Seth Rorabaugh stories, Page 105

The Pittsburgh Penguins enjoyed something of a rare treat Thursday. They scored first. The first three times, in fact. In their first 21 games of the 2020-21 season, they have yielded the first goal 13 times and typically needed to mount some type of gutsy comeback in order to earn...

Penguins forward Sidney Crosby and assistant coach Todd Reirden have been given clearance to return to their team after clearing the NHL’s covid-19 protocol and will be available for Thursday’s home game against the rival Philadelphia Flyers at PPG Paints Arena. Crosby and Reirden were each absent for Tuesday’s 5-2...

Penguins forward Sidney Crosby and assistant coach Todd Reirden remain in the NHL’s protocol for absences related to covid-19 according to coach Mike Sullivan. Citing league rules, Sullivan declined to say if Crosby would be available for Thursday’s home game against the Philadelphia Flyers at PPG Paints Arena. Being in...

Within the context of the past year, Tuesday was a great day for hockey. Fans, albeit a limited number of them, were allowed to enter PPG Paints Arena and cheer the Penguins while also booing the rival Philadelphia Flyers. It was the first time spectators who paid for entry were...

Pittsburgh Penguins assistant coach Todd Reirden will miss Tuesday’s home game against the Philadelphia Flyers at PPG Paints Arena because of protocol related to covid-19 protocol. No specifics on Reirden’s status beyond his absence from tonight’s game were provided. Reirden’s primary duties involve directing the team’s power play as well...

The Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday recalled forwards Josh Currie and Drew O’Connor from their taxi squad. Additionally, defenseman P.O Joseph was assigned from the NHL roster to the taxi squad, and forward Frederick Gaudreau was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League to the taxi squad. These transactions were...

It’s been 360 days since Pittsburgh Penguins fans were last able to watch a game in person at PPG Paints Arena because of the covid-19 pandemic. They’ll have to wait for a few more, at least, to see the team’s captain for similar reasons. Sidney Crosby will not play in...

Patric Hornqvist is back where he belongs. He’s jabbing, hacking, slashing and generally vexing any goaltender with a considerable lack of social distance as a net-front presence on the top power-play unit. The only difference this year is he is performing that task with a better suntan. Now a member...

Hockey nights in Pittsburgh will involve fans once again as soon as Tuesday. On Monday, the Penguins received approval from Gov. Tom Wolf and the Pa. Department of Health to open PPG Paints Arena to 15% capacity (2,800). To date, the Penguins have been limited to having only 500 people...

Barring anything unforeseen — and “unforeseen” has an undefeated record over the past 12 months — the New York Islanders are scheduled to move into the new, state-of-the-art UBS Arena on Long Island by the start of the 2021-22 season. That meant Sunday’s game against the Islanders was the Pittsburgh...

The Penguins are scheduled to start backup goaltender Casey DeSmith for Sunday’s road game against the New York Islanders at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y. It will be DeSmith’s first game since Feb. 11 when he made 26 saves on 29 shots in a 4-3 road shootout win...

A little more than two weeks into his tenure as Pittsburgh Penguins general manager, Ron Hextall has seen a lot he likes with his new team. But he does have one notable critique. “I’d like to see a little bit more consistency out of our group,” Hextall said via video...

With Jason Zucker sidelined long term because of an undisclosed injury, the Pittsburgh Penguins appear to have found a pretty experienced replacement for him as the left winger on their second line. Jared McCann. The veteran forward was activated from injured reserve Saturday afternoon. He has missed the previous seven...

If the Philadelphia Flyers are a franchise to model, that’s certainly up for debate, especially given their futility in winning the Stanley Cup for nearly half a century. But what they are is a testament to building a competitive team through the draft. Of the 23 players on their active...

The Penguins assigned forward Jordy Bellerive to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). Bellerive, 21, had been on the Penguins’ taxi squad since Feb. 19. He has yet to play in an NHL game. In three AHL games this season, he has two goals. Bellerive is in the second...