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Penguins video coach Madison Nikkel named to United States Olympic staff
Pittsburgh Penguins video coach Madison Nikkel was named to the same role for the United States men’s Olympic team in February. USA Hockey announced its full coaching and support staff via a release on Wednesday. Nikkel has been a member of the Penguins organizations since 2016 when he started as...
Tristan Jarry still sits atop Penguins’ depth chart in goal
A position-by-position look at the Pittsburgh Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the goaltenders. It wouldn’t be a stretch of reality if Tristan Jarry improves considerably in the upcoming season. After all, it’s hard to do worse than some of the lowest points of his clunker of a 2024-25...
Tim Benz: Sorry, Sid, but this time the call is coming from inside the house
Over roughly three decades of covering sports — almost 24 of those years in this city — I’ve never seen a more copacetic relationship between local reporters and a big-time superstar than the one that exists between Sidney Crosby and the media contingent in Pittsburgh. Throughout the vast majority of...
Blackhawks sign ex-Penguins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk to tryout
Former Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk has signed a professional tryout (PTO) with the Chicago Blackhawks. That team announced its training camp roster on Tuesday with Grzelcyk’s name included. Canadian broadcaster Sportsnet reported Grzelcyk agreed to a PTO. Players on PTOs can sign a regular contract provided they convince team...
Mark Madden: Penguins getting another save from Marc-Andre Fleury
The Pittsburgh Penguins are signing goalie Marc-Andre Fleury to a tryout contract. He will practice once, then play in the team’s exhibition game vs. Columbus on Sept. 27 at PPG Paints Arena. Fleury will retire as a Penguin. Unless Fleury does well enough for the Penguins to want him to...
What will the Penguins do with so many right-handed defensemen?
A position-by-position look at the Pittsburgh Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the right-side defensemen. There’s an adage that a hockey team can never have too many right-handed defensemen. The Penguins might be testing the limits of that convention. As they enter the 2025-26 season, they appear to have...
Penguins’ Sidney Crosby: ‘This is where I want to be. I love it here’
Jim Wiltman has had season tickets with the Pittsburgh Penguins for roughly four decades. “It’s easy to support through ups and downs,” said the Sewickley native. “I’ve had six season tickets for a long time. Continue to have them. “Enjoy every moment of it.” He had quite a moment Monday...
Marc-Andre Fleury’s return skyrockets Penguins preseason ticket prices
Penguins tickets are in high demand — but not for the regular season. The draw? The return of beloved former goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. On Friday, the Penguins announced they signed Fleury, 40, one of the most beloved figures in franchise history, to a professional tryout contract. He formally retired after...
Will Parker Wotherspoon stabilize the left side of the Penguins’ defense?
A position-by-position look at the Pittsburgh Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the left-side defensemen. In his season-ending remarks in April, Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas was blunt in assessing the left side of his team’s blue line. “The left side of our defense, it’s been a...
Bryan Rust never rests as the Penguins’ top right winger
A position-by-position look at the Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the right wingers. Rust never sleeps. And he certainly never rests on his laurels. Despite missing 11 games due to various ailments in 2024-25, Bryan Rust managed to establish career highs in goals (31), assists (34) and points...
Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defenseman Colton Poolman signs in Scotland
Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defenseman Colton Poolman has signed a one-year contract with the Glasgow Clan, a team based in Scotland that competes in the United Kingdom’s Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). That team announced the transaction via a release on Saturday. A native of East Grand Forks, Minn, the 29-year-old...
Sidney Crosby remains the center of attention for the Penguins
A position-by-position look at the Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the centers. The Penguins’ depth down the middle will look much like it did last season. And for the past two decades, at least at the top. Sidney Crosby remains an elite top-line center as evidenced by the...
Penguins to open training camp Thursday
The Pittsburgh Penguins will open training camp Thursday in Cranberry. A formal announcement of the camp was made by the team on Friday. All non-game day practices are free and open to the public. The schedule: Sept. 18 8:45-10:15 a.m.– Group A practice 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. – Group B practice...
