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Mark Madden: All bets are off with Arturs Silovs now in Penguins’ goaltending rotation
The Penguins’ goaltending situation seemed easy to read after Alex Nedeljkovic got sent to San Jose: Tristan Jarry is the starter in Pittsburgh. The backup is Joel Blomqvist, Filip Larsson or Sergei Murashov. The other two split netminding duties with the Penguins’ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton farm club. (Murashov, 21, is the franchise’s...
Penguins’ 2025-26 schedule announced
The Pittsburgh Penguins will face the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena on Oct. 9 in their home opener to the 2025-26 season. That contest was announced via social media Wednesday morning. Later in the afternoon, the entire schedule for the NHL’s season was revealed. Earlier in the week,...
Tim Benz: Mario Lemieux can’t be the Penguins’ savior this time, even if he does reacquire the franchise
Mario Lemieux doesn’t need to save the Pittsburgh Penguins this time. That’ll make his possible return to the franchise different from his previous reincarnations with the team. But, oddly, this one could be just as difficult. If Lemieux, Ron Burkle and David Morehouse eventually reacquire the organization (as reports from...
Prospect Finn Harding wants ‘to prove the Penguins right for believing in me’Video
Finn Harding is patient. He waited a long time to get drafted. About a year (plus more than 200 selections). The right-handed defenseman did not hear his name called the first year he was eligible to be selected in the NHL Draft (2023). About 12 months later, Harding went through...
Emergency backup goalies face uncertain future with new NHL rule
Former Zamboni driver-turned-arena manager David Ayres became an immediate sensation when he pulled on the goaltending gear and took the ice in an NHL game on a Saturday night in Toronto and beat his hometown Maple Leafs. Before that, accountant by day/beer league goalie by night Scott Foster won a...
Penguins forward prospect Max Graham signs with Wilkes-Barre/ScrantonVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Max Graham signed a two-year American Hockey League contract with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Tuesday. The 21-year-old Graham (6-foot-3, 209 pounds) just completed his junior career with the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League. Serving as captain of that team last season, Graham appeared in...
Former Penguins forward Josh Currie signs in Austria
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Josh Currie has signed with the Graz 99ers, an Austrian team that competes in the International Central European Hockey League (ICEHL). That team announced the transaction via a release on Tuesday. A native of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the 32-year-old Currie spent the 2024-25 season with...
Penguins prospect Chase Pietila embraces ‘meaner’ defense as his route to the NHL
Even if he isn’t in the NHL just yet, Chase Pietila had his “welcome to the NHL moment” this past spring. On March 12, three days after he signed his three-year entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Pietila was brought to UMPC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry to get a...
First Call: Report claims NFL teams ‘don’t really expect’ a T.J. Watt trade; update on Najee Harris’ eye injury
Tuesday’s “First Call” examines the latest news on T.J. Watt’s contract. We have an update on Najee Harris’ eye. Paul Coffey has a new gig with the Edmonton Oilers. And a Pitt baseball pitcher gets picked in the MLB Draft. Waiting on Watt For T.J. Watt, the roadblock in his...
Former Nailers coach Derek Army hired as assistant with AHL’s Colorado Eagles
Derek Army is leaving as head coach of the Wheeling Nailers, ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, to accept an assistant coaching position with the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League. Colorado announced the hiring via a release on Monday. Army took over as interim head coach of the...
Penguins to participate in Prospect Challenge event at Buffalo
The Pittsburgh Penguins will once again participate in the Prospect Challenge event hosted by the Buffalo Sabres in September. This event is a series of scrimmages between prospects from five NHL teams. In addition to the Penguins and Sabres, the Boston Bruins, Columbus Blue Jackets and New Jersey Devils will...
Penguins to face Rangers, Mike Sullivan on opening night
It won’t take long for the Pittsburgh Penguins to cross paths with former head coach Mike Sullivan. On Monday, the NHL announced the Penguins will face the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on the league’s opening night of the 2025-26 season, Oct. 7. The game is scheduled to...
Penguins management intrigued by forward prospect Mikhail IlyinVideo
Mikhail Ilyin did not wait for the translator. The young Russian answered almost immediately. When Ilyin, a Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect, was asked who his favorite player was, he knew what to say, even in a language he isn’t overly familiar with. “Evgeni Malkin,” he said with a slight smile....
