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First Call: Steelers lose reserve LB; Ravens reclaim WR; praise for Minkah Fitzpatrick; Penguins part of Metro movement
Wednesday’s “First Call” gives us news of a Steelers departure and Ravens return. We also have some more recognition for Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick. There’s movement atop the Metropolitan Division, and the Penguins are involved. Plus, it’s a busy day for college basketball at one of the local schools. Bidding...
3 takeaways: For Penguins fans, Rangers game featured visits from familiar villains
Three takeaways from the Penguins’ 3-2 win over their Metropolitan Division foe New York Rangers on Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena. Playoffs atmosphere With several months of the regular season remaining, during which time the Penguins will need to continue to handle business on a nightly basis within a...
Minor league report: Penguins dropped by MarliesVideo
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 23 saves on 27 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-2 road loss to the Toronto Marlies at the Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto on Tuesday. Forward Filip Hallander recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (13-7-2-2) while forward Alex Nylander and defenseman Xavier Ouellet scored the Penguins’...
Penguins get important divisional win over rival Rangers
It was only the 32nd game of the schedule for the Pittsburgh Penguins. There are still 50 more to go in the regular season. The only thing at stake were two (or possibly three) points. And they did quite a bit to downplay any narratives of trying to avenge any...
Penguins winger Jason Zucker makes speedy return after missing 2 games with injury
The Pittsburgh Penguins got a key contributor back on the ice Tuesday evening against the visiting New York Rangers. Forward Jason Zucker, who had missed the Penguins’ recent road trip to Florida and Carolina with an unspecified lower-body injury, was included in the lineup for the first time since Dec....
Upper St. Clair’s Vincent Trocheck finds new home with RangersVideo
Vincent Trocheck remained on the ice fairly late for the New York Rangers’ morning skate Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena. And for good reason. He had to skate off the big home-cooked feast he devoured Monday. A native of Upper St. Clair who maintains a home in Wexford, Trocheck invited...
Penguins expected to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Rangers
The Penguins are expected to start goaltender Tristan Jarry in Tuesday’s home game against the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan announced Jarry’s status following an optional morning skate. In 20 games this season, Jarry has a 14-3-3 record, a 2.63 goals against average, a...
Penguins forward Brock McGinn is finding more goals on 3rd lineVideo
When the Pittsburgh Penguins signed forward Brock McGinn in July 2021, general manager Ron Hextall offered a finite variety of vocabulary to describe the player he has just added to the roster. “Inside game.” “Good energy.” “Physical.” “Intangibles.” One term that was absent as Hextall outlined McGinn’s features? “Scoring.” The...
Will Penguins forward Drew O’Connor get another opportunity against the Rangers?
Should Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Josh Archibald and Jason Zucker remain sidelined due to undisclosed injuries for Tuesday’s home game against the New York Rangers, forward Drew O’Connor will likely be in the lineup, presumably on the fourth line and even on the penalty kill. Recalled on Wednesday from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of...
Penguins forward Josh Archibald sidelined by injury
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Josh Archibald was absent from Monday’s practice session in Cranberry because of an undisclosed injury. His status for Tuesday’s home game against the New York Rangers is not certain. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan indicated Archibald was undergoing evaluation following practice. Typically deployed on the fourth line and...
Penguins, Steelers offer a rare occurence
Something of a rarity occurred in the realm of Pittsburgh sports on Sunday. For the first time in nearly 13 years, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Pittsburgh Steelers played on the same day in the same state that was not Pennsylvania. Each team played in North Carolina on Sunday. At the...
Minor league report: Nailers’ losing streak reaches 4Video
Forwards Cédric Desruisseaux and Bobby Hampton each had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 5-4 overtime home loss to the Cincinnati Cyclones at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Sunday. Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 27 saves on 32 shots for Wheeling (11-14-0-0) which has lost...
