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“Spring Flower” MIN@PIT 04/06/23

This is it, folks. - JT

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Enjoy tonight's Penguins home game versus the Wild … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

“A Date With NJDestiny” PIT@NJD 04/04/23

This morning in New Jersey, the Penguins woke up, still in control of their own playoff destiny. And tonight, in Brick City, USA the Penguins will attempt to secure what would be nothing short of a Major Statement Victory against an excellent Devils team. Sidney Crosby and his team know well that tonight’s game, as challenging as their opponent may appear on paper, presents an opportunity for Pittsburgh to bank two crucial points in the eastern conference wildcard race. If you’re Mike Sullivan and the Pens, this is a night when you and your guys need to box above your collective weight class. Such an unlikely feat is one these Penguins will be required to achieve, on a regular basis, from now until the first offseason tee time is scheduled - regardless of how long they manage to put it off.

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Enjoy tonight's Penguins road game versus the Devil … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

“#1KRIS” PHI@PIT 04/02/23

Kris Letang will play in his 1000th NHL game, tonight at PPG Paints Arena. The Philadelphia Flyers are in town, coached by John Tortorella. Sitting outside the playoff picture as they have, at turns, done at various times over the past few weeks, the Pens sure could use to bank two points tonight against their cross state rivals. It’s friend of the show, Josh Yohe’s birthday today, so why not reach out to him online and wish him a happy one.

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Enjoy tonight's Penguins home game versus the Flyers … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

“Before The Sun Sets” with Sean Stetson BOS@PIT 04/01/23

Jordan and Jeff are joined today by known Bruins fan and Salt Lake City resident Sean Stetson, digital editor of SLCC’s The Globe. Spirited BOS@PIT hockey talk ensues as the Penguins look to take on the this year’s President’s Trophy winners.

Thank you for listening!! Follow us on Twitter @penspod // @penspod_JT (Jeff) @fidgenewton (Jordan) … Follow Sean Stetson on Twitter: @SMS4988

Enjoy tonight's Penguins home game versus the B’s … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

“Just Get In” with Josh Getzoff NSH@PIT 03/30/23

We’re THRILLED to be joined by the voice of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Josh Getzoff. The Penguins take on the Predators tonight at PPG Paints Arena, and as far as the 2022-23 regular season goes, no two points have ever been bigger for the Pens.

Thank you for listening!! Follow us on Twitter @penspod // @penspod_JT (Jeff) @fidgenewton (Jordan) … Josh Getzoff on Twitter: @JG_PxP

Enjoy tonight's Penguins home game versus the Devil … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

“Ca-SEY! Ca-SEY!” PIT@DET 03/28/23

Goodness, Gracious. What a monumental victory on Saturday night, over the Washington Capitals at home in Pittsburgh. What appeared to be just another “blown lead in the third period,” was, in fact, a story destined to end a bit differently than those which Pens fans have become accustomed to having read to them before bed. Casey DeSmith was responsible for some downright mind-blowing saves in this one, and the crowd let him know it. A great result, on a night of great consequence for Allegheny County’s NHL Franchise. The Penguins are back in action tonight, at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The Redwings have a knack for playing spoiler this time of year, so in the words of Jurassic Park’s chief tech officer, Ray Arnold, “Hold onto your butts.”

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Enjoy tonight's Penguins road game versus the Wings … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

“All Three Goalies” WSH@PIT 03/25/23

Tristan Jarry skated with the Penguins this morning at PPG Paints Arena. All that means is, Jars is a possible backup for Casey DeSmith tonight, as the Pens take on the Caps for the final time this regular season. Other things we know for certain about Tristan Jarry: 1.) He is chronically injured 2.) He’s not to be relied upon down the stretch 3.) He’ll occasionally play his a%% off when healthy. Otherwise, tonight’s about one thing: Sid, Geno, and Letang v. Ovi & The Caps. Listeners, CHERISH tonight’s spectacle. The three aforementioned Pittsburgh players are giving you their all this season, and win-or-lose tonight, the matchup is bound to be one for the books.

