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Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Cal O’Reilly has signed with the SCL Tigers of Switzerland’s National League. That transaction was announced on Tuesday. Per the terms of the deal, O’Reilly’s contract is through the end of October with an option for an extension. A native of Toronto, the 38-year-old O’Reilly spent...

Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Emil Jarventie has been loaned to Pyry of the Mestis, the second-tier league in Finland. A left-handed shot, the Finnish-born Jarventie (5-foot-10, 168 pounds) is currently under contract to Tappara of the Liiga, the top-tier league in that country. Tappara announced the transaction via a release...

The past dozen years or so have been eventful for the Pittsburgh Penguins. There have been a pair of Stanley Cup championships, a gaggle of blockbuster trades, a handful of general managers and even a few different ownership groups (with potentially another kicking the tires). What the Penguins haven’t done...

Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Mathias Laferriere signed with HK Spisska Nova Ves of the Slovak Extraliga. That team announced the transaction via social media on Saturday. Terms were not specified. ???????? Do kabíny rysov pribudol Kanaďan Mathias LaferrièreTesne pred štartom prípravy na ľade hlásime výrazné posilnenie ofenzívy.Novým prírastkom v našom...

Pittsburgh Penguins defensive prospect Brady Peddle has signed with the Charlottetown Islanders of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) for the 2025-26 season. That transaction was announced on Monday and does not affect his status with the Penguins, who selected Peddle in the third round (No. 91 overall) in...

Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Daniel Sprong has signed a one-year contract with CSKA Moscow of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). That team announced the transaction with a release on Wednesday. A native of Holland, the 28-year-old Sprong split the 2024-25 season between the Vancouver Canucks, Seattle Kraken and New Jersey...

Former Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Maxim Lagace has signed with the Graz 99ers, a team based in Austria that competes in the International Central European Hockey League (ICEHL). That team announced the transaction via a release on Wednesday. A native of Saint-Augustin, Quebec, the 32-year-old spent the past two seasons with...

Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Dominik Uher has signed with Kolner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in Germany. That team announced the transaction via a release on Wednesday. A native of Czechia, the 32-year-old Uher has spent the past seven years playing in Germany for the Fischtown Pinguins, also...

Jason Spezza welcomed Connor Clifton to the NHL. And in a blunt fashion. Making his NHL debut as a member of the Boston Bruins on Nov. 16, 2018, Clifton, a defenseman, crossed paths with Spezza, then a forward with the Dallas Stars. A shove turned into a slash, then a...

Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke was hired as head coach and general manager of the Vernon Vipers of the British Columbia Hockey League, a junior “A” league (the second-highest tier of junior hockey in Canada). That team announced the transaction on Friday. Cooke, 46, has coached at various levels...

Defenseman Joe Morrow, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first-round draft pick (No. 23 overall) in 2011, has signed a one-year contract with Unia Oswiecim of the Polska Hokej Liga (PHL) in Poland. That team announced the transaction with a press release on Friday. Morrow, 32, spent the past two seasons in the...

Former Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ty Smith has signed a one-year contract with Dinamo Minsk, a team based in Belarus that competes in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). That team announced the transaction via Telegram, a popular social media platform in Europe. A native of Lloydminster, Alberta, the 25-year-old Smith spent...

Former Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Louis Domingue has signed a one-year contract with Sibir Novosibirsk of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). That team announced the transaction with a release on Thursday. A native of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, the 33-year-old Domingue has spent the past three seasons with the New York Rangers organization,...

The Pittsburgh Penguins will face the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena on Oct. 9 in their home opener to the 2025-26 season. That contest was announced via social media Wednesday morning. Later in the afternoon, the entire schedule for the NHL’s season was revealed. Earlier in the week,...

Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Josh Currie has signed with the Graz 99ers, an Austrian team that competes in the International Central European Hockey League (ICEHL). That team announced the transaction via a release on Tuesday. A native of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the 32-year-old Currie spent the 2024-25 season with...

Even if he isn’t in the NHL just yet, Chase Pietila had his “welcome to the NHL moment” this past spring. On March 12, three days after he signed his three-year entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Pietila was brought to UMPC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry to get a...

Derek Army is leaving as head coach of the Wheeling Nailers, ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, to accept an assistant coaching position with the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League. Colorado announced the hiring via a release on Monday. Army took over as interim head coach of the...

The Pittsburgh Penguins will once again participate in the Prospect Challenge event hosted by the Buffalo Sabres in September. This event is a series of scrimmages between prospects from five NHL teams. In addition to the Penguins and Sabres, the Boston Bruins, Columbus Blue Jackets and New Jersey Devils will...

It won’t take long for the Pittsburgh Penguins to cross paths with former head coach Mike Sullivan. On Monday, the NHL announced the Penguins will face the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on the league’s opening night of the 2025-26 season, Oct. 7. The game is scheduled to...