Seth Rorabaugh stories, Page 95
Penguins A to Z: Valtteri Puustinen remains intriguingVideo
With the Penguins’ 2021-22 season coming to a quick ending in the first round of the playoffs, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 54 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until the 2022-23 season —...
Penguins forward prospect Tristan Broz transfers to Denver
Penguins forward Tristan Broz has transferred to the University of Denver. The school announced the move on Sunday. A second-round pick (No. 58 overall) to the Penguins in 2021, Broz, a native of Bloomington, Minn., spent his freshman season in 2021-22 with the University of Minnesota. Appearing in 36 games,...
Penguins A to Z: Sam Poulin is better prepared after his first pro seasonVideo
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Penguins A to Z: Marcus Pettersson is still looking for that next stepVideo
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Penguins A to Z: What is Drew O’Connor’s role?Video
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Logan Cooley can join limited company of Pittsburgh-area 1st-rounders
In total, only two players who claim to be from Western Pennsylvania have been selected in the first round of an NHL Draft. West Mifflin’s Logan Cooley is expected to join that illustrious list Thursday on the first day of the entry draft. He is expected to be picked within...
Penguins A to Z: Alex Nylander made the most of his fresh startVideo
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As the NHL Draft approaches, West Mifflin’s Logan Cooley set to be ‘the highest guy drafted from here’
Logan Cooley is a Pittsburgher. His accent, tinged with a slight inflection based in the South Hills, will verify that. But provincialism didn’t dictate his loyalties as a hockey fan. Chances are, he was the biggest fan of Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin — the long-time Pittsburgh Penguins nemesis —...
Ex-Penguins scouting director Ryan Bowness joins Senators
Another member of the Penguins’ front office has departed. Ryan Bowness, previously the Penguins’ director of professional scouting, has been hired as assistant general manager of the Ottawa Senators. The 38-year-old Bowness had been a member of the Penguins’ front office for the past six seasons, including three as a...
Penguins to open preseason Sept. 25
The Pittsburgh Penguins will open the preseason with rare split-squad games against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sept. 25. In total, the Penguins will play in six preseason contests with three at home and three on the road. The schedule: Sept. 25 — vs. Columbus Blue Jackets, 1 p.m. Sept....
Ex-Penguins defenseman Philip Samuelsson signs in Germany
Former Penguins defenseman Philip Samuelsson has signed with the Fischtown Pinguins of Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The Pinguins announced Samuelsson’s signing via a release on Thursday. Samuelsson, 30, was a second-round pick (No. 61 overall) of the Penguins in the 2009 NHL draft and appeared in five NHL games (with...
Penguins A to Z: Brock McGinn delivered as advertisedVideo
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Penguins pick at No. 21 in 1st round as NHL finalizes selection order for entry draft
On Wednesday, the NHL announced the order of selection for all 225 picks in next week’s entry-level draft. Currently, the Penguins’ picks are slated to be: Round 1 - No. 21 overall Round 4 - No. 118 overall Round 5 - No. 150 overall Round 6 - No. 182 overall...
Penguins A to Z: Defenseman Mike Matheson took a step forwardVideo
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Penguins to hold prospect development camp July 10-14
The Penguins announced they will hold their prospect development camp from July 10-14 in Cranberry. This marks the first time the team has held such a camp in July since 2019. The 2020 camp was not staged because of the pandemic, and the 2021 camp was delayed until early September....
Penguins forward prospect Kasper Bjorkqvist signs in FinlandVideo
Penguins forward prospect Kasper Bjorkqvist signed with Karpat of Finland’s Liiga. The transaction was announced by Karpat via release on Tuesday. As far as his NHL status is concerned, Bjorkqvist is scheduled to become a restricted free agent July 13 and the Penguins could extend a qualifying offer simply to...
Penguins A to Z: Being adequate isn’t enough for John MarinoVideo
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Former Penguins forward Eric Tangradi takes over as Shady Side Academy’s coach
The Stanley Cup has been in Eric Tangradi’s house. That he rented. To Nick Bonino. Long before he became Eric Tangradi, realtor, he was Eric Tangradi, landlord. And for two consecutive years (2016 and ’17), the domicile that Tangradi rented to Bonino hosted the Stanley Cup. When Bonino and the...
Penguins A to Z: Is it now or never for Josh Maniscalco?Video
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Penguins A to Z: What does Evgeni Malkin have left?Video
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Penguins A to Z: Filip Lindberg needs to rebound from a lost seasonVideo
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Penguins name Tom Kostopoulos as director of player development
With another executive heading west to join the Vancouver Canucks, the Penguins didn’t look far to find a replacement. On Friday, the Penguins announced Tom Kostopoulos was appointed as director of player development. He replaces Scott Young who was named as the Canucks’ director of player personnel, also on Friday....
Penguins A to Z: It won’t be easy to replace Kris LetangVideo
With the Penguins’ 2021-22 season coming to a quick ending in the first round of the playoffs, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 54 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until the 2022-23 season —...
Ex-Penguins defenseman Kevin Czuczman signs in Finland
Former Penguins defenseman Kevin Czuczman has signed with Ilves of Finland’s top-tier league, the Liiga. His signing was announced via a release by the team on Thursday. A native of London, Ont., the 31-year-old Czuczman spent parts of four seasons with the Penguins and was primarily assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, their...
Penguins A to Z: Nathan Legare went through growing painsVideo
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