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Contact is common for Penguins defenseman Connor Clifton
The Connors are comfortable with contact when it comes to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Forward Connor Dewar and defenseman Connor Clifton are the team’s two leaders in recorded hits this season. Dewar paces the group with 39, and Clifton is second with 33. But a significant discrepancy exists when auditing the...
What’s next for Penguins rookie defenseman Harrison Brunicke?
Rookie defenseman Harrison Brunicke was not in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ lineup Wednesday. And for good reason. There was no lineup. The team is idle until it hosts the Minnesota Wild on Friday. If Brunicke is part of the lineup that night, it’s anyone’s guess. The plan the Penguins have for...
Penguins forward Philip Tomasino clears waivers
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Philip Tomasino cleared waivers Wednesday. That formality allows the team to send him to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League should it choose to do so. The 2025-26 season has been underwhelming for Tomasino, who has been a healthy scratch for 10 of a possible 19 games....
With experience, Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry managing injuries differently
In recent years, the Pittsburgh Penguins have made it a priority to stock up on goaltenders. That surplus was on display Tuesday morning as they had four netminders on the ice for an optional practice in Cranberry. Granted, one of them was the team’s goaltending consultant (i.e. practice goaltender), 39-year-old...
Penguins defensive prospect Peyton Kettles to undergo shoulder surgery
Pittsburgh Penguins defensive prospect Peyton Kettles is scheduled to undergo shoulder surgery in Pittsburgh on Friday. His junior team, the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League, announced his status Tuesday afternoon. There was no specific word as to the nature of his ailment, a timeframe for recovery or which...
Minor league report: Nailers, Maxim Pavlenko shut out RoyalsVideo
Goaltender Maxim Pavlenko made 29 saves for the Wheeling Nailers in a 2-0 win against the Reading Royals at Santander Arena in Reading on Tuesday. The result was Pavlenko’s first career shutout at the ECHL level and boosted his record on the season to 4-2-0. Forwards David Breazeale and Ryan...
Penguins place forward Philip Tomasino on waivers
Things weren’t much different for Philip Tomasino as practice started in Cranberry on Tuesday morning. He was one of the first players on the ice. And he was one of the last players off the ice. As he has trudged through an underwhelming season that has seen him scratched for...
Penguins’ forward Sam Poulin: ‘I don’t want to be anywhere else but here’
The Pittsburgh Penguins are in the midst of a youth movement this season. Part of that is by design, as they have integrated teenagers such as Harrison Brunicke and Ben Kindel into their lineup. But a lot of it has been a blunt necessity as they have seven players on...
Penguins recall Sam Poulin, place Ville Koivunen on injured reserveVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled rookie forward Sam Poulin from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) and placed rookie forward Ville Koivunen on injured reserve due to an undisclosed ailment. Koivunen has been labeled as “week to week.” Those transactions were announced on Tuesday morning. Poulin, a left-handed shot,...
Penguins forward Anthony Mantha provides veteran guile along with offenseVideo
The morning of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first game of the preseason Sept. 22, no one knew what to do. Given that it was the opener to the exhibition schedule and the contest was on the road against the Montreal Canadiens, the Penguins were sending a lineup mostly composed of youngsters....
Minor league report: Nailers’ winning streak snappedVideo
Forward Brayden Edwards had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 3-2 loss to the Reading Royals at Santander Arena in Reading on Sunday. Defenseman Brent Johnson recorded two assists for Wheeling (9-2-0-0), which had an eight-game winning streak snapped. Goaltender Maxim Pavlenko made 18 saves...
Penguins, Sergei Murashov shut out Predators
Sergei Murashov is largely viewed as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ goaltender of a promising future. On Sunday, they simply needed the rookie to guide them out of a murky present. Stopping all 21 shots he faced, Murashov recorded his first career win as the Penguins shut out the Nashville Predators, 4-0,...
Minor league report: Penguins win as Joel Blomqvist, Rutger McGroarty make season debutsVideo
Goaltender Joel Blomqvist and forward Rutger McGroarty each made their season debuts for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-1 win against the Springfield Thunderbirds at Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Earlier in the day, the Pittsburgh Penguins activated Blomqvist and McGroarty from the season-opening non-roster injured list and assigned...
