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Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson had ‘great relationship’ with Marc Crawford
With 14 years of NHL experience, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson has played for his fair share of coaches. Seven, in fact. The first was Marc Crawford with the Los Angeles Kings. Crawford was given a leave of absence from his assistant coach role with the Chicago Blackhawks after allegations...
Penguins defenseman Chad Ruhwedel misses practice
Penguins defenseman Chad Ruhwedel missed Monday’s practice in Cranberry with an illness, coach Mike Sullivan said. Ruhwedel is coming off his best game of the season during Saturday’s 5-3 road win against the Detroit Red Wings. He had a goal and an assist in that game. It was his first...
Minor league report: Penguins, DeSmith fall to Bears in overtime
Goaltender Casey DeSmith made 32 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 overtime loss to the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Sunday. Forwards Anthony Angello and Sam Miletic each scored for the Penguins (13-8-3-1) who have lost three consecutive games. Highlights: The Penguins next...
Improved shot leads to big things for Penguins’ Jared McCann
Even within the close-knit community of the Penguins dressing room, there are cliques. Patric Hornqvist and Marcus Pettersson are tight because of their Swedish heritage. Teddy Blueger and Alex Galchenyuk have found a kinship in seemingly competing to be the last player off the ice after each practice. Jake Guentzel...
Penguins assign Joseph Blandisi to AHL
The Penguins assigned forward Joseph Blandisi to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Blandisi has been recalled three times this season. In 11 NHL games, he has three points (one goal, two assists). With Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Blandisi has appeared in 10 games and has scored six points (three goals, three assists)....
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Stars
Forward Sam Miletic and defenseman David Warsofsky each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-3 loss to the Texas Stars at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Jordy Bellerive had two assists for the Penguins (13-8-2-1) while defenseman Zach Trotman added...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 2, Coyotes 0
Observations from the Penguins’ 2-0 win against the Coyotes. Tristan Jarry was at it again. He stopped all 33 of the shots he faced on Friday and came away with his second shutout in as many games. He just looks locked in right now. He’s in total command of his...
Minor league report: Pierre-Olivier Joseph scores first goal with Penguins in loss
Defenseman Pierre-Olivier Joseph scored his first goal of the season and recorded an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 loss to the Texas Stars in Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Part of the return on a trade which sent forward Phil Kessel to the Arizona Coyotes,...
Phil Kessel appreciated a warm welcome back from the Penguins
Phil Kessel made his initial return in front of thousands of fans dressed in black and yellow. They cried his name and got excited when he took the ice. But things were very different almost exactly one decade earlier. When Kessel played in Boston on Dec. 5, 2009, Bruins fans...
Tristan Jarry, Penguins record second straight shutout against CoyotesVideo
The Penguins welcomed Phil Kessel, now of the Arizona Coyotes, back to Pittsburgh on Friday at PPG Paints Arena. During the first television stoppage of play of the first period, an elaborate presentation was displayed on the video board that highlighted Kessel’s contributions to the team’s success as a Stanley...
Penguins to start Tristan Jarry against Coyotes
The Penguins will start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Friday’s game against the Arizona Coyotes and forward Phil Kessel at PPG Paints Arena according to coach Mike Sullivan. Jarry has appeared in 10 games this season with a 6-4-0 record, a 2.02 goals against average, a .936 save percentage and one...
Penguins’ remaining defensemen are embracing bigger minutes
During Wednesday’s 3-0 home victory against the St. Louis Blues, rookie defenseman John Marino played on the team’s top pairing with veteran Kris Letang. The duo offers plenty of intrigue between the dynamic skills of a five-time all-star such as Letang and the remarkably steady poise of the ephebic Marino....
Penguins activate Justin Schultz from IR, assign Zach Trotman to AHL
The Penguins activated defenseman Justin Schultz from injured reserve on Friday and assigned defenseman Zach Trotman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Schultz has missed the past seven games because of a suspected groin injury. He was in the lineup for Friday night’s game against the Coyotes. Initially recalled...
