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Penguins defenseman Mark Friedman fined for embellishmentVideo
Penguins defenseman Mark Friedman was fined $2,000 for embellishment by the NHL on Thursday. Per a release from the league, Friedman violated NHL Rule 64 which is “designed to bring attention to and more seriously penalize players (and teams) who repeatedly dive and embellish in an attempt to draw penalties.”...
Penguins defenseman Jan Rutta expected to return against Wild
Penguins defenseman Jan Rutta has been labeled as a “game-time decision” for Thursday’s home game against the Minnesota Wild at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced the right-hander’s status following an optional morning skate. Such a designation is typically a strong indicator that a player will be in the...
Minor league report: Penguins eliminated from playoff contentionVideo
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 27 saves on 32 shots for the Wilkes_Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-0 home loss to the Chrlotte Checkers at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. The defeat extended a losing streak to six games and with the Hartford Wolf Pack claiming a 2-1 home overtime...
Penguins No. 1 pick Pickering getting first pro experience in AHL
Owen Pickering didn’t want to be in Wilkes-Barre by April. To be certain, he doesn’t have any kind of objection to Northeast Pennsylvania in the spring. He just wanted to be back in southwest Saskatchewan playing games that mean a bit more with his junior team, the Swift Current Broncos...
Penguins sign goaltending prospect Joel Blomqvist to entry-level contract
Goaltender Joel Blomqvist, one of the top prospects in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ organization, has signed a three-year entry-level contract. Cap Friendly was the first to report the transaction. The contract is slated to begin next season and carries a salary cap hit of $886,667. For the 2023-24 season, the contract...
Penguins fall out of playoff position after loss to Devils
These aren’t the New Jersey Devils of yore. (Even if they wore their throwback white, red and green jerseys of yore on Tuesday.) They don’t clutch and grab or pull games down into the neighboring swamps around Newark, N.J. They skate and score in hopes of dazzling you into submission....
Penguins prospect Joel Blomqvist signs tryout with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Penguins goaltending prospect Joel Blomqvist signed an amateur tryout contract (ATO) Tuesday with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) for the remainder of the season. A second-round pick (No. 52 overall) of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2020, Blomqvist is considered one of the organization’s top prospects. Up until this...
Penguins assign forward Alex Nylander to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned forward Alex Nylander to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Monday. A healthy scratch for the past eight games, Nylander has appeared in six NHL games this season and has one assist while averaging 13:20 of ice time per contest. The right-handed Nylander, 25,...
Kris Letang at 1,000 games: ‘Tangerisms’, meatballs and dedication
Kris Letang objected, almost immediately. During the early stages of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ training camp in September 2021, Letang relived some memories of past glory and discussed his former teammate and long-time friend, Max Talbot, being an eighth-round draft pick in 2002 and how he arrived to the NHL through...
Minor league report: Nailers’ losing streak reaches 4Video
Goaltender Brad Barone made 21 saves on 25 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 4-3 road loss to the Cincinnati Cylcones at the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati on Sunday. Defenseman Louie Roehl recorded two assists for Wheeling (26-36-5-0) which has lost four consecutive games. Nailers forwards Cédric Desruisseaux,...
Penguins celebrate Kris Letang, then beat Flyers
Sunday was a big night for the Pittsburgh Penguins on two levels. First, they had to recognize a monumental figure in the organization as Kris Letang was honored before a home contest at PPG Paints Arena, the 1,000th game of his prodigious existence as the franchise’s greatest defenseman. Second, they...
Penguins scheduled to start goaltender Casey DeSmith against Flyers
The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Casey DeSmith for Sunday’s home game against the rival Philadelphia Flyers at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced DeSmith’s status approximately two and a half hours before the opening faceoff. In 37 games this season, DeSmith has a 14-16-4 record, a...
