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Penguins again recall defenseman Mark Friedman from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Mark Friedman keeps racking up the miles, even if they come without games. On Friday, the Penguins recalled the reserve defenseman from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). This transaction comes two days after he was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. He traveled on Thursday to North Carolina with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski expected to make 1st start with Penguins
The Penguins are expected to start goaltender Dustin Tokarski for Friday’s home game against the Winnipeg Jets at PPG Paints Arena. It will be his first career start for the Penguins. Tokarski made his Penguins and season debut on Tuesday in a 5-4 home win against the Vancouver Canucks. During...
Consistently inconsistent best way to sum up Penguins at midway point of season
For the Pittsburgh Penguins, Friday’s home contest against the Winnipeg Jets will be their 41st game of the 2022-23 campaign, the midway point of an 82-game season. Through Wednesday’s games, they sit in fifth place of the Metropolitan Division with a 21-13-6 record and 48 points. Those figures tell where...
Penguins recall defenseman Taylor Fedun from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled defenseman Taylor Fedun from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Thursday. Appearing in 30 AHL games this season, Fedun has two assists. A free-agent signing in the 2021 offseason, the 34-year-old Fedun has served as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s captain for each of the past two seasons. This...
Minor league report: Jonathan Gruden leads Penguins to overtime winVideo
Forward Jonathan Gruden had two goals — including one in overtime — and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 road win against the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Wednesday. Defenseman Mitch Reinke and forward Drake Caggiula each recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
Penguins defenseman Jan Rutta steps up with more minutesVideo
There’s an everyman affability that shines through with Jan Rutta. He seemingly greets just about everyone with “buddy.” And with a smile. At the same time, he possesses an old school sternness as a hockey player. Want to talk to him about advanced statistics? Good luck. “I don’t even try...
Mark Madden: Penguins are stale, and it’s time to call things into question
The Pittsburgh Penguins need change. They too often come out flat. There’s a sense of familiarity about their mistakes, almost comfort. Little gets solved. Good teams don’t have long losing streaks. But the Penguins recently lost six in a row and had lost seven in a row before that. Bad...
Penguins assign defenseman Mark Friedman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned defenseman Mark Friedman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Wednesday. A healthy scratch for the past three games, Friedman has appeared in three contests this season and has no points while averaging 13 minutes, 8 seconds of ice time per contest. Primarily deployed...
Jason Zucker adding scoring as he drags Penguins ‘into the fight’
The Pittsburgh Penguins were hosting the New York Rangers in a game before Christmas. Pens winger Jason Zucker shot a puck wide of the net. Like a basketball player crashing the glass for a rebound after a missed jumper, Zucker zipped beneath the goal line to track down the loose...
Penguins rebound to win thanks to reserve goaltender Dustin Tokarski
Streaks have been the defining characteristic of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2022-23 season as they approach the midway point of the campaign. A 4-0-1 start was immediately followed by a seven-game skid in late October and early November. Then, gains from a seven-game winning streak in early December were largely washed...
Penguins traveled to Montreal in support of grieving defenseman Kris Letang
The Pittsburgh Penguins had a day off Monday. At least with regard to their obligations as professional hockey players. Their obligations to a teammate — or brother, by the words of one of them — dictated otherwise. After their 4-1 road win against the Arizona Coyotes on Sunday that completed...
Injured Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry labeled as ‘day to day’
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry worked out on the ice at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday before his team’s optional morning skate in advance of a home contest against the Vancouver Canucks. It marked Jarry’s first action on the ice since he suffered a suspected right leg injury during a...
Jim Rutherford wishes his Penguins tenure ‘had ended different’
It won’t be a homecoming for Jim Rutherford. That’s because he won’t be in Pittsburgh. When the Pittsburgh Penguins host the Vancouver Canucks at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday, Rutherford will be elsewhere. His current employer, the Canucks, will be involved in scouting meetings, and, as president of hockey operations,...
3 takeaways: Penguins get 1st win at Arizona’s Mullett Arena
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-1 road win against the Arizona Coyotes was their first contest in Mullett Arena on the campus of Arizona State University. The facility, which is named after university benefactors Donald and Barbara Mullett, is serving as a temporary home to the Coyotes after they were evicted from...
Penguins beat Coyotes to snap 6-game losing streak
Entering Sunday, the Pittsburgh Penguins were in the midst of an ugly six-game losing streak. But it’s nothing they haven’t been through before. After all, they lost seven consecutive games back in late October and early November. “Obviously, a lot of disappointment,” Penguins forward Teddy Blueger said on Saturday to...
Minor league report: Nailers’ 3-game winning streak snappedVideo
Goaltender Brad Barone made 34 saves on 36 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 2-0 home loss to the Kalamazoo Wings at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Sunday. The result marked the second shutout this season of Wheeling (16-15-1-0) which had a three-game winning streak snapped. Highlights: The...
Minor league report: Alex Nylander leads Penguins to overtime winVideo
An overtime goal by forward Alex Nylander gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 4-3 home win against the Hartford Wolf Pack at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Jonathan Gruden scored two goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (16-10-3-2) while forward Drake Caggiula and defenseman Jack St. Ivany each contributed three assists....
Penguins notebook: Team seeks more top-6 scoring
For the Pittsburgh Penguins, Thursday’s 5-2 road loss to the Vegas Golden Knights was nothing out of the ordinary, especially because it was their sixth consecutive loss. What was different was how they generated their offense. Each goal came by way of their top line. In their five previous games,...
Penguins forward prospect Filip Hallander released from hospitalVideo
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Filip Hallander was released from the hospital after appearing to be seriously injured Friday during a 4-2 home loss to the Charlotte Checkers at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre. Late in regulation, Hallander was hit into the left corner boards of the Checkers’ zone and fell to...
Minor league report: Nailers top KometsVideo
Goaltender Bailey Brkin made 36 saves on 38 shots and led the Wheeling Nailers to a 4-2 home win against the Fort Wayne Komets at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Friday. Forward Samuel Tremblay recorded two assists for Wheeling (15-14-1-0) while forwards Cédric Desruisseaux, Gianluca Esteves, Brooklyn Kalmikov and...
Penguins forward prospect Filip Hallander suffers potentially serious injuryVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Filip Hallander suffered a serious but still undisclosed injury on Friday while playing for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. In the late stages of a home game against the Charlotte Checkers at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Hallander was checked into the left...
Defenseman Ty Smith still seeking first win with Penguins
Thursday represented something of a professional milestone for Ty Smith: The young defenseman scored his first goal as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. That personal accomplishment didn’t cause Smith to lose perspective. Especially because his team lost 5-2 to the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas....
Penguins’ losing streak reaches 6 after falling to Golden Knights
Like most people, Vegas Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy is aware of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ star power, specifically luminaries such as forwards Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin and defenseman Kris Letang. But Cassidy offered a more nuanced observation when asked to explain the Penguins while speaking with media in Las...
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby selected to All-Star Game event
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby has lost a weekend off. On Thursday, the NHL announced Crosby was selected as his team’s representative to the league’s All-Star Game event on Feb. 4 at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Fla., home of the Florida Panthers. In 37 games this season, Crosby is...
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski excited, prepared to help Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ new year got off to a rotten start with their 2-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Monday at Fenway Park in the Winter Classic. That setback was amplified by the loss of their All-Star goaltender, Tristan Jarry, who appeared to injure his right leg in the...
