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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins sign former NHL goaltender Garret Sparks
Former NHL goaltender Garret Sparks has signed an American Hockey League (AHL) contract with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for the 2023-24 season. Sparks, 31, joins an organization that has six goaltenders signed to NHL contracts entering next season, including incumbents Casey DeSmith and Tristan Jarry, newcomers Magnus Hellberg and Alex Nedeljkovic,...
Former Penguins coach Dan Bylsma finds home in the California desert
It still stings for Dan Bylsma. And even a salmon fishing trip in a rural portion of his native Michigan won’t provide sufficient salve. But then again, it’s only been a few weeks and time heals all wounds. In the last professional contest of the 2022-23 hockey season, the Coachella...
Penguins re-sign defenseman Ty Smith
The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Ty Smith to a one-year contract worth $775,000. Smith, 23, just completed a three-year entry-level contract. Last season, Smith appeared in nine NHL games and scored four points (one goal, four assists) while averaging 20 minutes, 12 seconds of ice time per...
Penguins re-sign restricted free agent forward Jonathan Gruden
The Penguins re-signed restricted free agent forward Jonathan Gruden to a one-year, two-way contract that carries a salary cap hit of $775,000. Gruden, 23, just completed an entry-level contract. During the 2022-23 season, Gruden (6-foot-2, 172 pounds) made his NHL debut in January, appearing in three games with no points...
Penguins sign defensive prospect Emil Pieniniemi
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed defensive prospect Emil Pieniemi to a three-year entry-level contract Friday. According to Cap Friendly, the deal carries a salary cap hit of $870,000. A third-round selection (No. 91 overall) in last month’s NHL Draft, Pieniemi, a native of Finland, is the first member of the Penguins’...
Former Penguins coach Kevin Constantine joins WHL’s Wenatchee Wild
Former Pittsburgh Penguins coach Kevin Constantine was named as the first coach of the incoming Wenatchee Wild, an expansion team at the junior level in the Western Hockey League . His hiring was announced by the team, which is based in Wenatchee, Wash., via release Thursday. Constantine, 64, served as...
After signing deal to stay ‘home’ with Penguins, Tristan Jarry says injuries are behind him
Alberta is home for Tristan Jarry. Having won a Memorial Cup championship in 2014 during his junior days with the Edmonton Oil Kings, Jarry has planted roots there and spends his summers near the provincial capital. He has a second place where he lays his hat … er … mask...
Former Penguins defenseman Kevin Czuczman signs in Czechia
Former Penguins defenseman Kevin Czuczman has signed a one-year contract for the 2023-24 season with HC Litvinov of the Extraliga ledniho hokeje in Czechia. That team announced the transaction Thursday via release. A native of London, Ont., the 32-year-old Czuczman spent parts of four seasons with the Penguins and was...
Former Penguins goaltender Thomas Greiss retires
Former Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Thomas Greiss has retired following a 14-year career in the NHL. A native of Germany, Greiss revealed his plans Wednesday to Stefan Herget, a freelance journalist who covers the league for that country. Greiss, 37, spent one season, the 2014-15 campaign, with the Penguins. Appearing in...
Being a bottom-6 forward is personal for new Penguins center Noel AcciariVideo
Brandon Tanev’s tenure lasted only two seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Claimed in the 2021 expansion draft by the Seattle Kraken, Tanev became something of a cult hero in Western Pennsylvania despite only playing 100 regular-season games for the Penguins. His frantic, energetic, all-gas, no-brakes style of play — to...
Lars Eller embraces Penguins’ 3rd-line center role
This isn’t anything new for Lars Eller. He already has been a third-line center behind two high-end All-Stars on the depth chart. For parts of seven seasons, he inhabited that station as a member of the Washington Capitals with Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetsov in front of him. So joining...
Former Penguins defensive prospect Josh Maniscalco signs with AHL’s Rockford IceHogs
Former Pittsburgh Penguins defensive prospect Josh Maniscalco has signed an American Hockey League contract with the Rockford IceHogs, a minor league affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks. Maniscalco, 24, just completed a three-year entry-level contract with the Penguins. He entered the offseason as a pending restricted free agent, but the Penguins...
