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pgdigs: April 30, 1989: “Mario Lemieux” Mario Lemieux might –...

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:32:41 -0400

The winning goal by Rob Brown, Flyers goalie is Ron Hextall, #28 is Flyers Kjeill Samuelisson and Pens Mario Lemieux #66 (The Pittsburgh Press photo)

Zarley Zalapski congratulates Lemieux on scoring his 5th goal to put the Flyers away 10-7, Apr.26, 1989 (The Pittsburgh Press photo).

Lemieux is greeted by Dave Hannan after scoring in the first period against the Flyers, Apr. 26, 1989 (The Pittsburgh Press photo)

Coach Gene Ubriaco congratulates Mario Lemieux, Apr. 26, 1989 (The Pittsburgh Press photo)

pgdigs:

April 30, 1989: “Mario Lemieux”

Mario Lemieux might – might – be able to laugh at this picture and his Teen Wolf playoff beard now, two dozen years after it was taken, but at that moment there was nothing amusing to the 23-year-old Penguins captain as he faced the press just after his team was jettisoned from the 1989 Stanley Cup playoffs.

The post-season appearance was the first for Pittsburgh’s French-Canadian sauveur and the team’s first since 1982. Led by Lemieux, whose 199-point regular season stands as the franchise’s record and the fifth-most all-time record, the Penguins were poised for a deep playoff run after an opening round sweep of the New York Rangers.

Notoriously rugged cross-Commonwealth antagonists the Philadelphia Flyers were the Penguins’ Patrick Division Finals opponents. Pittsburgh opened the series with a 4-3 home victory and the teams traded wins to the tune of a 2-2 series tie.

Then, in Game 5, Lemieux went positively nuclear in a 10-7 win with a five-goal, eight-point night that set or tied four NHL post-season single-game records – most goals in a game, goals in a period (4), points in a period (4) and points in a game – and remains as one of the single greatest playoff performances in hockey history while dealing with a nasty neck injury.

The Post-Gazette’s Penguins’ beat writer Tom McMillan, now a vice president with the team, wrote:

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen an athlete come up with as potent a game as he did tonight,” said center Dave Hannan, one of the Penguins’ blue-collar players who stood in awe. “He started so fast, and everyone else just picked it up because they wanted to be a part of it. It was unbelievable. Wow.”

“Lemieux, who couldn’t move his neck when he awoke Monday morning, reported less pain and considerably more range of motion when he showed up at the rink last night. “I felt pretty good,” he said. No kidding.”

“With momentum and a 3-2 series lead a trip to the Wales Conference Finals – and perhaps beyond – seemed imminent. But sometimes destiny takes the scenic route.”

McMillan wrote,“At least now, Mario Lemieux will shave his playoff beard.”

“It was a scraggly little thing anyway – several weeks worth of determined facial growth that, in the end, reminded us how young these Penguins were. If you can’t put forth a full playoff beard, you’re not quite mature enough to win a Stanley Cup. These things take time…”

“It’s tough to accept right now, but we have to learn from this,” Lemieux said … “Hopefully we can regroup next year and go as far as the finals.”

He was off by a year. The Penguins missed the playoffs the next season, but they’d win two consecutive Stanley Cups after that, with Lemieux earning back to back Conn Smythe trophies – sans playoff beard.

— Dan Gigler

Pittsburgh: The Movie

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:12:10 -0400

Pittsburgh: The Movie

snailfusion: Pittsburgh 1795.

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:04:18 -0400

snailfusion:

Pittsburgh 1795.

cmoa-alpha: More than 1,300 images submitted to Oh Snap! Your...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:01:40 -0400

cmoa-alpha:

More than 1,300 images submitted to Oh Snap! Your Take on Our Photographs

tallmikey: Might be one of my favorite Tumblr...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:33:03 -0400

tallmikey:

Might be one of my favorite Tumblr posts…EVER

pittisit18:

Messing with Potash

bearpope: Hey Pittsburgh, this is a pretty great...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:28:18 -0400

bearpope:

Hey Pittsburgh, this is a pretty great project.

“TALKPGH is Pittsburgh’s first mobile talk show. Throughout April 2013, a truck (serving as a mobile talk show set) will drive to each of the city’s 90 neighborhoods to interview residents about their area. The purpose of TALKPGH is to collect Pittsburgh residents’ stories, opinions, about thoughts about their neighborhoods.”

