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The regularity with which Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang has bounced back from significant injuries and even life-threatening health scares approaches the unbelievable. Concussions, a broken foot and hand, a fractured finger and neck surgery to repair a herniated disk are among — but far from all — the on-ice...

In Friday’s “On Sports,” we look at an impactful play from the Buffalo Bills-Miami Dolphins game featuring a former Pittsburgh Steelers player. One local coach appears in the odds for the next coach to be fired, while another former local coach makes his debut in a new job. We also...

The sights and sounds Thursday at the Pittsburgh Penguins’ opening day of training camp were reflective of the organization’s new direction, but so was what wasn’t seen or heard. Gone was the familiar presence of Mike Sullivan, whose rough New England accent boomed from UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex ice for...

There are always expectations for the Pittsburgh Penguins. And the 2025-26 season is no exception. The expectations, at least externally, are clear: Few anticipate the Penguins being a contender, at least in the sense of potentially lifting a trophy at the end of the season. But being a competitor? That...

Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Noel Acciari and Rutger McGroarty are among five players who are sidelined due to injuries as the team opens training camp. President of hockey operations Kyle Dubas provided an update on the quintet in Cranberry on Thursday. Acciari, 33, is dealing with a core muscle injury. “He...

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2025 training camp roster looks a bit like what they hit the ice with in 2010. Marc-Andre Fleury and (a) Brent Johnson are included along with mainstays such as Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang. But Fleury is largely participating in this camp as a retirement...

Pittsburgh Penguins video coach Madison Nikkel was named to the same role for the United States men’s Olympic team in February. USA Hockey announced its full coaching and support staff via a release on Wednesday. Nikkel has been a member of the Penguins organizations since 2016 when he started as...

A position-by-position look at the Pittsburgh Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the goaltenders. It wouldn’t be a stretch of reality if Tristan Jarry improves considerably in the upcoming season. After all, it’s hard to do worse than some of the lowest points of his clunker of a 2024-25...

Over roughly three decades of covering sports — almost 24 of those years in this city — I’ve never seen a more copacetic relationship between local reporters and a big-time superstar than the one that exists between Sidney Crosby and the media contingent in Pittsburgh. Throughout the vast majority of...

Former Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk has signed a professional tryout (PTO) with the Chicago Blackhawks. That team announced its training camp roster on Tuesday with Grzelcyk’s name included. Canadian broadcaster Sportsnet reported Grzelcyk agreed to a PTO. Players on PTOs can sign a regular contract provided they convince team...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are signing goalie Marc-Andre Fleury to a tryout contract. He will practice once, then play in the team’s exhibition game vs. Columbus on Sept. 27 at PPG Paints Arena. Fleury will retire as a Penguin. Unless Fleury does well enough for the Penguins to want him to...

A position-by-position look at the Pittsburgh Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the right-side defensemen. There’s an adage that a hockey team can never have too many right-handed defensemen. The Penguins might be testing the limits of that convention. As they enter the 2025-26 season, they appear to have...

Jim Wiltman has had season tickets with the Pittsburgh Penguins for roughly four decades. “It’s easy to support through ups and downs,” said the Sewickley native. “I’ve had six season tickets for a long time. Continue to have them. “Enjoy every moment of it.” He had quite a moment Monday...

Penguins tickets are in high demand — but not for the regular season. The draw? The return of beloved former goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. On Friday, the Penguins announced they signed Fleury, 40, one of the most beloved figures in franchise history, to a professional tryout contract. He formally retired after...

A position-by-position look at the Pittsburgh Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the left-side defensemen. In his season-ending remarks in April, Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas was blunt in assessing the left side of his team’s blue line. “The left side of our defense, it’s been a...

A position-by-position look at the Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the right wingers. Rust never sleeps. And he certainly never rests on his laurels. Despite missing 11 games due to various ailments in 2024-25, Bryan Rust managed to establish career highs in goals (31), assists (34) and points...

Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defenseman Colton Poolman has signed a one-year contract with the Glasgow Clan, a team based in Scotland that competes in the United Kingdom’s Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). That team announced the transaction via a release on Saturday. A native of East Grand Forks, Minn, the 29-year-old...

A position-by-position look at the Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the centers. The Penguins’ depth down the middle will look much like it did last season. And for the past two decades, at least at the top. Sidney Crosby remains an elite top-line center as evidenced by the...

The Pittsburgh Penguins will open training camp Thursday in Cranberry. A formal announcement of the camp was made by the team on Friday. All non-game day practices are free and open to the public. The schedule: Sept. 18 8:45-10:15 a.m.– Group A practice 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. – Group B practice...

Sidney Crosby’s agent has put Crosby departing Pittsburgh in play. Pat Brisson compared Crosby to Tom Brady, who left New England’s dynasty to win a seventh Super Bowl with Tampa Bay. Brisson said a trade “is always a possibility.” Not before Brisson said that, it wasn’t. For the first time,...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are turning to a familiar face in net. Even if just for one game. On Friday, the club announced it had signed former goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, one of the most beloved figures in franchise history, to a professional tryout contract. The transaction is largely ceremonial as Fleury,...

A position-by-position look at the Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the left wingers. Things went right for Rickard Rakell last season. All he had to do was go left. Primarily deployed as a right winger through most of his tenure with the Penguins, Rakell was moved to the...

Friday’s “First Call” has a crazy story about someone stealing the car of a retired Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl champion. Tyler Kennedy thinks there might be some fire to the smoke about these Sidney Crosby trade rumors. We set up the weekend of college football action. A Cleveland Brown may...

There’s a certain level of whimsy to Sergei Murashov that seems fitting. After all, he was born on April Fool’s Day (2004). A quick examination of his gear would confirm that. Inside the upper tiers of his leg pads, he has decals of Olaf, the waggish snowman from the animated...

After years of attempting to dismiss any suggestion that he may want to leave Pittsburgh someday, both Sidney Crosby and his agent fanned the flames of that conversation this week. As recently as June, Crosby’s agent, Pat Brisson, called rumors of Crosby being willing to accept a trade to Colorado...