Chris Adamski stories, Page 76

As the Pittsburgh Penguins’ most recent Stanley Cup grows further into the rearview mirror, there stands only four players left under contract for next season who appeared in that 2017 championship run. Sidney Crosby, of course. His running mate, Jake Guentzel, was a rookie that year. Brian Dumoulin isn’t surprising,...

Rickard Rakell spent the past two months living alone. Speaking earlier this week, he was eager to get back to his wife — and not just because of relative newlywed bliss. Married last year, Emmeli and Rickard are expecting their first child. “I am really excited about that,” Rakell said...

The son of a former NHL player with the pedigree of being a first-round pick and a flashy-styled game to match, Kasperi Kapanen’s image falls somewhere on the spectrum where extroverted meets brash. Not in 2021-22 for the Pittsburgh Penguins, though. “I kind of let them down this year,” Kapanen...

Sidney Crosby wasn’t cleared to play in Game 6. Evan Rodrigues disagrees with a penalty called on him in the same game. Brock McGinn and Marcus Pettersson, though, regret their on-ice actions that contributed to the goals that ultimately ended the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season two nights later. That was part...

To begin his Pittsburgh Penguins career, Evgeni Malkin had to sneak off from his Russian pro team and hide out for days in a Finnish apartment until the American consulate could fast-track a visa that would allow him escape the obligations of a contract signed under duress. Ending his Penguins’...

Forward Brian Boyle underwent surgery on his left knee Monday, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced via a news release. Boyle did not play in the Penguins’ season-ending Game 7 overtime loss at the New York Rangers on Sunday after he suffered an injury early during Game 6 on Friday. The team’s...

Five stats-based observations about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season-ending, 4-3 Game 7 loss to the New York Rangers on Sunday: 1. Get what you deserve? Let’s get this out of the way first: the team that has the most goals/points/runs is always the one that “deserves” to win a game. In...

Five stats-based observations about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-3 loss in Game 6 on Friday that forced a deciding Game 7 at the New York Rangers in the team’s first-round playoff series: 1. Nothing in net The goalies themselves differ, the situations vastly so. But recent Penguins playoff flameouts have one...

Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan believes his team has been “really good” at 5-on-5 during its first-round series against the New York Rangers. So why did the Penguins miss two chances to close out the series heading into Sunday’s Game 7? “I am probably stating the obvious,” Sullivan said, “but...

For the first time in five years, the Pittsburgh Penguins will take part in a winner-take-all Game 7 on Sunday. The NHL announced that the deciding game of the Penguins’ first-round series against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden would faceoff at 7 p.m. The game will be...

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Brian Boyle suffered a lower-body injury early during Friday’s playoff game, taking only two shifts in Game 6 of the first-round series against the New York Rangers. After the game — a 5-3 loss that forced a Game 7 — coach Mike Sullivan said Boyle was being...

The Pittsburgh Steelers added some versatile veteran depth to their offensive line Friday, announcing a one-year contract with Trent Scott. The 6-foot-5, 320-pound Scott has played 53 games with 19 starts over four NFL seasons since making the Los Angeles Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2018. He has...

George Pickens played on the best team in the best conference in college football last season. The rookie wide receiver, therefore, isn’t intimidated by making the leap to the NFL. “It’s not really a huge transition depending on (coming from) the SEC or what conference you came from,” Pickens said...

Kenny Pickett isn’t the only former Pitt player taking part in Pittsburgh Steelers rookie minicamp this weekend. Linebacker Chase Pine and receiver Tre Tipton also were among the 51 players on the field Friday at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex for the first day of camp. The identities of 17 of...

There is no replacing what Sidney Crosby does for the Pittsburgh Penguins, but the man who perhaps might take his lineup spot could be Radim Zohorna. The 6-foot-6, 220-pound forward was recalled by the Penguins from their AHL affiliate Thursday afternoon, a day after Crosby left Game 5 of the...

Almost 30 years after Adam Graves became Pittsburgh’s biggest villain, another New York Rangers player is drawing Penguins fans’ ire for injuring their star player. Unlike Graves, though, Jacob Trouba won’t be suspended. According to multiple reports, Trouba will not be subjected to a hearing with the NHL’s Department of...

Five stats-based observations about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-3 loss in Game 5 on Wednesday that pulled the New York Rangers to within a game of evening the team’s first-round playoff series: 1. E-Rod time Evan Rodrigues was something of an odd man left out after Sidney Crosby’s injury during Game...

Rickard Rakell was skating swiftly and taking part in every drill his teammates did. But don’t be fooled by the black jersey he wore that matched half of the other Pittsburgh Penguins on the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex ice Tuesday. The practice between Games 4 and 5 of the Penguins’...

There are three other men who have been a head coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins when they claimed the Stanley Cup. Two are in the Hall of Fame. The other was once named NHL coach of the year. None, though, have won as many playoff games for the franchise than...

Unlike his game, Kasperi Kapanen’s sense of humor never abandoned him throughout this season. Told that his coach said he is currently playing his best hockey of 2021-22, Kapanen was as quick with a quip as he is in taking that initial stride through the neutral zone. “Yeah, I mean,...

Five stats-based observations about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 7-2 win Monday that afforded them a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series against the New York Rangers: 1. No danger For the first time after a victory in this series, the primary storyline surrounding the Penguins wasn’t Louis Domingue. Domingue wasn’t...

For all the talk about goaltending or matchups or that speed and age have been working against the Pittsburgh Penguins in recent postseasons, perhaps their captain serves as the proverbial weather vane for the team’s fortunes. Over the prior three playoff runs from 2019-21, Sidney Crosby combined for six points....

Jason Zucker’s 11th NHL season has been his toughest to endure, he said Monday. Moments later, though, the Pittsburgh Penguins veteran wing spoke of “the joy” he’s feeling these days. “Just excited to be in the lineup, excited to be out there playing,” Zucker said after the morning skate in...