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Empty Thoughts: Penguins 4, Islanders 3 (OT)Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-3 overtime win against the Islanders: No matter if the Penguins miss the playoffs or win the Stanley Cup this season (or anything in between), changes are going to be coming to the franchise on and off the ice this summer. New general manager Ron Hextall...
Minor league report: Frederick Gaudreau leads Penguins past Phantoms in overtimeVideo
An overtime goal by forward Frederick Gaudreau gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 5-4 road win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Saturday. Gaudreau as well as forwards Jordy Bellerive, Sam Miletic and Nick Schilkey each had a goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
Penguins get yet another OT win, this time on road
A little more than two weeks into his tenure as Pittsburgh Penguins general manager, Ron Hextall has seen a lot he likes with his new team. But he does have one notable critique. “I’d like to see a little bit more consistency out of our group,” Hextall said via video...
Penguins forward Jared McCann expected to return to lineup
With Jason Zucker sidelined long term because of an undisclosed injury, the Pittsburgh Penguins appear to have found a pretty experienced replacement for him as the left winger on their second line. Jared McCann. The veteran forward was activated from injured reserve Saturday afternoon. He has missed the previous seven...
Ron Hextall begins to shape the Penguins
If the Philadelphia Flyers are a franchise to model, that’s certainly up for debate, especially given their futility in winning the Stanley Cup for nearly half a century. But what they are is a testament to building a competitive team through the draft. Of the 23 players on their active...
Minor league report: Penguins beat PhantomsVideo
Forwards Jan Drozg, Robert Felix and defenseman Jon Lizotte each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-2 home win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Defenseman Will Reilly added a goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (3-2-1) while forward...
Penguins assign forward Jordy Bellerive to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Penguins assigned forward Jordy Bellerive to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). Bellerive, 21, had been on the Penguins’ taxi squad since Feb. 19. He has yet to play in an NHL game. In three AHL games this season, he has two goals. Bellerive is in the second...
Empty Thoughts: Capitals 5, Penguins 2Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 5-2 loss to the Capitals: Tom Wilson was at it again. During the first period, at the 15:27 mark, the long-time Penguins nemesis dropped Penguins forward Mark Jankowski with a late hit in the neutral zone that shook up Jankowski. After Jankowski had whacked a loose...
Power play falters as Penguins fall to CapitalsVideo
The Penguins don’t like Tom Wilson. And considering how often the Washington Capitals power forward has injured several of their teammates, how could they? More often than not, the Penguins have turned the other cheek when he has dropped a member of the club. At least on the occasions Wilson...
Penguins recall forward Josh Currie from taxi squad
The Penguins have recalled forward Josh Currie from their taxi squad and added him to their active NHL roster. Currie, 28, has yet to play any NHL games this season. As captain of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Currie has appeared in two American Hockey League games (AHL) and scored two goals....
Penguins forward Jason Zucker out longer term with injuryVideo
Penguins forward Jason Zucker will be sidelined “longer term” due to an undisclosed injury, according to coach Mike Sullivan. On Thursday, the team placed him on injured reserve. Zucker, the team’s left wing on the second line, was injured during the third period of Tuesday’s 3-2 overtime road win against...
Minor league report: Radim Zohorna leads Penguins past BearsVideo
Forward Radim Zohorna had two goals and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-2 home win against the rival Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. Wilkes-Barre Scranton (2-2-1) also got a goal and an assist each from forwards Anthony Angello and Nick Schilkey. Goaltender...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 3, Capitals 2 (OT)Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 3-2 overtime win against the Capitals: First things first, there was no update on Penguins forward Jason Zucker following the game. At 10:03 of the third period, he rushed to the right point of the defensive zone to defend a wrister by Capitals defenseman Nick Jensen....
Kasperi Kapanen leads Penguins past Capitals in OT; Jason Zucker injured
After Kasperi Kapanen was demoted to the fourth line then benched for a good portion of the Penguins’ previous game on Saturday, coach Mike Sullivan did not want to get into the particulars that led to Kapanen’s limited deployment. “(Kapanen) and I had a conversation,” Sullivan said on Monday, “and...
NHL announces schedule change for Penguins
On Tuesday, the NHL announced 24 changes to its overall schedule. One involves the Penguins. Per the league’s release, a home contest against the Philadelphia Flyers, originally scheduled for April 13, is now scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, March 6. That alteration will create a three-game series against the Flyers...
AT&T SportsNet to carry 5 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins games
AT&T SportsNet is scheduled to carry five upcoming games for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, American Hockey League affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, in the upcoming weeks. All five games will be home contests. The first game will come on Wednesday against the rival Hershey Bears. The schedule: Feb. 24 — vs....
Better puck tracking has led to better results for Tristan JarryVideo
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry will enjoy something of a personal triumph Tuesday when he starts his fifth consecutive game, leading his team against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena, as scheduled. It will be the first time this season Jarry had strung that many starts together. And given how...
The hits keep coming for Penguins forward Sam LaffertyVideo
It appears so antiseptic and soulless on paper — or in modern terms, in pixels. Look up the play-by-play sheet for Game 0257 on the NHL’s 2020-21 schedule. Scroll down to entry 143. It looks so ordinary. “PIT #18 LAFFERTY HIT WSH #33 CHARA, Off. Zone” Just a simple hit...
Penguins assign defenseman Yannick Weber to taxi squad
The Penguins made a series of roster moves Monday evening. Defenseman Yannick Weber was assigned from the NHL roster to the taxi squad. Signed to a one-year, two-way contract with a salary cap hit of $700,000 on Jan. 27 when injuries waylaid the blue line, Weber, 32, has appeared in...
Penguins notebook: Kasperi Kapanen, Mike Sullivan ‘on the same page’
The Penguins’ 3-2 win against the New York Islanders on Saturday at PPG Paints Arena was a thrilling affair. It required a comeback in the third period, and it was a perfect way to punctuate a banner night for captain Sidney Crosby’s 1,000th career regular-season game. But it largely did...
Penguins Prospect Watch: Valtteri Puustinen extends scoring streak to six gamesVideo
A weekly look at how Penguins prospects and minor leaguers have fared over the past seven days: In Finland’s top-tier Liiga, forward Valtteri Puustinen had a goal for HPK in a 2-1 road win against SaiPa on Saturday. That goal extended a season-best scoring streak to six games for Puustinen....
Minor league report: Nailers drop fourth straight to KometsVideo
Goaltender Hayden Hawkey made 21 saves on 26 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 6-2 road loss to the Fort Wayne Komets at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Sunday. It was Wheeling’s fourth consecutive loss, including three straight against Fort Wayne. Forward Kyle Marino...
Penguins defenseman Mike Matheson making name for himselfVideo
Whenever fans are allowed to enter PPG Paints Arena again, there probably will still be plenty of No. 72 Patric Hornqvist jerseys roaming the concourses. A fiery pneumatic drill of a power forward, Hornqvist is one of the more popular players in franchise history. Considering his success (a pair of...
Ex-Penguins defenseman Simon Despres signs with Eisbaren Berlin in Germany
Former Penguins defenseman Simon Despres has signed with Eisbaren Berlin in Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). A first-round pick (No. 30 overall) in 2009, Despres spent parts of four seasons at the NHL level with the Penguins. In 140 games with the Penguins, Despres scored 33 points (five goals, 28...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 3, Islanders 2Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 3-2 win against the Islanders The 1,000-game club doesn’t exactly have exclusive membership. There are 350 players who have hit that plateau. Sure, there are a bunch of Hockey Hall of Famers like Gordie Howe, Mark Messier and Larry Robinson in that bunch. But there’s a...
