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Double Team: Penguins’ mistake with Sergei Zubov was Stars’ reward
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Penguins notebook: Assistant coach Jacques Martin cautious but not scared of coronavirus risks
Pittsburgh Penguins assistant coach Jacques Martin has a distinguished career with 613 wins as a head coach as well as the two Stanley Cup rings he claimed with Pittsburgh in 2016 and ’17. He also has the distinction of being the NHL’s oldest coach at age 67. According to the...
Mike Sullivan, Penguins prepared for training camp unlike any other
July 1 is typically a busy day on the calendar of Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan. He should be introducing himself to a depth left-handed defenseman or the penalty-killing right winger who general manager Jim Rutherford just signed on the first day of free agency. And, sure enough, Sullivan was...
Double Team: Tyler Wright rarely felt wrong for Penguins, Blue Jackets
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Double Team: As with the Penguins, Ian Cole has been sturdy on Avalanche blue line
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear it, No. 62: Tunch Ilkin was one of the Steelers’ best in the 1980s
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 62: Tunch Ilkin Among athletes in Pittsburgh, Tunch Ilkin followed a unique path to the professional ranks. Born as Tunc Ali Ilkin in Instanbul,...
Double Team: Gilles Meloche was good, but not good enough to lift the Golden Seals, Barons
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Double Team: A champion with the Black Hawks, Ab McDonald was Penguins’ first leader
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Double Team: A franchise player with Whalers and Hurricanes, Ron Francis excelled with Penguins
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
What was the Penguins’ best draft class ever?
Oskar Sundqvist hasn’t been a member of the Penguins organization for three years. In 2017, the two-way forward was sent to the St. Louis Blues as part of a doomed — from the Penguins’ perspective — trade for enforcer Ryan Reaves. Yet, even with that much separation, Penguins goaltender Matt...
Double Team: Joe Mullen became a Hall of Famer with the Flames and PenguinsVideo
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear it, No. 66: Iconic moments made Mario Lemieux timeless
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 66: Mario Lemieux As the No. 1 overall pick in the 1981 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s draft, Mario Lemieux wanted to prove he...
Double Team: Before winning with Penguins, Tom Barrasso starred for Sabres
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Ex-Penguins Marian Hossa, Jarome Iginla selected for Hockey Hall of FameVideo
Marian Hossa had two hockey idols growing up in the Slovakian portion of Czechoslovakia in the 1980s and early 1990s. He got to play for one of them. “One of my favorite two players was Mario Lemieux,” Hossa said. “And Wayne Gretzky.” Hossa and fellow ex-Penguins forward Jarome Iginla will...
Double Team: Mark Recchi won with the Penguins and Bruins
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Penguins goaltender Matt Murray’s focus remains same, even after 3 months off
If social distancing was a competition, Matt Murray would have his photo on the league leaders page of the NHL’s website. During the NHL’s hiatus over the past three months because of the coronavirus pandemic, Murray was holed up in his home in Muskoka, Ont., a small seasonal community on...
NHL won’t host postseason games in Pittsburgh this summer
If the NHL returns to action this summer, it won’t be taking place in Pittsburgh. On Monday, the Penguins were informed the league would not be staging games for a postseason tournament in PPG Paints Arena or accompanying facilities. The team announced the league’s decision Tuesday. The league’s plan for...
Double Team: Playing for teams not known for defense, Carlyle was best of Penguins, Coyotes, Jets
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Ex-Penguins forward Chris Thornburn retires
Former Penguins forward Chris Thorburn retired after 14 seasons in the NHL on Monday. The NHL Players’ Association announced his retirement. Claimed off waivers from the Buffalo Sabres in October of 2006, Thornburn’s time with the Penguins was fairly brief. In 2006-07, his second season in the NHL, he appeared...
Double Team: From Kunitz to Cullen, the best players to dress for the Penguins and Ducks
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
‘Burgh’s best to wear it, No. 71: Evgeni Malkin was worth the wait
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 71: Evgeni Malkin If the Pittsburgh Penguins’ plans had gone as hoped, this might be an article explaining why defenseman Jiri Slegr is the...
‘Burgh’s best to wear it, No. 72: Patric Hornqvist gave Penguins something they didn’t haveVideo
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best 100 players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 72: Patric Hornqvist The evening of June 27, 2014, Nashville Predators general manager David Poile was holding court with reporters in an auxiliary...
NHL: 11 players have tested positive for coronavirus since June 8
On Friday, the NHL issued a statement announcing 11 players out of a pool exceeding 200 have tested positive for coronavirus since the league’s second phase for returning to play opened on June 8. The statement was released the same day the Tampa Bay Lightning revealed five members of the...
Wheeling Nailers hire former forward Derek Army as assistant coach
The Wheeling Nailers have hired former forward Derek Army as an assistant coach. Army, 29, spent the majority of his professional career as a player with the Nailers, including his final two seasons as captain. In parts of five seasons with Wheeling, Army appeared in 159 games and scored 130...
Penguins prospect Sam Poulin selected for Canada’s national junior team development camp
Penguins forward prospect Sam Poulin is one of 41 players selected for a summer development camp with Canada’s national junior team to be held July 27-31 in Calgary, Alberta. The camp will be held in a virtual setting due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Canada’s roster in the 2021 IIHF...
