Penguins/NHL category, Page 5
‘The kid is now the king’: While passing Mario Lemieux, Sidney Crosby paid an ultimate tribute
Without a doubt, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was the No. 1 star during Sunday’s 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens. Crosby’s two points in the first period propelled him beyond Mario Lemieux into first place atop the franchise’s career scoring list with 1,724 points. As for the second star,...
On Sports: Ravens, Browns reeling after latest losses; Penguins travel back to CanadaVideo
Tuesday’s “On Sports” checks in on the Steelers’ upcoming AFC North opponents who are dealing with fallout from their most recent losses. Also, the Penguins are back in Canada, and James Franklin apparently is a home run hire at Virginia Tech. So, let’s get to the latest “On Sports,” pinch...
Linesman Ryan Jackson injures knee during Penguins-Canadiens gameVideo
NHL linesman Ryan Jackson suffered a knee injury during Sunday’s Penguins-Canadiens game at PPG Paints Arena and is expected to be sidelined four-to-six weeks according to a league spokesperson. The injury happened at 14:21 of the second period as Jackson tried to break up a scuffle between Penguins defenseman Jack...
Mark Madden: A fool’s gold start has poisoned the Penguins’ developmental year
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a simple story. It’s not a very good roster. Evgeni Malkin getting hurt triggered the Penguins losing eight straight. But Malkin’s absence wasn’t responsible for their four late-game collapses during those eight defeats. Which felt worse, squandering those leads or getting shut out both games of...
Comparing the Penguins’ incomparable franchise icons: Mario Lemieux and Sidney CrosbyVideo
On the final day of 2010, Pittsburgh was the capital of the hockey universe. One of the NHL’s tentpole events, the Winter Classic, was being staged on a football field on the North Shore. Barely half a decade earlier, the idea of any professional hockey games being held anywhere in...
Minor league report: Penguins topple BearsVideo
Defensemen Matt Dumba and Owen Pickering each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-1 win against the rival Hershey Bears at Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Sunday. Forward Zach Gallant also scored a goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (21-7-1-1) Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 26 saves on...
Sidney Crosby surpasses Mario Lemieux as Penguins snap losing streak
More than two decades after arriving as the so-called “next one,” Sidney Crosby is simply number one. On Sunday, during a 4-3 shootout win against the Montreal Canadiens at PPG Paints Arena, he claimed perhaps the most cherished record in the history of the Pittsburgh Penguins — if not the...
Sidney Crosby surpasses Mario Lemieux as Penguins’ all-time leading scorer
Sidney Crosby became the Pittsburgh Penguins’ all-time leader in career points Sunday, surpassing the iconic Mario Lemieux. Crosby recorded his 1,724th point (645 goals, 1,079 assists) with a secondary assist on a power-play goal by forward Rickard Rakell at 12:40 of the first period during a contest against the Montreal...
Sidney Crosby ties Mario Lemieux for Penguins’ all-time lead in scoring
Forward Sidney Crosby tied Mario Lemieux for the Pittsburgh Penguins’ all-time lead in scoring on Sunday during a home contest against the Montreal Canadiens. Crosby scored a goal at 7:58 of the first period to record his 1,723rd career point. It took Crosby 1,387 games to tie the mark. Lemieux...
Penguins goaltender Arturs Silovs scheduled to start against Canadiens
Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goaltender Artur Silovs is scheduled to start Sunday’s game against the Montreal Canadiens at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Dan Muse announced Silovs’ status approximately two hours prior to the opening faceoff. In 15 games this season, Silovs has a 4-5-6 record, a 3.26 goals-against average, an .887...
Minor league report: Penguins lose in shootout, Nailers win in overtimeVideo
Goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 31 saves on 33 shots in regulation and overtime then allowed one goal on two attempts in a shootout for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 loss to the Utica Comets at Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. The result dropped Blomqvist’s record to 5-2-1. Forwards...
Penguins shut out again as losing streak reaches 8
Stuart Skinner isn’t here to save the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season. They just need their new goaltender to make some saves. And winning some games would be nice, too. Of course, seeing some of his teammates score goals would aid the Penguins’ cause as well. On Saturday, the Penguins were defeated...
