Seth Rorabaugh stories, Page 76
Penguins A to Z: Rickard Rakell has met expectationsVideo
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NHL announces draft order, Penguins currently have 6 picks
The NHL announced the order for the league’s upcoming entry draft on June 28-29. Out of the 224 picks over seven rounds, the Pittsburgh Penguins are currently scheduled to have six selections. Their selections listed by round and overall number: First round – No. 14 Third round – No. 90...
Penguins A to Z: Valtteri Puustinen remains an intriguing enigmaVideo
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Blues hire Cranberry native Mike Weber as assistant coach
The St. Louis Blues have hired Mike Weber, a native of Cranberry, as an assistant coach. His appointment was announced by the team on Wednesday. A product of the former Pittsburgh Junior Penguins program, Weber, 35, spent parts of eight seasons in the NHL as a physical left-handed defenseman with...
Former Penguins goaltender Max Lagace signs in Sweden
Former Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Max Lagace has signed with Färjestad BK of the Swedish Hockey League. That team announced the transaction via release Wednesday. A native of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec, Lagace has spent his entire professional career in North America up until this point. His time with the Penguins was brief....
Penguins hire Jason Spezza as assistant general manager
Nearly two weeks after taking over as president of hockey operations, Kyle Dubas added an All-Star to the organization. On Wednesday, the team hired former NHL forward Jason Spezza as assistant general manager. Spezza’s duties with the Penguins were not specified. Per a release from the team, Spezza will “report...
Penguins A to Z: Sam Poulin remains a part of the futureVideo
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Stan Savran’s connection to the Penguins was one of mutual respect
Stan Savran was an experienced interviewer. He had talked to the titans of sport ranging from Muhammad Ali to Arnold Palmer. So talking to Mario Lemieux was nothing out of the ordinary for Savran. But the circumstances were simply spectacular. In the late fall and early winter of 2000, Lemieux,...
Penguins A to Z: Ryan Poehling appeared to finally find a roleVideo
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Penguins A to Z: Owen Pickering’s time will comeVideo
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Former Penguins goaltending coach Mike Buckley hired by Kings
Former Pittsburgh Penguins goaltending coach Mike Buckley was hired by the Los Angeles Kings in the same capacity. The Kings announced Buckley’s appointment via release on Friday. Buckley had been out of the NHL since being fired by the Penguins in August of 2021. His dismissal came on the heels...
Penguins A to Z: It’s time for Marcus Pettersson to take another stepVideo
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Penguins A to Z: Jeff Petry was adequate, but so much more was expectedVideo
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Penguins A to Z: An injury derailed Xavier Ouellet’s first season with Wilkes-Barre/ScrantonVideo
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Penguins A to Z: Drew O’Connor finally arrivesVideo
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Penguins A to Z: Alex Nylander found a way back to the NHLVideo
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How will Kyle Dubas reshape the Penguins’ roster? He’s given a few hints
Kyle Dubas is bullish on what he has to work with as the newly appointed director of hockey operations for the Pittsburgh Penguins. “I heard a lot of people that were highly skeptical of the team’s ability to contend here,” Dubas said during his introductory news conference at PPG Paints...
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan stresses a common vision with new president Kyle Dubas
Mike Sullivan has some experience in helping an underachieving franchise make a course correction that leads to success. He did just that in December 2015 when he took over as coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins and led them to a Stanley Cup title a little more than six months later....
Penguins A to Z: Things never came together for Josh ManiscalcoVideo
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Penguins yield NHL rights to pair of defensive prospects
The Pittsburgh Penguins yielded the NHL rights to two of their prospects Thursday, defensemen Santeri Airola and Ryan McCleary. Per NHL rules, the deadline for the Penguins to retain both players was 5 p.m. A team spokesperson confirmed the decison to not sign either player. They were part of a...
Patience pays off as Penguins get their man in Kyle Dubas
David Beeston was true to his word. On April 14, the day previous general manager Ron Hextall and president of hockey operations Brian Burke were fired by the Pittsburgh Penguins, Beeston, Fenway Sports Group executive and Penguins alternate governor, indicated finding replacements would not be a hurried endeavor. “We would...
New president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas couldn’t pass on chance to run Penguins
Kyle Dubas said he wasn’t going anywhere. As recently as May 15, Dubas pledged as much. During a season-ending press conference in Toronto, Dubas said his time as the highly scrutinized general manager of the Maple Leafs was so taxing on his family that he wouldn’t immediately take a job...
Penguins A to Z: Evgeni Malkin can still be a dangerous playerVideo
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Penguins A to Z: Injuries derailed hopes for Filip LindbergVideo
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Penguins A to Z: Kris Letang’s passion got him through 2022-23Video
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