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Penguins activate Justin Schultz from IR, assign Zach Trotman to AHL
The Penguins activated defenseman Justin Schultz from injured reserve on Friday and assigned defenseman Zach Trotman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Schultz has missed the past seven games because of a suspected groin injury. He was in the lineup for Friday night’s game against the Coyotes. Initially recalled...
Kessel Comeback: Phil Kessel returns to Pittsburgh with 1st-place Coyotes
The “Kessel Comeback” is upon us! Friday night marks the return of Phil Kessel to PPG Paints Arena. The two-time Penguins Stanley Cup champion takes to Pittsburgh ice for the first time since leaving for the Arizona Coyotes in a summer trade. Before Thursday night, Kessel had been struggling. The...
Phil Kessel’s return to face Penguins ‘will be weird’
When Phil Kessel takes the ice Friday at PPG Paints Arena, things will be very different. First, he’ll be wearing the brick red, desert sand and black uniform (per the team’s media guide) of the Arizona Coyotes. Second, he might not recognize many of the faces in the black and...
Bryan Rust, Justin Schultz close to returning for PenguinsVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust and defenseman Justin Schultz appear on the verge of returning to the lineup for the Penguins after participating in practice Thursday at PPG Paints Arena. Each player skated without any restrictions and even got work in on the team’s top power-play unit during the practice...
A Pirate, a few Steelers and a movie star go to Penguins gameVideo
Pirates pitcher Joe Musgrove is becoming something of a tour guide for Pittsburgh. On Tuesday, the day before Derek Shelton was officially introduced as the Pirates new manager, Musgrove took him out for lunch at Primanti’s in the Strip District. Before you ask, yeah he's been there. Yesterday, @ItsbuccnJoe59 took...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 3, Blues 0
Observations from the Penguins’ 3-0 win against the Blues. There’s a lot you can do a lot in eight months. You can come close to making a new human being in that time. Or complete two semesters of college. Another possibility going from being the starting quarterback at Samford to...
Penguins replacements lead way in win over Blues
It was an occasion to appreciate replacements at PPG Paints Arena on Wednesday. New Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton was there, freshly installed as successor to the beleaguered Clint Hurdle barely a week ago. Also present was Devlin “Duck” Hodges, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ locum tenens at quarterback for the foreseeable...
Penguins defensemen Jack Johnson sidelined due to illness
The Penguins are missing another player from their lineup for Wednesday’s home game against the St. Louis Blues at PPG Paints Arena. Defenseman Jack Johnson is scratched from the lineup due to an illness. In 26 games this season, Johnson has four points (one goal, three assists). Already hobbled due...
Penguins to start Tristan Jarry against BluesVideo
The Penguins will start goaltender Tristan Jarry in net for Wednesday’s home game against the St. Louis Blues at PPG Paints Arena according to coach Mike Sullivan. In nine games this season, Jarry has a 5-4-0 record along with a 2.27 goals against average and .929 save percentage. Matt Murray...
Ex-Penguins defenseman Robert Bortuzzo evolves with Blues
This past summer, the populace of Thunder Bay, Ontario, a shipping hub on the western shore of Lake Superior, was treated to its fourth visit by the Stanley Cup in just over a decade. And yet again, that event was possible because of a hometown kid drafted and developed by...
Penguins’ Stefan Noesen eager to make good on chanceVideo
Stefan Noesen was unemployed this summer. And there isn’t a surplus of listings for his chosen vocation on LinkedIn or Indeed. That left Noesen to adopt an old-fashioned approach in finding his next gig. He picked up the phone. After the New Jersey Devils opted not tender him a qualifying...
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...
