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Major offseason deep dive into power play’s deficiencies sure to be in store for Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins winger Rickard Rakell probably spoke for many of his teammates when asked earlier this season why the power play could not seem to gain any traction. “I wish I had an answer,” Rakell said in March. “I would be the first guy to change something.” The Penguins’ power...
After seamless transition to Penguins, Michael Bunting looks to be key piece in futureVideo
In back-to-back games at the end of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season, winger Michael Bunting scored his 20th goal of the campaign, only for both scores to be taken away. He was credited with a goal in the third period April 14 against Boston, his second of the game, but a...
From even-strength aptitude to power-play incompetence, a situational look at the Penguins’ seasonVideo
Like most teams across the NHL, the Pittsburgh Penguins had some facets of their game that were strong and others that were weaker. But perhaps more so than a majority of clubs, the contrast between areas was quite pronounced. In a nutshell, the Penguins were at their best in traditional...
Reilly Smith takes ownership of disappointing debut campaign with Penguins
Acquiring winger Reilly Smith just before last year’s NHL Draft represented the first major offseason move Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations/general manager Kyle Dubas made after being hired to lead the club’s front office. Bringing in Smith from the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for a third-round pick in...
Despite disappointing finish, Tristan Jarry enters offseason as Penguins’ No. 1 option in net
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry received votes of confidence from coach Mike Sullivan and president of hockey operations/general manager Kyle Dubas during the club’s recent end-of-year sit downs with local media. However, Jarry’s deployment — benching, to be more accurate — over the final few weeks of the season might...
Pirates prospect Bubba Chandler, armed with new outlook and curveball, off to hot start in AltoonaVideo
Few people go through high school without navigating some sort of event or experience that becomes impossible to forget. Like gum stuck on the bottom of your shoe, whatever that teenage situation was, however trivial, it can stay with you for years. Pittsburgh Pirates pitching prospect Bubba Chandler had good...
Penguins reassign defenseman Ryan Shea to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton ahead of AHL playoffs
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ryan Shea, placed on waivers Thursday by the club and cleared Friday, was formally re-assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Saturday. Shea arrives with one game left in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s regular season, an away contest Saturday evening at the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Unlike their NHL...
Penguins prospect Tristan Broz inks 3-year entry-level contractVideo
Tristan Broz, a promising prospect of the Pittsburgh Penguins, turned pro Saturday, inking a three-year entry-level contract with the club. Broz, 21, will join the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for the remainder of their season on an amateur tryout contract (ATO). Wilkes-Barre/Scranton plays one more regular-season game before the Calder Cup playoffs...
Duquesne, Robert Morris alter football schedules, add Mercyhurst for 2024
Duquesne and Robert Morris announced scheduling alterations to their 2024 football season Friday, with both teams now set to face the Mercyhurst in the Lakers’ inaugural campaign at the Division I level. Mercyhurst revealed earlier this month that 24 of its athletic programs would be making the jump from the...
Goalie prospect Joel Blomqvist among players Kyle Dubas expects to push for NHL next season
Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations/general manager Kyle Dubas has made no secret of his belief that the organization needs to get younger fast. In a perfect world, the Penguins will develop and acquire youthful talent that will crack the NHL, learn from the club’s current core of Sidney Crosby,...
Penguins’ Kyle Dubas named associate GM of Team Canada for ’24 World Championship
Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations/general manager Kyle Dubas has been added to the front office staff of Team Canada ahead of the 2024 IIHF World Championship held in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia, from May 10-26. Dubas is set to serve as an associate general manager for the Canadian men’s...
Bethel Park’s Justin Meis aims to keep climbing Pirates farm system ladder
It’s been nearly three years since the Pittsburgh Pirates drafted pitcher Justin Meis in the 10th round (No. 283 overall) of the 2021 MLB Draft, but the euphoria has yet to wear off for the Bethel Park native, who played collegiately at Eastern Michigan. Adding to the still-surreal feeling of...
Penguins’ Kris Letang played through ‘myriad of injuries for a long time’ this season
Pittsburgh Penguins alternate captain Kris Letang was blunt when asked how he was feeling physically a few days before the end of the regular season. “I feel like you should feel after 81 games,” he said, responding to a media inquiry about several end-of-year maintenance days that kept him out...
