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Madden Monday: For Alex Ovechkin, there’s a difference between most goals and greatest goal-scorer ever
Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin set the all-time NHL goal record Sunday afternoon, scoring on a power play against the New York Islanders to net the 895th of his career. With the goal, Ovechkin passed Wayne Gretzky for the all-time mark in 1,487 regular season games. Gretzky played exactly that...
Minor league report: Nailers roll past RoyalsVideo
Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 34 saves on 35 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 3-1 win against the Reading Royals at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Sunday. The result boosted Gauthier’s record to 17-10-2. Forwards Gabe Klassen and Eli Lieffers as well as defenseman Mats Lindgren all scored...
Penguins officially eliminated from postseason contention with loss to Blackhawks
The Pittsburgh Penguins will miss the playoffs for a third consecutive year. But unlike the previous two campaigns, their fate as it related to the postseason was not formally determined in the nearly final days of regular season play. There has been no such intrigue throughout most of the 2024-25...
Penguins forward Philip Tomasino sidelined due to injury
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Philip Tomasino will miss Sunday’s road game against the Chicago Blackhawks due to an undisclosed injury. His status was revealed by the team via a release Sunday afternoon. In 59 games this season, Tomasino has 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) while averaging 13:04 of ice time...
From shutdown to reopen, a timeline of how the sports world was impacted by covid-19
The covid-19 pandemic affected all corners of humanity in the United States, touching everything from myriad industries to patterns of social interaction to politics and methods for healthcare. Sports might not have the societal importance of many of the other areas, but it did serve as a significant public bellwether...
5 years later, how covid has transformed sports and athletes’ lives
Sidney Crosby leaned back on the bench at his locker after a practice last month. The Pittsburgh Penguins superstar shook his head with a smile that expressed an almost-disbelieving nostalgia. Five years to the day from when the previously unfathomable happened, the longtime face of the NHL was marveling at...
Minor league report: Penguins shut out by MonstersVideo
Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 21 saves on 24 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins who were shut out by the Cleveland Monsters, 3-0, at Rocket Arena in Cleveland on Saturday. The result dropped Murashov’s record to 11-2-0. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (37-21-7-1, 82 points) was shut out for the fifth time this season as...
Sidney Crosby is now Penguins’ all-time leading scorer against 17 franchises
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby scored the only goal in a 1-0 home overtime win against the Ottawa Senators on March 30. In addition to getting the victory, Crosby became the Penguins’ all-time leader in points against the Senators (58), breaking a tie with fellow franchise pillar Jaromir Jagr (57)....
3 Periods: Wheeling Nailers coach Derek Army becomes new franchise leader in career wins
Having a robust farm system is a major part of the foundation for any professional sports team. Given the successes of their two minor-league affiliates this season, Pittsburgh Penguins management has plenty of reasons to be happy, even if the NHL club stares down a third consecutive season of missing...
Sidney Crosby’s hat trick leads Penguins past Stars
Whatever the Pittsburgh Penguins will accomplish with what remains of the 2024-25 season, forward Sidney Crosby will likely be the driving force behind it. That was evident Saturday as he recorded a hat trick as well as an assist while buoying his team to a 5-3 win against one of...
Minor league report: Penguins mauled by MonstersVideo
Goaltender Filip Larsson made 24 saves on 29 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 7-1 loss to the Cleveland Monsters at Rocket Arena in Cleveland on Friday. The result dropped Larsson’s record to 12-9-3. Forward Vasily Ponomarev scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (37-20-7-1, 82 points). Highlights: The Penguins’...
Penguins forward prospect Vasily Ponomarev has a good read on successVideo
Vasily Ponomarev might not be the world’s most interesting man. But he makes a pretty strong case for being Wilkes-Barre’s most interesting man. The Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect has plenty of varied interests — ranging from history to kart racing — that make him a fascinating fellow for reasons well...
