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Penguins extend support to Mars goaltender
The Pittsburgh Penguins extended an invitation to the Mars hockey team to host their game Monday against South Fayette at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. The gesture comes nearly two weeks after Mars’ goaltender, a girl, was the target of vile taunts from an opposing fan base. On Oct....
Minor league report: Alex D’Orio gets 1st win as Nailers beat Fuel
Goaltender Alex D’Orio made 24 saves on 26 shots to record his first win of the season for the Wheeling Nailers in a 5-2 home victory against the Indy Fuel at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Sunday. Forward Patrick Watling had a hat trick for Wheeling (3-3-0-0) while forwards...
Todd Reirden continues to deliver Mike Sullivan’s message to the PenguinsVideo
The message was the same on Friday during the Penguins’ practice session. And just as loud. Perhaps even louder. Sure, it might have been delivered with a hint of a Midwestern twang instead of Boston bluntness. And it came from a slightly higher elevation. But it was Mike Sullivan’s message....
Analysis: Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen finally cashes inVideo
Empty thoughts on the Penguins’ 5-4 shootout loss to the Wild. The story of this game should have been Kasperi Kapanen. It was a marvelous story. But there was a twist of an ending that M. Night Shyamalan would have thought was too bizarre. The Penguins gave up two goals...
Minor league report: Penguins edged by Wolf Pack, Nailers drop home openerVideo
Goaltender Louis Domingue made 29 saves on 33 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 road loss to the Hartford Wolf Pack at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. on Saturday. Forwards Felix Robert, Jody Bellerive and Sam Poulin each scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (5-4-01) which has lost a...
Penguins blow lead, fall to Wild despite Kasperi Kapanen’s hat trick
It would be a stretch to say the Penguins have developed any kind of noteable trend in the early portion of the 2020-21 season. That’s assuming you overlook their habit of seemingly having a different lineup for nearly every game this season due to medical maladies of all sorts, even...
Penguins forward Jason Zucker off to better start this season
There was one member of the Pittsburgh Penguins who was dismayed when they traded for forward Jason Zucker in February of 2020. Assistant coach Todd Reirden. Then again, at that time, he was head coach of the rival Washington Capitals. “Personally, I was not happy that he was joining the...
Penguins hire ex-Olympian Krissy Wendell-Pohl as amateur scoutVideo
The Penguins have hired former Olympian Krissy Wendell-Pohl as an amateur scout. She is the first woman to serve in a scouting capacity in the franchise’s history. Her duties will have her primarily scout in the Minnesota region. Wendell-Pohl, 40, was a member of the United States Olympic team in...
Penguins to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Wild
The Penguins are slated to start goaltender Tristan Jarry in Saturday’s home game against the Minnesota Wild at PPG Paints Arena. In seven games this season, Jarry has a 4-2-1 record, a 2.12 goals against average and a .930 save percentage. On Thursday, Jarry made 36 saves on 38 shots...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Bruins, 6-2Video
Goaltender Filip Lindberg made 16 saves on 20 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 6-2 home loss to the Providence Bruins at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Following the Bruins’ fourth goal, Lindberg was replaced by backup Louis Domingue who stopped 15 of the 16 shots...
Penguins have long planned for Mike Sullivan’s absence
During the Pittsburgh Penguins’ practice Friday in Cranberry, assistant coach Todd Reirden filled in as the team’s temporary head coach while Mike Sullivan continued to rest at home after testing positive for covid-19. It marked the second consecutive day Reirden served in that capacity after Sullivan began to experience symptoms...
Forward Bryan Rust is closing in on a return to Penguins’ lineupVideo
Bryan Rust looked different Friday. At least compared to the last time he played in a game for the Penguins. He had a mustache. In recognition of “Movember,” an initiative that raises awareness for men’s health, Rust has engaged fellow forward Jason Zucker in a competition to grow the best...
Analysis: Kris Letang leads the way for the PenguinsVideo
Empty thoughts on the Penguins’ 3-2 overtime win against the Flyers: On the surface, it looked like a really good effort for Kris Letang on Thursday. The veteran defenseman logged a season-high 28 minutes, 55 seconds of ice time on 30 shifts, four shots on nine attempts and, by the...
