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Sidney Crosby’s contract extension provides clarity, pressure for Kyle Dubas
With Sidney Crosby’s contract extension now known, the Pittsburgh Penguins have clarity. General manager Kyle Dubas knows he has at least this season and two more after it to make one more run at a Stanley Cup with Crosby in Black and Gold. Theoretically, there could be more chances. On...
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...
Penguins prospect Tristan Broz avoiding unnecessary pressure to crack NHL rosterVideo
Lately, life has been good for Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Tristan Broz. Since April, when he inked his three-year, entry-level deal with the Penguins, Broz has taken stock of being in the organization. “It’s awesome,” he said. “I spent a lot of time (in Pittsburgh) this summer with the intention...
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...
Prospect Sergei Murashov gets comfortable in U.S., awaits spot on Penguins goalie depth chart
Linguistically, culturally and in a variety of additional ways, the differences between the United States and Russia seem vast. Pittsburgh Penguins goalie prospect Sergei Murashov, born in Yaroslavl, Russia, and now embarking on a pro hockey career in the U.S., can attest to the contrast. But the 20-year-old Murashov, who...
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...
Penguins’ Sidney Crosby ‘pretty optimistic’ he’ll sign contract extension soon
As the Pittsburgh Penguins approach the start of training camp, a major order of business has remained incomplete since July 1: extending the contract of captain and franchise icon Sidney Crosby. Crosby is entering the final year of a 12-year deal worth $8.7 million annually signed in 2012 and has...
Former Penguins Kevin Stevens, Matt Cullen elected to U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Kevin Stevens and Matt Cullen, who won a combined four Stanley Cup championships with the club, were elected into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame Thursday. Stevens, 59, spent part of 10 seasons with the Penguins (1987-95, 2001-02) in a 15-year NHL career, helping Pittsburgh...
5 bobblehead nights part of Penguins’ 2024-25 promotional schedule
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced their 2024-25 home promotional schedule Wednesday, which notably includes five opportunities for fans to take home commemorative bobbleheads. The club’s Championship Bobblehead Series celebrates moments from its five Stanley Cup victories (1991, 1992, 2009, 2016, 2017). On Oct. 18, the first bobblehead featuring Mario Lemieux will...
Penguins name Joe Brand as radio play-by-play broadcaster
The Pittsburgh Penguins have found their new play-by-play voice for radio broadcasts. Joe Brand was hired for the position on the Penguins Radio Network, president of business operations Kevin Acklin announced Tuesday. Brand, 33, replaces Steve Mears, who took a position as the television play-by-play broadcaster of the Blue Jackets....
On Sports: Penguins still national TV draw; prediction of big year for Najee Harris; Rich Hill still chugging along
Friday’s “On Sports” highlights the Pittsburgh Penguins national reach and broadcast schedule, Stephen Curry adds another year with the Warriors, pitcher Rich Hill has been dealing for 20 years, and a big year for Najee Harris? National treasure They haven’t been a playoff team since 2021-22, and they are mostly...
On Sports: Penguins lacking on list of best NHL players; Steelers’ practice squad still a mystery
Today’s “On Sports” highlights a list of the NHL’s top players, which has a lack of Pittsburgh Penguins, as well as practice squad news from around the NFL, but not with the Steelers. Lacking Penguins After consecutive non-playoff seasons, maybe the problem with the Pittsburgh Penguins isn’t special teams or...
Despite no guarantee of cracking NHL roster, Rutger McGroarty excited to get going with Penguins
Last week, Rutger McGroarty was a member of the Winnipeg Jets organization and weighing a potential return to Michigan for his junior college hockey season. Much has changed for the 20-year-old forward, who was introduced by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday in Cranberry after a blockbuster trade of top prospects...
Michigan hockey coach offers measured expectations as Rutger McGroarty prepares for Penguins preseason campVideo
As the dust settled following the Pittsburgh Penguins’ recent acquisition of 20-year-old forward Rutger McGroarty from Winnipeg, the consensus seemed to be he’ll hit the ground running at his first NHL preseason camp. To be sure, the former Jets top prospect joined the Penguins with the intention of competing for...
Tim Benz: Penguins-Jets swap of 1st-rounders is as practical as it may be unconventional
On Thursday, a Pittsburgh team pulled off a trade-and-sign deal with a former first-round pick out west who was balking at a contract with his former club. But it wasn’t for Brandon Aiyuk. It wasn’t even the Steelers who made the trade. It was the Penguins who acquired Winnipeg Jets...
Penguins defenseman prospect Emil Pieniniemi signs with Kingston Frontenacs of OHL
Pittsburgh Penguins 2023 third-round draft pick (No. 91 overall) Emil Pieniniemi is set to make his North American hockey debut this upcoming season as he signed with the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), the club announced Thursday. Pieniniemi, a 19-year-old defenseman and native of Kuopio, Finland, spent...
Penguins swing blockbuster trade of forward prospects, shipping Brayden Yager to Jets for Rutger McGroartyVideo
Earlier this summer, a rift between the Winnipeg Jets and their 2022 first-round draft pick, winger Rutger McGroarty, became public. The 20-year-old McGroarty, selected 14th overall two years ago, reportedly was concerned with the Jets’ developmental plan for him, desiring a quicker path to the NHL. If fresh surroundings were...
