Farewell To Mike Lange 02/20/25

Jeff and Jordan convene remotely to begin the process of mourning the late Mike Lange, a legend of Pittsburgh Penguins hockey and the entire hockey universe. Rest In Peace, Hall Of Famer. You will be missed, forever.

Thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
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Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Intro/Outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana plays drums - thanks, Mark!

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
To hire Shane for design work: [email protected] - tell him Fly Penguins Fly sent you.

Sidney Crosby Dominates at 4 Nations Face-Off: A Crossover With Tip Of The Ice-Burgh Podcast! 02/13/25

Years in the making, Fly Penguins Fly Podcast teams up with fellow Pittsburgh Penguins pod, Tip Of The Ice-Burgh. Nick Belsky and Nick Horwat join your co-hosts, Jeff Taylor and Jordan DeFigio for a full panel discussion about all things 4 Nations Face-Off, Sidney Crosby, and the current state of your Pittsburgh Penguins.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tip-of-the-ice-burgh-podcast/id1497683396

Thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
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Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Intro/Outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana plays drums - thanks, Mark!

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
To hire Shane for design work: [email protected] - tell him Fly Penguins Fly sent you.

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions
In Passage by Blue Dot Sessions

“Sidney Crosby Will Play” with special guest Ashley Taylor 02/09/25

It has been a MINUTE since Jeff’s wife, Ashley Taylor joined the podcast. With Jordan DeFigio taking a scheduled maintenance day away from the team, Ashley steps in to chat Penguins hockey, 4 Nations Face-off, Sidney Crosby, and Star Wars… sort of.

Sidney Crosby will, in fact play for Team Canada, despite aggravating one of his wrists in a SO loss to the NJ Devils last week. The hockey world rejoices that Crosby will don the handsome Team Canada sweater and participate in the tournament, but what contribution will he make to the team’s goal of coming out on top in the …sort of best-on-best competition? Don’t ask us, we’re mostly being goofy today.

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Jeff Taylor: penspod-JT.bsky.social // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton.bsky.social

LETS GO PENS.

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
In Passage by Blue Dot Sessions

“Half Of Forty-Three” 02/03/25

In the midst of back to back weekend victories, the Pittsburgh Penguins made a big trade with the Vancouver Canucks. Gone are the Pittsburgh days of Sweden’s Marcus Pettersson and New Jersey’s Drew O’Connor, for henceforth they will both suit up in blue sweaters emblazoned with orcas.

Jeff and Jordan try to let it really sink in: The Penguins are in full-on rebuild mode, welcoming in as they have defenseman Vinny Desharnais and back-again forward Danton Heinen.

Thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
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Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Intro/Outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana plays drums - thanks, Mark!

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
To hire Shane for design work: [email protected] - tell him Fly Penguins Fly sent you.

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions

“For The Love Of Sid” 01/30/25

Sidney Patrick Crosby’s backhand shot is the stuff of legends - except when it’s happening right in front of 11k Utah Hockey Club fans (minus five thousand give or take Penguins fans). Yep, Sid called game last night in a sudden death OT victory over the NHL’s newest franchise. If you haven’t beheld the goal yet, cue it up on the inter webs, because it’s a thing of absolute beauty.

Jordan and Jeff riff on:

• The Too-Few Nations Face-off Tourney
• Precisely when it will TRULY be time for Dubas to throw in the towel on this season
• Alex Ovechkin and the Quest for 895
• Other fun semi-hockey-related stuff

Thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Intro/Outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana plays drums - thanks, Mark!

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
To hire Shane for design work: [email protected] - tell him Fly Penguins Fly sent you.

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions

“The Great Thaw” 01/27/25

We’re not going to pull punches here, folks: The Pittsburgh Penguins are dismally bad at winning right now. They just can’t get over the hump most nights, particularly when they’re playing bottom-dwellers like the Ducks or Sharks. As the Pens head into the Shark Tank this evening for a 10:30pm puck drop against Macklin Celebrini and Co., it is this podcast’s opinion that (a Penguins fan) ought not get one’s hopes up.

