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ESPN has ranked Penguins forward Sidney Crosby as the top player of the 2010s. The outlet boasts the “order was determined through statistical and analytic comparisons; consideration for postseason success and awards; and good old-fashioned subjectivity.” It chose Crosby to top the list as a result of him leading the...

The Penguins have recalled defenseman Kevin Czuczman and forward Thomas Di Pauli from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Czuczman, 28, has appeared in 21 AHL games this season and has eight points (one goal, seven assists). His only previous NHL experience came in the form of 13 games and...

Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz will be sidelined indefinitely on a “week-to-week” basis according to coach Mike Sullivan. Schultz left Tuesday’s 4-1 road win against the Calgary Flames during the first period after recording a mere 40 seconds of ice time. In 27 games this season, Schultz has eight points (two...

The Penguins lost forward Stefan Noesen to the San Jose Sharks through waivers on Thursday. After being a healthy scratch for Tuesday’s 4-1 road win against the Calgary Flames, Noesen was placed on waivers the following day. At noon on Thursday, the Sharks officially claimed the 26-year-old forward. Signed to...

Our weekly Penguins podcast with TribLive beat writer Seth Rorabaugh finds Seth on the road in Wilkes-Barre. He’s checking in on the AHL Pens while the NHL club is out west in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. They face the Oilers Friday after beating the Flames on Tuesday. Seth gives us...

Goaltender Casey DeSmith made 21 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 6-0 loss to the Providence Bruins at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. It marked the second time in three game the Penguins (14-11-3-1) have been shut out and it was their sixth loss in their past...

The Penguins have placed forward Stefan Noesen on waivers little more than two weeks after signing him to a one-year, two-way contract. Noesen, who was signed Dec. 2, has appeared in six games and has one goal since joining the Penguins. After scoring a goal in his first game Dec....

Observations from the Penguins’ 4-1 win against the Calgary Flames: First things first, there was no update on defenseman Justin Schultz who limped off the ice following his first shift of the game at the Saddledome. Coach Mike Sullivan simply told reporters in Calgary that Schultz’s undisclosed injury was being...

CALGARY, Alberta — Evgeni Malkin scored his 400th goal for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night. The Russian joined Mario Lemieux (690), Sidney Crosby (451) and Jaromir Jagr (439) as the only players in franchise history to reach 400 goals. Malkin scored...

In a poetic way, it was the perfect place for a rambunctious kid from the hard-scrabble prairies of Western Canada to end his NHL career. Calgary is one of the few outposts in the NHL where fighting and hitting still has some value. While most of the league’s teams increasingly...

The Penguins traded minor league forward Ryan Haggerty to Florida Panthers in exchange for another minor league forward, Kevin Roy. Roy, 26, is signed to a one-year, two-way contract with a salary-cap hit of $850,000. In 23 AHL games for the Springfield Thunderbirds this season, Roy has 14 points (four...

In our weekly hockey chat with Penguins Radio Network host Brian Metzer, we cover a lot of ground. As the Penguins themselves will be doing over the next few weeks. The club is on the road for its swing through Western Canada starting Tuesday night against the Calgary Flames, before...

Texas is the land of Friday night lights. Not forechecks and fights. In the 102-year history of the NHL, only 11 players were born in the Lone Star State. Pittsburgh Penguins forward Stefan Noesen, of Plano in the Dallas suburbs, is one of them. If Western Pennsylvanians such as John...

Former Penguins defensive prospect Joseph Morrow, the team’s first-round pick in 2011, has signed with Dinamo Minsk, a Belarusian team that plays in Russia’s KHL. Morrow’s deal with Minsk comes two days after the New Jersey Devils put him on unconditional waivers for the purposes of releasing him from his...

Forbes Magazine has ranked Penguins fans at No. 1 in the NHL based on ratings released Friday. This was the third time since Forbes began compiling fan ratings in 2009 that the Penguins have been at the top of the list. The magazine claims it “ranks fans objectively based on...

“Madden Monday” for this week isn’t exactly a pick me up. Nor should it be after what we saw Sunday night at Heinz Field. I’m joined by Mark Madden of TribLIVE and 105.9 the X as we go over the many things that went wrong for the Steelers against...

Joseph Blandisi had a simple goal Sunday. Sleeping in. “I’m hoping,” Blandisi said. “I’m hoping. We’ll see what happens, though.” As it turned out, nothing happened to Blandisi on Sunday morning. He didn’t have to go anywhere for the first time in four days and was in position to engage...

Observations from the Penguins’ 5-4 win against the Kings: Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin missed Saturday’s meeting at PPG Paints Arena against the Los Angeles Kings due to an undisclosed illness. It was the second consecutive game he was absent for due to the ailment. His time frame for returning to...

Two goals by forward Anthony Angello led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 3-1 win against the Cleveland Monsters at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on Saturday. Forward Thomas Di Pauli added a goal and an assist for the Penguins (14-10-3-1) while defenseman Kevin Czuczman recorded two assists. Goaltender Dustin Tokarski...

Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will miss Saturday’s game at PPG Paints Arena against the Los Angeles Kings because of an illness, according to coach Mike Sullivan. This will be the second game Malkin has not played due to the malady, having already been absent for Thursday’s 1-0 overtime win at...

For the second time in three days, the Penguins have recalled forward Joseph Blandisi from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League under emergency conditions. Presumably, Blandisi’s latest recall is related to the health of forward Evgeni Malkin who missed Thursday’s 1-0 overtime home win against the Columbus Blue Jackets due...