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Penguins Report: Disney Ice Practice

Monday, 11.02.2009 / 2:22 PM / Penguins Report
By Sam Kasan

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The Penguins held their Monday practice at Disney Ice, but this practice had a twist. 

Since the Penguins didn't want to load all their gear at Disney Ice just to repack everything and transport it to the Honda Center, the team set up all its gear at the Honda Center. The Penguins dressed in all their equipment at Honda Center (except their skates, which they carried) and then got on a bus for Disney Ice. After practice they will load their gear into their equipment bags and have them transported back to Honda for unloading.
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12:50 PM (PACIFIC TIME):
Marc-Andre Fleury is off to a tremendous start with a 9-2 record, 2.07 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage. Perhaps buoyed by his fast start, Fleury's name tops a recent TSN.com poll question asking fans "Who is the front runner for the No. 1 goaltender spot for Canada at the Olympics."

Here are the results:

Marc-Andre Fleury - 41.1%
Martin Brodeur - 26.9%
Roberto Luongo - 23.0%
Steve Mason - 3.3%
Cam Ward - 2.6%
Marty Turco - 1.0%
Other - 1.8%
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12:14 PM (PACIFIC TIME):

Penguins forward Tyler Kennedy, who is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury, practiced with his teammates on Monday. Head coach Dan Bylsma said Kennedy may plaly Tuesday against Anaheim.

"We still have to see how he reacts," Bylsma said. "He looks pretty good for tomorrow.:"
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12:03 PM (PACIFIC TIME):
Bill Guerin chats with Dan Bylsma while watching the team's shootout from the penalty box.



Bylsma was a member of the 2003 Western Conference championship team:


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12:01 PM (PACIFIC TIME):
Here are some practice pics:


 





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11:10 AM (PACIFIC TIME):
Here are some pictures from inside Disney Ice:






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11:04 AM (PACIFIC TIME):
The team arrives at Disney Ice and unloads their bags for practice.

 


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10:36 AM (PACIFIC TIME):
On the bus to Disney Ice.



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10:22 AM (PACIFIC TIME):
The Penguins made their way from the locker room to the bus with all their equipment on (minus their skates). They loaded their bags and sticks underneath and got on board for the ride to Disney Ice.

 

 

 

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10:04 AM (PACIFIC TIME):
While his teammates put on their equipment for practice, Evgeni Malkin stepped onto the Honda Center ice to shoot some pucks off the boards. Sorry for the poor picture quality. It is quite dark in the arena.

 
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9:50 AM (PACIFIC TIME):
The Penguins arrive at the Honda Center in Anaheim, home of the Ducks. However, the Penguins will actually spend Monday's practice at Anaheim's practice facility at Disney Ice.

Since the Penguins didn't want to load all their gear at Disney Ice just to repack everything and transport it to the Honda Center, the team set up all its gear at the Honda Center. The Penguins will dress in all their gear at Honda Center (except their skates, which they will carry) and then get on a bus for Disney Ice. After practice they will load their gear into their equipment bags and have them transported back to Honda for unloading.

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STANDINGS

EASTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 WSH 59 41 12 6 234 161 88
2 NJD 58 36 20 2 153 134 74
3 BUF 58 32 18 8 160 146 72
4 PIT 59 35 22 2 187 171 72
5 OTT 60 34 22 4 167 167 72
6 TBL 58 26 21 11 150 167 63
7 MTL 60 28 26 6 154 162 62
8 PHI 57 29 25 3 167 154 61
9 BOS 58 25 22 11 140 148 61
10 NYR 59 26 26 7 152 163 59
11 ATL 57 25 24 8 172 183 58
12 FLA 59 24 26 9 153 171 57
13 NYI 59 24 27 8 149 183 56
14 CAR 59 22 30 7 159 189 51
15 TOR 60 19 30 11 162 204 49

STATS

2009-2010 REGULAR SEASON
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
S. Crosby 58 39 35 7 74
E. Malkin 52 20 41 -1 61
J. Staal 59 16 22 15 38
B. Guerin 58 17 19 -1 36
S. Gonchar 43 8 26 -3 34
A. Goligoski 47 6 20 5 26
P. Dupuis 58 13 12 5 25
M. Cooke 57 11 12 12 23
R. Fedotenko 57 8 14 -13 22
K. Letang 50 3 18 3 21
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
M. Fleury 28 16 2 .906 2.68
B. Johnson 7 5 0 .912 2.72