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Bryan Rust never rests as the Penguins’ top right winger
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 signs in Scotland
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...
Sidney Crosby remains the center of attention for the Penguins
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...
Penguins to open training camp Thursday
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...
Penguins re-sign goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury for ceremonial ‘tryout’
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,...
Penguins forward Rickard Rakell went right after going left
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...
Penguins goaltending prospect Sergei Murashov is nobody’s fool
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...
Penguins announce roster for Prospect Challenge event
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,...
Former Penguins forward Cal O’Reilly signs in Switzerland
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...
Penguins forward prospect Emil Jarventie loaned to Pyry in Finland
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...
Penguins to relaunch franchise’s hall of fame with 10 new members
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 signs in Slovakia
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...
Penguins prospect Brady Peddle signs with QMJHL’s Charlottetown Islanders
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 Penguins forward Daniel Sprong signs in Russia
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 Penguins goaltender Maxim Lagace signs in Austria
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 Penguins defenseman John Ludvig signs in CzechiaVideo
Former Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman John Ludvig has signed with HC Dynamo Pardubice of the Extraliga ledního hokeje (ELH), in Czechia, the home country of his family. That team announced the transaction via a release on Wednesday. His father, former NHL forward Jan Ludvig, is a skills coach with HC Dynamo...
Former Penguins forward Dominik Uher signs in Germany
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...
New Penguins defenseman Connor Clifton: ‘I want to get back to my old self’
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...
New Penguins forward Anthony Mantha vows to be ready following knee surgeryVideo
Anthony Mantha doesn’t have specific goals in mind — aside from the goals that go into a hockey net — as he enters the 2024-25 season. Except for one. Be ready. Limited to 13 games last season as a member of the Calgary Flames because of a right ACL injury...
Former Penguins forward Matt Cooke hired as junior coach in British Columbia
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...
Joe Morrow, Penguins’ 1st-round draft pick in 2011, signs in Poland
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 Penguins defenseman Ty Smith signs with KHL’s Dinamo Minsk
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 Penguins goaltender Louis Domingue signs with KHL’s Sibir Novosibirsk
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,...
Forward prospect Melvin Fernstrom has no complaints about trade to PenguinsVideo
On the eastern side of North America, the transaction was orchestrated within a few minutes of midnight. But in Sweden, it happened more than two hours before the sun came up. At 11:52 p.m. on Jan 31, the Pittsburgh Penguins officially completed a multi-player trade with the Vancouver Canucks. Forward...
Penguins’ 2025-26 schedule announced
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,...
