Seth Rorabaugh stories, Page 89

In advance of the Penguins’ upcoming training camp, the Tribune-Review will look at the Penguins’ depth. Today, the right wingers: At the dawn of the 2020-21 season, the Penguins intended to insert newly reacquired right winger Kasperi Kapanen on the top line, riding shotgun with franchise center Sidney Crosby. That...

Penguins president and CEO David Morehouse underwent a scheduled heart procedure Wednesday at UPMC Presbyterian. The team issued a statement on Friday indicating Morehouse, 61, “is resting comfortably and is expected to make a full recovery and resume work prior to the start of the 2021-22 regular season.” The Beechview...

The Penguins announced their television schedule for the 2020-21 season. A total of 13 of their games will be exclusive to national outlets between ABC (three), TNT (five) ESPN (one) and ESPN+ or Hulu streaming platforms (four). The other 69 games on their schedule will appear regionally on AT&T SportsNet....

In advance of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ upcoming training camp, the Tribune-Review will look at the team’s depth position-by-position. Today, the centers: Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin have been two of the best players of their generation. But their generation is starting to fade away. Now in their mid-30s, Crosby and...

From a certain perspective, Lou Angotti might have been the Penguins’ most successful coach in franchise history. Because he essentially helped save the franchise by doing exactly what was expected. He lost. A lot. As steward of the infamous 1983-84 team, Angotti directed the Penguins to a franchise-worse 16-58-6 record....

In advance of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ upcoming training camp, the Tribune-Review will look at the team’s depth position-by-position. Today, the left wingers: Jake Guenztel’s place in Penguins history is secure. He ensured that during the 2017 postseason when he set a handful of franchise postseason scoring records while helping the...

The Penguins will hold a development camp for prospects this weekend at their facility in Cranberry Saturday through Tuesday. A total of 24 players have been invited to the camp: Forwards (14) – Justin Almeida, Raivis Ansons, Shaw Boomhower, Jonathan Gruden, Filip Hallander, Sam Houde, Nathan Legare, Drew O’Connor, Kyle...

The Penguins have hired Charles Grant and Kain Tisi as goaltending development coach. They replace Andy Chiodo who was promoted to goaltending coach at the NHL level in August. Grant and Tisi will work with the organization’s goaltending prospects while also serve as scouts for draft-eligible goalies and college free...

Former Penguins forward Josh Jooris has joined Geneve-Servette of Switzerland’s National League. The 31-year-old was transferred from Lausanne, also of the National League, to Geneve-Servette. A native of Burlington, Ont., Jooris appeared in nine games for the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2017-18 season and did not record a point. He...

Penguins general manager Ron Hextall knew he was going to be missing a franchise center when his team’s season opened Oct. 12. Now, he will be short a pair of all-time greats at the pivot when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning in just over a month for the first...

Former Penguins forward Dominik Kahun signed a three-year contract with SC Bern of Switzerland’s National League. Bern announced the signing on its website. The contract has an NHL release clause each offseason. Kahun, a native of the Czech Republic who grew up in Germany, spent the past three seasons in...

The Penguins avoided arbitration and re-signed restricted free agent forward forward Zach Aston-Reese to a one-year contract with a salary cap hit of $1.725 million. Aston-Reese, 26, recently completed a two-year contract that carried a salary cap hit of $1 million. Last season, Aston-Reese, one of the team’s better defensive...

With the Penguins promoting Andy Chiodo to goaltending coach at the NHL level on Wednesday, a search for a new goaltending development coach has already begun. Chiodo as well as his predecessors, Mike Bales and Mike Buckley, ascended to the NHL goaltending coaching role after starting in the development position....

Mike Buckley’s name isn’t engraved on the Stanley Cup. But he had a significant role in the Penguins’ two most recent championships of 2016 and ‘17. As the Penguins goaltending development coach half a decade ago, he refined a mid-level prospect named Matt Murray, who eventually became the first rookie...

After not making any substantial moves with their goaltending depth this offseason, the Penguins fired the man who oversaw them. Goaltending coach Mike Buckley was dismissed Wednesday and replaced by Andy Chiodo, previously the organization’s goaltending development coach. In his previous role, Chiodo worked with the franchise’s prospects at the...

Growing up in Quebec during the 2010s, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman P.O Joseph’s choice for an idol was obvious. P.K. Subban. A tall, lanky and dynamic blue-liner who had an effervescent personality that could light up a nuclear submarine, Subban was a star countless Quebecois youth gravitated to during his tenure...

Toughness can be defined a lot of ways in hockey. A generation or two ago, it could have been tabulated by penalty minutes or fighting majors. Today, the sport has a far less pugilistic bent. But being tough is still an attribute that is as vital to the sport as...

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Zach Aston-Reese, a restricted free agent, elected for for salary arbitration. The National Hockey League Players’ Association announced Aston-Reese was one of 17 players to do so Sunday. Aston-Reese, 26, recently completed a two-year contract that carried a salary cap hit of $1 million. Last season, Aston-Reese...

Former Penguins defenseman Kevin Czuczman has joined the Minnesota Wild, signing a one-year, two-way contract worth a league-minimum $750,000. Czuczman, 30, had been a member of the Penguins for the past four seasons. During the 2020-21 campaign, he played his first NHL games in approximately seven years. In two NHL...