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Minor league report: Nailers routed by FuelVideo
Goaltender Jaxon Castor made 17 saves on 24 shots for the Wheeling Nailers who were routed by the Indy Fuel, 7-2, at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Tuesday. The result dropped Castor’s record to 6-4-0. Defenseman Davis Bunz and forward William Provost each scored goals for Wheeling (34-25-2-1). Highlights:...
Penguins recall forward Jonathan Gruden from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled rookie forward Jonathan Gruden from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Tuesday. Per Cap Friendly, Gruden was recalled under emergency conditions. This marks the sixth time Gruden has been recalled to the NHL roster this season. In 11 NHL contests this season, Gruden has...
Former Penguins forward Konstantin Koltsov dies at 42
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Konstantin Koltsov has died at the age of 42. According to the Associated Press, the Miami-Dade Police Department said in a statement that no foul play is suspected and his death was an apparent suicide. Salavat Yulaev Ufa, a team in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)...
Minor league report: Radim Zohorna’s hat trick leads Penguins past MonstersVideo
CLEVELAND — Forward Radim Zohorna’s first career hat trick at any level of professional hockey led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 5-2 road win against the Cleveland Monsters at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Monday. “I never scored a hat trick,” Zohorna said. “It was pretty fun. I finally did. It...
Penguins remain in playoff contention by beating Red Wings
If the Penguins are going to salvage anything out of a 2023-24 regular season that supplied more aggravation than assurance, virtually all of their remaining games are “must-wins” with regard to their postseason aspirations. It’s been that way for more than a month (and probably a lot longer). And Sunday’s...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Monsters in overtimeVideo
Forward Vinnie Hinostroza had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Cleveland Monsters at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on Sunday. Goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 14 saves on 17 shots as his record slipped to 19-9-6. Forward Sam Poulin also scored...
Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic scheduled to face Red Wings
The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic in Sunday’s home game against the Detroit Red Wings. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Nedeljkovic’s status approximately two hours before the opening faceoff. In 23 games this season, Nedeljkovic has a 9-6-4 record, a 2.79 goals against average, a .906 save...
Penguins assign defenseman Jack St. Ivany to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned defenseman Jack St. Ivany to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League late on Saturday night. The team did not announce the transaction, which was reported by Cap Friendly. Recalled to the NHL roster under emergency conditions on Friday, St. Ivany was a healthy scratch for a...
Penguins defense struggles again as goaltender Tristan Jarry is pulled in loss to Rangers
The Pittsburgh Penguins game with the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday was rather fitting of a St. Patrick’s Day weekend. It was sloppy and full of bad judgment. But a little bit of fun. Though ultimately, it led to plenty of bad feelings in the aftermath,...
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry scheduled to face Rangers
The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry in Saturday’s home game against the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Jarry’s status approximately two hours before the opening faceoff. In 46 games this season, Jarry has a 19-21-5 record, a 2.70 goals against average,...
Former Penguins defensman Chad Ruhwedel has ‘a lot of thanks to give to Pittsburgh’
On Friday, Chad Ruhwedel took to the ice at the Pittsburgh Penguins’ facility in Cranberry and skated in a very limited optional practice. It was a familiar scene that had played out repeatedly with the right-handed defenseman in this domain over the previous seven seasons. He worked on his skating,...
Minor league report: Nailers shut out Heartlanders in overtime winVideo
A goal by forward Jarrett Lee at 2:59 of overtime gave the Wheeling Nailers a 1-0 road win against the Iowa Heartlanders at Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa on Friday. Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 27 saves to record his fourth shutout of the season and boost his record to 23-17-1....
Penguins double up woeful Sharks for much-needed points
Seven months into his tenure with the Pittsburgh Penguins, defenseman Erik Karlsson acknowledges he and his teammates have fallen short of expectations as they are on the outside looking at the playoff picture with barely a month remaining in the regular season. “We’ve just got to find a way to...
How has Penguins-Sharks trade in August worked out for each team?
There was a moment of perfect timing Thursday between two teams that haven’t experienced many good times this season. As San Jose Sharks coach David Quinn addressed media in a hallway outside of the visiting dressing room of PPG Paints Arena, Pittburgh Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson emerged from an auxiliary...
Minor league report: Penguins shut out Phantoms in Vasily Ponomarev’s debutVideo
Goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 23 saves to record his first career shutout in the American Hockey League as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defeated the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms, 3-0, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. The result improved Blomqvist’s record to 18-9-5. Forward Jagger Joshua scored two goals for...
New Penguins lean on center Lars Eller for veteran wisdom
A few days after he signed his new contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins in early February, forward Jesse Puljujarvi sat on the bench and watched the team’s top power-play unit drill during a practice session at the team’s facility in Cranberry. A lot of the vocabulary and functions of the...
Michael Bunting scores 1st goal with Penguins in overtime loss to Senators
Michael Bunting doesn’t necessarily have grand aspirations on what he can bring to the Pittsburgh Penguins. He just wants to be part of the solution. “I just want to play my game and contribute where I can and wherever coach (Mike Sullivan) wants me to be,” Bunting said Friday in...
Penguins recall defenseman Ryan Shea, assign forward Jonathan Gruden
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled defenseman Ryan Shea from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL on Thursday evening and assigned rookie forward Jonathan Gruden to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Shea returns to the NHL roster after being most recently assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Jan. 28. He has been shuffled between the NHL and AHL roster repeatedly...
Penguins waive forward Jonathan Gruden
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed rookie forward Jonathan Gruden on waivers Monday afternoon. Should no other team claim Gruden by 2 p.m. Tuesday, he can be assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. This season, Gruden has played in a career-best 11 NHL games and scored one goal while averaging...
Penguins shut out by Oilers as slide continues
While most of the world lost an hour Sunday because of daylight savings time, the Pittsburgh Penguins just kept losing. Their latest setback was a 4-0 shutout at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers at PPG Paints Arena. While the Penguins did offer a somewhat crisper performance than some of...
Penguins forward Bryan Rust could rejoin lineup versus Oilers
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust could rejoin his team’s lineup for a home game against the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. Approximately two hours before the opening faceoff, coach Mike Sullivan labeled Rust as a “game-time” decision. Roughly an hour later, Rust was formally activated from injured reserve. Typically deployed on...
Minor league report: Sam Poulin scores on penalty shot as Penguins loseVideo
Forward Sam Poulin scored on a penalty shot for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-2 home loss to the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Defenseman Ryan Shea also scored for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (29-2o-7-1) while goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 25 saves on 29 shots in...
Penguins bullied by Bruins in Boston beatdown
In deciding to trade All-Star forward Jake Guentzel on Thursday — to say nothing of reserve defenseman Chad Ruhwedel and goaltender Magnus Hellberg on Friday — Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas was blunt in assessing his team. “We need to make a lot of improvement to the...
Penguins recall forward Jonathan Gruden from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled rookie forward Jonathan Gruden from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Saturday afternoon. This transaction comes one day after Gruden was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. According to Cap Friendly, this is the fifth time Gruden has been recalled to the NHL roster this season. Primarily deployed...
Minor league report: Penguins beat Phantoms, Nailers shut out
Goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 27 saves on 29 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 road win against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Friday. The result improved Blomqvist’s record to 17-8-5. Forwards Corey Andonovski, Austin Rueschhoff and Lukas Svejkovsky scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...

