Penguins/NHL category, Page 20

Having a robust farm system is a major part of the foundation for any professional sports team. Given the successes of their two minor-league affiliates this season, Pittsburgh Penguins management has plenty of reasons to be happy, even if the NHL club stares down a third consecutive season of missing...

Whatever the Pittsburgh Penguins will accomplish with what remains of the 2024-25 season, forward Sidney Crosby will likely be the driving force behind it. That was evident Saturday as he recorded a hat trick as well as an assist while buoying his team to a 5-3 win against one of...

Of their limited accomplishments this season, the Pittsburgh Penguins can boast of being the last team to have defeated the St. Louis Blues. That achievement remained in place Thursday as the Penguins fell to the Blues, 5-4, in overtime at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. Forward Robert Thomas’ 20th...

Joel Blomqvist is probably the most accomplished goaltender the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have on their roster. At least at the American Hockey League level. An All-Star during the 2023-24 season, Blomqvist nearly tied Marc-Andre Fleury’s team mark for wins (26 in 2004-05) by a rookie goaltender with a 25-12-6 mark. As...

From late February through the first week of March, Ryan Shea felt as if he was playing some of the best hockey of his career. Pittsburgh Penguins management was certainly impressed, as on March 7, president of hockey operations/general manager Kyle Dubas extended Shea through 2025-26 at an average annual...

Noel Acciari is usually one of the first players off the ice after most practices for the Pittsburgh Penguins. That habit doesn’t necessarily come from a place of entitlement or hubris. Acciari would need a centrifugal air compressor and several 24-ounce cans of Fix-a-Flat to have anything resembling an inflated...

Injured Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin is expected to travel with his team for an upcoming three-game road trip according to coach Mike Sullivan. If that means Malkin will play in any of those games, that is a matter of speculation at this juncture. Malkin has missed the past three...

The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled forward Joona Koppanen from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) under emergency roster conditions. It is not yet publicly known what those conditions are. This marks the second time this season Koppanen has been summoned to the NHL roster. Previously, Koppanen was recalled March 18...

To my mind, there was debate about when to start the influx of prospects from the Penguins’ system to Pittsburgh. I might have finished this season plugging gaps with scrubs, then promoted a chunk of legit kids at the beginning of next season — readiness permitting, of course. Let energy...

Monday was picture day for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Members of the roster and employees of the franchise lumbered onto the ice at PPG Paints Arena. Some stood on top of risers while others sat in folding chairs aligned in the front row as a handful of photographs were snapped of...

The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward Emil Bemstrom on waivers Monday. Should he go unclaimed by 2 p.m. Tuesday, he can be assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Bemstrom previously cleared waivers Oct. 5 during the final stages of training camp and was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. In 13 NHL...

For the 13th time in his career, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was selected by teammates as the club’s MVP. Crosby, who leads the Penguins in points (81) and assists (54), captured Penguins team MVP honors for the fifth straight season and surpassed Mario Lemieux (12) for the most in...

Like a lot of people who reach a certain age, Rutger McGroarty had a story to tell about his 21st birthday. He wore different skates. As in, one skate was older and broken in while the other was brand new and probably still a little stiff. That misadventure happened to...

Alex Ovechkin has 890 career goals. He’s going to break Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record of 894. But how should he do it? What would be best for business? The Washington Capitals have to consider what’s best for their team. They unexpectedly have the top seed in the Eastern Conference...

Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 32 saves on 35 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-2 loss to the Charlotte Checkers at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. on Sunday. The result was Murashov’s first loss at the American Hockey League level this season as his record dropped to 11-1-0....

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will miss his third consecutive game due to an undisclosed injury as his team hosts the Ottawa Senators at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Malkin’s status approximately two hours before the opening faceoff. Typically deployed as the second-line center, Malkin has...

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 6-1 road loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday was one of their worst of the season. In fact, only two other defeats this season were by a wider goal margin. Through their first 73 games of the season, the Penguins have lost seven games by...

Rickard Rakell is familiar with what Ville Koivunen and Rutger McGroarty are about to encounter. Once upon a time, Rakell was a prized prospect about to burst into the NHL, much like Koivunen and McGroarty are at the present. And Rakell, a first-round draft pick of the Anaheim Ducks in...

Sidney Crosby invented a record. It wasn’t there before he did it. On Thursday at Buffalo, Crosby’s goal clinched him being the first player in NHL history to average a point per game or better in 20 consecutive seasons. Wayne Gretzky did it for 19 seasons but didn’t do it...

The Pittsburgh Penguins are staring down a third consecutive season without making the playoffs. But in the American Hockey League, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton appears capable of putting together a deep run in the upcoming Calder Cup playoffs. With their 4-3 overtime win over the Hartford Wolf Pack on Wednesday, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton officially punched...