Seth Rorabaugh stories, Page 178
Former Penguins forward Tanner Glass embarks on a new career
In a poetic way, it was the perfect place for a rambunctious kid from the hard-scrabble prairies of Western Canada to end his NHL career. Calgary is one of the few outposts in the NHL where fighting and hitting still has some value. While most of the league’s teams increasingly...
Penguins trade forward Ryan Haggerty to Panthers for minor leaguer
The Penguins traded minor league forward Ryan Haggerty to Florida Panthers in exchange for another minor league forward, Kevin Roy. Roy, 26, is signed to a one-year, two-way contract with a salary-cap hit of $850,000. In 23 AHL games for the Springfield Thunderbirds this season, Roy has 14 points (four...
From Texas to the Penguins: A chat with Stefan Noesen
Texas is the land of Friday night lights. Not forechecks and fights. In the 102-year history of the NHL, only 11 players were born in the Lone Star State. Pittsburgh Penguins forward Stefan Noesen, of Plano in the Dallas suburbs, is one of them. If Western Pennsylvanians such as John...
Ex-Penguins 1st-rounder Joseph Morrow joins KHL team
Former Penguins defensive prospect Joseph Morrow, the team’s first-round pick in 2011, has signed with Dinamo Minsk, a Belarusian team that plays in Russia’s KHL. Morrow’s deal with Minsk comes two days after the New Jersey Devils put him on unconditional waivers for the purposes of releasing him from his...
4 games in 4 days were ‘blessing’ to Penguins forward Joseph Blandisi
Joseph Blandisi had a simple goal Sunday. Sleeping in. “I’m hoping,” Blandisi said. “I’m hoping. We’ll see what happens, though.” As it turned out, nothing happened to Blandisi on Sunday morning. He didn’t have to go anywhere for the first time in four days and was in position to engage...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 5, Kings 4 (SO)
Observations from the Penguins’ 5-4 win against the Kings: Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin missed Saturday’s meeting at PPG Paints Arena against the Los Angeles Kings due to an undisclosed illness. It was the second consecutive game he was absent for due to the ailment. His time frame for returning to...
Minor league report: Angello leads Penguins past Monsters
Two goals by forward Anthony Angello led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 3-1 win against the Cleveland Monsters at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on Saturday. Forward Thomas Di Pauli added a goal and an assist for the Penguins (14-10-3-1) while defenseman Kevin Czuczman recorded two assists. Goaltender Dustin Tokarski...
Goalie Tristan Jarry not perfect, still good enough for Penguins against KingsVideo
On the surface, Tristan Jarry had his worst game by a country mile. Considering he recorded shutouts in three of his previous four outings for the Pittsburgh Penguins, his play was bound to level off at some point. It did Saturday at PPG Paints Arena. He allowed four goals. Some...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin out vs. Kings
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will miss Saturday’s game at PPG Paints Arena against the Los Angeles Kings because of an illness, according to coach Mike Sullivan. This will be the second game Malkin has not played due to the malady, having already been absent for Thursday’s 1-0 overtime win at...
Penguins recall forward Joseph Blandisi from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
For the second time in three days, the Penguins have recalled forward Joseph Blandisi from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League under emergency conditions. Presumably, Blandisi’s latest recall is related to the health of forward Evgeni Malkin who missed Thursday’s 1-0 overtime home win against the Columbus Blue Jackets due...
Minor league report: Penguins, DeSmith shut out by Monsters
Goaltender Casey DeSmith made 26 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-0 loss to the Cleveland Monsters at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on Friday. This was the second time this season the Penguins (13-10-3-1) have been shut out. This was Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s fifth consecutive loss. Highlights: The Penguins are...
Evgeni Malkin withheld from Penguins’ practice because of illness
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin continues to recover from an illness which sidelined him for Thursday’s 1-0 overtime home win against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Malkin, who is the fourth member of the roster to be stricken with an undisclosed illness, was withheld from practice in Cranberry on Friday for precautionary...
