Height/Weight: 6-2/219
| Birthdate: 09/26/1980
| Birthplace: San Francisco, CA, USA
| Team: Pittsburgh
| College: Boston College
| NHL Experience: 8
| Salary: $3,750,000
| Owned/Started%: 12/9 | Average Draft Position: 212.18
Pens' Orpik Tossed Thursday: Brooks Orpik was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct Thursday after making a knee-on-knee hit on the Rangers' Derek Stepan. (Updated 04/05/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/27/12).
Fantasy Analysis
There could be a suspension in the works for Brooks Orpik, who's not a first-time offender. Stepan didn't return to the ice after the hit. (Updated 04/05/2012).
03/03/2012 23:45 Penguins win season-high five straight
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 35 shots, Steve Sullivan had a goal and an assist and the streaking Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-1 on Saturday night.
Orpik represents the heart and soul of the Penguins' defense. Unfortunately, he can't find a way to stay healthy. The rugged blueliner underwent his second hernia surgery in as many summers and may miss the first month of the 2011-12 season. Orpik doesn't score enough to warrant much fantasy consideration, unless hits (194) or blocked shots (94) are included in league categories. The 31-year-old scored just one goal and added 12 helpers in 63 games last year and is likely to continue upon that pace in 2011-12. (Updated 10/4/11)
