Hockey Beats Oswego 5-0

By Alex Jurkuta, Staff Photographer • February 12, 2024

Pitt Club Hockey avenged its loss to Oswego on Friday with a 5-0 victory against the same team on Saturday at Alpha Ice Complex. Pitt jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period, scoring a further 3 more...

Opinion | It’s not easy being no. 1

By Jameson Keebler, Senior Staff Columnist • October 23, 2023

The pressure on Connor Bedard is harmful. Number one draft picks deserve time for development like everyone else.

Preview: NCAA Frozen Four comes to Pittsburgh

By Alexander Ganias, Staff Writer • April 7, 2021

Massachusetts, Minnesota Duluth, St. Cloud State and Minnesota State will battle at PPG Paints Arena this week in the NCAA’s Frozen Four.

Katie Rerko: Get your head in the game

By Alex Lehmbeck • April 17, 2020

When she isn’t protecting the net from blistering slapshots, Katie Rerko protects her peers by educating them on an injury that has damaged careers and lives outside of the rink.

Penguins’ ice cracking under pressure

By Griffin Floyd, Staff Writer • April 15, 2019

For the second year in a row Barry Trotz is showing he has what it takes to crack the Penguins’ ice. First with the Washington Capitals and now with the New York Islanders.

Column: New Philly Flyers’ mascot ‘Gritty’ is more fearsome than friendly

By Michael Nitti, Staff Writer • October 1, 2018

Nobody’s sure what animal or interdimensional being new Flyers' mascot 'Gritty' is supposed to be, but we can all agree he’s ugly.

Jackie Sharp: For the love of the game

By Trent Leonard • April 1, 2018

If you had told Jackie Sharp two years ago that she would eventually become the first Pitt women’s ice hockey player to have her number retired, she would have thought you were crazy. At that point,...

Finger making strides after icing cancer

By Ashwini Sivaganesh / For The Pitt News • February 23, 2016

It was a late January night when pain pushed Jonathan Finger to trudge halfway up cardiac hill and walk through the UPMC Presbyterian Emergency Room entrance. The piercing pain in his abdomen had caught...

Penguins push for Stanley Cup promised land after blockbuster offseason

By Jeff Carpenter / Staff Writer • October 1, 2015

If memories of the Penguins’ 2009 Stanley Cup win seem distant, it’s because they are. It’s been six years since Pittsburgh beat Detroit to earn its third NHL Championship. Despite a playoff berth...