Penguins/NHL category, Page 242

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced a partnership with Giant Eagle and Primanti Bros. to offer temporary employment opportunities to staffers at PPG Paints Arena and area restaurants impacted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This partnership will allow those individuals to pursue employment with area Giant Eagle locations. “Supermarkets, pharmacies and fuel...

Pittsburgh Steelers fans — much like 30 other NFL fan bases — are enjoying a heaping teaspoon of schadenfreude at the expense of the New England Patriots right now. After 19 years of dominance, the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick era is over. Brady is going to play his remaining few years...

In Friday’s “First Call,” we look at which Steelers player is a workout pal with Antonio Brown. Mike Sullivan adresses the the idea of Sidney Crosby eventually coaching. Should Jameis Winston go to the Steelers? Also, more bad news in Boston. And “March Madness” replacement brackets. A.B.’s buddy If anyone...

Mr. Game 1 didn’t get to live up to his nickname this season. He didn’t get to the first game of the playoffs or a second, third or beyond. Jeff Zatkoff was home by the time his playoffs were supposed to begin. The former Penguins’ backup goaltender has been a...

Mike Sullivan is fond of telling his players to control what they can control. At the moment, the Penguins coach, like so many of us, isn’t in control of much, at least it pertains to work. The Penguins have shut down most of their operations ever since the NHL postponed...

The United States Hockey League (USHL) has canceled the remainder of its season due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Youngstown Phantoms are members of the league, which is the premier junior league in the country. Though 50 games, they were in fifth place with a 20-22-6-2 record. Their roster...

Penguins forward Sidney Crosby has canceled his hockey school this upcoming summer as a result of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic. The school was scheduled to be held July 6-10 in Crosby’s hometown of Cole Harbour, N.S. His foundation issued a statement on his behalf: “As we have continued to monitor...

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ foundations will auction unused St. Patrick’s Days jerseys for the benefit of various charities including those geared towards aiding individuals impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Per a release issued by the team: “The Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation today announced it will auction special green St. Patrick’s Day jerseys,...

Even as hockey has come to a halt due to the coronavirus, the business of hockey continues. The Penguins have signed undrafted free agent defensman Cam Lee to a two-year entry-level contract. The contract will begin during the 2020-21 season. Lee, 23, just completed his NCAA career at Western Michigan....

This isn’t the first time the NHL has delayed or canceled a season. The league has done it on five occasions, with most of them being man-made issues. What makes this stoppage unique is it’s the first time in more than a century the league has halted games because of...

A family member of a Buffalo Sabres employee who attended a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y. on March 5 has tested positive for coronavirus. The Sabres issued a statement on Thursday announcing the testing result. During the 4-2 victory by the Penguins, the individual,...

No hockey. No problem for Brian Metzer and me during our weekly hockey podcast! Eh, who am I kidding? It’s a problem. But Metzer — the Penguins Radio Network host on 105.9 the X — and I make the most of it. We pontificate over how the NHL could survive...

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Aramark, the management service which operates PPG Paints Arena, have donated 2,000 pounds of perishable food items from the building over the past few days to 412 Food Rescue for distribution to local organizations and neighbors in need. A release from the Penguins claims the food...

The NHL offered further guidelines on Monday for a potential return to play as the world at large deals with the coronavirus that has brought countless walks of life to a halt. If the league returns this season, it won’t be until late April at the earliest. The NHL issued...

The coronavirus has stopped sports. But it hasn’t stopped us from talking about them on “Madden Monday.” In this week’s podcast, Mark Madden and I discuss what you can do to occupy your time without sports on television. I suggest “Brockmire.” Listen for Mark’s recommendations. There are also good ESPN...

The coronavirus sports shutdown may be worse than originally thought. On Sunday, the Centers for Disease Control recommended “that for the next 8 weeks, organizers … cancel or postpone in-person events that consist of 50 people or more throughout the United States.” That means sports. All of ‘em. The NCAA...

Sidney Crosby learned a valuable lesson when he contracted the mumps in December of 2014. “Don’t get them,” the Pittsburgh Penguins’ captain said with a chuckle Tuesday. When mumps struck the NHL throughout the course of the 2014-15 season, the Penguins were hit particularly hard as Crosby and former teammates...

The remainder of the Wheeling Nailers’ 2019-20 season has been canceled as a result of the coronavirus that has impacted seemingly every walk of life around the globe. The ECHL announced it would be canceling the season Saturday night. Wheeling, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ ECHL affiliate, was 24-30-5-0 and in last...

“If the season ended today…” is an overused expression in the sports world that has become beyond cliché and is typically an exercise in futility. It just so happens, though, that these unprecedented times offer — for perhaps the first time in league history — relevance to discussions about what...

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced they will pay full- and part-time arena and service employees at PPG Paints Arena during the NHL’s pause in play as a precaution to coronavirus. According to the team, funding for the stoppage will come from Penguins players, the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation and the Mario Lemieux...

I’m not as worried about no sports as I am about no toilet paper. You can’t even get it on Amazon. You’d think the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. We might need rationing. I got nine rolls. May God have mercy on my soul. Or, if I have to use paper...

Conor Sheary really didn’t know what to say. To be clear, the reporters on the other side of the rope weren’t quite sure what to ask. On Tuesday, before their most recent and possibly final — for a while at least — game in Newark, N.J., the Pittsburgh Penguins’ forward...

In the wake of the coronavirus sports shutdown, sadly, the 2020 NCAA basketball tournament could not be saved. Maybe that could’ve happened with more time to plan. But arena availability is at issue. Many venues are in a state of flux between attempts to reschedule pro sports, events, and shows...

Like virtually every sports team and league in North America, the Penguins’ minor league affiliates have halted play as a precaution against coronavirus. After the American Hockey League (AHL) announced it was suspending play indefinitely, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins issued a statement: With the health and safety of players, officials, staff...

In a surreal span of 24 hours, the sports world shut down and sent a mighty message about the power of a global pandemic. The games mustn’t go on. All that talk about concerns over the coronavirus couldn’t convince officials, from preps to the pros, to stop playing the games....