Penguins rookies Joel Blomqvist, Rutger McGroarty activated, assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Two of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ top prospects, rookie goaltender Joel Blomqvist and forward Rutger McGroarty, were activated from the team’s injured non-roster list and assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Saturday. Both players entered the regular season with undisclosed ailments. Blomqvist appeared in the team’s preseason...
Penguins defenseman Parker Wotherspoon finds value as Erik Karlsson’s partner
Generally speaking, there is little value in tracking line combinations and defensive duos during the early days of NHL training camp. It is a completely nugatory endeavor. Remember the line of Josh Archibald, Radim Zohorna and Jason Zucker that offered a potentially sophomoric — but wonderfully risible — nickname based...
Minor league report: Penguins come back to beat IslandersVideo
Defenseman Phil Kemp had two goals and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-3 comeback win against the Bridgeport Islanders at Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Forwards Tristan Broz and Aidan McDonough, as well as defenseman Sebastian Aho, all had a goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
Penguins fall to Predators in overtime
The Pittsburgh Penguins understand they are in Sweden to conduct business for the NHL as ambassadors of the league this weekend. With a pair of contests against the Nashville Predators, all parties involved are hoping to spread the NHL’s version of ishockey to Sverige. But the Penguins haven’t lost sight...
Penguins defenseman Ryan Graves made the most out of a bad situationVideo
It was an impressive play that led to offense. It just didn’t lead to any recordable offense for the subject of this story. During the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-3 home win against the Washington Capitals on Thursday, forward Anthony Mantha scored the hosts’ third goal of the contest by cleaning up...
Minor league report: Penguins beat Islanders in shootoutVideo
Shootout goals by forwards Sam Poulin, Aaron Huglen, Valtteri Puustinen and Rafael Harvey-Pinard gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 5-4 win against the Bridgeport Islanders at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Conn., on Wednesday. Goaltender Maxim Pavlenko made 24 saves on 28 shots in regulation and overtime, then stopped two of...
A move to center helped Penguins forward Danton Heinen return to the NHLVideo
The John B. Sollenberger Trophy has been awarded since 1948 in recognition of the leading scorer of the American Hockey League. And Danton Heinen’s chances of winning it are rotten. To be fair, he has a clear handicap in that pursuit. He’s in the NHL at the moment. When the...
Former Penguins defenseman Simon Despres signs in Scotland
Former Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Simon Despres has signed with the Fife Flyers, a Scottish team based in the United Kingdom’s Elite Ice Hockey League. That team announced the transaction with a release on Tuesday. Despres, 34, was a first-round draft pick (No. 30 overall) of the Penguins in 2009. In...
Penguins forward Tommy Novak reunited with Evgeni MalkinVideo
It wasn’t a thing of beauty. But it was effective. Forward Tommy Novak’s second goal of the season gave the Pittsburgh Penguins an opening lead Sunday in what wound up being a 3-2 home loss to the Los Angeles Kings. For what it lacked in cosmetic appeal, it offered plenty...
Penguins lose to Kings in goaltender Sergei Murashov’s debut
Penguins rookie goaltender Sergei Murashov is still getting used to his surroundings in Pittsburgh (and America, for that matter). So, if the 21-year-old Russian wasn’t completely certain that the local football squad was playing at night on Sunday, he can be forgiven. He was just grateful for the enthusiastic reception...
Penguins rookie goaltender Sergei Murashov scheduled to make debut against Kings
Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goaltender Sergei Murashov is scheduled to make his NHL debut in Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Kings at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Dan Muse announced Murashov’s status approximately two hours before the opening faceoff. Murashov, who catches with his right hand, was recalled to the NHL...
Minor league report: Penguins, Maxim Pavlenko shut out CometsVideo
Goaltender Maxim Pavlenko made 20 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-0 shutout of the Utica Comets at Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. The result was Pavlenko’s first career shutout in the American Hockey League and leveled his record on the season at 1-1-0. Forward Sam Poulin had...
