Penguins/NHL category, Page 36
Minor league report: Penguins fall to PhantomsVideo
Goaltender Filip Larsson made 23 saves on 25 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-1 loss to the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Mohegan Sun Arena in Allentown on Friday. The result dropped Larsson’s record to 10-7-3. Forward Rutger McGroarty scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (32-17-7-1). Highlights: Earlier...
A lot to like for Kyle Dubas during the Penguins’ 3-game win streakVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguin who had the best night on Thursday wasn’t even on the ice. It was general manager Kyle Dubas. Well, unless he is quietly rooting for the team to finish with as bad of a record as possible so that it can boost the odds of getting the...
New defenseman Conor Timmins chips in 1st goal with Penguins, a ‘goal-scorer’s goal’Video
There are few complexities in what the Pittsburgh Penguins are asking Conor Timmins to do each night. And Timmins, who has spent all of a week on the Penguins roster after being acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 7 at the NHL trade deadline, understands his assignment. “Just...
Penguins beat Blues for 3rd consecutive win
In the aftermath of deconstructing his flawed roster, Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas laid out Saturday the base level of expectations of what he demands over the remainder of the regular season from a team that will miss the playoffs for the third consecutive season. “There’s a...
Penguins ink forward prospect Avery Hayes to 2-year entry-level deal
As he enjoys a productive campaign with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League, 22-year-old winger Avery Hayes inked a two-year entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins, it was announced Thursday. Hayes’ deal begins in 2025-26 and runs through 2026-27. Hayes, who went undrafted before signing an AHL contract with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry scheduled to start against Blues
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry is scheduled to start Thursday’s home game against the St. Louis Blues at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Jarry’s status during an optional morning skate in Cranberry. In 24 NHL games this season, Jarry has a 10-8-4 record, a 3.15 goals against average...
Minor league report: Sergei Murashov remains undefeated with PenguinsVideo
Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 31 saves on 35 shots in regulation and overtime for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-4 shootout win against the rival Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. Denying all five attempts he faced in the shootout, Murashov remained undefeated in the American...
Penguins forward Boko Imama seeks ways ‘to be relevant here’Video
The energy was easy to recognize. Or just hear. When Pittsburgh Penguins forward Boko Imama threw three checks in the span of 17 seconds midway through a 3-2 overtime home win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday, it captivated a rapt audience that offered plenty of hoots and hollers...
Mark Madden: Give Penguins’ rebuild time, and watch Kyle Dubas become the hero
The “2025 trade deadline” phase of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ rebuilding project is complete. President of hockey ops/GM Kyle Dubas did well. But then the players fouled it up by winning their last two games, and against good teams, too. You can’t tell Sidney Crosby to not be Sidney Crosby. Fewer...
Vladislav Kolyachonok earns promotion to Penguins’ top defense pair
Vladislav Kolyachonok was inches away — probably centimeters, actually — from scoring his first goal as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday. Late in the second period against the Vegas Golden Knights, the Penguins established some extended offensive zone time ahead of intermission, and Kolyachonok fired a close-range...
Tristan Jarry, Penguins beat Golden Knights in overtime
In the distant past, Tristan Jarry was the Pittsburgh Penguins’ goaltender of the future. As for his current future, things are murky, at best, considering in the near past, he was waived in mid-January and the NHL’s 31 other franchises opted not to claim him (or, more importantly, his ample...
Gibsonia’s Brandon Saad bets on himself by joining the Golden KnightsVideo
If you’re going to bet on yourself, Las Vegas is quite the place to do it. That is essentially what Brandon Saad is doing these days. And so far, the Gibsonia native has largely come up aces since he joined the Vegas Golden Knights a few weeks ago. “It’s been...
Penguins’ Tommy Novak sidelined day-to-day; Ryan Shea out week-to-week
Following only two games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, forward Tommy Novak has hit a bump in the road with his new club. When Novak was absent from Tuesday’s morning skate, coach Mike Sullivan revealed the 27-year-old, acquired in a trade from the Nashville Predators on March 5, is sidelined day-to-day...
