WASHINGTON (AP) Washington Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik was suspended three games for his late hit to the head of Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Olli Maatta.Orpik will miss Game 3 Monday, Game ...

PITTSBURGH – Washington Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik accepted responsibility for the head hit he delivered that injured Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Olli Maatta, saying his three-game ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brooks Orpik was trying to be physical. Yet the instant the Washington Capitals defenseman made contact with Pittsburgh defenseman Olli Maatta's head early in Game 2 on ...

He was drafted 18th overall by PIttsburgh in 2000 after playing at Boston College. Born seven months after the Lake Placid Olympics, Orpik was named after legendary team USA coach Herb Brooks.

Brooks Orpik, who played three years for the Eagles before an NHL career in which he won two Stanley Cup championships with the Pittsburgh Penguins, returned to school after he retired and earned ...

If Orpik becomes an injury-riddled player this season or next, the Penguins will still owe him a lot of money. According to Cap Geek, Orpik carries a $3.75 million cap hit each of the next three ...

Brooks Orpik, who played three years for the Eagles before an NHL career in which he won two Stanley Cup championships with the Pittsburgh Penguins, returned to school after he retired and earned ...

Brooks Orpik, who was a steady defenseman on the U.S. team that won silver four years ago in Vancouver, will try again to add a gold medal to the Stanley Cup he won with the 2009 Penguins.

Just ask former Penguins teammate Brooks Orpik, who has seen up close the way Crosby is celebrated and swarmed when he is playing in his native Canada – particularly when he is wearing the Maple ...