Madden Monday: About the idea of the Penguins tanking for Gavin McKenna; Sunday’s trade for a goalie
If you think that the Pittsburgh Penguins are tanking for newly signed Penn State hockey star Gavin McKenna, Mark Madden of TribLive and 105.9 The X disagrees. During this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Madden said the Penguins may end up putting themselves in a great draft lottery position for McKenna...
Penguins acquire goaltender Arturs Silovs from Canucks
The Pittsburgh Penguins added to their goaltending depth Sunday by acquiring Arturs Silovs from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for forward Chase Stillman and a fourth-round draft pick in 2027. Silovs, 24, is entering the final year of a two-year contract with a salary cap hit of $850,000. He is...
Penguins defensive prospect Emil Pieniniemi is ready for his next stepVideo
As is usually the case with most prospect development camps in the heat of summer, the Pittsburgh Penguins didn’t have many players with professional experience on hand earlier this month. More often than not, these camps are populated with recent draft picks or hopefuls trying to earn NHL contracts. Players...
Penguins defensive prospect Daniel Laatsch is more than a big bodyVideo
Daniel Laatsch is Wisconsin nice. Pardon … Wis-kahn-sin. Does he prefer Daniel or Dan? Danny, even? “Whatever you prefer,” he replies diplomatically. And if you happen to extend your hand to shake his after a hockey practice, he’ll politely decline, explaining his hands are sweaty having been in gloves for...
Even at 6-foot-6, Penguins defensive prospect Peyton Kettles is still growingVideo
Given that he shot up from 5-foot-5 in eighth grade to his current height of 6-6 as a freshly drafted defensive prospect for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Peyton Kettles had plenty of clothing to pass on to his younger brother Chase once he outgrew it. But not hockey gear. And there’s...
Mark Madden: Matt Dumba trade makes sense for Penguins and is probably just the start
It’s time for refreshing sports notes at the speed of sound! Climb on my back and we’ll go for a ride in the sky! • The Pittsburgh Penguins’ acquisition of right-handed defenseman Matt Dumba indicates that Erik Karlsson’s exit is pending and promising 19-year-old prospect Harrison Brunicke won’t make the team....
Penguins acquire defenseman Matt Dumba from Stars
The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired defenseman Matt Dumba and a second-round selection in the 2028 NHL Draft from the Dallas Stars in exchange for defenseman Vladislav Kolyachonok. This transaction follows a pattern established last offseason by Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas in acquiring veterans with large contracts along with...
Penguins prospect Joona Vaisanen looks to build on championship season at Western Michigan
Last season was a dream come true for Pittsburgh Penguins sixth-round pick Joona Vaisanen. The defenseman from Espoo, Finland, was drafted into the NHL and was living out his hockey dreams. Now, one year removed from that selection, Vaisanen has continued to work on his game and improve into a...
Coming off injury, development is the magic word for Penguins prospect Cruz LuciusVideo
The goal of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ development camp at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry was for the organization’s prospects to get better. That’s obvious given its name, but getting better was something forward Cruz Lucius did not have much of an opportunity to do this past year. When Lucius...
Penguins sign top draft pick, forward prospect Ben Kindel
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed forward prospect Ben Kindel to a three-year, entry-level contract Tuesday. Financial terms were not announced. Kindel was the Penguins’ top selection (No. 11 overall) in the NHL Draft last month. A right-handed shot, Kindel skated for the Western Hockey League’s Calgary Hitmen last season. Appearing in...
No history lessons necessary for Penguins prospects as they shape the franchise’s future
For the expansive list of new Pittsburgh Penguins prospects at their recent development camp, there was a lot to be learned. They got to meet their coaches, the staff and each other. They were able to learn their way around the UPMC Lemieux practice complex in Cranberry and put on...
Penguins goaltending prospect Gabriel D’Aigle learned to have fun from Marc-Andre FleuryVideo
Gabriel D’Aigle and Marc-Andre Fleury won’t be confused for one another. D’Aigle is a stout 6-foot-4 and 211 pounds as a goaltender, and Fleury was listed at a sinewy 6-foot-2 and 181 pounds. Polite but shy, D’Aigle is something of a wallflower compared to the giddy and effervescent Fleury. And...
