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Penguins announce lineup for preseason opener against Sabres
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced their expected lineup for their preseason opener on Saturday, a road contest against the Buffalo Sabres. Forwards – Emil Bemstrom, Tristan Broz, Atley Calvert, Cody Glass, Avery Hayes, Tanner Howe, Jimmy Huntington, Ville Koivunen, Rutger McGroarty, Drew O’Connor, Vasily Ponomarev, Jesse Puljujarvi, Valtteri Puustinen Defensemen –...
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin: ‘We don’t want a long summer again’
It wasn’t the prettiest goal Evgeni Malkin scored. In fact, it wasn’t even really a goal. Not officially, at least. But when Malkin banged in a rebound off a blocked shot behind goaltending prospect Sergei Murashov during a scrimmage on the second day of the Pittsburgh Penguins training camp Tuesday...
Expectations remain the same for the Penguins entering 2024-25
Like anyone else with a vested interest in the Pittsburgh Penguins, Bryan Rust’s fortunes are tied to the presence of Sidney Crosby. And even more so for Rust as he has been Crosby’s predominant right winger for the past handful of seasons. But unlike others, Rust wasn’t fixated on the...
Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson injured as training camp opens
The Pittsburgh Penguins opened their training camp in Cranberry on Wednesday without one of their top players. Defenseman Erik Karlsson is sidelined because of an undisclosed injury and is considered day-to-day. No specifics as to the nature or cause of the ailment were provided. Speaking after practice, coach Mike Sullivan...
Penguins announce training camp roster
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced the roster for their upcoming training camp which opens Wednesday in Cranberry. In total, 69 players were invited: 38 forwards, 25 defensemen and six goaltenders. Four additional players are not medically cleared to participate: forwards Beau Jelsma, Jagger Joshua and Matt Nieto as well as goaltender...
Tristan Jarry is the Penguins’ top goaltender, but will he be the starter?
With the Pittsburgh Penguins scheduled to open training camp Wednesday, here is a position-by-position look at their roster. Today, a glance at their goaltenders. Just prior to the start of the NHL Draft at the Sphere in Paradise, Nev., Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas had a peculiar way...
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby: ‘I’m going to try to play as long as I can’
Josh Rodgers’ loyalty to the Pittsburgh Penguins is legitimate. Having grown up watching Mario Lemieux lead the Penguins to Stanley Cup titles in the early 1990s, Rodgers and family have had season tickets since 2004, the year before the franchise’s latest savior, Sidney Crosby, arrived. On Monday, the 46-year-old Rodgers’...
Penguins sign Sidney Crosby to 2-year contract extension
It was 12:52 p.m. March 29, just over 20 minutes after a brief practice session had concluded in Cranberry and three members of the Pittsburgh Penguins were still going at it. At one end of the rink, rookie forward Jonathan Gruden and defenseman Jack St. Ivany were sliding passes to...
Training camp preview: The Penguins’ right-handed defensemen are good. Can they be better?
With the Pittsburgh Penguins scheduled to open training camp Wednesday, here is a position-by-position look at their roster. Today, a glance at their right-side defensemen. For reasons no one can really seem to figure out, finding right-handed defensemen is always a little harder than finding their southpaw counterparts. There’s just...
Training camp preview: Ryan Graves needs improvement as one of the Penguins’ top left-handed defensemen
With the Pittsburgh Penguins scheduled to open training camp Wednesday, here is a position-by-position look at their roster. Today, a glance at their left-side defensemen. Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas has a talent for saying a lot without saying much. He tends to keep his true intentions hidden...
Penguins goaltending prospect Taylor Gauthier has the right approach
Taylor Gauthier doesn’t necessarily want to be right (even if he always is). He just wants to be better. And considering how strong of a 2023-24 season he had while primarily playing for the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL, Gauthier has a pretty high bar to clear in that pursuit....
Training camp preview: Health remains a concern for the Penguins’ right wingers
With the Pittsburgh Penguins scheduled to open training camp Wednesday, here is a position-by-position look at their roster. Today, a glance at their right wingers. There wasn’t much that could stop Bryan Rust last season. Except for Bryan Rust. The mostly reliable and versatile right winger rebounded from a lackluster...
