The Pittsburgh Steelers are within the coronary heart of their season however they aren’t the one main sports activities crew on the town. The Pittsburgh Penguins kick off their season tonight in opposition to the New York Rangers. Hockey may not be as in style nationwide as soccer, nevertheless it may be simply as bodily. It seems to be like Najee Harris and Pat Freiermuth are in attendance for the Penguins sport tonight.
The official Penguins’ account additionally tweeted out a photograph of the pair.
There’s at all times been a robust connection between the Steelers, the Penguins, and even the Pittsburgh Pirates. That’s been evident this 12 months, even outdoors of Harris and Freiermuth being at this sport. Through the Steelers’ residence opener, they’d Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin, two present Penguin legends, lead the Horrible Towel Twirl.
Whereas the Pirates are a relentless disappointment, the Penguins have been simply as constant because the Steelers during the last 20 years. They even bought their franchise participant, Sidney Crosby, across the identical time the Steelers bought Ben Roethlisberger. The 2 helped carry Pittsburgh’s sports activities groups, bringing a number of championships to town.
The Penguins truly noticed success extra just lately than the Steelers, successful back-to-back championships in 2016 and 2017. Nonetheless, they’ve additionally sadly taken a step again over the previous couple of years. Whereas Crosby should be top-of-the-line gamers within the league, the Penguins have struggled to seek out the identical success they’d a number of years in the past.
It’s additionally good to see Harris and Freiermuth spending day without work the sphere collectively. They had been a part of the identical draft class in 2021, they usually’ve been constant components on offense for the Steelers since then. The crew has struggled over the previous few weeks, but when they do ever flip the nook on offense, Harris and Freiermuth will doubtless be a part of the explanation why.
Freiermuth was rewarded with a pleasant new contract from the Steelers this 12 months, however Harris was not as fortunate. He had his fifth-year choice declined, and now he’s on a mission to show he’s price a big-money deal. Even whereas the Steelers have been making an attempt to rebuild their offensive line, Harris has seemed promising. He would possibly by no means be top-of-the-line working backs within the league, however he’s nonetheless an excellent participant.
We’ll see if Harris and Freiermuth can deliver the Penguins good luck as Letang and Malkin did for the Steelers. NHL gamers have far more video games throughout a season, although, so even when they lose this sport, there’s a lot time to proper the ship. It’s at all times good to start out out undefeated, although.
Sadly, the Penguins have mimicked the Steelers and dug themselves an early gap, trailing 3-0 on the finish of the primary interval.
