He’s the Rodney Dangerfield of the Penguins’ defense. Close your eyes and you can picture him standing before his teammates in the locker room. Dressed in a dark suit, tugging on his tie. Eyes bulging. Sweat pouring from his brow.
I’ll tell ya’ I don’t get no respect.
Actually, it’s been a season of quiet vindication for Ben Lovejoy. Following a tumultuous stretch run and near nuclear fallout among the Pens’ faithful last season after his acquisition for promising Simon Despres, “the Reverend’s” emerged as a valued member of the black-and-gold defense.