Penguins scheduled to start Tristan Jarry in net vs. Golden Knights
The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry on Tuesday night at home vs. the Vegas Golden Knights. Coach Mike Sullivan revealed his starting netminder following the Penguins’ morning skate in Cranberry. Jarry, called up from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on March 3, will make his...
Penguins recall defenseman Sebastian Aho, forward Matt Nieto from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled defenseman Sebastian Aho and forward Matt Nieto on Tuesday from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis. Nieto has played eight games (one goal, two assists) for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton since being placed on waivers by the Penguins on Feb. 26, after which he cleared...
Penguins sign defenseman Daniel Laatsch to entry-level deal
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed a member of their 2021 NHL Draft class, 23-year-old defenseman Daniel Laatsch, to a two-year entry-level contract, the club announced Monday afternoon. Laatsch, picked by the Penguins four years ago in the seventh round (215th overall), turns professional following four collegiate seasons at Wisconsin, where he...
Penguins forward prospect Tristan Broz is winning and learning in his first pro seasonVideo
Tristan Broz was simply doing his job as the second-line center of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. On a Tuesday. That’s nothing really out of the ordinary for a minor league hockey player at any level, but playing a game in the middle of the week is one of the myriad of...
Penguins ink ’24 draft pick Chase Pietila to 3-year entry-level contractVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed another member of their 2024 NHL Draft class, defenseman Chase Pietila, to a three-year entry-level contract Sunday evening, the club announced. Pietila, 21, was chosen by the Penguins in the fourth round (No. 111 overall) of last year’s draft. His contract begins in 2025-26 and runs...
Minor league report: Penguins stopped by CrunchVideo
Goaltender Filip Larsson made 25 saves on 29 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-1 loss to the Syracuse Crunch at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Sunday. The result dropped Larsson’s record to 10-6-3. Forward Matthias Laferriere scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (31-16-7-1). Highlights: The Penguins’ next...
Penguins’ Tristan Jarry beats Wild in 1st NHL game since January
Appearing in his first NHL contest in nearly two months, Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry made 30 saves on 31 shots in a 3-1 win against Minnesota Wild on Sunday at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. The result boosted his record to 9-8-4 and snapped a four-game losing...
Minor league report: Sam Poulin records hat trick as Penguins rout SenatorsVideo
Forward Sam Poulin had a natural hat trick and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in an 8-3 rout of the Belleville Senators at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. It was the second hat trick in Poulin’s professional career Forward Ville Koivunen contributed a goal and two assists...
Hat tricks rare among Penguins defensemen
Pittsburgh Penguins defensemen Ryan Shea and Erik Karlsson have each recently recorded two-goal games. During a 5-3 home loss to the New York Rangers on Feb. 23, Shea scored a pair of goals in the third period (which were his first two goals of the season). Then Karlsson collected two...
3 Periods: New defenseman Vladislav Kolyachonok shows mobility in Penguins debut
At the time the Pittsburgh Penguins traveled for Tuesday’s road game at the Colorado Avalanche, defenseman Vladislav Kolyachonok had spent nearly a month with the club, awaiting an opportunity to suit up. Acquired via waivers from Utah Hockey Club on Feb. 9, Kolyachonok was practicing regularly with the Penguins but...
Penguins assign defenseman Jack St. Ivany to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned rookie defenseman Jack St. Ivany to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Saturday, one day after he was recalled under emergency roster conditions. A right-handed shot, the 25-year-old St. Ivany has split the 2024-25 season between the NHL and AHL rosters. In 19 NHL...
The Penguins have 30 picks in the next 3 NHL drafts. How did they get so many?
While the 2025 NHL Draft is still months away, the Pittsburgh Penguins are positioned to be very busy from June 27-28 in Los Angeles. The same could be said of the 2026 and 2027 drafts, because in the upcoming three years, the Penguins possess 30 picks in total, four of...
