Pittsburgh Penguins rookie defenseman Jack St. Ivany is sidelined on a “week-to-week” basis due to an undisclosed injury he suffered while playing for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins earlier this month.
Coach Mike Sullivan provided St. Ivany’s status following a practice in Cranberry on Wednesday.
St. Ivany is physically in town (Cranberry) rehabilitating his ailment but officially, he remains on Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s roster.
The right-hander was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Dec. 3 and was injured on Dec. 7.
In 19 NHL games this season, St. Ivany has one assist while averaging 16:22 of ice time per contest.
Notes:
• The Penguins’ lines and pairings during Wednesday’s practice session:
67 Rickard Rakell – 87 Sidney Crosby – 17 Bryan Rust
8 Michael Bunting – 71 Evgeni Malkin – 53 Phil Tomasino
10 Drew O’Connor – 19 Cody Glass – 72 Anthony Beauvillier
83 Matt Nieto – 46 Blake Lizotte – 55 Noel Acciari
38 Owen Pickering – 58 Kris Letang
24 Matt Grzelcyk – 65 Erik Karlsson
27 Ryan Graves – 5 Ryan Shea
Reserve forward Jesse Puljujarvi and defenseman Nate Clurman served as a fourth defensive pairing.
• The top power-play unit included Bunting, Crosby, Grzelcyk, Letang and Rakell. The second power-play unit involved Glass, Karlsson, Malkin, Rust and Tomasino.
