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Minor league report: Nailers' winning streak reaches 4 
A goal and two assists by forward Connor Lockhart led the Wheeling Nailers to a 5-2 win against the Greensboro Gargoyles at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va., on Sunday. The result extended a winning streak to four games. Forwards Ryan Mahshie and Logan Pietila each had a goal and an...
Penguins' shootout struggles continue in loss to Stars
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ struggles in the shootout continued Sunday as they were defeated by the Dallas Stars, 3-2, at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Stars forward Mikko Rantanen scored the lone goal in the shootout. The Penguins fell to 0-4 in shootouts this season. Goaltender Tristan Jarry made 21 saves...
Penguins' Evgeni Malkin sidelined while Noel Acciari, Justin Brazeau activated
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will miss his team’s road game against the Dallas Stars on Sunday evening due to an undisclosed injury. Per a release from the team, Malkin is considered day-to-day. This will be the first game Malkin has missed this season. Typically deployed as center of the...
Minor league report: Valtteri Puustinen scores twice in Penguins win 
A pair of goals by forward Valtteri Puustinen led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 4-1 win against the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Saturday. Linemates Danton Heinen and Philip Tomasino each recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (17-5-1-0) while forwards Gabe Klassen and Aidan McDonough each...
Penguins assign forward Joona Koppanen to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned forward Joona Koppanen to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Saturday after he cleared waivers. A left-handed shot, Koppanen was recalled to the NHL roster Nov. 6. Exclusively deployed on the left wing of the third and fourth lines, Koppanen has appeared in 10...
Mark Madden's Hot Take: Penguins can't sacrifice development
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ place in the standings, perhaps unfortunately, dictates that a tightrope be walked between developmental (the primary goal) and contending for a playoff spot (the showbiz goal). But some decisions serve both masters. When Rickard Rakell returns from hand surgery in 3-4 weeks, he can’t resume his old...
Penguins forward Boko Imama is making the most of his time in the NHL 
In his first NHL game of the season, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Boko Imama enjoyed a milestone. During a 5-1 road win against the rival Philadelphia Flyers on Monday, Imama recorded 9 minutes, 39 seconds of ice time, a career high. By one second. “Was it?” Imama asked while offering a...
Minor league report: Penguins pound Phantoms 
Forwards Avery Hayes and Aidan McDonough each had a goal and two assists for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 6-2 win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (16-5-1-0) also got a goal and an assist each from forwards Tristan Broz, Danton Heinen...
Penguins place forward Joona Koppanen on waivers
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward Joona Koppanen on waivers Friday afternoon. Should he go unclaimed by the NHL’s other 31 teams by 2 p.m. Saturday, he can be assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). A left-handed shot, Koppanen was recalled to the NHL roster Nov. 6. Exclusively...
Mark Madden: Roster construction, not rink size, should be priority for U.S. Olympic team
The rink for this coming February’s Olympic hockey tournament in Milan, Italy will reportedly be 3 feet shorter and 3 inches wider than the NHL’s regulation size of 200 feet long and 85 feet wide. The rink isn’t yet finished. Construction is behind schedule. But the bigger concern is the...
Kirk MacDonald is guiding the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to wins (and the NHL)
Kirk MacDonald’s second season as coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins has been a challenge. Successful? Most certainly. Entering Friday, the Penguins had the third-most points (31) in the 32-team American Hockey League (AHL) with a 15-5-1-9 record. But those triumphs have been achieved with a lineup that is constantly in...
Video review saves Penguins in wild win over Lightning
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin scored two goals, including the game-winner late in the third period, in his team’s wild adventure of a 4-3 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at the venue now known as Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Fla. on Thursday. But in reality, the NHL was...
Minor league report: Nailers, Maxim Pavlenko shut out Royals 
Goaltender Maxim Pavlenko made 32 saves for the Wheeling Nailers in a 4-0 win against the Reading Royals at Santander Arena in Reading on Wednesday. The result was Pavlenko’s second shutout of the season at the ECHL level and boosted his record to 6-3-0. Forwards Craig Armstrong, Max Graham and...
