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The Mario Lemieux Foundation announced its namesake will match all donations to the foundation up to $500,000 until Dec. 31 through an initiative dubbed “Mario Match.” Donations to the foundation benefit the Mario Lemieux Center for Blood Cancers and the Mario Lemieux Immunotherapy Center both at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center,...

Ken Schinkel, an original member of the Penguins franchise, has died at age 87. The Penguins announced his death. A cause of death was not reported. A native of Jansen, Saskatchewan, Schinkel joined the newly formed Penguins at age 35 through the 1967 expansion draft when the NHL doubled in...

Since his NFL playing days ended, Dorin Dickerson has been building a balance between two budding careers that ultimately led to the union of a perfect position for him with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The former Pitt All-American, who has worked as a weekend and pre-game host for the Panthers and...

It’d take a meteor hitting the Earth to prevent the Steelers from making the playoffs this season. Or just a bad flashback to 2018? Hmm. The Steelers were hoping for a little help from the Las Vegas Raiders against the Kansas City Chiefs this week. That’s looking like a long...

The Wheeling Nailers have signed defenseman Dane Birks to an ECHL contract. Terms of the deal were not revealed. Birks, 25, was a sixth-round pick (No. 164 overall) of the Penguins in 2013. In June of 2019, the Penguins traded Birks to the Arizona Coyotes as part of a trade...

The NHL unveiled alternate jerseys for 31 teams on Monday, including the Penguins. Inspired by a look the franchise donned in the mid-1990s, the new jersey’s primary color is white and features “Pittsburgh” spelled diagonally across the chest. Additionally, it features the team’s primary logo, the “skating Penguin” on each...

What are the Pittsburgh Steelers planning to do with Ben Roethlisberger on Sunday? We find out in Friday’s “First Call.” We also get some Penguins news, a little rumble surrounding the Baltimore Ravens, and some good news for a Penn State/WPIAL alum. Here’s the plan According to Jay Glazer of...

Penguins forward prospect Drew O’Connor has been loaned to the Manglerud Star, a team based in Norway’s Eliteserien league. According to a translated release from the team, O’Connor joined the Manglerud on Oct. 26 but has yet to play a game for that organization. O’Connor, 22, joined the Penguins as...

Former Penguins prospect Graham Knott has signed a one-year ECHL contract with the Cincinnati Cyclones. Knott, 23, spent time last season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL) and Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL. In 11 AHL games as a member of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, he was held without...

Like many of us, for nearly eight months, Furman South has largely been idle. Employed as an NHL referee, the native of Sewickley hasn’t worked a game since all of hockey was brought to a halt in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Had South pursued his first choice of...

The Wheeling Nailers have signed former Robert Morris forward Alex Tonge to an ECHL contract. Terms of the deal were not announced. Tonge, 25, is one of the most accomplished players in the history of Robert Morris’ men’s program. In 146 career NCAA games with Robert Morris, Tonge scored 138...

Former Penguins defenseman Ulf Samuelsson has joined the Florida Panthers as an assistant coach. Samuelsson, 56, is reunited with head coach Joel Quenneville. He worked under him as an assistant with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. A member of the Penguins’ first two Stanley Cup championship...

The list of people who have won a Stanley Cup ring with the Penguins more often than Patrik Allvin is fairly limited. Like, Mario Lemieux limited. A member of the Penguins’ three most recent championship squads, Allvin has been a dutiful employee of the organization ever since 2006 when he...

The Hockey Hall of Fame’s class of 2020 will be inducted during the hall’s induction weekend Nov. 12-15, 2021. The coronavirus pandemic forced the postponement. The 2020 class, selected in June, includes former Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Marian Hossa and Jarome Iginla. As a result of the postponement, there will not...

Penguins forward prospect Sam Poulin is one of 46 players who are scheduled to attend Canada’s National Junior Team selection camp. The camp is scheduled to be staged in Red Deer, Alberta beginning Nov. 16. Players from this camp will ultimately be members of Canada’s entry into the International Ice...

The American Hockey League (AHL) announced on Wednesday it has moved the target date to open its 2020-21 season to Feb. 5. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the AHL halted played in mid-March before ultimately canceling the remainder of the 2019-20 season. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, AHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh...

Earlier this month, Jim Rutherford suggested he could be making changes to his front office. “I’ve been looking at this for a while and talked to somebody about coming on board with us,” the Pittsburgh Penguins general manager suggested in an interview with the Tribune-Review on Oct. 3. On Monday,...

Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Phil Varone signed a one-year contract with Barys Nur-Sultan, a team in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) based in Kazakhstan. Varone’s time with the Penguins organization was brief. Acquired in a trade with the Montreal Canadiens on Feb. 20, Varone appeared in six American Hockey League...

The Penguins have fired assistant general manager Jason Karmanos, the organization announced Monday. No reason for the decision was cited. “We would like to thank Jason Karmanos for his contributions to the organization over the past six years,” general manager Jim Rutherford said in a statement. “I have been evaluating...