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Enjoy tonight's Penguins home game versus the Devil … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR (Flying Solo Today) + JORDAN DEFIGIO

“Live At The Coal Mine: ‘Mile High Magic’ with The Athletic’s Josh Yohe”

Oh, what a night. Joined by friend of the show, The Athletic’s Josh Yohe, we gathered on Wednesday evening with a lovely group of listeners and fans to stage the first ever LIVE episode of Fly Penguins Fly Game-Day Podcast! Together, we reacted in real time to what we’d just seen transpire on the ice in Colorado, creating a one-of-a-kind postgame show for you all. The conversation included some unforgettable behind-the-scenes stories from Josh Yohe’s many years working up-close with the Pittsburgh Penguins. There’s a Mike Sullivan story in here that you DON’T want to miss, plus Jordan and Jeff listen back to Josh Getzoff’s iconic call from last night’s heart-stopping backhander from Captain Sidney Crosby. Hope you all enjoy this barnburner of an episode. … Another big game tonight, as the Pens make their way from Denver, straight down to Dallas for the second half of a grueling back-to-back!

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Enjoy tonight's Penguins road game versus the Stars … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

“People Are The Crux Of It” PIT@COL 03/22/23

Plenty of pro hockey talk for you today, but not just the parts of the game you’re used to hearing us discuss. There are times when off-ice stuff creeps into the zeitgeist, at a level where it infiltrates the ongoing conversations around fanbases outside the market of a story’s geographical origins. Jeff and Jordan delve into the situation in San Jose late last week, James Reimer’s open letter to the NHL and its fans, and the way it was all handled by the Sharks. The Pens are in Denver tonight, taking on the reigning Stanley Cup Champions, the Colorado Avalanche. To say there are big points on the line this evening would be a gross understatement.

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Enjoy tonight's Penguins road game versus the Avs … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Live Game Watch Event: Weds 3/22, 8pm, at The Coal Mine in Castle Shannon, P

Join your co-host, Jeff Taylor, and very special guest, The Athletic's Josh Yohe for a live podcast & game-watching event at The Coal Mine in Castle Shannon, PA. See the episode artwork for details... There will be drink specials during the game, and raffled-off giveaways will be ...raffled off!! This Wednesday night, come on down to the Coal Mine and enjoy some beer-fueled hockey talk between one of the finest hockey journalists in the land and ...well ...Jeff. Free Fly Penguins Fly Podcast stickers for the first 25 guests!  

LET'S GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

“Bum-Whoopin” OTT@PIT 03-20-23

Igor Shesterkin stood on his head Saturday night, yes he did. But that doesn’t explain the final score at MSG on March 18th, which was a 6-0 shutout by the Rangers over the Pittsburgh Penguins. In fact, the Penguins had a significant edge in high-danger chances and XGs. But some bad bounces, a great performance from a very good net minder in Shesterkin, and a handful of non-calls by the officials on duty, were the real culprits that lead to the final tally. Now, with Marcus Pettersson placed on the LTIR retroactive to Saturday night, PIT’s decimated D-corps - already short Jeff Petry, Dmitry Kulikov, and Jan Rutta - will strain to defend the Penguin blue line. How those defensemen fare, both tonight and in the coming games, will decide whether the Penguins teeter or totter, precariously balanced as they are on the brink. The stakes: Succeed and secure a 17th consecutive opportunity to compete for Lord Stanley’s coveted Cup. Crack under the pressure of a depleted roster, and scrappy teams like the Isles and Panthers will gladly leave you in their rear view mirrors.

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Enjoy tonight's Penguins home game versus the Senators … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

“Tick, Tock” PIT@NYR 03/18/23

A diner just needs to be ‘fine.’ The Tick Tock Diner, an NYC institution that may, in some ways, be the only proper diner in all of Manhattan, will take care of you if you’re hungry. It also just so happens to be across the street from Madison Square Garden, the site of tonight’s fourth-and-final regular season matchup between your Pittsburgh Penguins and the Rangers of New York City. Brian Dumoulin and Jeff Carter continue to dress for the Pens, something that will not change anytime soon, barring injury or a force majeure event of some kind. And those two guys… well, they’re dragging the team #down as much as the core three of Crosby/Malkin/Letang are dragging the team #along. That said, Jeff and Jordan will hope for the best but be emotionally prepared for …anything.

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Enjoy tonight's Penguins road game versus the Rangers … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Why can't the Penguins hold onto a lead? Which Tristan Jarry will we see between the pipes tonight? Why does Jordan Binnington have to bring dishonor to his first name? Jeff and Jordan talk about all that and more on today's leadup episode to the Pens' matchup against the Rangers at MSG tonight.

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Enjoy tonight's Penguins home game versus the Islanders … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Much like Phyllis Lapin-Vance's last minute push to win the national sport of Icelandic paper companies, the Penguins pulled off an overtime victory against the New York Rangers on Sunday. Jordan has no idea what happened on the equalizing goal, so Jeff steps in to clear the air. They talk about that, The Office, and much more on today's episode.

