Seth Rorabaugh stories, Page 55

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Alex Nylander will join Sweden’s national team for the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) World Championship tournament next month. The Swedish Ice Hockey Association announced Nylander’s status — and several other players’ — Wednesday via a release. Nylander, 25, made his Penguins debut this past season...

An undisclosed injury will prevent Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jake Guentzel from playing for the United States in the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship tournament next month. A Penguins spokesperson confirmed Guentzel’s status to the Tribune-Review on Wednesday but did not reveal the nature of the ailment. Guentzel’s...

Former Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Christian Ehrhoff has come out of retirement and joined the Krefeld Pinguine of Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2 (DEL2), the second-tier league in his native country. The team announced his signing via a release on Wednesday. A member of the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame,...

Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Zach Sill has signed with HC Pustertal, a team based in Italy that competes in Austria’s International Central European Hockey League (ICEHL). The team announced the transaction via a release on Tuesday. Sill, 34, spent parts of six seasons with the Penguins organization during the 2010s,...

By just about any measure, Jason Zucker’s 2022-23 season was a rousing success. In fact, he might have been one of the brightest individual triumphs for the Pittsburgh Penguins this past season. First, he was healthy for the most part. That’s a luxury he hasn’t been able to boast of...

Not much is known — publicly, at least — about the Pittsburgh Penguins’ search for a new head of hockey operations, which entered its second week Saturday. On April 14, the day previous general manager Ron Hextall and president of hockey operations Brian Burke were fired, Fenway Sports Group executive...

Defenseman Jan Rutta had a vivid way of describing the Pittsburgh Penguins’ medical woes throughout the 2022-23 season. “The injuries have been (expletive) this year,” Rutta bluntly assessed April 10 while using a term some might root in fertilizer. Only 10 days later, the team revealed Rutta underwent surgery to...

Bryan Rust got to his offseason a bit earlier than his teammates. By 22 minutes on the dot. In his team’s regular season finale April 13, Rust suffered a right hand injury and left the contest at 19:00 of the second period. And exactly one minute into the overtime period,...

Rickard Rakell was something of an afterthought last offseason. And it’s not often an All-Star winger with a handful of 20- or 30-goal seasons on his resume is pushed to the margins. But given the other players the Pittsburgh Penguins were trying to re-sign last summer — such as forward...

At first, the man called “Bones” thought he broke … well… a bone. A rib, to be precise. As it turned out, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Nick Bonino suffered a much more distressing injury. During a 4-3 overtime home loss to the New York Islanders on March 9, Bonino had a...

Sidney Crosby detests free time. He abhors it almost as much as a clingy opposing third-line center hassling him for a puck or yapping personal insults. So, given the Pittsburgh Penguins’ failure to qualify for the NHL’s postseason that begins Monday, this won’t be an enjoyable summer for the team’s...

The Pittsburgh Penguins were supposed to be off Friday. Typically, a day after their regular season finale, they take a respite to heal injuries and clear their heads before they gear up for the postseason. And that certainly did take place on Friday. Just without the part of preparing for...

At the beginning, it was almost absurd. Comical, even. One of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ greatest villains became their general manager. In the end, he became vilified for completely different reasons few could laugh at (outside Philadelphia). On Friday, Ron Hextall’s tenure as the 11th general manager in the history of...

Ron Hextall was almost indignant over the question. On July 13, less than a day after he had re-signed superstar center Evgeni Malkin — to say nothing of his successful efforts in re-signing franchise defenseman Kris Letang seven days earlier — Hextall was asked what gave him faith that retaining...

Sidney Crosby did something he hasn’t accomplished with much frequency throughout his nonpareil career. Play every game of a regular season. With Thursday’s 3-2 overtime loss to Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena in nearby Columbus, Ohio, Crosby suited up for this 82nd contest of the 2022-23 campaign. It marked...

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Mark Friedman was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) after clearing waivers Thursday afternoon. Having bounced between the NHL and AHL rosters much of the season, Friedman, a right-handed shot, has appeared in 23 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins and scored three points (one...

Two goals by forward Keltie Jeri-Leon led the Wheeling Nailers to a 5-2 road win against the Iowa Heartlanders at Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa on Wednesday. Forward Ross Krieger had a goal and an assist for Wheeling (28-36-5-0) while defenseman Chris Ortiz contributed two assists. Goaltender Brad Barone made...

For the first time since 2006, the Pittsburgh Penguins have failed to qualify for the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs. They were formally eliminated from postseason contention on Wednesday by virtue of the New York Islanders claiming a 4-2 home win against the Montreal Canadiens at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y....

Perhaps the only thing sharper than Sidney Crosby’s dagger of a backhander is his comprehensive memory. Ask him about any random game in November 2008 or some mundane goal a long-departed teammate scored during the late winter of 2014, he can recall seemingly any nugatory detail such as what kind...