Each Saturday during the ongoing apocalypse, I’ll revisit an older column that ran on this site, accompanied by a handful of current observations about it at the bottom.
This one ran in the Post-Gazette on Feb. 18, 2003:
If not for one timely error by the Penguins, Mario Lemieux might not have found himself wide open with the puck on his stick, cradling a golden chance to decide the game in overtime.
"We were all messed up," defenseman Joel Bouchard said after the 4-3 victory against the Edmonton Oilers last night at Mellon Arena. "All of us were on the wrong side."
But it still turned out just right for a team that desperately needs every bit of fortune it can find.
Mario Lemieux celebrates his OT goal with Ville Nieminen, Feb. 18, 2003. - AP____________________
