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Minor league report: P.O Joseph scores again as Penguins lose 
Defenseman P.O Joseph scored the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ lone goal in a 3-1 road loss to the Rochester Americans at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y. on Wednesday. Joseph has scored goals in four of his past five games. Goaltender Alex D’Orio made 17 saves on 19 shots for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
Penguins forward Zach Aston-Reese seeks more offense
Zach Aston-Reese was in a familiar spot Monday. Boston. He was at TD Garden watching the famed Beanpot tournament between the men’s hockey teams of Boston College, Boston University, Harvard and Northeastern, Aston-Reese’s alma mater. The Penguins forward went to a semifinal contest between Northeastern and Boston College with Brian...
Penguins assign defensive prospect Niclas Almari to Lukko in Finland
The Penguins have assigned defensive prospect Niclas Almari to Lukko of Finland’s Liiga. A native of Finland, Almari has been limited to 17 games this season between the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL. In 11 AHL games, he has two...
Tim Benz: As Sidney Crosby nears 500 goals, a look at how he got there, his chances of breaking Mario Lemieux's team record
Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby now needs just one more goal to reach 500 for his career. That’s after getting No. 499 during a 4-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. For Crosby, that would make him the leading goal-scorer for 17 of the NHL’s 32 franchises. Fun...
Mark Madden: Penguins facing end-of-era dilemmas
“You’ve always got a chance to win the Stanley Cup if you have Sid and Geno.” For Penguins fans, that’s long been a catchphrase of encouragement and sometimes desperation. It rings true: The Penguins won Cups with Crosby and Malkin in 2009, ’16 and ’17 and were a legit championship...
Bruins forward Brad Marchand suspended 6 games for attacking Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry 
In December, Brad Marchand criticized the NHL for not granting him to take time off in February from his job as a member of the Boston Bruins so that he could participate in the Olympics. As it turned out, the NHL was able to provide Marchand with an involuntary break...
Penguins return from break with win over Bruins to snap 4-game losing streak
The Penguins’ six-day break in the schedule for the All-Star Game event was badly needed. After all, they were fatigued mentally and physically from playing a tightly compacted sequence of games in a finite portion of their schedule. “The break came at a good time for us,” Penguins’ defenseman Marcus...
Penguins notebook: Forward Danton Heinen returns to lineup vs. Bruins
Penguins forward Danton Heinen returned to the lineup for Tuesday’s road game against the Boston Bruins. He had missed his team’s previous two games — each of which came before the team’s recent five-day break for the All-Star Game event — because of a suspected back injury. “It was just...
As Sidney Crosby nears 500th goal, defining his scoring style is hard to do
As the All-Star break ends and the Pittsburgh Penguins get back on the ice, Sidney Crosby continues his quest for his 500th career goal. He’s currently sitting on 498. During the All-Star break, I gathered some quotes and spoke with a few people that have played with Crosby or covered...
First Call: Ex-Steelers split on Russell Wilson; Maurkice Pouncey works out with Kendrick Green; Penguins-Bruins preview
Tuesday’s “First Call” endorses the idea of the Pittsburgh Steelers pursuing Russell Wilson. Steelers center Kendrick Green appears to be seeking the right advice this offseason. The Steelers are heavily mentioned in Sports Illustrated’s all-time Super Bowl moments list. And we look at the first opponent for the Penguins out...
Back at center, Penguins forward Evan Rodrigues looks for more goals
If Evan Rodrigues doesn’t score another goal this season, he still can boast of having a strong 2021-22 campaign. With 15 goals, he shattered his previous career-high of nine. Make no mistake, he would like to score more goals this season. But it just seems like he hasn’t scored any...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin enters NHL's protocols for covid-19
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin has been placed into the NHL’s protocols for covid-19. This is the first time this season he has entered the protocols. After recovering from offseason surgery to his right knee, Malkin made his season debut Jan. 11. In 12 games, he has 13 points (five goals,...