TALKPGH

engagenamac: OH SNAP! at the Carnegie Museum of Art asks you to...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:22:37 -0400

engagenamac:

OH SNAP! at the Carnegie Museum of Art asks you to submit original photos inspired by works in the collection. A selection of the submitted photos are then printed and placed in the gallery next to the inspiration photos. The project also has a lovely website.

For some great behind-the-scenes insight into Oh Snap!, read this guest blog post on Museum 2.0 by Jeffrey Inscho, the Web and Digital Media Manager at CMOA.

Oh Snap! is also a 2013 Best of the Web nominee for MW2013.

The photo above was taken during the launch party for Oh Snap! Hundreds more light graffiti and green screen photos from the party are posted to the CMOA’s facebook page.

The museum is accepting submissions through April 22nd, and the show is up until May 12th.

mightyflynn: Mark Melancon April 14, 2013 PNC Park Pittsburgh,...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:30:07 -0400

mightyflynn:

Mark Melancon

April 14, 2013

PNC Park

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Getty Images

Helluva game today.

How rad is this?

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:04:06 -0400

How rad is this?

will the pirates score again this season?

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 01:54:01 -0400

will the pirates score again this season?

ci13: The 2013 Carnegie International brings together 35...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:38:02 -0400

ci13:

The 2013 Carnegie International brings together 35 artists from 19 countries, including a series of large-scale commissions throughout the museum and beyond.

Artists include Ei Arakawa/Henning Bohl, Phyllida Barlow, Yael Bartana, Sadie Benning, Bidoun Library, The Collection, Nicole Eisenman, Lara Favaretto, Vincent Fecteau, Rodney Graham, Guo Fengyi, Wade Guyton, Rokni Haerizadeh, He An, Amar Kanwar, Dinh Q. Lê, Mark Leckey, Pierre Leguillon, Sarah Lucas, Tobias Madison, Zanele Muholi, Paulina Olowska, The Playground Project, Pedro Reyes, Kamran Shirdel, Gabriel Sierra, Taryn Simon, Frances Stark, Joel Sternfeld, Mladen Stilinović, Zoe Strauss, Henry Taylor, Tezuka Architects, Transformazium, Erika Verzutti, and Joseph Yoakum.

More info at carnegieinternational.org

Wacky video from the Carnegie hyping up the upcoming Carnegie International!

bearpope: pghgraffiti: tresfluviasaurus: Detail from...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:51:09 -0400

bearpope:

pghgraffiti:

tresfluviasaurus:

Detail from interactive map of murals in Pittsburgh (with my favorite highlighted). You really need to click through to experience this one.

An interactive map of murals in Pittsburgh?!?! Where is a link to this?!!!

http://pghmurals.com/

thenewhotness: muwhahahahahahahahahaha Really nothing more...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:48:51 -0400

thenewhotness:

muwhahahahahahahahahaha

Really nothing more need be said. 14.

bearpope: Pittsburgh as seen from space. Damn, that’s...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:21:28 -0400

bearpope:

Pittsburgh as seen from space.

Damn, that’s cool.

Another of Pittsburgh from Chris Hadfield

bearpope: kateoplis: Pittsburg before smoke control Good to...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:12:43 -0400

bearpope:

kateoplis:

Pittsburg before smoke control

Good to remember.

(Also, it’s Pittsburgh)

thepittsburghhistoryjournal: “Night View from North Side,”...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:13:22 -0500

thepittsburghhistoryjournal:

“Night View from North Side,” Pittsburgh, 1912

pittsburghisbeautiful: Graffiti on a pole in Shadyside.

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:03:57 -0500

pittsburghisbeautiful:

Graffiti on a pole in Shadyside.

colchrishadfield: Pittsburgh, PA - even from orbit it’s easy to...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:30:02 -0500

colchrishadfield:

Pittsburgh, PA - even from orbit it’s easy to see the three rivers.

I tweeted him and asked him to take one - I dunno if this is a response to that or if he was gonna do it anyway, but either way, awesome!

This is adorable. Trailer for Oh Snap! at the Carnegie Museum...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:22:00 -0500

This is adorable. Trailer for Oh Snap! at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Video featuring music by Pittsburgh’s own Meeting of Important People.

Tomorrow night is the opening party for Oh Snap! Your Take on...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:55:00 -0500

Tomorrow night is the opening party for Oh Snap! Your Take on Our Photographs at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Go here and submit a photo, and we’ll print it out and put it on the wall in the museum! I did a lot of work on this show - come party tomorrow night! We’re doing light painting, a green screen photobooth, free drink tickets for the first 200 people that show up and tunes from DJ Gordy G of Titletown.