Prospective Penguins owner David Hoffmann’s portfolio includes array of businesses, winning hockey team
The Hoffmann Family of Companies has a vivid portfolio of brands from A to Z, quite literally. From Admiral Signs — which manufactures signs of all types for everything ranging from churches to restaurants — to Ziglin Signs — another entity in the same exact field — the Hoffmann group,...
Minor league report: Joona Koppanen leads Penguins past CometsVideo
Forward Joona Koppanen had two goals and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-2 win against the Utica Comets at Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, N.Y. on Friday. Defenseman Matt Dumba and forward Atley Calvert both recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (20-7-1-0) while forwards Tristan Broz and Boko...
Hoffmann group agrees to buy Penguins from Fenway Sports Group
The long-speculated sale of the Pittsburgh Penguins has been formally agreed to. On Friday, incumbent owner Fenway Sports Group and prospective owner Hoffmann Family of Companies announced they had “entered into a definitive agreement for the Hoffmanns to acquire a controlling interest in the Pittsburgh Penguins.” Any deal would require...
Former Penguins goaltender Dustin Tokarski signs in Germany
Former Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Dustin Tokarski has signed with Löwen Frankfurt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), the top league in Germany. The contract is for the remainder of the season. That team announced the transaction via a release on Friday. A native of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Tokarski was a member...
Analysis: Goaltending, special teams woes at heart of Penguins losing streak
When December dawned, the Pittsburgh Penguins were one of the NHL’s surprise teams, off to a 14-7-5 start, flirting with the top of the Eastern Conference standings, defying the preseason predictions that pegged them as also-rans at best. Less than three weeks later, the Penguins are trapped in an 0-3-4...
Mark Madden: Mario Lemieux doesn’t need to save the Penguins again
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ ownership transition from Fenway Sports Group to the Chicago-based Hoffmann Family of Companies could be tricky. (Like any transfer of a business worth over a billion dollars.) But one thing is certain: Mario Lemieux will not ride in on a white horse to save the Penguins. Hasn’t he...
Penguins defenseman Jack St. Ivany is back but knows nothing is guaranteed
Just as the offseason began in April, Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas labeled the left side of the blue line as “a problem.” And when the current season opened, a problem existed on the right side as well. There were too many right-handed defensemen. All-Stars Erik Karlsson...
First Call: T.J. Watt spotted at Steelers facility; Tristan Jarry already injured for Oilers
In Friday’s “First Call,” we have a T.J. Watt sighting at the Pittsburgh Steelers’ headquarters. A former Steeler went down with an injury on “Thursday Night Football.” Tristan Jarry is already hurt in Edmonton. And we look at the Penguins’ latest attempt to snap their now seven-game losing streak on...
Penguins shut out by Senators as losing streak reaches 7
Including Thursday, Evgeni Malkin has been sidelined for seven consecutive games by an undisclosed injury. And during that stretch, the Pittsburgh Penguins have been perfect in one sense. That is to say they haven’t won a single game without the dazzling superstar inhabiting his typical station as center of the...
U mad, bro?: Penguins fans fuming, Steelers fans still have complaints despite recent wins
Much like Christmas shopping, Pittsburgh sports fans got the big stuff out of the way early when it came to panic about their local clubs. Look at the reaction after the loss by the Steelers to the Buffalo Bills coming off Thanksgiving. But there are still stocking-stuffer moments to gripe...
Penguins notebook: Forward Tommy Novak practices on 2nd line
In the midst of a scoring surge, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Tommy Novak appears to have earned a promotion. During a practice Wednesday in Cranberry, Novak took over as the second-line center with Anthony Mantha on his left wing and Justin Brazeau at right wing. For most of this season, Novak...
New Penguins goaltender Stuart Skinner enjoys ‘being comfortable being uncomfortable’
To paraphrase the late Hall of Fame broadcaster Mike Lange, goaltender Stuart Skinner has seen that fish before. In this case, the fish in question was a future Hall of Famer, Connor McDavid. During the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 6-4 home loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, McDavid, one of the...
Reports: Fenway Sports Group reaches agreement to sell Penguins
An agreement has been reached for Fenway Sports Group to sell the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Hoffmann Family of Companies, an investment group based in Chicago, according to multiple reports Wednesday. A spokesperson with Fenway said she was aware of the reports but stated, “there is no formal agreement in...