Despite goal from Rutger McGroarty, Penguins fall in OT to streaking Blues
Of their limited accomplishments this season, the Pittsburgh Penguins can boast of being the last team to have defeated the St. Louis Blues. That achievement remained in place Thursday as the Penguins fell to the Blues, 5-4, in overtime at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. Forward Robert Thomas’ 20th...
Ex-Penguins goaltender Johan Hedberg hired as coach of Sweden’s Leksands IFVideo
Former Pittsburgh Penguins coach Johan Hedberg has been hired as a coach of Leksands IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Per a release from that team, Hedberg signed a three-year contract Thursday. A native of Sweden, the 51-year-old Hedberg began his professional career as a player with Leksands IF...
Penguins have no deficit of goaltending prospects
Joel Blomqvist is probably the most accomplished goaltender the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have on their roster. At least at the American Hockey League level. An All-Star during the 2023-24 season, Blomqvist nearly tied Marc-Andre Fleury’s team mark for wins (26 in 2004-05) by a rookie goaltender with a 25-12-6 mark. As...
Shaking off frustration of ill-timed injury, Penguins’ Ryan Shea eyes strong finish
From late February through the first week of March, Ryan Shea felt as if he was playing some of the best hockey of his career. Pittsburgh Penguins management was certainly impressed, as on March 7, president of hockey operations/general manager Kyle Dubas extended Shea through 2025-26 at an average annual...
‘Unsung hero’ Noel Acciari remains valued by his Penguins teammates
Noel Acciari is usually one of the first players off the ice after most practices for the Pittsburgh Penguins. That habit doesn’t necessarily come from a place of entitlement or hubris. Acciari would need a centrifugal air compressor and several 24-ounce cans of Fix-a-Flat to have anything resembling an inflated...
Injured Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin to travel for upcoming road trip
Injured Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin is expected to travel with his team for an upcoming three-game road trip according to coach Mike Sullivan. If that means Malkin will play in any of those games, that is a matter of speculation at this juncture. Malkin has missed the past three...
Penguins recall forward Joona Koppanen from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled forward Joona Koppanen from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) under emergency roster conditions. It is not yet publicly known what those conditions are. This marks the second time this season Koppanen has been summoned to the NHL roster. Previously, Koppanen was recalled March 18...
Mark Madden: Penguins’ Kyle Dubas makes right call with rookies Ville Koivunen, Rutger McGroarty
To my mind, there was debate about when to start the influx of prospects from the Penguins’ system to Pittsburgh. I might have finished this season plugging gaps with scrubs, then promoted a chunk of legit kids at the beginning of next season — readiness permitting, of course. Let energy...
Tristan Jarry wants to remain in the Penguins’ picture
Monday was picture day for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Members of the roster and employees of the franchise lumbered onto the ice at PPG Paints Arena. Some stood on top of risers while others sat in folding chairs aligned in the front row as a handful of photographs were snapped of...
Penguins place forward Emil Bemstrom on waivers
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward Emil Bemstrom on waivers Monday. Should he go unclaimed by 2 p.m. Tuesday, he can be assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Bemstrom previously cleared waivers Oct. 5 during the final stages of training camp and was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. In 13 NHL...
Penguins notebook: Sidney Crosby named team MVP for 13th time, passing Mario Lemieux
For the 13th time in his career, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was selected by teammates as the club’s MVP. Crosby, who leads the Penguins in points (81) and assists (54), captured Penguins team MVP honors for the fifth straight season and surpassed Mario Lemieux (12) for the most in...
Penguins rookie forwards Ville Koivunen, Rutger McGroarty offer new story
Like a lot of people who reach a certain age, Rutger McGroarty had a story to tell about his 21st birthday. He wore different skates. As in, one skate was older and broken in while the other was brand new and probably still a little stiff. That misadventure happened to...
Mark Madden: Alex Ovechkin will break Wayne Gretzky’s scoring record, but how he does it matters for NHL
Alex Ovechkin has 890 career goals. He’s going to break Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record of 894. But how should he do it? What would be best for business? The Washington Capitals have to consider what’s best for their team. They unexpectedly have the top seed in the Eastern Conference...
