With his steel grey eyes and angular jaw, Steve Oleksy bears more than a passing resemblance to former Penguins hit man Ulf Samuelsson. Plays a lot like him, too.
Indeed, since coming on to replace injured defenseman Trevor Daley on December 17, Oleksy’s added some much-needed spice to the Pens’ backline. Through his first five games wearing the black and gold, No. 61’s dished out 10 registered hits, not to mention numerous bumps and whacks.
No stranger to dust-ups, the sturdy 6’0” 190-pounder dropped the gloves in consecutive games against Columbus and New Jersey.