The schedule over the next month is chalk-full of divisional games, versus teams the Pittsburgh Penguins haven’t necessarily fared too well agains. Frankly, in the interest of contending next season, this organization might do well to take the next 10-15 games as an ‘opportunity’ to climb in the draft lottery standings.

We close this episode out with a full discussion of Robert Eggers’s “Nosferatu,” a captivating new film that Jeff and Jordan took in, together, just last week. Warning, it’s definitely not a flic for the ultra-faint-of-heart.

Thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Intro/Outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana plays drums - thanks, Mark!

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
To hire Shane for design work: [email protected] - tell him Fly Penguins Fly sent you.

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
In Passage by Blue Dot Sessions
Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions

Solo Saturday 01/25/25

The dam has burst early on trade season! A mega-blockbuster deal involving all of: The Avs, Hawks, and Canes went down overnight, and Jeff is here with the update (about midway through this short episode)!

Your Pittsburgh Penguins are in Seattle this afternoon to take on the Kraken, for a 1:00pm PT / 4:00pm ET puck drop. Let’s see if the boys in black and gold can flip the script on their rough January and make a push for the playoffs (woof)…

Thanks for checking out this impromptu solo dispatch on a Saturday morning, and enjoy the game!

Thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Intro/Outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana plays drums - thanks, Mark!

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
To hire Shane for design work: [email protected] - tell him Fly Penguins Fly sent you.

PodVampFest 2025 01/23/25

After a great victory in Los Angeles, the Penguins head down to Anaheim for a showdown with the Ducks. Jordan and Jeff have plans to gorge themselves on some fresh Nosferatu tonight, so look forward to the review of THAT insane-looking Eggers flic, next time they record.

Thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Intro/Outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana plays drums - thanks, Mark!

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
To hire Shane for design work: [email protected] - tell him Fly Penguins Fly sent you.

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
In Passage by Blue Dot Sessions

Jesse Marshall: The Cost Of Winning 01/16/25

The Pittsburgh Penguins yesterday placed franchise goalie Tristan Jarry on waivers, effectively banishing him to the American Hockey League on an indefinite basis.

We’re lucky enough to be joined today by The Athletic’s own Jesse Marshall. An experienced hockey writer for numerous outlets, Jesse is the co-creator of the Dying Alive podcast, as well as a regular contributor to McKeen’s Hockey. With elite hockey IQ - at least as a writer and a keen analyzer of game tape - it is the opinion of our producer and co-host Jeff Taylor, that it’s long past time Kyle Dubas hired Jesse in a hockey analytics role.

Thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Intro/Outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana plays drums - thanks, Mark!

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
To hire Shane for design work: [email protected] - tell him Fly Penguins Fly sent you.

Diehard But Curious 01/13/25

Sweet sleeping zambonis. The Pittsburgh Penguins underachieved at biblical levels over the past handful of games, save a predictably unexpected stomping of their perennial daddies, the Edmonton Oilers. In that game, Sidney Crosby put on an absolute SHOW of offense and playmaking, but every other game since last Tuesday’s loss to Columbus has been a let-down.

Once Jordan and Jeff recap the Pens’ aforementioned standings skid, your co-hosts take some time to figure out which non-Penguins team they’ll potentially root for heading into a Pittsburgh-less playoffs. Add to that some good-natured film reviews and a couple shoutouts, and you’ve got yourself a Monday afternoon hockey podcast, do… you… not.

Thanks to Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh’s finest coffee roasters and cafe, for partnering with Fly Penguins Fly podcast. Visit an Espresso A Mano location near you:
https://espressoamano.com/

Thank you for listening!! Follow the podcast on X/Twitter: @penspod
Jeff Taylor: @penspod_JT // Jordan DeFigio: @fidgenewton

LETS GO PENS.

JEFF TAYLOR + JORDAN DEFIGIO

Intro/Outro music composed and recorded by Jeff Taylor
Mark Guiliana plays drums - thanks, Mark!

Shane Taylor designed and delivered our artwork.
To hire Shane for design work: [email protected] - tell him Fly Penguins Fly sent you!

This episode includes portions of the following musical selections:
Kid Kodi by Blue Dot Sessions