Penguins prospect Owen Pickering takes his 1st professional steps
Owen Pickering didn’t want to be in Wilkes-Barre by April. To be certain, he doesn’t have any kind of objection to Northeast Pennsylvania in the spring. He just wanted to be back in southwest Saskatchewan playing games that mean a bit more with his junior team, the Swift Current Broncos...
Minor league report: Penguins’ losing streak reaches 5Video
Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 29 saves on 33 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 overtime home loss to the Syracuse Crunch at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Penguins defenseman Ty Smith scored a goal, giving him four points (two goals, two assists) in his last three...
Penguins lose to Bruins, fall out of playoff position
The Boston Bruins weren’t at their best on Saturday as they rolled into PPG Paints Arena to take on the Pittsburgh Penguins. Having already secured the Presidents’ Trophy as the league’s top overall team in the regular season (and home-ice advantage throughout the postseason), the Bruins started their backup goaltender,...
Penguins scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Bruins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Saturday’s home game against the Boston Bruins at PPG Paints Arena. Jarry’s status was announced by coach Mike Sullivan approximately two hours before the opening faceoff. In 41 games this season, Jarry has a 22-10-6 record, a 2.90 goals...
Minor league report: Owen Pickering debuts in Penguins lossVideo
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 25 saves on 28 shots in a 4-2 road loss to the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Friday. Forward Drake Caggiula and defenseman Ty Smith each scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (25-28-6-6) while forward Valtteri Puustinen contributed two assists. Defenseman Owen...
Tristan Jarry posts shutout as Penguins knock off Predators
It had been a while for Tristan Jarry. Well … eight days at least. Going into Thursday, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ would-be franchise goaltender had been a spectator for his team’s three previous games. Injured during his most recent appearance March 22, he had lots of time to heal from what...
Mikael Granlund sees ‘a lot of good things’ so far with the Penguins
Things were very different for Mikael Granlund the last time the Pittsburgh Penguins played the Nashville Predators. He was with the Predators. After the Penguins claimed a hard-fought 3-1 road win against Granlund’s Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Feb. 28, Granlund was traded to the Penguins less than 24 hours...
West Mifflin native Logan Cooley one of 3 finalists for Hobey Baker Memorial Award
University of Minnesota forward Logan Cooley, a native of West Mifflin, was named one of three finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, an honor that recognizes the top men’s player in college hockey. Joining him are fellow Minnesota forward Matthew Knies and Michigan forward Adam Fantilli. The award’s foundation...
Penguins assign defenseman Owen Pickering to Wilkes-Barre/ScrantonVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins have assigned defenseman Owen Pickering, their first-round pick (No. 21 overall) in last year’s draft, to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). Pickering’s junior team, the Western Hockey League’s (WHL) Swift Current Broncos, just completed its season on Saturday and did not qualify for the postseason....
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry to start against Predators
The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Thursday’s home game against the Nashville Predators at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Jarry’s status following a morning skate. In 40 games this season, Jarry has a 21-10-6 record, a 2.98 goals against average, a .908 save...
Minor league report: Ty Smith returns in Penguins lossVideo
Forward Valtteri Puustinen scored two regulation goals for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 home shootout loss to the Providence Bruins at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. Defenseman Ty Smith returned to the lineup after being sidelined since Feb. 18 due to facial bone fractures and recorded two...
Defenseman Jeff Petry’s 1st season with the Penguins has been ‘frustrating’ at timesVideo
Games in Detroit are always profound for Jeff Petry. A son of Michigan (and the son of Detroit Tigers All-Star pitcher Dan Petry), he went to Red Wings games at Joe Louis Arena as a fan (then played there on occasion while suiting up for Michigan State). And even if...
Penguins’ defense diced up in loss to Red Wings
For a few weeks now, the Pittsburgh Penguins have viewed the final stages of the regular season as their playoffs just to qualify for the actual playoffs while they battle with other teams for the only two wild-card positions in the Eastern Conference. “If you’re in the situation that a...
