Pittsburgh Penguins / NHL

The Penguins are signing goalie Marc-Andre Fleury to a tryout contract. He will practice once, then play in the team’s exhibition game vs. Columbus on Sept. 27 at PPG Paints Arena. Fleury will retire as a Penguin. Unless Fleury does well enough for the Penguins to want him to keep...

A position-by-position look at the Pittsburgh Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the right-side defensemen. There’s an adage that a hockey team can never have too many right-handed defensemen. The Penguins might be testing the limits of that convention. As they enter the 2025-26 season, they appear to have...

Jim Wiltman has had season tickets with the Pittsburgh Penguins for roughly four decades. “It’s easy to support through ups and downs,” said the Sewickley native. “I’ve had six season tickets for a long time. Continue to have them. “Enjoy every moment of it.” He had quite a moment Monday...

Penguins tickets are in high demand — but not for the regular season. The draw? The return of beloved former goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. On Friday, the Penguins announced they signed Fleury, 40, one of the most beloved figures in franchise history, to a professional tryout contract. He formally retired after...

A position-by-position look at the Pittsburgh Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the left-side defensemen. In his season-ending remarks in April, Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas was blunt in assessing the left side of his team’s blue line. “The left side of our defense, it’s been a...

A position-by-position look at the Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the right wingers. Rust never sleeps. And he certainly never rests on his laurels. Despite missing 11 games due to various ailments in 2024-25, Bryan Rust managed to establish career highs in goals (31), assists (34) and points...

Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defenseman Colton Poolman has signed a one-year contract with the Glasgow Clan, a team based in Scotland that competes in the United Kingdom’s Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). That team announced the transaction via a release on Saturday. A native of East Grand Forks, Minn, the 29-year-old...

A position-by-position look at the Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the centers. The Penguins’ depth down the middle will look much like it did last season. And for the past two decades, at least at the top. Sidney Crosby remains an elite top-line center as evidenced by the...

The Pittsburgh Penguins will open training camp Thursday in Cranberry. A formal announcement of the camp was made by the team on Friday. All non-game day practices are free and open to the public. The schedule: Sept. 18 8:45-10:15 a.m.– Group A practice 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. – Group B practice...

Sidney Crosby’s agent has put Crosby departing Pittsburgh in play. Pat Brisson compared Crosby to Tom Brady, who left New England’s dynasty to win a seventh Super Bowl with Tampa Bay. Brisson said a trade “is always a possibility.” Not before Brisson said that, it wasn’t. For the first time,...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are turning to a familiar face in net. Even if just for one game. On Friday, the club announced it had signed former goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, one of the most beloved figures in franchise history, to a professional tryout contract. The transaction is largely ceremonial as Fleury,...

A position-by-position look at the Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the left wingers. Things went right for Rickard Rakell last season. All he had to do was go left. Primarily deployed as a right winger through most of his tenure with the Penguins, Rakell was moved to the...

Friday’s “First Call” has a crazy story about someone stealing the car of a retired Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl champion. Tyler Kennedy thinks there might be some fire to the smoke about these Sidney Crosby trade rumors. We set up the weekend of college football action. A Cleveland Brown may...

There’s a certain level of whimsy to Sergei Murashov that seems fitting. After all, he was born on April Fool’s Day (2004). A quick examination of his gear would confirm that. Inside the upper tiers of his leg pads, he has decals of Olaf, the waggish snowman from the animated...

After years of attempting to dismiss any suggestion that he may want to leave Pittsburgh someday, both Sidney Crosby and his agent fanned the flames of that conversation this week. As recently as June, Crosby’s agent, Pat Brisson, called rumors of Crosby being willing to accept a trade to Colorado...

Former Pittsburgh Penguins assistant coach Pierre McGuire will be joining the team’s radio broadcasts in a limited capacity next season. Per a social media posting from the team’s radio network, McGuire will participate in pre- and post-game broadcasts for 41 games as well as a handful of shows on Saturday...

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced their roster for the upcoming Prospect Challenge event in Buffalo. Forwards — Tristan Broz, Atley Calvert, Jordan Charron, Kale Dach, Brayden Edwards, Max Graham, Avery Hayes, Travis Hayes, Ben Kindel, Gabe Klassen, Ville Koivunen, Ryan Miller, Nolan Renwick, Carter Sanderson Defensemen — Quinn Beauchesne, Harrison Brunicke,...

LAS VEGAS — Sidney Crosby is well aware of the trade talk swirling around him, now that he and the Pittsburgh Penguins have gone three seasons without making the playoffs. Going into another at age 38 with little realistic hope of the team contending, the three-time Stanley Cup champion acknowledged...

I’ve been a Pittsburgh Penguins supporter since the franchise’s first season, 1967-68. I went to my first game when I was 7. The Penguins were bad for a long time. Won four playoff rounds total before 1991. (Then won four playoff rounds that year.) I needed a mistress team. Somebody else...