Penguins/NHL category, Page 91

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...

If you’re not concerned about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ offseason, you should be. The chances of retaining Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang seem slim. The Penguins don’t appear to much want the former and won’t offer more than three years to the latter. (Letang wants five.) Fanboys feel that parting with...

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 —...

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...

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....

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...

Many of our readers did NOT like my column regarding what Mike Tomlin said about the Super Bowl XLV loss to the Green Bay Packers. Others are still upset about Chase Claypool’s recent comments. Some folks are fretting about the Penguins offseason. And then there’s at least one of you...

Hours before Canada beat the United States to win women’s hockey gold at the Beijing Olympics in February, International Ice Hockey Federation officials lamented having only two medal events on sports’ biggest stage. The IIHF and IOC have discussed adding to that, and a new 3-on-3 league that debuted earlier...

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...

Pittsburgh hockey fans who want to see J.T. Miller and Vincent Trocheck skating in their hometown are getting their wish. Just not in Penguins uniforms. At least not yet anyway. The two Western Pa. bred NHL stars are part of the G.O.A.T. League. It takes place Wednesday nights during the...

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....

Tuesday’s “First Call” has an off-the-radar offseason star for the Pittsburgh Steelers. We have odds on the Le’Veon Bell-Adrian Peterson boxing match. A Penguins assistant loses out on a head coaching gig. And we tell you about a mammoth gambling payout thanks to the Colorado Avalanche winning the Stanley Cup....

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby got so much love during the Colorado Avalanche’s championship celebration, I thought he was going to come on the ice and skate a lap with the Stanley Cup. First, Avs star (and fellow Nova Scotian) Nathan MacKinnon told ESPN’s Emily Kaplan that he felt destined...

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...

During this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Mark Madden of 105.9 The X and TribLIVE provided a less-than-optimistic update for those that want to see free-agent defenseman Kris Letang stay in a Pittsburgh Penguins uniform. “Letang and (general manager Ron) Hextall are further apart on money than what I had originally...

Colorado’s Cale Makar won the Norris Trophy as the NHL’s best defenseman. If the Avalanche win the Stanley Cup, Makar is the favorite to get the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. He is Colorado’s top scorer with 29 points in 19 postseason games. Makar is the total package. His...

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....