Phil Kessel’s return to face Penguins ‘will be weird’
When Phil Kessel takes the ice Friday at PPG Paints Arena, things will be very different. First, he’ll be wearing the brick red, desert sand and black uniform (per the team’s media guide) of the Arizona Coyotes. Second, he might not recognize many of the faces in the black and...
Bryan Rust, Justin Schultz close to returning for PenguinsVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust and defenseman Justin Schultz appear on the verge of returning to the lineup for the Penguins after participating in practice Thursday at PPG Paints Arena. Each player skated without any restrictions and even got work in on the team’s top power-play unit during the practice...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 3, Blues 0
Observations from the Penguins’ 3-0 win against the Blues. There’s a lot you can do a lot in eight months. You can come close to making a new human being in that time. Or complete two semesters of college. Another possibility going from being the starting quarterback at Samford to...
Penguins replacements lead way in win over Blues
It was an occasion to appreciate replacements at PPG Paints Arena on Wednesday. New Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton was there, freshly installed as successor to the beleaguered Clint Hurdle barely a week ago. Also present was Devlin “Duck” Hodges, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ locum tenens at quarterback for the foreseeable...
Penguins defensemen Jack Johnson sidelined due to illness
The Penguins are missing another player from their lineup for Wednesday’s home game against the St. Louis Blues at PPG Paints Arena. Defenseman Jack Johnson is scratched from the lineup due to an illness. In 26 games this season, Johnson has four points (one goal, three assists). Already hobbled due...
Penguins to start Tristan Jarry against BluesVideo
The Penguins will start goaltender Tristan Jarry in net for Wednesday’s home game against the St. Louis Blues at PPG Paints Arena according to coach Mike Sullivan. In nine games this season, Jarry has a 5-4-0 record along with a 2.27 goals against average and .929 save percentage. Matt Murray...
Ex-Penguins defenseman Robert Bortuzzo evolves with Blues
This past summer, the populace of Thunder Bay, Ontario, a shipping hub on the western shore of Lake Superior, was treated to its fourth visit by the Stanley Cup in just over a decade. And yet again, that event was possible because of a hometown kid drafted and developed by...
Penguins’ Stefan Noesen eager to make good on chanceVideo
Stefan Noesen was unemployed this summer. And there isn’t a surplus of listings for his chosen vocation on LinkedIn or Indeed. That left Noesen to adopt an old-fashioned approach in finding his next gig. He picked up the phone. After the New Jersey Devils opted not tender him a qualifying...
Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist out ‘longer term’Video
Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist will be sidelined “longer term” with an undisclosed injury according to coach Mike Sullivan. Hornqvist left practice in Cranberry on Monday after falling and slamming into the boards with his back midway through the session. He was absent from Tuesday’s practice. In 20 games this season,...
Penguins forward Brandon Tanev says little over punch from Columbus’ Pierre-Luc Dubois
Penguins forward Brandon Tanev was sporting a laceration on the left side of his nose after practice. That blemish was the byproduct of a punch from Columbus Blue Jackets forward Pierre-Luc Dubois during the second period of Friday’s 5-2 road loss. During a scrum, Dubois slugged Tanev with a gloved...
With Penguins’ Brian Dumoulin out, Juuso Riikola could move home
On Friday, Juuso Riikola found himself in a unfamiliar position with which he has grown familiar. During a 5-2 road loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets, the second-year defenseman was pressed into service as a fourth-line winger for the fourth time this season. He didn’t really do much of note...
Penguins sign former Ducks, Devils forward Stefan Noesen
The Penguins have signed former Anaheim Ducks and New Jersey Devils forward Stefan Noesen to a one-year, two-way contract worth a prorated $700,000. Noesen, 26, was previously signed to an American Hockey League contract. In 22 games this season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Noesen led the team with 14 goals...
