Had his father made a bid to buy the Penguins — there was interest on the part of Canadian furniture magnate Bill Comrie in 1991 — perhaps forward Mike Comrie would have scored the first goal at the Comrie Center on Wednesday night. Instead he beat the Penguins' franchise player, center Sidney Crosby, to the scoring punch and opened Consol Energy Center with a goal only 81 seconds into its first hockey game. Crosby scored about six minutes later to start the Penguins' push in a 5-1 exhibition victory over the Detroit Red Wings. Center Ryan Craig (two) and winger Brett Sterling also scored for the Penguins, and goalie Marc-Andre Fleury made 20 saves through two periods. There are enough images of Crosby placed throughout the 18,087-seat arena to leave no doubt which player the Penguins consider their marquee attraction. Thus, it would be understandable if the team planned to be cautious with him over the next few days; he did not finish the game because of a sore hip flexor. "It's nothing," Crosby said. "First game in a long time, and pretty intense for a preseason game; I just might have tweaked it a bit, and that's nothing new for me this time of year." Read more: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/penguins/s_700900.html