Penguins goaltender Arturs Silovs sticks with his 'foundation' in search of better results
It’s not difficult to tell when Arturs Silovs hits the ice at practice. He’s usually the first one on the ice. And he’s usually the loudest one on the ice. At least his skates are. The Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender’s skate blades make a very deep and cutting rumble with just...
Injured Penguins forwards Noel Acciari, Justin Brazeau resume practicing
Injured Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Noel Acciari and Justin Brazeau were full participants in the team’s practice session in Cranberry on Monday. It marked the first time both players skated in a full capacity since they were placed on injured reserve Nov. 4. The precise nature of their ailments is not...
Penguins prospect Will Horcoff is enjoying a big season at Michigan 
Like any teenager, Will Horcoff is still growing. And at 6-foot-5 and 201 pounds, the Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect has the appetite to match his size. “One thing we love to do at our house is go to Whole Foods and get the steaks going at night,” said Horcoff, a...
First Call: James Harrison says Mike Tomlin isn't 'a great coach'; Flyer says team was 'flat' vs. Penguins
Tuesday’s “First Call” has some grumbling reaction from Philadelphia after the Flyers’ loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. James Harrison pans Mike Tomlin. We get injury updates from Baltimore on a few players as the Ravens prepare to host the Steelers. And we preview snowy college basketball showdowns for Pitt and...
Sidney Crosby, Penguins' power play pound Flyers
Having stumbled through November with a 4-5-3 mark, the Pittsburgh Penguins needed to change something to open December. They tried to effect change Monday morning by recalling forwards Boko Imama and Rutger McGroarty from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League in advance of that evening’s game, a road contest against...
Penguins prospect Will Horcoff named to United States' preliminary roster for IIHF World Junior championship
Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Will Horcoff was named to the United States’ preliminary roster for the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) World Junior Championship tournament. USA Hockey announced the roster on Monday. The Penguins selected Horcoff (6-foot-5, 201 pounds) in the first round (No. 24 overall) of the NHL...
Penguins recall forwards Boko Imama, Rutger McGroarty from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled forwards Boko Imama and Rutger McGroarty from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Monday. These transactions were made in advance of a road contest against the rival Philadelphia Flyers on Monday evening. Imama has spent the entire regular season with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. After clearing waivers...
Minor league report: Nailers' winning streak snapped in overtime 
Goaltender Jake Smith made 32 saves on 34 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Cincinnati Cyclones at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va., on Sunday. The result was the first loss of the season for Smith (7-0-1) and snapped a four-game winning streak for Wheeling...
Separated at birth? Mayor-elect O'Connor and Pens GM Dubas embrace the resemblance
Pittsburgh Mayor-elect Corey O’Connor and Pittsburgh Penguins General Manager Kyle Dubas bear an uncanny resemblance. They look so much alike that O’Connor posted photos of himself with Dubas on social media Saturday, joking they could be twins like the separated-at-infancy siblings in the 1998 film “The Parent Trap.” “Great to...
Penguins assign forwards Tristan Broz, Danton Heinen to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned forwards Tristan Broz and Danton Heinen to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Sunday. Broz, a rookie, was recalled to the NHL roster Monday and made his NHL debut Wednesday in a 4-2 home win against the Buffalo Sabres. Opening the contest as the...
Emotions define Tristan Broz's rise as a Penguins prospect 
Tristan Broz was hot. And it wasn’t because it was July. The Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect was taking part in a development camp scrimmage tournament during the 2024 offseason, and the team he helmed was eliminated first. The stakes weren’t particularly high. It was hockey in the summer, after all....
Minor league report: Penguins, Joel Blomqvist beaten by Bears 
Goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 12 saves on 16 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 6-2 loss to the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Saturday. The result was Blomqvist’s first loss of the season, dropping his record to 3-1-0. Sergei Murashov replaced Blomqvist to open...


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