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Penguins GM Ron Hextall: ‘If we go into the next season with this group, we’re comfortable’
As a goaltender with the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1980s and 1990s, Ron Hextall was often furious. If you dared cross him or a teammate, he would unleash something ferocious upon you, usually in the form of a slash to the ankle or a punch to the face. As a...
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby named finalist for Ted Lindsay Award
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was named a finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award. The honor recognizes “the most outstanding player in the NHL,” during the regular season as voted by fellow members of the National Hockey League’s Players’ Association (NHLPA). During the 2020-21 campaign, Crosby led the Penguins with 62...
Minor league report: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins sign forward Shaw Boomhower
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed forward Shane Boomhower to a one-year American Hockey League (AHL) contract for the 2021-22 season. A native of Bellville, Ont., Boomhower, 22, did not play during the 2020-21 season. During the 2019-20 campaign he primarily played for the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL, appearing in...
Minor league report: Nailers drop final road game of seasonVideo
Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 27 saves on 30 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 3-1 road loss to the South Carolina Stingrays at North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, S.C. on Tuesday. Forward Patrick Watling scored the only goal for Wheeling (21-38-6-1) in its final road game of the...
Penguins relinquish rights to prospect Antti Palojarvi
The Penguins relinquished the NHL rights to defensive prospect Antti Palojarvi on Tuesday. A sixth-round (No. 186 overall) pick in 2017, Palojarvi needed to sign with the Penguins by 5 p.m. Tuesday for the team to retain his rights. A left-handed shot, the 22-year-old Palojarvi was limited to only 26...
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins sign ex-Canadiens prospect Samuel Houde
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed forward Samuel Houde to a one-year American Hockey League (AHL) contract for the 2021-22 season. Houde, 21, completed a five-year career at the junior level with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). During the 2020-21 season, Houde served as Chicoutimi’s...
Ex-Penguins goaltending prospect Emil Larmi signs in Finland
Less than a week following their disappointing loss in the first round of the playoffs, a change has been made to the Penguins’ goaltending. Former prospect Emil Larmi has signed a two-year contract with the Lahden Pelicans of Finland’s Liiga. The team announced Larmi’s signing with a release. A native...
Minor league report: Nailers edged by Swamp RabbitsVideo
Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 33 saves on 36 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 3-2 road loss to the Greenville Swamp Rabbits at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena at Greenville, S.C. on Sunday. Defenseman Patrick McNally and forward Patrick Watling each scored goals for Wheeling (21-37-6-1) while forward Austin...
Penguins forward Jake Guentzel: ‘I let a lot of people down’Video
If there was ever a time that things felt just right for the Pittsburgh Penguins during their first-round series against the New York Islanders, it came during the early stages of Game 6 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., on Wednesday. At 11 minutes, 12 seconds of the...
Minor league report: Nailers beaten by StingraysVideo
Goaltender Louis-Phlip Guindon made 44 saves on 50 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 6-2 road loss to the South Carolina Stingrays at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, S.C. on Saturday. Forward Patrick Watling recorded two assists for Wheeling (21-36-6-1) while forwards Matt Alfaro and Austin Fyten...
Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen finds a ‘home’
Kasperi Kapanen’s first campaign as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins didn’t go smoothly. When your individual season is delayed because you’re stuck on another continent because of a bureaucratic snafu related to a global pandemic, nothing is smooth. But when the talented winger was on the ice, he more...
Penguins players brace for changes after latest playoff flameout
Bryan Rust’s future came into focus this week. He became a father. With his wife, Kelsey, welcoming son Hunter to the world, the Pittsburgh Penguins winger was succinct on what Sunday was like. “It’s the best day of my life.” As for life at the rink? That’s another matter for...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin ‘was not 100%’ during playoffsVideo
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan shed some light on the injuries his team was dealing with during its first-round playoff series with the New York Islanders. Forward Evgeni Malkin missed the first two games of the series with a right knee injury. It was the first time the team publicly identified...
Change is coming to the Penguins, but how much?
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — A few days before the opening of the Stanley Cup playoffs, Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Ron Hextall acknowledged the reality looming in the upcoming offseason. There is an expansion draft, likely a flat salary cap and some of his team’s top players are entering the final year...
Minor league report: Nailers win 1,000th game since arriving in WheelingVideo
Two goals by forward Tim Doherty led the Wheeling Nailers to a 5-1 home win against the Indy Fuel at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. The victory was the 1,000th for the franchise since it arrived in Wheeling in 1992 as the Thunderbirds. Forward Patrick Watling added a goal and...
Empty Thoughts: Islanders 5, Penguins 3
Observations from the Penguins’ 5-3 loss to the Islanders in Game 6: There’s going to be quite a bit written about what the Penguins will do over the next four months. This little corner of the Internet won’t delve into that too much. For the time being, let’s just focus...
Penguins enter uncertain offseason after being eliminated by Islanders
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — A favorite idiom of Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is “high stakes.” He refers to it often when he evaluates his players and how they perform in “high-stakes” games. On Wednesday, the Penguins played in a game with the highest of stakes. Survival. They were unable to...
Islanders forward Oliver Wahlstrom a ‘game-time decision’ for Game 6
UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Officially, New York Islanders forward Oliver Wahlstrom is a “game-time decision” for Game 6 of his team’s first-round playoff series with the Penguins at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday. Unofficially, it’s difficult to envision seeing him suit up less than 48 hours after he suffered a...
Empty Thoughts: Islanders 3, Penguins 2 (2OT)Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 3-2 double overtime loss to the Islanders in Game 5: The Penguins traded to get Tristan Jarry. Twice. At the 2013 draft, without many high selections thanks to the organization’s seemingly never-ending practice of dealing away future assets to “win now,” the Penguins did the reverse...
Penguins fall in double overtime, 1 loss away from elimination
Even though they won the East Division title — and did so partially thanks to a 6-2-0 record against the New York Islanders during the regular season — the Pittsburgh Penguins did not anticipate an easy go of things in their first-round series with the fourth-seeded Islanders. They were fully...
Offense hard to find for Penguins forwards Jake Guentzel, Jared McCann
You won’t find Jake Guentzel’s name in the NHL’s record books. That’s because the NHL quit publishing such tomes a handful of years ago in the pursuit of posting that information exclusively online. But Guentzel always will have a place in NHL history, having introduced himself to the hockey world...
Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith misses morning skate
Penguins backup goaltender Casey DeSmith is not expected to dress for Game 5 of his team’s first-round series against the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena on Monday. He did not participate in Monday’s morning skate. Coach Mike Sullivan did not provide an update on DeSmith’s status. Should DeSmith...
Empty Thoughts: Islanders 4, Penguins 1Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-1 loss to the Islanders in Game 4: For all the well-deserved criticism the Penguins received after this game, particularly from Western Pennsylvania, Islanders forward Mathew Barzal provided a profoundly pragmatic observation of the team that he had just defeated. “That’s a pretty veteran group over...
Minor league report: Nailers beaten in overtime
Forward Cody Sylvester had two goals for the Wheeling Nailers in a 4-3 road overtime loss to the Greenville Swamp Rabbits at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C. on Saturday. Goaltender Louis-Philip Guindon made 33 saves on 37 shots for Wheeling (19-34-6-1) which has lost five consecutive games. Highlights:...
Penguins top line struggling to produce goals
UNIONDALE, N.Y — Arguably, the most consistent offensive force for the Pittsburgh Penguins over the course of the regular season was their top line of Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust. Guentzel and Rust were the only members of the team who appeared in all 56 games during the...
