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Minor league report: Penguins beat Crunch for 1st winVideo
Forwards Chase Berger, Kyle Olson and defenseman Will Reilly each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-4 road win against the Syracuse Crunch at Upstate Medical University Arena in Syracuse, N.Y. on Saturday. It was Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s first victory of the season. Forward Jonathan Gruden...
Penguins adapt to the NHL’s latest round of covid-19 protocols
Jason Zucker doesn’t mind social distancing. At least in one specific instance. “It’s helped me a lot personally just because I’m further away from ‘Rusty,’ ” the Penguins forward joked in reference to his occasional linemate, Bryan Rust. “So I don’t have to deal with him as much on a...
Penguins request opening PPG Paints Arena at 25% capacity
The Pittsburgh Penguins have made requests to Gov. Tom Wolf as well as the Pa. Department of Health seeking permission since the start of the NHL’s season in mid-January to open PPG Paints Arena to spectators at 25% capacity. The team presented a plan to the state for when it...
Minor league report: Nailers beat Komets in shootoutVideo
A shootout goal by forward Austin Fyten gave the Wheeling Nailers a 3-2 home win against the Fort Wayne Komets at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Friday. Goaltender Francois Brassard made 40 saves on 42 shots in the victory while Fyten and defenseman Patrick McNally scored regulation goals for...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 4, Islanders 3 (SO)Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-3 shootout win against the Islanders. The 2019-20 season was pretty meaningful for the professional existence of Zach Aston-Reese. After a few years of scuttling along without much of a direction, Aston-Reese found his role last season on the team’s fourth (but really third) line along...
Penguins come back to beat Islanders in shootout
As they take their first steps in running the Penguins, new general manager Ron Hextall and president of hockey operations Brian Burke will find plenty of deficiencies when they begin to evaluate the team they have inherited. They will find a struggling power play, an inconsistent top goaltender, a lack...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to BearsVideo
Goaltender Emil Larmi made 33 saves on 36 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 home loss to the rival Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday. Forwards Josh Currie and Tim Schaller scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (0-1-1-0). Highlights: The Penguins’ next game is a road...
Penguins recall forward Frederick Gaudreau from taxi squadVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled forward Frederick Gaudreau from their taxi squad and placed forward Jared McCann on injured reserve. Gaudreau, 27, could make his Penguins debut Thursday in a road contest against the New York Islanders. A free agent signing this past offseason, Gaudreau has spent the past six seasons...
Penguins activate forward Zach Aston-Reese from long-term injured reserve
The Pittsburgh Penguins activated forward Zach Aston-Reese from long-term injured reserve. Sidelined since undergoing surgery on his left shoulder in mid-August, Aston-Reese could make his season debut in Thursday’s road game against the New York Islanders. In recent days, he has been skating on the left wing of the team’s...
Minor league report: Nailers fall to Fuel in overtime
Goaltender Francois Brassard made 21 saves on 23 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 2-1 road overtime loss to the Indy Fuel at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Forward Austin Fyten scored the only goal for Wheeling (3-8-4), which has lost three consecutive games. Highlights: The Nailers’...
Penguins eager to work with Ron Hextall, Brian Burke
Having been captivated by the game for most of his life, Sidney Crosby was well aware of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ rivalry with the Philadelphia Flyers well before he was directly involved in it. So the remarkable notion of a Flyers villain like Ron Hextall now being the Penguins’ general manager...
Penguins forward Jared McCann sidelined on a week-to-week basis
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jared McCann will be sidelined on a week-to-week basis, coach Mike Sullivan said. He has not been on the ice with his team since suffering an undisclosed injury during Saturday’s 4-3 road loss to the New York Islanders. Primarily used as a left winger on the third...
Why did the Penguins hire Brian Burke?
The final 10 months of Jim Rutherford’s tenure as Penguins general manager were exhausting. With covid-19 crippling seemingly every walk of life on the globe, the NHL adjusted much of its business not only to stage an unprecedented postseason tournament in August and September to complete the 2019-20 season but...
