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Forward Jesse Puljujarvi joins Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on tryout
Forward Jesse Puljujarvi joined the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on a professional tryout (PTO) contract Thursday morning. That team announced the transaction via a release. Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas revealed those plans for Puljujarvi during a radio interview with team broadcaster Josh Getzoff on Wednesday evening. Markus Lehto,...
Penguins defenseman Ryan Graves remains honest but optimistic over struggles
Ryan Graves would be a terrible politician. He is way too honest. As it is, things aren’t going great with his actual vocation as an NHL defenseman with the Pittsburgh Penguins at the moment. During a 4-3 home loss to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday, Graves was directly involved in...
Penguins can’t complete rally vs. Capitals as 3-game winning streak ends
Having worn the colors of both sides of the rivalry, Lars Eller can articulate the decades-long feud between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals with an educated perspective. “It’s a divisional game,” said Eller, currently the Penguins’ third-line center. “A rivalry game. There’s going to be high emotions on both...
Forward Bryan Rust rejoins Penguins’ lineup
Bryan Rust burst into 2024 with a pretty buoyant attitude. At least that’s what one could surmise when the Pittsburgh Penguins forward took to the ice at PPG Paints Arena for a morning skate Tuesday waving to the handful of media members there to watch. His quips and one-liners to...
Penguins assign Vinnie Hinostroza, Ryan Shea to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned forward Vinnie Hinostroza and defenseman Ryan Shea to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. These transactions allowed the team to formally activate forward Bryan Rust from long-term injured reserve. Hinostroza (Dec. 16) and Shea (Dec. 19) each cleared waivers recently, allowing them to be...
Penguins forward Bryan Rust a game-time decision against Capitals
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust has been labeled as a “game-time decision” in advance of his team’s home game against the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday. Coach Mike Sullivan provided a status on Rust following a morning skate. Currently designated to long-term injured reserve due to an...
Who stays, who goes when Bryan Rust rejoins the Penguins lineup?
First things first, let’s just acknowledge the phrase “when everyone is healthy” does not have a practical application in hockey. There’s always a puck off a toe or a shoulder rammed into the glass or a groin tweaked by an ice rut or a simple bout of the flu that...
Minor league report: Nailers sink Admirals
A goal and two assists by forward Tanner Laderoute led the Wheeling Nailers to a 4-1 home win against the Norfolk Admrials at WesBanco Arena on Sunday. Forwards Justin Adamo, Jordan Martel and Matthew Querica all contributed goals for Wheeling (15-11-1-1) while goaltender Jaxon Castro made 33 saves on 34...
Goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic leads Penguins past Islanders
One of Kyle Dubas’ pursuits when he took over as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ president of hockey operations midway through 2023 in June was to boost the depth and competition at the organization’s goaltending position. In addition to retaining incumbent starter Tristan Jarry, he signed Alex Nedeljkovic, hoping the 27-year-old would...
Penguins scheduled to start goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic against Islanders
The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic in Sunday’s home game against the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Nedeljkovic’s status approximately two hours before the start of the contest. In 10 games this season, Nedeljkovic has a 5-2-2 record, a 2.64 goals...
Minor league report: Penguins fall despite defenseman Jack St. Ivany’s first professional goalVideo
Defenseman Jack St. Ivany scored his first professional goal and recorded an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 6-2 loss to the Charlotte Checkers at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 33 saves on 38 shots as his record fell to 1-2-1 while defenseman...
Resurgent Evgeni Malkin leads Penguins over Blues with goal, assist
Evgeni Malkin might not be what he once was. The days of winning individual trophies and scoring titles are decidedly a memory and not a forecast at this stage of his career. But he’s still pretty darn good. That was evident during a 4-2 victory against the St. Louis Blues...
Penguins recall defenseman Ryan Shea from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled defenseman Ryan Shea from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Saturday evening prior to their home game against the St. Louis Blues. Shea was summoned to the NHL club as a result of incumbent defenseman P.O Joseph not being available due to an undisclosed illness....
