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Penguins hire Mike Stothers as assistant coach
The Pittsburgh Penguins hired Mike Stothers as an assistant coach. That appointment was announced Monday. Stothers, 63, is expected to oversee the team’s defensemen and penalty kill. A native of Toronto, Stothers has an extensive history as a coach at various levels, starting in 1991 when he was an assistant...
Madden Monday: Expect Sidney Crosby to retire a Penguin, but ‘this year will test him’
My anticipation heading into the NHL draft was that the Pittsburgh Penguins would use one of their two first-round draft picks while parlaying the other for a player who could bolster the 2025-26 roster. Instead, they ended up acquiring a third pick in the first round and using all three...
Penguins 3rd-round pick Charlie Trethewey’s journey brings him back to PittsburghVideo
Charlie Trethewey will be somewhere familiar later this week. The UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. He has been in the auxiliary dressing room adjacent to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ portion of the facility. The five Stanley Cup banners, the pictures of Western Pennsylvanians who have reached the NHL and the...
A breakdown of the Penguins’ 10 selections from Day 2 of NHL DraftVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins made 10 selections on Day 2 of the 2025 NHL Draft on Saturday: four defensemen, five forwards and a goalie through rounds 2-7. Penguins vice president of player personnel Wes Clark offered insights into each player as well as general scouting reports of the newest additions to...
The Penguins’ rebuild accelerates after drafting 13 players
It hasn’t even been a year since Wes Clark was hired as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ vice president of player personnel. Brought on staff July 9, 2024, Clark was reunited with president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas, with whom he worked in previous stops with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Sault...
West Mifflin native L.J. Mooney drafted by Canadiens in 4th round
The Montreal Canadiens selected forward L.J. Mooney, a native of West Mifflin, in the fourth round (No. 113 overall) of the NHL Draft on Saturday. Last season, Mooney skated in 51 games for the United States National Team Development Program’s under-18 squad and scored 51 points (10 goals, 41 assists)....
NHL Draft Day 2: Penguins add 2 defensemen, goalie with trio of picks in 3rd round
With the 73rd overall pick in the third round of the NHL Draft Saturday, the Pittsburgh Penguins selected defenseman Charlie Trethewey from USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program. Trethewey, 17, is a right-shooting prospect who hails from Ellicott City, Md. A 6-foot-2, 201-pound defenseman, he will begin his collegiate career...
Penguins acquire defenseman Connor Clifton, 2nd-round pick in trade with Sabres
The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired defenseman Connor Clifton and a second-round selection (No. 39 overall) in the ongoing NHL Draft from the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday in exchange for defenseman Conor Timmins and defensive prospect Isaac Belliveau. With that draft pick, the Penguins selected defenseman Peyton Kettles from the Western Hockey...
Penguins draft big, right-shooting D Peyton Kettles after trading into 2nd round
The Pittsburgh Penguins entered Day 2 of the 2025 NHL Draft on Saturday without a second-round selection as a result of a trade with the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night. But general manager Kyle Dubas swung another trade, this time with the Buffalo Sabres, to acquire the No. 39...
Penguins enter second day of NHL draft with 8 remaining picks
The Pittsburgh Penguins enter the second day of the NHL draft on Saturday with eight remaining selections, barring any trades. Those selections: Third round — No. 73 overall Third round — No. 84 overall (from the Minnesota Wild via the Philadelphia Flyers and Nashville Predators) Third round — No. 85...
Penguins president Kyle Dubas sought to add quality and quantity through the draft
Kyle Dubas certainly had a route mapped out as he steered the Pittsburgh Penguins through the first night of the NHL Draft on Friday. That plan had plenty of detours and divergences in the form of multiple trades that he made (and was unable to make). In the end, the...
Penguins execute 2nd draft night trade to select Michigan center Will Horcoff 24th overall
After trading the No. 12 overall selection in Friday’s NHL Draft to Philadelphia in exchange for the Nos. 22 and 31 picks, the Pittsburgh Penguins executed a second swap of draft picks to slide into No. 24. With that pick, the Penguins chose Michigan Wolverines center Will Horcoff. In order...
