Penguins/NHL category, Page 164

The Pittsburgh Penguins entered Saturday’s road game against the New York Rangers knowing they had to do something different to combat what plagued them during the early stages of their ongoing road trip. “We’ve just got to play a better team game,” forward Bryan Rust said. “We’ve got to focus...

As a 12-year veteran who has played in Montreal, Vancouver and Nashville, defenseman Yannick Weber is no stranger to travel. But the trek he made to join the Penguins was quite a caper. The native of Switzerland signed with the Penguins on Wednesday but was unable to arrange a flight...

When the Penguins sought a new general manager in the spring of 2014, there were plenty of obvious candidates. The names of Julien BriseBois and Jeff Gorton were some of the most prominent attached to the vacancy. And they made sense. At the time, they were assistant general managers of...

Jim Rutherford is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He won three Stanley Cups as an NHL general manager. When the basics of your resume are that strong, drilling down deeper figures to unearth a few bright, shining moments. Rutherford’s was the 2015-16 season. It was his Picasso....

Friday’s “First Call” gives us an update on Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Bud Dupree and his view of free agency. A potential candidate to replace Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford is starting to emerge. One former Penguin may be heating up while another is struggling. And the Atlantic 10 tournament has...

The Penguins had a job to do. Even if their general manager quit his job. On Thursday morning, they were still trying to shake off the stupor from Jim Rutherford abruptly stepping away from a thoroughly successful tenure with the organization. There was still a little bit of shock lingering,...

The Pittsburgh Penguins made a series of roster maneuvers prior to their road game against the Boston Bruins on Thursday. Defenseman Kevin Czuczman and forward Sam Lafferty were recalled from the taxi squad. Czuczman’s recall is under emergency conditions, but Lafferty is a regular recall. With a number of incumbent...

Bill Guerin has seen the world. When you’re one of the best hockey players the U.S. has ever produced, that affords you the chance to play in Olympic or international tournaments staged in exotic locales such as Italy or Japan. But after his playing days concluded and he took the...

Another day. Another Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman injured. Brian Dumoulin, one of the Penguins’ top players, will be sidelined on a week-to-week basis because of an undisclosed injury, according to coach Mike Sullivan. During Tuesday’s 3-2 overtime road loss to the Boston Bruins, Dumoulin fell to the ice awkwardly while defending...

The sudden departure of general manager Jim Rutherford from the Pittsburgh Penguins organization raises an always delicate question for the sports media. And for fans on social media, too, for that matter. Hey, I’ve got a column. You’ve got a Twitter account. A lot of us have podcasts and YouTube...

The Pittsburgh Penguins looked to spark their second line by simplifying the game, with a directive from coach Mike Sullivan to put pucks on the net, crash the crease and make good things happen. Sullivan shook up the second line by putting Kasperi Kapanen on Evgeni Malkin’s right wing, opposite...

When he was introduced as general manager in 2014, Jim Rutherford had some modest expectations for how long he would remain with the Penguins. He even suggested his tenure would be two or three years and one of the team’s assistant general managers would take over. He eventually walked that...

The Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday signed defenseman Yannick Weber to a one-year deal worth $700,000, the NHL’s minimum salary. He must clear waivers by noon Thursday to formally join the team. Weber joins a team that has been besieged by injuries, particularly on the blue line. The 32-year-old has spent...

Jim Rutherford believed in second chances. He was willing to give castoffs and misfits second chances in the name of making his teams better. After all, he was given a second chance. A few weeks after the Carolina Hurricanes gently pushed him out of the general manager’s office in spring...

Jim Rutherford has resigned as general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins, citing personal reasons, the team announced Wednesday afternoon in a news release. Assistant general manager Patrik Allvin has been promoted to interim general manager. The search for a new GM will begin immediately, the team said. “It has been...

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians shares some fond memories of the Steelers Super Bowl XL team. Matt Stafford’s Detroit mansion is up for sale. So obviously he’s coming to Pittsburgh. And a lot of ex-Penguins had big nights in the NHL. Well, not every ex-Penguin. See if you...

Shortly after the calendar flipped to 2021, it struck me that I was beginning my 25th year in the sports media business. Nineteen of them in Pittsburgh. That felt like a little bit of an accomplishment. Until I turned on the radio and heard my ESPN Pittsburgh and WDVE colleague...

Boston has been a harsh environment for the Penguins over the past five decades. From the earliest days of the franchise, the Penguins have had quite a bit of trouble against the Big Bad Bruins, whether it be in the iconic Boston Garden or the unremarkable TD Garden. That notion...

The Penguins are on a four-game win streak. Sidney Crosby is hot out of the gate with seven points over the first six games. Kasperi Kapanen is back with the team and skating into form. Goalie Tristan Jarry appears to have stabilized after a shaky start in the net. The...

The Pittsburgh Penguins formally recalled forward Drew O’Connor from their taxi squad. One of the organization’s top prospects, O’Connor could make his NHL debut Tuesday with a road game against the Boston Bruins. O’Connor, 22, has been a member of the Penguins for roughly 10 months having signed a two-year...

Drew O’Connor had some pretty modest goals as he headed to college. Almost four years ago, O’Connor was hoping to attend Hobart in New York and walk on to the school’s Division III hockey team. If that didn’t work out, he could play club hockey. But things changed. Like “play...