Valtteri Puustinen, Jack St. Ivany, Radim Zohorna rejoin Wilkes-Barre/Scranton ahead of Calder Cup playoffs
Three Pittsburgh Penguins will get to partake in the playoffs after all, albeit in the American Hockey League. A day after the Penguins’ season came to an end, with no postseason hockey forthcoming for the second straight year, the club reassigned three players to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL to compete...
Penguins’ Sidney Crosby expects contract extension discussions this summer
Any question surrounding the future of Sidney Crosby is sure to generate feelings of intense discomfort for Pittsburgh Penguins fans. After a second straight non-playoff season, Crosby completed the penultimate chapter of a 12-year deal signed in 2012. He is under contract through the 2024-25 campaign with a salary cap...
These 10 losses cost the Penguins critical points en route to missing the playoffs again
For the second consecutive season, the Pittsburgh Penguins will be spectators of the Stanley Cup playoffs, having fallen short of the postseason by three points. Last year, the Penguins missed out by one point, ending their streak of 16 consecutive trips to the playoffs. The Penguins’ underwhelming power play, inability...
Here’s how the Penguins can make the Stanley Cup playoffs
Fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins who want to see the club qualify for the postseason will need to take the drastic but necessary step of inking theoretical one-day fan contracts with the Philadelphia Flyers and Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. Even though the Penguins defeated Nashville, 4-2, on Monday in...
With season winding down, Penguins’ Reilly Smith snaps 13-game goal droughtVideo
For the first time in nearly a month, Pittsburgh Penguins winger Reilly Smith contributed a goal, delivering the winner Monday against Nashville in a 4-2 victory at PPG Paints Arena. Smith broke a 13-game scoreless streak with the goal, which came on a feed from linemate Lars Eller at 8...
Penguins’ Jansen Harkins rejoins practice, ready for call if it comesVideo
From the end of November through early March, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jansen Harkins carved out a steady bottom-six role for himself. But March 7, in a deflating 6-0 loss at home to the Washington Capitals, Harkins suffered a hand injury while fighting Beck Malenstyn that required surgery, which has kept...
Paul Skenes not atop Pirates’ shortlist of candidates to plug hole in starting rotation
Pittsburgh Pirates starter Marco Gonzales was direct during spring training when discussing the club’s top overall prospect, fellow pitcher Paul Skenes, complimenting his abilities and predicting Skenes “probably (is) going to take one of our jobs eventually.” With Sunday bringing news of Gonzales heading to the injured list with a...
Grand slam by Jack Suwinski, 300th HR by Andrew McCutchen help Pirates split with PhilliesVideo
The Pittsburgh Pirates were looking for a series split in their fourth and final game against the Philadelphia Phillies Sunday at Citizens Bank Park, and Jack Suwinski’s sixth-inning grand slam provided the necessary boost, powering his club to a 9-2 win. Pirates starter Mitch Keller (2-1, 4.50 ERA) recorded his...
Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen blasts elusive home run No. 300 in victory over PhilliesVideo
Andrew McCutchen probably can testify better than most that good things come to those who wait. And McCutchen, seeking his 300th career home run since Aug. 22 of last year, when he hit No. 299 off St. Louis’ Adam Wainwright, certainly had put in time searching for that elusive milestone....
Marco Gonzales heads to injured list as Pirates suffer early blow to starting rotation
Only a few weeks into the 2024 campaign, the Pittsburgh Pirates must deal with an early blow to their starting rotation, as lefty Marco Gonzales was placed on the 15-day injured list because of a left forearm muscle strain, the club announced Sunday. Last season, as a member of the...
Alex Nedeljkovic, Tristan Jarry shaky vs. Boston, leaving Penguins with tough goalie choiceVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Alex Nedeljkovic was a major architect of his club managing to go 7-0-3 over his last 10 starts, during which time qualifying for the postseason went from pipe dream to probable. He was far from perfect but largely did enough to give the Penguins a chance to...
Penguins reassign forward Vinnie Hinostroza to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins reassigned forward Vinnie Hinostroza to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League Saturday evening shortly before puck drop at PPG Paints Arena vs. the Boston Bruins. Hinostroza, 30, was called up from the AHL on April 11 (the eighth time he’d been added to the NHL roster this...
