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New Jersey Devils fire coach John Hynes, formerly of Penguins’ AHL club
The Devils fired coach John Hynes, the former coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, on Tuesday. General manager Ray Shero announced the move roughly 20 minutes before Hynes was to speak to the media before the Devils game against the Golden Knights at Prudential Center. Shero said...
Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist out ‘longer term’Video
Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist will be sidelined “longer term” with an undisclosed injury according to coach Mike Sullivan. Hornqvist left practice in Cranberry on Monday after falling and slamming into the boards with his back midway through the session. He was absent from Tuesday’s practice. In 20 games this season,...
Tim Benz, Brian Metzer: Rash of injuries may have caught up to Penguins
This week’s hockey podcast with Penguins Radio Network host Brian Metzer is the usual 15-20 minutes in length. See if you can listen to the whole thing without getting word that another Pittsburgh Penguin has gone down with an injury. Recent history suggests you won’t be able to make it...
Penguins forward Brandon Tanev says little over punch from Columbus’ Pierre-Luc Dubois
Penguins forward Brandon Tanev was sporting a laceration on the left side of his nose after practice. That blemish was the byproduct of a punch from Columbus Blue Jackets forward Pierre-Luc Dubois during the second period of Friday’s 5-2 road loss. During a scrum, Dubois slugged Tanev with a gloved...
With Penguins’ Brian Dumoulin out, Juuso Riikola could move home
On Friday, Juuso Riikola found himself in a unfamiliar position with which he has grown familiar. During a 5-2 road loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets, the second-year defenseman was pressed into service as a fourth-line winger for the fourth time this season. He didn’t really do much of note...
Mark Madden: Penguins need to ride out struggles with injury-depleted defense
Brian Dumoulin is out eight weeks after ankle surgery. Justin Schultz is sidelined by a lower-body injury. That leaves two big holes on defense. The Penguins also are decimated up front in the absences of Sidney Crosby, Nick Bjugstad and Bryan Rust. (Just when Rust got red-hot, too.) But the...
Penguins sign former Ducks, Devils forward Stefan Noesen
The Penguins have signed former Anaheim Ducks and New Jersey Devils forward Stefan Noesen to a one-year, two-way contract worth a prorated $700,000. Noesen, 26, was previously signed to an American Hockey League contract. In 22 games this season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Noesen led the team with 14 goals...
Forward Patric Hornqvist injured in Penguins’ practiceVideo
Another day, another injury for the Penguins. Forward Patric Hornqvist left practice in Cranberry early after crashing into the boards on Monday. Coach Mike Sullivan said Hornqvist was being evaluated for an undisclosed injury but had no update beyond that. The news wasn’t all bad for the Penguins, who have...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden break down Steelers’ win over Browns, Devlin ‘Duck’ Hodges’ play, Penguins’ woes
A lot of dogs were fed turkey scraps over Thanksgiving weekend. The Cleveland Dawg Pound got a healthy serving of “Duck” on Sunday. And they didn’t like it. Day 121: they still do not suspect I am a duck pic.twitter.com/Qkd8TLNrcI— SB Nation (@SBNation) December 1, 2019 Duck Hodges3-0 as the...
Penguins minor league report: Nailers drop 5th straight game
Forward Justin Almeida had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 5-4 loss to the Toledo Walleye at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling. Goaltender Alex D’Orio made 29 saves for the Nailers (8-8-4-0), who have lost five consecutive games. Highlights: The Nailers’ next game is at home...
Brian Dumoulin’s injury opens opportunities for the Penguins’ other defensemen
Jim Rutherford has had better Thanksgiving weekends than what he experienced over the past four days. Canadian Thanksgiving comes to mind. On Oct. 14, the Penguins general manager’s team was three games into a five-game winning streak and was getting contributions from every portion of the lineup. But as the...
Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin has ankle surgery
Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin will be sidelined a minimum of eight weeks following surgery to repair lacerated tendons in his left ankle. The team announced the surgery one day after Dumoulin was injured on his first shift of Saturday’s 5-2 road loss to the St. Louis Blues at the Enterprise...