Penguins defensive prospect Thimo Nickl signs with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Pittsburgh Penguins defensive prospect Thimo Nickl has signed an American Hockey League contract with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for the 2023-24 season. Nickl, 21, recently attended the Pittsburgh Penguins’ development camp in Cranberry earlier this month. The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired the NHL rights to Nickl on March 31 when they dealt...
Penguins goaltending prospect Joel Blomqvist takes another step toward NHL
First things first, it’s “YOH-ehl.” Not “JOHL.” Pronunciations aside, Joel Blomqvist is still a ways away from making a name for himself at the NHL level. But he’s about to take a big step forward next season. Entering the first year of a three-year entry-level contract, the 21-year-old Finn is...
The Penguins’ bottom 6 forwards are different. Are they better?
Mike Sullivan didn’t have much to say. The Pittsburgh Penguins coach wasn’t all that eager to get into the details of why his third line was thoroughly ineffective — again — after a humbling 5-2 thumping at home by the New Jersey Devils. A fairly innocuous query over the play...
Penguins sign forward Andreas JohnssonVideo
The Penguins continued to bolster their options among the bottom-six forwards Friday as they signed forward Andreas Johnsson to a one-year contract worth $800,000. His signing was announced approximately two hours after the team brought forward Vinnie Hinostorza into the mix on a one-year deal worth $775,000. Johnsson, 28, split...
Penguins sign forward Vinnie HinostrozaVideo
The Penguins continued to boost the bottom rungs of their roster Friday when they signed unrestricted free agent forward Vinnie Hinostroza to a one-year contract worth a league-minimum $775,000 at the NHL level. It is a one-way contract. Hinostroza, 29, spent the 2022-23 season with the Buffalo Sabres organization, splitting...
Penguins forward prospect Tristan Broz is in a better placeVideo
Tristan Broz was in a strange place Monday. A canoe. A human canoe. During the Pittsburgh Penguins development camp tournament — a three-on-three competition — Broz scored the winning goal in overtime of the championship game with a one-timer from the right circle and initiated a silly celebration in the...
Penguins forward Drew O’Connor files for salary arbitration
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Drew O’Connor has filed for salary arbitration as a restricted free agent. On Wednesday, the NHL Players’ Association announced 22 players had elected to file for arbitration with O’Connor being the lone member of the Penguins doing so. O’Connor, 25, broke through as a full-time NHLer last...
Former Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist retires at age 36Video
Patric Hornqvist, a vital component of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Stanley Cup championships in 2016 and 2017 who played as if he would never quit, has retired. The 36-year-old power forward announced his retirement in an interview with journalist Per Bjurman of Swedish outlet Aftonbladet on Wednesday. A veteran of 15...
Penguins forward prospect Luke Devlin reaches for NHLVideo
This spring, Luke Devlin had something of an offseason job, albeit temporarily. Ambulance driver. A native of Toronto, Devlin had to help his father, Toronto Raptors television play-by-play broadcaster Matt Devlin, get to the hospital after a mishap. “It was an early morning, me and my brother (Ian) were getting...
Texas-born Penguins prospect Chase Yoder takes long road to NHL
Like a lot of people his age (or younger) who hit the ice at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, Chase Yoder got into hockey thanks to Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby. He is part of the so-called “Crosby generation.” The only difference for Yoder is he didn’t become infatuated by Crosby...
What will the Penguins do with 4 goaltenders on 1-way contracts?
When the Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup three weeks ago, there was something a bit unusual with the immediate celebration. Four goaltenders lifted the trophy. First was backup Jonathan Quick, a former All-Star in the twilight of an outstanding career. Acquired at the trade deadline, Quick already had...
Penguins sign defenseman Will Butcher
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Will Butcher to a one-year, two-way contract that carries a salary cap hit of $775,000. A veteran of five NHL seasons, the 28-year-old spent the entire 2022-23 campaign with the Texas Stars, American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Dallas Stars....
Penguins forward prospect Sam Poulin ready to get back to hockey
The details are sparse. Sam Poulin keeps the circumstances of his three-month hiatus to address his mental health private. But his intentions remain clear. He still wants to be a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Poulin is participating in the organization’s ongoing development camp for prospects. He is the only...
