They came to the interview room as a group, Bryan Rust, Nick Bonino and Carter Rowney. The ol’ “RBR” line.
OK, so maybe it doesn’t have the same cachet as the “HBK” line from last season’s Stanley Cup odyssey, but, on this particular Sunday afternoon at PPG Paints Arena, in a crushing, perhaps pivotal Game 5 win against the Ottawa Senators, it was pure magic.
Would you believe a goal and six assists in a 7-0 win that had everything offensively for the home team but a Ben Roethlisberger-to-Antonio Brown touchdown pass?
You expect a big game from Rust.