Mark Madden: For the 1st time, Sidney Crosby playing in a different uniform feels real
Sidney Crosby’s agent has put Crosby departing Pittsburgh in play. Pat Brisson compared Crosby to Tom Brady, who left New England’s dynasty to win a seventh Super Bowl with Tampa Bay. Brisson said a trade “is always a possibility.” Not before Brisson said that, it wasn’t. For the first time,...
Penguins re-sign goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury for ceremonial ‘tryout’
The Pittsburgh Penguins are turning to a familiar face in net. Even if just for one game. On Friday, the club announced it had signed former goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, one of the most beloved figures in franchise history, to a professional tryout contract. The transaction is largely ceremonial as Fleury,...
Penguins forward Rickard Rakell went right after going left
A position-by-position look at the Penguins as they approach training camp. Today, the left wingers. Things went right for Rickard Rakell last season. All he had to do was go left. Primarily deployed as a right winger through most of his tenure with the Penguins, Rakell was moved to the...
First Call: Tyler Kennedy can’t dismiss Sidney Crosby trade talk; car stolen from ex-Steeler involved in high-speed chase
Friday’s “First Call” has a crazy story about someone stealing the car of a retired Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl champion. Tyler Kennedy thinks there might be some fire to the smoke about these Sidney Crosby trade rumors. We set up the weekend of college football action. A Cleveland Brown may...
Penguins goaltending prospect Sergei Murashov is nobody’s fool
There’s a certain level of whimsy to Sergei Murashov that seems fitting. After all, he was born on April Fool’s Day (2004). A quick examination of his gear would confirm that. Inside the upper tiers of his leg pads, he has decals of Olaf, the waggish snowman from the animated...
Tim Benz: What might be behind the Sidney Crosby trade conversation — and what isn’t
After years of attempting to dismiss any suggestion that he may want to leave Pittsburgh someday, both Sidney Crosby and his agent fanned the flames of that conversation this week. As recently as June, Crosby’s agent, Pat Brisson, called rumors of Crosby being willing to accept a trade to Colorado...
Ex-Penguins assistant coach Pierre McGuire to join radio broadcasts in limited capacity
Former Pittsburgh Penguins assistant coach Pierre McGuire will be joining the team’s radio broadcasts in a limited capacity next season. Per a social media posting from the team’s radio network, McGuire will participate in pre- and post-game broadcasts for 41 games as well as a handful of shows on Saturday...
Penguins announce roster for Prospect Challenge event
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced their roster for the upcoming Prospect Challenge event in Buffalo. Forwards — Tristan Broz, Atley Calvert, Jordan Charron, Kale Dach, Brayden Edwards, Max Graham, Avery Hayes, Travis Hayes, Ben Kindel, Gabe Klassen, Ville Koivunen, Ryan Miller, Nolan Renwick, Carter Sanderson Defensemen — Quinn Beauchesne, Harrison Brunicke,...
Sidney Crosby understands why trade talk surrounds him as Penguins keep losing
LAS VEGAS — Sidney Crosby is well aware of the trade talk swirling around him, now that he and the Pittsburgh Penguins have gone three seasons without making the playoffs. Going into another at age 38 with little realistic hope of the team contending, the three-time Stanley Cup champion acknowledged...
Mark Madden: Few held the torch higher than Ken Dryden for hockey’s most legendary franchise
I’ve been a Pittsburgh Penguins supporter since the franchise’s first season, 1967-68. I went to my first game when I was 7. The Penguins were bad for a long time. Won four playoff rounds total before 1991. (Then won four playoff rounds that year.) I needed a mistress team. Somebody else...
Former Penguins forward Cal O’Reilly signs in Switzerland
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Cal O’Reilly has signed with the SCL Tigers of Switzerland’s National League. That transaction was announced on Tuesday. Per the terms of the deal, O’Reilly’s contract is through the end of October with an option for an extension. A native of Toronto, the 38-year-old O’Reilly spent...
Penguins forward prospect Emil Jarventie loaned to Pyry in Finland
Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Emil Jarventie has been loaned to Pyry of the Mestis, the second-tier league in Finland. A left-handed shot, the Finnish-born Jarventie (5-foot-10, 168 pounds) is currently under contract to Tappara of the Liiga, the top-tier league in that country. Tappara announced the transaction via a release...