Minor league report: Penguins, DeSmith defeat Sound Tigers
Goaltender Casey DeSmith made 26 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-2 win against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at Wells Fargo Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forwards Anthony Angello, Adam Johnson, Oula Palve and defenseman Matt Abt each had a goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton while forward Chase...
Blues get early lead, hand Penguins 2nd loss in row
ST. LOUIS — Nathan Walker didn’t have to wait long for a second chance to snap his scoreless drought. Justin Faulk and Walker each scored for the first time with the Blues, and St. Louis beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5-2, on Saturday night. Jaden Schwartz had a goal and an...
Zach Trotman aims to bring consistency to Penguins
COLUMBUS, Ohio – When Zach Trotman finally made his NHL debut this season, he had to fill a second role in addition to being a depth defenseman on the Penguins blue line. Courier. During a 4-3 overtime road loss to the New York Islanders, a scrum broke after a dangerous...
Empty Thoughts: Blue Jackets 5, Penguins 2
Observations from the Penguins’ 5-2 loss to the Blue Jackets. COLUMBUS, Ohio – First things first, there was no update on forward Bryan Rust beyond coach Mike Sullivan acknowledging Rust was indeed injured following the game. Rust tumbled into the boards feet-first during Friday’s morning skate at Nationwide Arena and...
Minor league report: Penguins come back from five-goal deficit, still lose in overtime
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins came back from a five-goal deficit but still lost in overtime to the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms, 6-5, on Friday at the PPL Center in Allentown. Forward Andrew Agozzino paced the Penguins (12-6-2-1) with two goals and one assist while forward Chase Berger and defenseman Matt Abt...
Penguins lose grip, succumb to penalties against Blue JacketsVideo
COLUMBUS, Ohio — “Black Friday” is a term that evokes plenty of themes. Few of them are uplifting. In many ways, it was a fitting description of how the Penguins, particularly their sagging penalty kill, performed at Nationwide Arena. The Columbus Blue Jackets’ power play struck for two goals on...
Penguins forward Bryan Rust sidelined, replaced by defenseman Juuso Riikola
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Penguins forward Bryan Rust is absent from the lineup for Friday’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena due to an apparent injury. During the early stages of the morning skate Rust tumbled into the boards feet-first and limped to the bench before retreating to...
Penguins call up Joseph Blandisi from Wilkes-Barre
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Penguins recalled forward Joseph Blandisi from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL on Friday afternoon. The transaction comes after forward Bryan Rust was shaken up following a fall in the morning skate at Nationwide Arena. Rust left the ice for a few minutes but returned for a power-play...
From Latvia to NHL, Penguins’ Teddy Blueger’s friendship with Columbus’ Elvis Merzlikins enduresVideo
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In some ways, it has been the signature moment of Teddy Blueger’s season. In the Pittsburgh Penguins’ second game of the year Oct. 5 at PPG Paints Arena, Blueger took a little forehand pass from Domink Kahun and burst into the offensive zone like a meteor streaking...
Watch how fast Penguins’ all-time leading scorers climbed team’s ranksVideo
Most Penguins fan knows that Mario Lemieux is the franchise’s all-time leading scorer. But do you know how quickly he and the likes of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin climbed the team’s ranks? Here’s an animation of the Penguins’ all-time leading goal scorers from 1967 until now....
Penguins forward Bryan Rust ‘fine’ after falling in morning skate
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Penguins appear to have dodged yet another injury scare. During the early stages of Friday’s morning skate at Nationwide Arena, Penguins forward Bryan Rust tumbled feet-first into the corner boards and limped off the ice towards the dressing room. A few minutes later, he returned to...
Minor league report: Nailers shut out by Komets
Goaltender Jordan Ruby made 29 saves for the Wheeling Nailers in a 3-0 shutout loss to the Fort Wayne Komets at the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind. on Thursday. Wheeling (8-6-4-0) has lost three consecutive games, all to Fort Wayne. Highlights: The Nailers’ next game is at home against...
Evgeni Malkin, Jake Guentzel thriving as linemates for Penguins
This has gone on for more than a decade. Since the mid-2000s, the Pittsburgh Penguins have brought in wingers with scoring acumen in hopes they immediately will mesh with their franchise center. But in many cases, those 20- or 30-goal scorers have found success with the No. 2 center —...