Penguins scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry against Blues
The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry on Saturday against the St. Louis Blues at PPG Paints Arena. His status was announced by Penguins coach Mike Sullivan following an optional morning skate. In 23 games this season, Jarry has a 10-11-2 record, a 2.49 goals against average,...
Minor league report: Colin White, Penguins beat CheckersVideo
A goal and an assist by forward Colin White helped the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defeat the Charlotte Checkers, 4-1, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Forwards Corey Andonovski and Peter Abbandonato each recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (16-11-3-0) while forwards Matt Filipe and Alex Nylander as well as defenseman...
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin wants to be more than ‘normal player’
The debates are never-ending in just about every sport, especially with hockey. And with any kind of qualifier. Who’s the best player ever? Who’s the best defenseman? Goaltender? Finnish goal-scoring winger? Left-handed Latvian faceoff specialist? Newfoundland and Labrador-born shot-blocker? One of those discussions got a pretty definitive offering Friday. Who’s...
Forwards Bryan Rust, Jesse Puljujarvi rejoin Penguins practice
Bryan Rust looked different Friday. The Pittsburgh Penguins forward was wearing a neck guard. In the aftermath of former Penguins forward Adam Johnson’s death as a result of a skate cut to his neck while playing in the United Kingdom on Oct. 28, there were countless calls for players at...
Penguins forward Rickard Rakell beginning to find goals in different waysVideo
Christmas came early for Rickard Rakell. By about two days. In a 5-4 overtime road loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, the Pittsburgh Penguins forward scored his first goal of the season. It was a nice gift for the holidays, though he probably would have preferred to have registered...
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang’s record-setting game was ‘pretty cool’
Alex Letang didn’t necessarily get to see his father, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang, make history on Wednesday night. But he certainly had quite a reaction Thursday morning. “He goes to bed before the end of the game,” Kris Letang said of his adolescent son. “The first thing he did,...
Minor league report: Penguins dropped by BearsVideo
Goaltender Magnus Hellberg made 33 saves on 36 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-1 road loss to the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Wednesday. The result dropped Hellberg’s record to 5-5-0 while forward Austin Rueschhoff scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (15-11-3-0). Highlights:...
Defenseman Kris Letang has historic night as Penguins rout Islanders
The Pittsburgh Penguins emerged from the NHL’s three-day break for the holidays with a rollicking 7-0 triumph against the normally defensively stout New York Islanders at UBS Arena on Wednesday. Penguins defenseman Kris Letang spearheaded the onslaught with six assists and became the first defenseman in the history of the...
Penguins forward Noel Acciari makes measurable impact on penalty kill
The Pittsburgh Penguins have lost 87 man games to injury this season. And it’s possible the cluster of games lost that have impacted them the most are the seven contests fourth-line center Noel Acciari missed earlier this month. If nothing else, his absence can be tabulated in a fashion that...
Penguins rookie forward Valtteri Puustinen looks good to anyone watching
Valtteri Puustinen’s family isn’t getting much sleep these days. At least not overnight. With a seven-hour difference between Pittsburgh and his hometown of Kuopio, Finland, Puustinen’s loved ones have to wake up in the middle of the night to see him play on television (or streamed video). “My whole family...
Penguins squander power-play chances in overtime loss to Ottawa
The hot takes have been present in Pittsburgh for weeks and months. Years, really. Who should be entrusted as the starter at the team’s most important and scrutinized position? On Saturday, one of those debates was thrust into a maelstrom because of a startlingly strong performance by a person left...
Penguins prospects Emil Pieniniemi, Kalle Kangas selected by Finland for IIHF World Junior Championship
Penguins defensive prospects Emil Pieniniemi and Kalle Kangas were named to Finland’s team for the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship tournament. The Finnish Ice Hockey Association officially announced the roster on Friday. Pieniniemi (third round, No. 91 overall) and Kanges (seventh round, No. 223 overall) were...
