The night of May 14, 1993 is one that Pittsburgh Penguins fans would love to forget. David Volek’s goal at 5:16 of overtime gave the New York Islanders a monumental upset over the two-time defending ...

If ever the Islanders possessed an anti-hero who eternally would be regarded as heroic, David Volek was that man. Nor would it be a stretch to suggest that Volek, the hockey player, proved to be the ...

When former Pittsburgh Penguin Grant Jennings talks, his voice sounds like hockey. It’s a Western Canadian accent with a tough, low grumble to it. There’s a spirited gravel that sounds like it comes ...

While the past five years have proven colossally disappointing, nothing matches the soul-crushing despair David Volek unleashed on the Steel City in 1993. The Penguins seemed a mortal lock for a third ...

David Volek. The name still elicits a response from Penguins fans, doesn’t it? Look in the mirror if you don’t believe me. In all likelihood, you’re grimacing right now. Volek isn’t walking through ...

Let's look at the Penguins' tortuous history in Game 7's played on home ice. This might seem terribly cruel, but stay with me here. Putting this stuff out in the open -- facing it -- could actually ...

I remember it like it was yesterday, although it was 23 years ago. It was May 14, 1993, the day the Islanders beat the Penguins 4-3 in overtime in Game 7 of the Patrick Division finals in Pittsburgh.

Reporters who -- by 1993 -- had seen more than two decades worth of NHL playoffs knew that winning a Stanley Cup was analogous to winning a war of attrition. Pittsburgh's '93 NHL model knew all about ...

There isn’t a Mike Bossy, Pat Lafontaine or John Tavares. And, thankfully, Eddie Westfall, John Tonelli and David Volek are long gone. The New York... They’ve combined to win nine of the past 40 ...