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Former Penguins star Jaromír Jágr scores his record 1,099th goal at almost 51
PRAGUE — Jaromír Jágr celebrated his 51st birthday about a week early by scoring his 1,099th goal to overtake Wayne Gretzky at the top of the chart. Jágr, who will turn 51 on Feb. 15, scored for the Kladno Knights on Sunday in a 5-4 loss at Trinec in the...
Madden Monday: Why Ron Hextall ‘shouldn’t trade a 1st-round draft pick under any circumstances’
Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Ron Hextall met with the media Sunday, and he was asked about a wide range of topics. He didn’t necessarily answer all of the questions that were asked. At least not directly. But when it came to the idea of trading a first-round pick as a...
Tim Benz: We keep hearing about ‘volatility’ within Penguins’ performance — now it’s time to fix it
Before the Pittsburgh Penguins left town for the All-Star break, head coach Mike Sullivan did his best to summarize the way his team has been playing. “There’s been volatility in our game. We’ve got to bring a consistent game every night. We’ve got to put a game on the ice...
Minor league report: Nailers’ losing streak reaches 3Video
Goaltender Brad Barone made 21 saves on 24 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 4-0 road loss to the Toledo Walleye at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio, on Sunday. Wheeling (19-20-4-0) was shut out for the third time this season. Highlights: The Nailers’ next game is a home...
Penguins forwards Josh Archibald, Kasperi Kapanen nearing returns
The Pittsburgh Penguins held their first teamwide activity in seven days Sunday when they gathered for practice in Cranberry. With the benefit of their bye week and the break for the All-Star Game events, a few of them took to the ice with tans they acquired from locales a bit...
Penguins general manager Ron Hextall looks to improve but with limited salary cap space
Leading up to his first two trade deadlines as general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Ron Hextall had a pretty consistent message: He was happy with the roster he had at his disposal. “I like our team,” Hextall said on April 7, 2021. “I like our depth. … I like...
Minor league report: Penguins fall into last placeVideo
Goaltender Filip Lindberg made 13 saves on 19 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in an 8-2 road loss to the Hartford Wolf Pack at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. on Saturday. After allowing six goals, Lindberg was replaced at 4:38 of the second period by goaltender Taylor Gauthier who...
Penguins recall goaltender Dustin Tokarski from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled reserve goaltender Dustin Tokarski from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League under emergency conditions Saturday. This marks the third time Tokarski has been summoned to the NHL roster this season. Appearing in two NHL games this season, Tokarski has a 1-1-0 record, a 2.67 goals against...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Hockey just doesn’t know how to be cool
Hockey is my favorite sport. Because that’s true, I feel qualified to analyze why the NHL’s national TV ratings are down 22% from last year. There are regional blackouts. Start times aren’t staggered; games hit intermission at the same time. Cord-cutting takes ESPN and TNT off the radar of too...
Following All-Star Weekend, Penguins look to embrace sense of urgency, improve quickly
From the outside looking in, there appears to be plenty of evidence in favor of panicking about the Pittsburgh Penguins and playoff prospects. After beginning the season 4-0-1, the Penguins lost seven straight games from Oct. 24 to Nov. 5 — tying the franchise’s worst losing streak since Sidney Crosby’s...
Minor league report: Penguins, Nailers each loseVideo
Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 37 saves on 40 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-2 road loss to the Springfield Thunderbirds at MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass. on Friday. Forward Alex Nylander and defenseman Colin Swoyer each scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (20-18-2-3). Highlights: The Penguins’ next game is a...
Penguins’ Bryan Rust embracing his roots via larger role on penalty kill
Ahead of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, the prospects website Hockey’s Future described then-18-year-old forward Bryan Rust as follows: “Rust plays a high-motor game that allows him to be effective in many different assignments all over the ice.” As far as being “effective in many different assignments all over the...
Mark Madden: Whether from outside or within, Penguins need a change before trade deadline
The NHL trade deadline is March 3. This space and others like it are debating what the Penguins should do between now and then. Honestly, I don’t know what the Penguins should do. Or can do. But I know they can’t do nothing. GM Ron Hextall has to determine a...