The Penguins have numbers at center, and a lot of them are old
With the Pittsburgh Penguins scheduled to report to training camp next week, here is a position-by-position look at their roster. Today, a glance at their centers. Sidney Crosby isn’t what he once was. But he’s still better than most 37-year-olds have ever been in the NHL. Last season, at a...
Penguins prospect Vasily Ponomarev is eager to compete at center or wing
Vasily Ponomarev enjoyed a new experience this offseason. Professional go-karting. The Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect got into the motorized sport — typically presented simply as “karting” — this summer in his native Russia and even raced in some professional events. “I was a big fan of (simulated racing), and I...
Penguins to open training camp next week
The Pittsburgh Penguins will open their training camp on Wednesday at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. A formal announcement of the camp was made by the team on Thursday. All non-game day practices are free and open to the public. The schedule: Wednesday, Sept. 18 9-9:45 a.m.– Team...
Training camp preview: Michael Bunting gives the Penguins a base at left wing
With the Pittsburgh Penguins scheduled to report to training camp next week, here is a position-by-position look at their roster. Today, a glance at their left wingers. The Penguins didn’t win the Jake Guentzel trade in March. Any team that parts ways with a reliable 40-goal threat isn’t celebrating a...
New Penguins forward Blake Lizotte sticks with what got him to the NHLVideo
Blake Lizotte doesn’t stand out. At 5-foot-9 and 175 pounds, how could he? But against the context of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ roster, he sticks out. Or should. A blend of hustle, tenacity and contact, Lizotte is the type of player the Penguins don’t have a surplus of and that’s what...
Central Catholic grad Michael Grady felt ‘joy and happiness and relief’ in winning Olympic goldVideo
Michael Grady did not get to participate in the opulent opening ceremonies of the Olympics on July 26. As a rower, his presence would have been fitting for the “parade” of nations that took place on mechanized watercraft surging through the rain and the Seine river of Paris. But the...
New Penguins forward Anthony Beauvillier is ‘glad to be on the good side’
Anthony Beauvillier had an obvious rooting interest in the Pittsburgh Penguins a long time ago. A native of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, he gravitated to that small town’s most celebrated native, goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury. In fact, the first NHL game Beauvillier attended was a playoff game between the Penguins and Montreal Canadiens...
Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defenseman Dmitri Samorukov signs in Russia
Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defenseman Dmitri Samorukov has signed a three-year contract with HC CSKA Moscow of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). That team announced the transaction via a release on Thursday. Samorukov initially joined Wilkes-Barre/Scranton by signing a one-year American Hockey League (AHL) contract on July 31, 2023. Following the...
Penguins’ preseason game to be held in Sudbury, Ont.
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ preseason game against the Ottawa Senators scheduled for Sept. 29 as part of the Kraft Hockeyville promotion will be held in Sudbury, Ont. The location of the game was announced Wednesday by the city of Elliot Lake, Ont., which won the contest to host the game. Sudbury...
Penguins to participate in Buffalo Prospects Challenge
The Pittsburgh Penguins will once again participate in the Prospects Challenge hosted by the Buffalo Sabres in September at the LECOM Harborcenter. This event is a series of scrimmages between prospects from six NHL teams. In addition to the Penguins and Sabres, the Boston Bruins, Columbus Blue Jackets, New Jersey...
Former Penguins forward prospect Dillon Hamaliuk signs in SlovakiaVideo
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Dillon Hamaliuk has signed with HC Nove Zamky of the Slovak Extraliga. That team announced the transaction via Instagram on Friday. The Penguins acquired Hamaliuk from the San Jose Sharks via a trade in August as a spare part of the blockbuster deal that also...
Penguins sign 2023 1st-round pick Brayden Yager to entry-level contractVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed forward prospect Brayden Yager to a three-year entry-level contract Thursday. According to Puckpedia, the contract will carry a salary cap hit of $950,000. A first-round round pick (No. 14 overall) in 2023, the 19-year-old Yager spent the 2023-24 season at the junior level with the Moose...
Former Penguins forward Josh Currie signs in Germany
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Josh Currie has signed with Kölner Haie of Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). That team, based in Cologne, announced the transaction via a release on Thursday. A native of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Currie’s Penguins career was limited to one game (and no points) with the...