Penguins hire Ron Hextall as general manager, Brian Burke as president of hockey operations
The last time the Penguins hired a former goaltender with ties to the organization to be their general manager, it was a resounding success as it led to two Stanley Cup titles. They’re hoping for similar results with their most recent hire. On Tuesday, the Penguins tabbed Ron Hextall to...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Devils in season openerVideo
Playing their first regular season game in nearly 11 months, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins opened their 2020-21 season with a 4-3 overtime home loss to the Binghamton Devils at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Monday. Goaltender Emil Larmi made 30 saves on 34 assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton while defenseman Cam Lee...
Through success and failure, Penguins forward Teddy Blueger remains obsessed with workVideo
It was an unreliable moment. And it came from one of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ most reliable players. On Saturday night, in the late stages of a tied game against the New York Islanders, the Penguins needed to get a puck out of their own zone from the left half-wall. There...
Penguins’ Mike Sullivan on Steelers’ Mike Sullivan: ‘There are a lot of Mike Sullivans in the world’
Mike Sullivan stands out for a number of reasons. For one, he’s the only active coach in the NHL who has led a team to back-to-back Stanley Cup championships, having accomplished that feat with the Penguins in 2016 and 2017. And there’s his loud booming voice with a hint of...
Penguins defenseman Mike Matheson leaves practice with undisclosed injury
Penguins defenseman Mike Matheson left practice early on Monday in Cranberry after he accidentally collided with a teammate. Approximately 20 minutes into the session, Matheson fell to the ice after coming into contact with an unidentified teammate. Matheson laid on the ice for several moments as athletic trainer Chris Stewart...
Penguins Prospect Watch: Kasper Bjorkqvist snaps scoring slumpVideo
A weekly look at how Penguins prospects and minor leaguers have fared over the past seven days: • In Finland’s Liiga, forward Kasper Bjorkqvist scored the game-winning goal on a power play for KooKoo in a 7-2 home win against JYP on Saturday. The goal was Bjorkqvist’s first since Dec....
A look at the candidates for the Penguins’ vacant general manager position
A few hours after former Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford abruptly turned in his resignation Jan. 27, team president and CEO David Morehouse laid out what the franchise was looking for in a potential successor. The base requirements for the job really weren’t that complicated. “The criteria is the...
Empty Thoughts: Islanders 4, Penguins 3Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-3 loss to the Islanders First things first, there was no update on Penguins forward Jared McCann. He left the game at 15:00 of the first period due to an undisclosed injury. From the television broadcasts available, it wasn’t evident what might have led to his...
Penguins fall to Islanders, possibly lose Jared McCann
There was plenty to like about the Penguins’ 4-3 road loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday. • Rookie defenseman P.O Joseph got his first career goal. • Forward Evgeni Malkin had his first even-strength goal this season. • The top line of Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel and Bryan...
Penguins to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Islanders
The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Saturday’s road game against the New York Islanders. In six games this season, Jarry has a 2-3-1 record, a 3.92 goals-against average and an .859 save percentage. He has served as the backup to Casey DeSmith for the Penguins’ last...
Penguins activate defenseman Mike Matheson from injured reserve
The Pittsburgh Penguins activated defenseman Mike Matheson from injured reserve. Sidelined for the past eight games because of an undisclosed injury, Matheson returned to the lineup Saturday in a road game against the New York Islanders. Limited to two games this season, the left-handed Matheson has no points. Additionally, the...
NHL reschedules 8 Penguins games
The NHL announced schedule changes for 27 games Saturday because of covid-19 protocol issues around the league. Eight of those changes involve the Penguins. • Penguins at New Jersey, originally scheduled for Feb. 9, is now scheduled for Thursday, March 18, at 7 p.m. • Penguins at New Jersey, originally...