Penguins assign Joseph Blandisi to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Joseph Blandisi is on the move again. A day after being recalled under emergency conditions, the Penguins forward was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. With forward Evgeni Malkin sidelined, Blandisi was summoned to play in Thursday’s 1-0 overtime win against the rival Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 1, Blue Jackets 0 (OT)
Observations from the Penguins’ 1-0 win against the Blue Jackets: Jake Guentzel was out of position on Thursday. Sure, he’s listed as a center. But he’s not a center. Yet, with all the maladies the Penguins are contending with, they were limited with who they could use as the No....
Bryan Rust’s goal gives Penguins more bang for the buck in win vs. Blue JacketsVideo
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are scheduled to be on the road Friday and Saturday to face the Cleveland Monsters at venerable Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse near the frosty shores of the Cuyahoga River. It will be a showcase of two of the American Hockey League’s more prominent franchises. For those reluctant to...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin out vs. Blue Jackets
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will miss Thursday’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena because of an illness, according to coach Mike Sullivan. He is the fourth member of the team struck by an illness in recent weeks, joining forward Zach Aston-Reese as well as defensemen...
Ex-Penguins prospect Scott Harrington finds fit with Blue Jackets
“He’s probably scratched tonight.” That was the warning a Columbus Blue Jackets media relations staffer offered to a Pittsburgh reporter inquiring about the availability of defenseman Scott Harrington on Nov. 29. As his teammates conducted pregame interviews then shuffled off to takes showers, change into street clothes and head home...
Penguins recall Joseph Blandisi from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Penguins have recalled forward Joseph Blandisi from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis. The parameters of that emergency are unclear, however. The Penguins did not stage a morning skate in advance of Thursday’s home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets and did not have media...
Minor league report: Penguins drop fourth straight to Americans
Forward Jan Drozg had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-2 loss to the Rochester Americans at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y. on Wednesday. Forward Sam Miletic scored the other goal for the Penguins (13-9-3-1) while goaltender Casey DeSmith made 26 saves in the...
Empty Thoughts: Canadiens 4, Penguins 1
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-1 loss to the Canadiens: Canadiens coach Claude Julien has faced the Penguins enough times to know what they’re all about. Speed, skating, scoring. And special teams, specifically the power play. “Tonight, we’ve got another challenge against a team that’s usually pretty dangerous on the power...
Tristan Jarry sets Penguins’ record for shutout sequence
When it comes to Penguins goaltending, there is a trinity of Tom Barrasso, Marc-Andre Fleury and Matt Murray at the top of the group of men who have tended the pipes for the franchise. They’re the only three to win a Stanley Cup for the Penguins as the starting goaltender,...
Flat second period dooms Penguins in loss to CanadiensVideo
Through the first two-plus months of the season, there are plenty of factors you could point to for any of the defeats the Pittsburgh Penguins have experienced. • Injuries? Very much so. The Penguins largely have hobbled through the season with players of varying importance sidelined because of maladies ranging...
Washington (Pa.) native Riley Barber debuts against PenguinsVideo
The pronouns still trip up Riley Barber. Even after being a professional for five seasons and with the considerable gulf of time in having taken up residence in Michigan for well over a decade, he still mixes up “we” and “they” when it comes to the Pittsburgh Penguins. “When ‘we’...
Penguins to start Tristan Jarry against Canadiens
The Penguins will start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Tuesday’s game against the Montreal Canadiens at PPG Paints Arena. Jarry enters the contest with a shutout sequence of 144:51, including back-to-back shutouts in his previous two games. In 11 games this season, he has 7-4-0 record along with a 1.82 goals...
Penguins forward Dominik Kahun continues to find rewardsVideo
Dominik Kahun wasn’t quite sure if he could raise his arms. During the third period of a 5-3 road win at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena, Kahun darted through the Red Wings’ beleaguered defense on something of a broken play and scored his eighth goal of the season with a wrist...
