Seth Rorabaugh stories, Page 92
Penguins’ losing streak reaches 4 despite returns of Jake Guentzel, Jason Zucker
With his team mired in a three-game losing streak entering Saturday, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan has mixed and matched his lines and defensive pairings in order to pull his squad out of its malaise. “We’re just trying to be a little bit proactive as a coaching staff to help develop...
Minor league report: Penguins beat Bears in overtime, extend winning streak to sixVideo
An overtime goal by forward Filip Hallander gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 2-1 road win against the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Saturday. The victory extended a winning streak to six games for the Penguins (6-0-1-0). Goaltender Filip Lindberg made 26 saves on 27 shots...
Penguins seeking a full 60-minute game to break losing streak
A losing streak can elicit a lot of reactions and emotions. And none of them are good. For Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, disdain might be his most prominent feeling over the three-game skid his team carried into Saturday’s road game against the Seattle Kraken. “I don’t think anybody likes losing,”...
Penguins fall to Canucks as losing streak reaches 3 games
A son of British Columbia — born in Surrey and raised in North Delta — Tristan Jarry grew up a fan of the Vancouver Canucks in the early 2000s. Given that Jarry was a goaltender himself, he grew up a fan of ex-Canucks netminder Dan Cloutier. “I guess the goalies...
Minor league report: Corey Andonovski, Penguins extend winning streak to five gamesVideo
A goal and an assist by forward Corey Andonovski led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 3-1 road win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Friday. The victory extended a winning streak to five games. Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 22 saves on 23 shots...
Penguins forward prospect Drew O’Connor overcomes slow start
The start of Drew O’Connor’s 2022-23 season looks a lot different than how his 2021-22 campaign began. First, he found some offense almost instantly last season when he recorded three points (one goal, two assists) in his first two games. This season, he went six games before getting his first...
Minor league report: Drew O’Connor, Penguins beat MonstersVideo
Two goals and an assist by forward Drew O’Connor helped the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins claim a 5-1 home win against the Cleveland Monsters at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. Forward Filip Hallander recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton while goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 22 saves in the victory. Highlights: The...
Penguins forward Sam Poulin shows promise in NHL debutVideo
Former Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford was never afraid to deal away a first-round pick. In fact, one might accuse him of being uncomfortable with hanging on to such assets. During his tenure with the team, Rutherford traded away five first-round picks in the seven drafts he oversaw. That...
Penguins, minus injured forward Jason Zucker, fall to Flames
Prior to being re-hired for his second tenure with the Calgary Flames in March of 2021, coach Darryl Sutter was mostly retired over the previous four years, tending to his farm of nearly 3,000 acres in Alberta. But even while bailing hay and tending to horses, Sutter was still a...
Happy returns for Penguins forward Josh ArchibaldVideo
Forward Teddy Blueger has yet to play this season for the Pittsburgh Penguins because of a lingering undisclosed injury that has hobbled him since Sept. 28. But he might have the most service time of anyone on the roster with offseason acquisition Josh Archibald. That’s because the pair were teammates...
Penguins overwhelmed by Oilers thanks to woeful second period
Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is steadily stoic when it comes to discussing matchups. He treats the first game of the schedule with the same weight as the 82nd, at least publicly. But Game 6 of the Penguins’ 2023-23 campaign did command a bit more gravity in Sullivan’s estimation. That’s...
Minor league report: Goaltender Dustin Tokarksi, Penguins edge BruinsVideo
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 30 saves on 31 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 road win against the Providence Bruins at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, R.I. on Sunday. Forwards Ty Glover and Valtteri Puustinen scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (3-0-1-0). Highlights: The Penguins’ next game is a home...
Penguins place forward Teddy Blueger on LTIR, recall forwards Drake Caggiula, Sam Poulin
The Penguins have placed forward Teddy Blueger on long-term injured reserve (LTIR) and recalled forwards Drake Caggiula and Sam Poulin from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). Blueger’s designation to LTIR is retroactive to Oct. 11, the first day of the NHL calendar. An undisclosed injury has sidelined Blueger...
Penguins forward Danton Heinen’s scoring speaks volumesVideo
A politely bashful soul, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Danton Heinen is a man of few words. Ask him about any individual success, and he’ll typically deflect the query with a response about teamwide goals. And thankfully for his team, he has found plenty of goals in his year-plus tenure with the...
Minor league report: Alex Nylander leads Penguins past Wolf Pack in shootoutVideo
A shootout goal by forward Alex Nylander gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 4-3 road win against the Hartford Wolf Pack at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. on Saturday. Goaltender Filip Lindberg made 27 saves on 30 shots in regulation and overtime then stopped all three shots he faced in...
Penguins come back to beat Blue Jackets without forward Jake Guentzel
The Penguins can’t replace Jake Guentzel for however long he is sidelined due to a presumed head injury. And they certainly weren’t able to do that during a road contest against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Saturday. Literally. With fourth-line center Teddy Blueger also absent due to...
Minor league report: Goaltender Dustin Tokarski leads Penguins to 1st winVideo
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 26 saves on 27 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 home win against the Laval Rocket at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forwards Nathan Legare and Alex Nylander scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (1-0-1-0) in the team’s first win of the season. Highlights:...
Penguins forward Jake Guentzel’s status uncertain for upcoming road tripVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jake Guentzel will travel with the team for its upcoming road trip, predominantly through Western Canada. But his status remains uncertain after he was struck in the head by a puck in the late stages of Thursday’s 6-1 home win against the Los Angeles Kings at PPG...
After Tristan Jarry bails out the Penguins early, goals follow in rout of the Kings
A cursory glance at the scoresheet from the Penguins’ 6-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings at PPG Paints Arena would appear lopsided. And sure enough, it was. Especially in the first period. That’s when the Kings were by far the better team as they outshot the Penguins, 16-9. The...
Former Penguins forward prospect Jan Drozg signs in Russia
Former Penguins forward prospect Jan Drozg has signed with Amur Khabarovsk of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The KHL announced the transaction on Thursday with a release. A fifth-round pick (No. 152 overall) in 2017, spent parts of four seasons with the Penguins organization, primarily with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American...
Penguins expected to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Kings
The Penguins are expected to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Thursday’s home game against the Los Angeles Kings at PPG Paints Arena. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan announced Jarry’s status following an optional morning skate. Jarry has played in two games this season and has a 2-0-0 record, a 2.01 goals...
Penguins defenseman Jeff Petry adjusting to Pittsburgh
Defenseman Jeff Petry has played in 806 games in his NHL career. The first 295 came with the Edmonton Oilers. The three most recent have been as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. And the middle — and perhaps, most profound — 508 were in the service of the Montreal...
Penguins surrender 2-goal lead in overtime loss to Canadiens
Mike Sullivan crossed paths with Martin St. Louis fairly early in his coaching career. During the 2007-08 season, Sullivan joined the Tampa Bay Lightning as an assistant coach under head coach John Tortorella. St. Louis was one of the stars of that franchise and established an enduring relationship with Sullivan....
Minor league report: Penguins-Comets game suspended due to power outage
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ second game of the season against the Utica Coments was suspended on Monday due to a power outage at the Utica (N.Y.) Memorial Auditorium. Play was halted at 17:17 of the second period when the lights went out. The American Hockey League announced the game was suspended...
Penguins defenseman P.O Joseph is ready for a new experience in MontrealVideo
P.O Joseph has all of 22 NHL games on his resume. In that sense, the 23-year-old hasn’t even shot his age yet. So, the left-handed Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman doesn’t have much experience to draw from. But he has had some first-hand on-ice involvement in a Penguins game at Montreal’s Bell...