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby to team up with Alexander Ovechkin at All-Star Skills event
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby will team up with longtime rival Alexander Ovechkin in the breakaway competition in the NHL’s All-Star Skills event Friday. Participants for all the competitions were announced Thursday by the league. The breakaway competition will be staged at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Fla., and also...
Autonomous Zamboni developed by Carnegie Mellon students
Rathin Shah, who grew up in India, had never been to a professional hockey game until the Pittsburgh Penguins invited him and four other graduate student researchers to PPG Paints Arena for an unlikely reason. There was plenty of fast-paced action in the game between the Penguins and Florida Panthers...
Penguins forward prospect Filip Hallander returns from injury eager to improveVideo
Filip Hallander was in a rotten mood Wednesday for someone who played his first game in nearly a month. But the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward has something of a perfectionist bent to him. It’s one of the reasons he is one of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ top prospects. After a 3-2 home...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Thunderbirds in Filip Hallander’s returnVideo
Forward Alex Nylander had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 home loss to the Springfield Thunderbirds at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 14 saves on 17 shots for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (20-17-2-3) while forward Corey Andonovski scored the Penguins’ other...
Mark Madden: Penguins need a shakeup, and trading Jake Guentzel would bring good return
With the NHL trade deadline one month away and the Pittsburgh Penguins in a funk, the usual strategy beckons: Trade all our bad players for all their good players. Something like Jeff Carter, Kasperi Kapanen and Danton Heinen to Chicago for Patrick Kane. That deal won’t be discussed by either...
First Call: Return of a Heinz Field ketchup bottle; Twitter doubts Tom Brady’s retirement; Calvin Austin III runs againVideo
Wednesday’s “First Call” features a return of an Acrisure Stadium favorite and a potential return to the Pittsburgh Steelers roster. Pitt and Penn State both have big games Wednesday night. Tuesday was an exciting evening in the Metropolitan Division. And some fans are a bit dubious of Tom Brady’s latest...
Tim Benz: The Penguins ‘roadies’ need to do more to support ‘the band’
It was one thing when the Pittsburgh Penguins decided to keep the band together this past spring. But did they have to keep all of the roadies too? Management’s offseason strategy to find whatever has been missing from this group after four straight years without winning a playoff round clearly...
Mark Madden: Penguins goaltending went from NHL’s best 1-2 punch to shambles
The Penguins’ goaltending situation is in shambles. That’s ironic considering the current GM was a goalie and his predecessor was, too. When the Penguins won their second straight Stanley Cup in 2017, their goaltending was the NHL’s best 1-2 punch. They had Matt Murray, who had played the biggest part...
Madden Monday: ‘Last 2 Pens general managers have been goalies, and the goaltending is in shambles’
As the Pittsburgh Penguins hit their break before the NHL All-Star Game, they have done so by losing three of four games. Their most recent defeat was a 6-4 decision at home against the hapless San Jose Sharks, who have just 15 wins on the season. But during this week’s...
Slumping Penguins vow to utilize their lengthy break
In mid-November of 2015, word had leaked out that the NHL was considering adopting a three-on-three format for its All-Star Game, which had grown into a stale display. Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby — ever mindful that, as the face of the league, his words carry immense weight — offered...
Penguins assign Jonathan Gruden, Dustin Tokarski to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering a nine-day break in their schedule, rookie forward Jonathan Gruden and reserve goaltender Dustin Tokarski were assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Sunday. Recalled to the NHL roster Jan. 15, Gruden has been a healthy scratch for the past four games....
Minor league report: Forward Valtteri Puustinen leads Penguins past IslandersVideo
Two goals by forward Valtteri Puustinen led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 3-1 home win against the Bridgeport Islanders at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 28 saves on 29 shots for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (20-16-2-3) while forward Ty Glover added a goal. Highlights: The Penguins’ next...