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Enjoy tonight's Penguins home game versus the Islanders … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

“When Things Go Missing” NYR@PIT 03/12/23

Daylight savings time is no fun for anyone, except plants. Even that, a pseudo-scientific “fact” we just came up with, is probably not something you’d want to toss into the middle of a 10 yr old’s birthday party in hopes of stoking joy levels. Oh, right: Hockey. Your Penguins ran up the score against the Flyers yesterday, shortly before today’s visiting Rangers came from behind to beat Buffalo in OT. That sets us all up for a mutual back-half of respective back-to-backs, doesn’t it? Word has it it’s our #1 goal, Tristan Jarry, about 180 feet down the ice from Jaroslav Halak, New York’s backup. Ryan Lindgren is still out for the Rangers, while Ryan Poehling hasn’t been spotted in the PIT lineup for ...some time. Nick Bonino has gone missing with a [insert yucky sounding word] kidney, giving us - well, literally nothing except - an episode title.

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Enjoy tonight's Penguins home game versus the Rangers … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

The Pens mounted a hefty comeback against the Blue Jackets on Tuesday night, but your co-hosts aren’t sold. If they’re really serious about marching Mount Doom and destroying the ring once and for all (making a deep run at the Stanley Cup), they need to win this game against the Isles in regulation. Jeff Taylor and Jordan DeFigio discuss all that and more!

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Enjoy tonight’s Penguins home game versus the Isles and of COURSE:

LET’S GO PENS

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

“A Conversation With Seth Rorabaugh” CBJ@PIT 03/07/23

TribLive.com’s Seth Rorabaugh (@sethrorabaugh) stops by to chat Penguins hockey with Jordan and Jeff. It’s a big one at PPG Paints Arena tonight as the Pens look to take advantage of the “lowly” Blue Jackets… of course, we all know how “that” usually goes in this sport. Expect the Jackets to play above their pay grade tonight in Pittsburgh; hopefully the Pens can band together and stave off what will likely be an upstart onslaught.

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Film of Crosby training with Marchand, offseason 2015:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXieMlWlGYS/?igshid=MDM4ZDc5MmU=

Enjoy tonight's Penguins home game versus the Devil … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

“Unholy Ghosts: Return Of Nick Bonino” PIT@FLA 03/04/23

Jordan calls into the show from the road, as she tours for the release of her new single, ‘Unholy Ghosts.’ Click below to hear the song, which debuted last night on 105.9theX FM!! As your co-hosts celebrate a four game win streak and look forward to good things from Granlund/Bonino/Kulikov,  they also decide Ron Hextall is decidedly NOT off the hook. His performance as GM was truly fireable, and a successful postseason run by the Pens would be a truly magnificent ‘in-spite-of’ act, one that will have emanated from the locker room and most definitely not the front office. Jeff has a very specific idea of what the next Pittsburgh Penguins bobblehead giveaway should be, and that about sums up the episode. Enjoy, listeners, and Let’s Go Pens as they take on the Cats tonight in Sunrise, Florida.

https://open.spotify.com/album/6O0qMM8Mb27GYOfPPMlpMk?si=rtLRHBSTRTO3niCa5X_9eg

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Enjoy tonight's Penguins road game versus the Panthers … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

“CPR Dummy” PIT@TBL 03/02/23

Ron has really done it this time. He needs to go, but in the meantime, we’re all stuck with the havoc he’s wreaked. Can Sid, Geno, and Tanger ‘flex’ and lead this team to a 17th consecutive playoff berth in spite of their inept, potentially loyalty-bereft GM? Jordan DeFigio and Jeff Taylor opine on the aforementioned… AND MORE!

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Enjoy tonight's Penguins road game versus the Bolts … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

“Second Coming of Penguins Jesus” or “Tank For Nela (Lopušanová)” PIT@NSH 02/28/23

Just prior to posting this episode, Brock McGinn and Mark Friedman were placed on waivers. Coupled up with St. Louis’s claiming of Kasperi Kapanen’s contract over the weekend, the Penguins will soon find themselves with a fair bit of cap space to play with. Last night, Jeff and Jordan were joined by none other than @PenguinsJesus, the omni-present Twitter user and whisperer of myriad Penguins-Hockey-related truths. We had a great time talking Pittsburgh Hockey, we hope you enjoy the conversation!

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Enjoy tonight's Penguins road game versus the Predators … AND of COURSE:

LETS GO PENS!!

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO