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Forward Matt Nieto rejoins the Penguins
Matt Nieto was back in Cranberry for the second time in less than a week. Such an occurrence is standard for members of the Pittsburgh Penguins as that is where the team’s practice facility is located. But being a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins has not been as regular of...
Penguins forward Blake Lizotte sidelined due to injury
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Blake Lizotte will miss Tuesday’s home game against the Chicago Blackhawks due to an undisclosed injury. Coach Mike Sullivan revealed Lizotte’s status following a morning skate in Cranberry and labeled him as day to day Primarily deployed as the fourth-line center and with the penalty kill, Lizotte...
Former Penguins goaltender Greg Millen dies
Were it not for a summer vacation, the fortunes of Greg Millen and the Penguins could have been very different. After the Penguins nearly upset the St. Louis Blues in a preliminary round series during the 1981 playoffs, Millen was a restricted free agent in the ensuing offseason. He and...
Penguins defenseman Jack St. Ivany is once again pushing for the playoffs
Jack St. Ivany is in a similar spot as he was a year ago. He’s helping the Penguins make a run to secure a playoff spot. To be certain, he’s helping the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins accomplish that at this moment. Having already secured a playoff berth in the American Hockey League’s...
Minor league report: Nailers roll past Royals 
Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 34 saves on 35 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 3-1 win against the Reading Royals at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Sunday. The result boosted Gauthier’s record to 17-10-2. Forwards Gabe Klassen and Eli Lieffers as well as defenseman Mats Lindgren all scored...
Penguins officially eliminated from postseason contention with loss to Blackhawks
The Pittsburgh Penguins will miss the playoffs for a third consecutive year. But unlike the previous two campaigns, their fate as it related to the postseason was not formally determined in the nearly final days of regular season play. There has been no such intrigue throughout most of the 2024-25...
Penguins forward Philip Tomasino sidelined due to injury
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Philip Tomasino will miss Sunday’s road game against the Chicago Blackhawks due to an undisclosed injury. His status was revealed by the team via a release Sunday afternoon. In 59 games this season, Tomasino has 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) while averaging 13:04 of ice time...
Minor league report: Penguins shut out by Monsters 
Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 21 saves on 24 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins who were shut out by the Cleveland Monsters, 3-0, at Rocket Arena in Cleveland on Saturday. The result dropped Murashov’s record to 11-2-0. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (37-21-7-1, 82 points) was shut out for the fifth time this season as...
Sidney Crosby's hat trick leads Penguins past Stars
Whatever the Pittsburgh Penguins will accomplish with what remains of the 2024-25 season, forward Sidney Crosby will likely be the driving force behind it. That was evident Saturday as he recorded a hat trick as well as an assist while buoying his team to a 5-3 win against one of...
Minor league report: Penguins mauled by Monsters 
Goaltender Filip Larsson made 24 saves on 29 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 7-1 loss to the Cleveland Monsters at Rocket Arena in Cleveland on Friday. The result dropped Larsson’s record to 12-9-3. Forward Vasily Ponomarev scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (37-20-7-1, 82 points). Highlights: The Penguins’...
Penguins forward prospect Vasily Ponomarev has a good read on success 
Vasily Ponomarev might not be the world’s most interesting man. But he makes a pretty strong case for being Wilkes-Barre’s most interesting man. The Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect has plenty of varied interests — ranging from history to kart racing — that make him a fascinating fellow for reasons well...
Despite goal from Rutger McGroarty, Penguins fall in OT to streaking Blues
Of their limited accomplishments this season, the Pittsburgh Penguins can boast of being the last team to have defeated the St. Louis Blues. That achievement remained in place Thursday as the Penguins fell to the Blues, 5-4, in overtime at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. Forward Robert Thomas’ 20th...
Ex-Penguins goaltender Johan Hedberg hired as coach of Sweden's Leksands IF 
Former Pittsburgh Penguins coach Johan Hedberg has been hired as a coach of Leksands IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Per a release from that team, Hedberg signed a three-year contract Thursday. A native of Sweden, the 51-year-old Hedberg began his professional career as a player with Leksands IF...
Penguins have no deficit of goaltending prospects
Joel Blomqvist is probably the most accomplished goaltender the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have on their roster. At least at the American Hockey League level. An All-Star during the 2023-24 season, Blomqvist nearly tied Marc-Andre Fleury’s team mark for wins (26 in 2004-05) by a rookie goaltender with a 25-12-6 mark. As...
'Unsung hero' Noel Acciari remains valued by his Penguins teammates
Noel Acciari is usually one of the first players off the ice after most practices for the Pittsburgh Penguins. That habit doesn’t necessarily come from a place of entitlement or hubris. Acciari would need a centrifugal air compressor and several 24-ounce cans of Fix-a-Flat to have anything resembling an inflated...
Injured Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin to travel for upcoming road trip
Injured Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin is expected to travel with his team for an upcoming three-game road trip according to coach Mike Sullivan. If that means Malkin will play in any of those games, that is a matter of speculation at this juncture. Malkin has missed the past three...
Penguins recall forward Joona Koppanen from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled forward Joona Koppanen from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) under emergency roster conditions. It is not yet publicly known what those conditions are. This marks the second time this season Koppanen has been summoned to the NHL roster. Previously, Koppanen was recalled March 18...
Tristan Jarry wants to remain in the Penguins' picture
Monday was picture day for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Members of the roster and employees of the franchise lumbered onto the ice at PPG Paints Arena. Some stood on top of risers while others sat in folding chairs aligned in the front row as a handful of photographs were snapped of...
Penguins place forward Emil Bemstrom on waivers
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward Emil Bemstrom on waivers Monday. Should he go unclaimed by 2 p.m. Tuesday, he can be assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Bemstrom previously cleared waivers Oct. 5 during the final stages of training camp and was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. In 13 NHL...
Penguins rookie forwards Ville Koivunen, Rutger McGroarty offer new story
Like a lot of people who reach a certain age, Rutger McGroarty had a story to tell about his 21st birthday. He wore different skates. As in, one skate was older and broken in while the other was brand new and probably still a little stiff. That misadventure happened to...
Sidney Crosby scores winner, Tristan Jarry posts shutout as Penguins beat Senators in overtime 
Sidney Crosby realizes he won’t likely be playing meaningful contests later this month when the NHL’s postseason begins. But the Pittsburgh Penguins’ captain professes another pursuit worthy of his team’s attention in the final games of the regular season. “Just having the right mindset,” Crosby said in Cranberry on Saturday....
Minor league report: Penguins' Sergei Murashov loses 1st AHL game, Nailers clinch playoffs
Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 32 saves on 35 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-2 loss to the Charlotte Checkers at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. on Sunday. The result was Murashov’s first loss at the American Hockey League level this season as his record dropped to 11-1-0....
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin remains sidelined
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will miss his third consecutive game due to an undisclosed injury as his team hosts the Ottawa Senators at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Malkin’s status approximately two hours before the opening faceoff. Typically deployed as the second-line center, Malkin has...
Minor league report: Penguins win in defenseman Harrison Brunicke's debut 
Goaltender Filip Larsson made 25 saves on 28 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-3 win against the Charlotte Checkers at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. The result boosted Larsson’s record to 12-8-3. Forward Tristan Broz led Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (37-18-7-1, 82 points) with two assists while forwards Joona Koppanen,...
Penguins rookies Ville Koivunen, Rutger McGroarty offer excitement to teammates
Rickard Rakell is familiar with what Ville Koivunen and Rutger McGroarty are about to encounter. Once upon a time, Rakell was a prized prospect about to burst into the NHL, much like Koivunen and McGroarty are at the present. And Rakell, a first-round draft pick of the Anaheim Ducks in...


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