Penguins - Week 15

The Penguins played at home Monday and then hit the road Thursday and Saturday. I don’t work Mondays, so it was a quiet week on the ice for me last week.

I also wrapped up my time at the Globe with our last night of layout Monday and our last issue hitting newsstands Wednesday.

The Penguins have been on a tear as of late, winning five straight games to start December.

My bigger focus right now is on the Three Rivers Classic. I’ve reached out to each of the four teams playing in the tournament (Boston College, Robert Morris, Ferris State, and Quinnipiac) to try and interview their coaches or players for my game stories that will appear on penguins.nhl.com in the days before the tournament.

I’ve also been preparing game note ideas for our notes packet that we’ll create for the tournament. I went into the office last week to meet with our graduate assistant, Morgan, to brainstorm some ideas. I’m writing all of the notes for RMU and BC who are both having successful seasons so far.

I’m going back to the office Tuesday to finalize our game notes so the graphics intern can compile them into fancy-looking packets for the tournament.

The rest of the week was spent basically checking our Penguins PR email account several times per day to keep up with credential requests.

The Penguins begin a four-game homestand Monday against Arizona. I’m working Point Park basketball Monday and will not work that game. I’ll then work as the only intern on Wednesday’s nationally televised game against Boston and Friday’s game against Los Angeles. Pittsburgh hosts the New York Rangers next Tuesday to wrap up the homestand.

Then the team has four games until the end of the season, and with every passing week, it becomes more realistic that this incredible internship has to come to an end.