Penguins’ winning streak snapped by Hurricanes
Even with the benefit of seven consecutive wins entering Sunday, the third-place Pittsburgh Penguins still trailed the second-place Carolina Hurricanes in the Metropolitan Division. On Saturday, speaking with media that traveled to Raleigh, N.C., Penguins coach Mike Sullivan explained what makes the Hurricanes such a strong outfit. “They’re one of...
Minor league report: Penguins’ winning streak snapped by Bears
Goaltender Filip Lindberg made 30 saves on 32 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 home overtime loss to the rival Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Alex Nylander scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (13-6-2-2) which had a three-game winning streak snapped. Highlights:...
The Penguins are getting their kicks in getting goals with their skatesVideo
Jake Guentzel did something Thursday that, by his own admission, is rare. He scored a goal. To be clear, the All-Star Pittsburgh Penguins forward scores plenty of goals. The two 40-goal seasons he has on his resume are evidence of that. But the way he scored his first goal in...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Expect Tristan Jarry to get extension, hefty raise from Penguins
The Penguins retained their key free agents this past offseason, most notably Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang. But GM Ron Hextall faces another challenge this coming summer when goaltender Tristan Jarry gets to free agency. Jarry, 27, is in the last season of a three-year contract with a cap hit...
Minor league report: Penguins, goaltender Dustin Tokarski beat BearsVideo
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski made 29 saves on 30 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-1 home win against the rival Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Forwards Jonathan Gruden, Sam Houde and Tyler Sikura all scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (13-6-1-2), which has won three consecutive...
3 takeaways: Penguins defenseman Kris Letang sets short-handed goal record
Three takeaways from the Penguins’ 4-2 win in Florida on Thursday night: Short story Defenseman Kris Letang scored the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first goal, setting a team record in the process. Letang’s score at 4:17 of the second period, on a two-on-one with forward Bryan Rust, was short-handed and allowed him...
Evgeni Malkin scores painful goal as Penguins extend winning streak to 7
The Penguins were in a good place on Thursday. South Florida. While most of us in Western Pennsylvania dealt with sideways rain — or a frozen variety of it — and were bundled up against dreary temperatures in the 40s, the Penguins shed their shirts and got a healthy dose...
Minor league report: Nailers beaten by FuelVideo
Forward Cédric Desruisseaux had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 6-4 road loss to the Indy Fuel at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 31 saves on 36 shots for Wheeling (11-11-0-0) which has lost three of its past...
Settlement reached in lawsuits over sale of Penguins to Fenway Sports Group
A pair of lawsuits over the sale of the Pittsburgh Penguins to Fenway Sports Group have been settled according to a statement from a law firm that represented the plaintiff. In mid-December of 2021, Wildfire Productions, L.P. — which was part of the Team Lemieux LLC group that previously owned...
Mark Friedman, Danton Heinen eager to be inserted into Penguins’ nightly lineup
Mark Friedman is well past his first rodeo when it comes to being called up from the AHL. Friedman, 26, was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2014 and made his NHL debut in the spring of 2019. Nearly two years ago, in February of 2021, the Pittsburgh Penguins claimed...
Penguins brace for ‘longer-term’ absence of Jeff Petry; Jason Zucker out week to week
The Pittsburgh Penguins knew they’d be down a man on their upcoming two-game road trip to Florida and Carolina after defenseman Jeff Petry was placed on long-term injured reserve Tuesday. But when the Penguins took the ice for practice Wednesday morning minus Jason Zucker, the team appeared at risk of...
Mark Madden: Alex Ovechkin deserves respect, but is he worthy of top-5 all-time status?
After putting his previous four goals into an empty net, Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals got three past a goalie Tuesday night, the last of those giving him 800 on his career. There’s no belittling Ovechkin’s empty-net success. They don’t ask how; they ask how many. After Mario Lemieux...
Penguins place Jeff Petry on long-term injured reserve, recall Mark Friedman, Drew O’ConnorVideo
The Penguins placed defenseman Jeff Petry on long-term injured reserve retroactive to Sunday because of a suspected left arm injury. During the late stages of a 3-1 home win against the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday, Petry was hit into the Penguins’ end boards by Sabres forward Alex Tuch and left...