Undermanned, understaffed Penguins top Flyers in overtime
On Wednesday afternoon, Mike Sullivan appeared defeated. When speaking with reporters, the typically resolute head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins looked as if the latest round of his players who had tested positive for covid-19 — franchise center Sidney Crosby and bedrock defenseman Brian Dumoulin — had deflated him. With...
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang returns after covid-19 isolation
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang returned to the lineup during Thursday’s home contest against the rival Philadelphia Flyers at PPG Paints Arena after missing four games following a positive test for covid-19. The team activated Letang from the NHL’s list of covid-19 protocol Thursday afternoon, and he opened the game...
Mike Sullivan won’t coach Penguins against Flyers due to ‘covid-related protocols’
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ troubles with covid-19 have extended into the coach’s office. Coach Mike Sullivan will not be available for Thursday night’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers after being placed into isolation for what was described as protocols related to covid-19. According to assistant coach Todd Reirden, who will fill...
Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen admits his work ethic ‘has to get better’
While so many of his teammates have been in and out of the lineup because of injuries or covid-19 concerns, forward Kasperi Kapanen arguably has been the Pittsburgh Penguins’ most consistent player this season. That’s to say he routinely has appeared to be of little threat to score. Through the...
Penguins recall defenseman Taylor Fedun from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Penguins have recalled defenseman Taylor Fedun from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). In seven AHL games this season, the 33-year-old Fedun has recorded three assists while serving as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s captain. The Penguins signed the right-handed Fedun to a one-year, two-way contract worth $750,000 this past offseason. During...
Minor league report: Penguins shut out by PhantomsVideo
Goaltender Louis Domingue made 22 saves on 25 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins who were shut out on the road by the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms, 4-0, at the PPL Center in Allentown on Wednesday. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (5-2-0-1) had a five-game streak with at least one point snapped. Highlights: The Penguins’...
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang rebounding after bout with covid-19
Kris Letang is no stranger to health woes. The all-star defenseman has had his fair share of bumps and bruises over 16 seasons in the NHL. And more. From concussions to a herniated disc in his neck to — inexplicably — a stroke, Letang’s considerable success has come despite immense...
Sidney Crosby, Brian Dumoulin latest Penguins to test positive for covid
The lineup the Pittsburgh Penguins will dress for Thursday’s home game against the Philadelphia Flyers will look different than the group they sent out Saturday in a 4-2 home loss against the New Jersey Devils. And that lineup looked different than their previous game, a 4-0 defeat at home to...
Once a ‘superstar’ with the Penguins, Max Talbot is now an assistant coach in San Diego
The beard has some gray in it. Check that. It has some black in it. And a lot of gray. That said, Max Talbot isn’t an old man. He’s only 37. But he’s embarking on a different career, one in which he brings what might as well be a lifetime...
Chad Ruhwedel’s status as regular Penguins defenseman hits snag with covid protocol
Chad Ruhwedel’s resume certainly is limited. A Stanley Cup ring in 2017? OK, that’s pretty nice. After that, it drops off. Especially when you consider in his first nine years as an NHLer, he almost was strictly a reserve, asked to jump on the ice whenever another defenseman was injured...
Penguins defensemen Marcus Pettersson, Chad Ruhwedel placed in covid-19 protocol
Penguins defensemen Marcus Pettersson and Chad Ruhwedel have been placed on the NHL’s list for covid-19 protocol. The team did not specifically announce if either player has tested positive for the virus. They join defenseman Kris Letang who has been in protocol since Oct. 23 after testing positive and has...
Minor league report: Nathan Legare scores first pro goal in overtime win for PenguinsVideo
Forward Nathan Legare scored his first career professional goal in overtime and gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 4-3 road win against the Springfield Thunderbirds at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass. on Saturday. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (5-1-01) also got two goals from forward Felix Robert while forward Valtteri Puustinen added a goal...
