Penguins Kids Cleaned, Pressed and Folded by Sabres Regulars

Hey all. Still in the process of figuring out this “semi-retirement” bit. While I don’t plan to write game summaries this season, I thought I’d post a quick mish-mash article in the wake of the Penguins’ first preseason tilt.

Kind of a “semi-summary” if you will.

Speaking of mash, that’s pretty much what an established Sabres sextet did to a black-and-gold squad lined with kids and various and sundry hopefuls. When your top defense pairing consists of Ryan Graves and Mac Hollowell (he of the 5’9” 170-pound variety)…well…

…suddenly a 7-3 loss doesn’t seem so bad.

Following an even first period, at least on the scoresheet, the wheels fell off the Pens’ collective wagon—goalie Joel Blomqvist’s in…