Penguins draft productive forward Bill Zonnon No. 22 overallVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins selected forward Bill Zonnon with the 22nd overall selection in the NHL Draft on Friday. A native of Montreal, the left-handed Zonnon (6-foot-2, 185 pounds) appeared in 64 games last season for the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League and scored 83 points (28...
Penguins trade No. 12 overall draft pick to Flyers for No. 22 and 31
The Pittsburgh Penguins traded the N0. 12 overall selection in the ongoing NHL draft to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for the 22nd and 31 overall selections. This selection (No. 12) was originally property of the New York Rangers and was transferred to the Penguins on Tuesday. The Penguins acquired...
Penguins add 3 forwards to prospect pool in 1st round of NHL Draft
As the time approached for Kyle Dubas to make the 11th overall selection in the 2025 NHL Draft, pundits identified several prospects whose names appeared likely to be called from the podium in Los Angeles. One decidedly not on the list was 18-year-old center Ben Kindel. A 5-foot-10, 181-pound right-handed...
A 6-pack of questions about the Penguins’ draft approach with NHL.com’s Adam Kimelman
The 2025 NHL Draft begins Friday night. NHL.com draft expert Adam Kimelman joined the “Breakfast With Benz” podcast this week to talk about what the Pittsburgh Penguins might do with their back-to-back picks at No. 11 and No. 12 (via the New York Rangers). 1. There’s some belief that the...
Islanders’ new GM eager to place stamp on team in NHL Draft
Barely a month into his new role overseeing the New York Islanders, Mathieu Darche understands there is not much he can take credit for yet in placing his stamp on the franchise. The 48-year-old first-time general manager was still employed by Tampa Bay in early May when the NHL lottery...
Don’t expect Penguins president Kyle Dubas to use all his draft picks
At the end of the business day March 7 — or at least as it pertains to the NHL’s trade deadline that afternoon — Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas offered something of an inventory of all the draft picks he had accumulated after jettisoning several veterans from the...
First Call: Pat Freiermuth replaces George Pickens after youth camp mess; Penguins reportedly want to move up in draftVideo
Thursday’s “First Call” looks at how Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth is stepping in to fill a void created by George Pickens. A former Steelers’ rival is spinning a positive picture about Aaron Rodgers’ final season in Pittsburgh. The Penguins are reportedly sniffing to move up the draft board....
Penguins A to Z (and back to I): A late-round draft pick on Mikhail Ilyin appears to pay offVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason for a third consecutive year without a playoff appearance, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 58 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization....
Mark Madden: West Mifflin’s L.J. Mooney is small, yet skilled, and just what the Penguins need
When you’re a 5-foot-7 hockey player, you’re usually too small. But sometimes you’re Martin St. Louis. Truth be told, the 5-foot-8 St. Louis had an inch on West Mifflin’s L.J. Mooney, an 18-year-old forward who is eligible to be selected in this weekend’s NHL Draft. But their situations are similar....
Penguins A to Z (and back to F): Melvin Fernstrom offers plenty of long-term intrigueVideo
With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason for a third consecutive year without a playoff appearance, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 58 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization....
West Mifflin’s L.J. Mooney is eager to make his own path into the NHLVideo
The comparisons are always going to be there. And frankly, L.J. Mooney and cousin Logan Cooley don’t do much to dissuade them. They have been working out together for several years, even after Cooley made the jump to the NHL in 2023. And that habit hasn’t changed in the early...
Penguins’ preseason schedule announced
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced their upcoming preseason schedule on Tuesday. As usual, it involves pairs of games against their typical preseason foes, the Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets and Detroit Red Wings. The slate opens with a road contest against the Montreal Canadiens. Sept. 22 - at Montreal Canadiens, 7...
Penguins to get Rangers’ 1st-round draft pick
The New York Rangers will transfer their first-round selection (No. 12 overall) to the Pittsburgh Penguins in this weekend’s NHL Draft. This draft pick was acquired by the Penguins through a trade with the Vancouver Canucks on Feb. 1. The Penguins obtained the then-conditional draft pick along with forward Danton...
