Pittsburgh Sports Article of the Week

This week's Pittsburgh Sports Article feature is provided by Gene Collier of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette-
Titled "Nothing ordinary about Penguins' march to the Cup; instead, extraordinary ruled at every turn"

Gene Collier's column provides an emotional ride through the Penguins' season-but also puts into perspective how far this hockey team has come in such short time-mentioning Crosby becoming captain at the young age of 19, and Dan Bylsma starting the season as coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Baby Penguins. Collier's writing does justice to the Penguin's season, but simultaneously ensures that we, as fans, don't take this success for granted. Because of the Penguins' struggles in past years, and even after last year's shortcoming, we're able to appreciate the Cup so much more. There really is nothing ordinary about this sweet victory, so let's live it up; we, of all fans, know how hard a stanley cup is to come by.

Save the lengthy title, I really enjoyed this read, although Collier is not my favorite Pittsburgh columnist. He doesn't really have whit or statistics to back up his opinions, but sometimes, in this article for example, he makes up for it with emotion.

If you dig this article, you can find more of Gene Collier's sportswriting here.