Minor league report: Josh Maniscalco leads Nailers to overtime win
Penguins defensive prospect Josh Maniscalco had two goals, including one in overtime, and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 5-4 home win against the Cincinnati Cyclones at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Sunday. Forwards Tim Doherty, Sean Josling and Patrick Watling each contributed a goal and an...
Penguins forward prospect Alex Nylander happy with a fresh start 
There haven’t been many players better than Alex Nylander to play on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Five, to be precise. To be clear, the unit of measurement in this instance is draft status. Nylander was the eighth overall selection in the 2016 draft. The only players drafted higher who have suited...
Minor league report: Penguins' winning-streak snapped in overtime 
Goaltender Alex D’Orio made 28 saves on 30 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 overtime home loss to the Providence Bruins at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Jonathan Gruden scored the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (18-17-2-3), which had a season-best four-game winning streak snapped. Highlights:...
After a year in Pittsburgh, executive Brian Burke is high on the Penguins' future
Brian Burke still is trying to figure out Pittsburgh. Nearly a year after he was hired as the Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations, he hasn’t been able to dine out as much as he would like because of the pandemic. And he’s still fuzzy on some of the outlying...
Minor league report: Penguins extend winning streak to season-best 4 games 
Defenseman P.O Joseph scored a goal for the third consecutive games and led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 4-3 home win against the Bridgeport Islanders at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Forward Sam Poulin recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (18-17-1-3) which extended a winning streak to a season-best...
Penguins have a better grasp on forward Radim Zohorna's potential 
Mike Sullivan was at a loss for words. Just over 10 months ago, after Pittsburgh Penguins rookie forward Radim Zohorna scored a brilliant goal in a 5-2 road win against the New York Rangers on April 8, the team’s coach was asked what Zohorna’s potential in the NHL could be....
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin: 'I know I can play better. And I will' 
It was a play that displayed the brilliance that will ensure him a plaque in the Hockey Hall of Fame. And he didn’t even get an assist on it. During Tuesday’s 4-3 overtime home loss to the rival Washington Capitals, Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin helped set up his team’s second...
Tim Benz: 1 aspect of the Penguins' game that must be rediscovered coming out of the All-Star Break
After a torrid stretch winning 17 of 19 games between Dec. 4 and Jan. 25, the Pittsburgh Penguins limped into the All-Star break by losing four in a row. All of the games were at home. All of the defeats were against clubs with fewer points than them in the...
U mad, bro?: Fans spit fire about Steelers' QB situation, Heinz Field attendance, Evgeni Malkin, Antonio Brown, NFL OT
Based on what I’ve seen the past few weeks, I was getting concerned that “U mad, bro?” would essentially just boil down to a weekly rant session about the Steelers quarterback situation. And I have no doubt that it will get mentioned every week between now and when a starter...
Minor league report: Jordy Bellerive's overtime goal leads Penguins past Thunderbirds 
An overtime goal by forward Jordy Bellerive gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 4-3 home win against the Springfield Thunderbirds at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. Forward Michael Chaput had a goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (17-17-1-3), which has won three consecutive games while goaltender Alex D’Orio made...
Mark Madden: Forever linked, Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin are still faces of the NHL
Tuesday’s matchup between Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin wasn’t enthralling statistically: Crosby got two assists but remained two goals away from 500 on his career. Ovechkin went pointless and has scored just once in his last 14 regular-season games vs. the Penguins. It didn’t much matter in terms of grabbing...
Penguins assign 4 to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Penguins assigned forwards Kasper Bjorkqvist and Michael Chaput as well as defensemen P.O Joseph and Juuso Riikola to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). All four players were recently recalled and assigned to the NHL club’s taxi squad. Bjorkqvist made his NHL debut earlier this season and has...
Penguins lose 4th straight, falling to Capitals in overtime
The Penguins reached a milestone on Tuesday. And not a good one. Their 4-3 overtime home loss to the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Arena extended their losing streak to a season-worst four games. But as they enter the All-Star break, they aren’t despondent about the results. In fact, they...


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