This past week was my last week as a media relations intern for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
As I am sure everyone knows by now, the Penguins were swept in four games by the New York Islanders, who held the second seed in the Metropolitan Division, just one seed above the Pens.
In the final game, all of the interns worked and we all got to have a hand in researching game notes and doing our usual game time activities. The only difference between our last game and any other game was that everyone was way more somber than usual.
Our last official day came two days later at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry.
We got to help out with locker clean out day, which was equally sad and cool to experience.
It began with organizing mail for the players and tracking them down in their locker room/lounge to sign 8x10s to give away in the off season. It ended with waiting for Sid to come into our office and sign all of his stuff so we could go to lunch.
In the meantime, we worked the press conference with Sully and GMJR - again, depressing.
Honestly, this internship was one of the best things I have ever done and I would do it again in a heartbeat.
#LGP
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Pittsburgh Penguins Internship - Week 14
This week was an exciting (and disappointing) one.
After all of our work putting together the playoff media guide, we finally got to see the finished product - and she was beautiful.
It is so rewarding to see the final product after putting in hours and hours of research and proofreading.
On Friday, I went in to make credentials and help set a few things up for the postseason. It was pretty standard for the most part, as a lot of what I did was the same thing we have been doing in the regular season, just in higher quantities.
Sunday was an early morning with everyone reporting to PPG Paints Arena at 7:30 am for a noon Game 3. Like any other game, we got everything situated and set up, but again, we just had a lot more of everything. The media room was different for this game too because of the playoffs. It was so much bigger to accommodate all of the extra press coverage.
We had to troubleshoot a lot with visiting TV setting up in the wrong booth and visiting radio boothless (because TV took the booth they were supposed to be in) and credentials missing or nonexistent, but it made us all better because of it.
Even though the Pens are 0-3 in the series right now, it was a lot of fun to work a postseason game and to get to experience the rush of playoff hockey from a staff prospective instead of a fan.
After all of our work putting together the playoff media guide, we finally got to see the finished product - and she was beautiful.
It is so rewarding to see the final product after putting in hours and hours of research and proofreading.
On Friday, I went in to make credentials and help set a few things up for the postseason. It was pretty standard for the most part, as a lot of what I did was the same thing we have been doing in the regular season, just in higher quantities.
Sunday was an early morning with everyone reporting to PPG Paints Arena at 7:30 am for a noon Game 3. Like any other game, we got everything situated and set up, but again, we just had a lot more of everything. The media room was different for this game too because of the playoffs. It was so much bigger to accommodate all of the extra press coverage.
We had to troubleshoot a lot with visiting TV setting up in the wrong booth and visiting radio boothless (because TV took the booth they were supposed to be in) and credentials missing or nonexistent, but it made us all better because of it.
Even though the Pens are 0-3 in the series right now, it was a lot of fun to work a postseason game and to get to experience the rush of playoff hockey from a staff prospective instead of a fan.
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Pittsburgh Penguins Internship Weeks 12/13
These past two weeks have been a doozy!
Last week, I was the day-before intern for the game on the 29th versus Nashville. It was the usual making credentials and getting things ready for the game.
I also worked the games against Nashville and Carolina while the team was on the hunt for a solidified playoff spot. Going into Tuesday's game at Detroit, all the Pens needed was two points to clinch a playoff spot, but they would wait until Thursday's game hosting Detroit (and for me to work) to actually clinch the spot.
That was an exciting night for us, and going into the locker room post-game was a fun experience... all of the guys were super pumped. The Pens' spot in the playoffs this year is their 13th consecutive appearance in the postseason, which is the longest streak in NHL history.
For Saturday's game, the Pens needed just one point to ensure they play the Islanders (as opposed to the Capitals) in the first round.
All of the interns went early to start proofreading the postseason media guide, which was built by all of us and the communications department at the organization in the course of pre- and post-game on Saturday.
The Penguins lost in overtime, but it was enough to hand us the Islanders in the first round, which is SO much better than the Capitals.
After the game, the interns and the game night staff (as well as full-time staff) stayed until 2-3 am to proofread and re-proofread the media guide. Despite being exhausted the next day, it was actually pretty fun - especially going on the ice as we were leaving.
On to playoffs!
Last week, I was the day-before intern for the game on the 29th versus Nashville. It was the usual making credentials and getting things ready for the game.
I also worked the games against Nashville and Carolina while the team was on the hunt for a solidified playoff spot. Going into Tuesday's game at Detroit, all the Pens needed was two points to clinch a playoff spot, but they would wait until Thursday's game hosting Detroit (and for me to work) to actually clinch the spot.
That was an exciting night for us, and going into the locker room post-game was a fun experience... all of the guys were super pumped. The Pens' spot in the playoffs this year is their 13th consecutive appearance in the postseason, which is the longest streak in NHL history.
For Saturday's game, the Pens needed just one point to ensure they play the Islanders (as opposed to the Capitals) in the first round.
All of the interns went early to start proofreading the postseason media guide, which was built by all of us and the communications department at the organization in the course of pre- and post-game on Saturday.
The Penguins lost in overtime, but it was enough to hand us the Islanders in the first round, which is SO much better than the Capitals.
After the game, the interns and the game night staff (as well as full-time staff) stayed until 2-3 am to proofread and re-proofread the media guide. Despite being exhausted the next day, it was actually pretty fun - especially going on the ice as we were leaving.
On to playoffs!
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