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Ex-Penguins defenseman Simon Despres signs with Eisbaren Berlin in Germany
Former Penguins defenseman Simon Despres has signed with Eisbaren Berlin in Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). A first-round pick (No. 30 overall) in 2009, Despres spent parts of four seasons at the NHL level with the Penguins. In 140 games with the Penguins, Despres scored 33 points (five goals, 28...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 3, Islanders 2Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 3-2 win against the Islanders The 1,000-game club doesn’t exactly have exclusive membership. There are 350 players who have hit that plateau. Sure, there are a bunch of Hockey Hall of Famers like Gordie Howe, Mark Messier and Larry Robinson in that bunch. But there’s a...
Minor league report: Penguins beaten by BearsVideo
Goaltender Max Lagace made 27 saves on 29 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-1 road loss to the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. on Saturday. Forward Zach Nastasiuk scored the only goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (1-2-1). Highlights: The Penguins’ next game is a home...
Penguins rally in 3rd, win Sidney Crosby’s 1,000th game
Prior to Saturday’s game at PPG Paints Arena, the Pittsburgh Penguins took to the ice en masse to celebrate their captain. The 20 players who officially dressed for the contest surrounded Sidney Crosby. So did the healthy scratches such as defenseman Chad Ruhwedel and forward Colton Sceviour and even those...
Sidney Crosby proud to share company with Al MacInnisVideo
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby is scheduled to appear in his 1,000th career game on Saturday when his team hosts the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena. He will become the fourth native of Nova Scotia to reach that milestone joining defenseman Al MacInnis (1,416) as well as forwards Bobby...
Dissatisfied with their choices, Western Pa. voters write in athletes, coaches for president
Duquesne men’s basketball coach Keith Dambrot isn’t sure why one person in Allegheny County — a voter from Baldwin — chose him as a write-in candidate for president in November’s election. He is sure, however, that he doesn’t want the job. “I have enough problems,” Dambrot said with a laugh....
Minor league report: Nailers beaten by KometsVideo
Goaltender Francois Brassard made 22 saves on 26 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 4-1 road loss to the Fort Wayne Komets at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind. on Friday. Forward Matt Alfaro scored the only goal for Wheeling (5-10-4). Highlights: The Nailers’ next...
As Sidney Crosby reaches 1,000 games, teammates share what makes him great
Numbers will largely define Sidney Crosby the player. Heck, the 87 on his back kind of tells his story considering he was born on the seventh day of the eighth month of 1987. Statistics will paint a pretty vivid picture of the Penguins’ longtime captain when his career is evaluated....
Penalty-killing rounding into form for Penguins
It, by some standards, was a modest streak, one that covered a mere one full game. But for the Pittsburgh Penguins penalty kill, denying nine consecutive opponent power plays was a sign the unit is rounding into form after a bumpy start to the season. A late goal after the...
NCAA proceeding with Frozen Four in Pittsburgh in April
The coronavirus pandemic has led to a dearth of events at PPG Paints Arena over the past 11 months. But “plans are moving forward” for a major collegiate event to be held at the facility in April. Organizers Robert Morris and SportsPittsburgh are proceeding with preparations for the Frozen Four...
Sidney Crosby reiterates desire to play entire career for Penguins
With a new management team and an accompanying possible change in the franchise’s big-picture direction, for the first time during his 16 years with the Pittsburgh Penguins there have been whispers about Sidney Crosby’s future with the organization. But if the longtime team captain has his way, he’ll retire as...
Jusso Riikola returns to Penguins practice, albeit in non-contact jersey
Slowly but surely, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ battered blue line is returning to full strength. Friday’s practice was the first in more than a month that featured Jusso Riikola since the defenseman suffered an undisclosed injury believed to be to his upper-body. Though he had worked with the Penguins’ taxi squad...
Mark Madden: With milestone looming, an appreciation for Sidney Crosby’s accomplishments
Sidney Crosby will play in NHL game No. 1,000 Saturday night. It’s not the most dynamic milestone: 349 players have hit that mark, many of them to little discernible effect besides showing up. When Crosby plays game No. 1,001, he ties the great Steve Staios. No. 1,003 knots him with...
Penguins recall forwards Jordy Bellerive, Josh Currie and goaltender Emil LarmiVideo
The Penguins have recalled forwards Jordy Bellerive, Josh Currie and goaltender Emil Larmi from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League to their taxi squad. Additionally, the team assigned forwards Anthony Angello, Frederick Gaudreau and Maxime Lagace to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Bellerive, 21, has appeared in three AHL games this season and has...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 4, Islanders 1Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-1 win against the New York Islanders: Mike Matheson will never make anyone forget Patric Hornqvist. Between Hornqvist’s relentlessness, rambunctious and results, he was an easy player to root for during his six seasons with the Penguins. He won the Stanley Cup twice and his nickname...
Tristan Jarry leads Penguins past Islanders
In the NHL’s temporarily reconfigured and corporate-sponsored East Division, there are a handful of teams still deploying a hard, physical, bruising element to their games. The New York Islanders are one of those squads. The Pittsburgh Penguins are not. As designed by former general manager Jim Rutherford and maintained thus...
Penguins assign defenseman Zach Trotman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Penguins have assigned reserve defenseman Zach Trotman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Trotman, 30, opened the season on injured reserve after suffering a torn meniscus in his right knee injury during training camp that required surgery. In the final year of a two-way contract with a salary...
Penguins to start Tristan Jarry against Islanders
The Penguins are scheduled to start goaltender Tristan Jarry for Thursday’s home game against the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena. This will be Jarry’s third consecutive start. Over his past two games, each against the Washington Capitals – a 6-3 win on Sunday and a 3-1 loss Tuesday...
Penguins rookie P.O Joseph eager to carry on Willie O’Ree’s message
P.O Joseph hasn’t met Willie O’Ree. But Joseph is well aware the path he is on initially was forged O’Ree. As the NHL’s first Black player in the late 1950s, O’Ree showed people of color, such as Joseph, could play the sport at its highest level. “It started with him,”...
What numbers say about how much help Penguins’ goalies are (or aren’t) getting
Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert is a big hockey fan. A regular at Penguins games. He’s into Robert Morris’ program at the college level, too. Colbert said something Wednesday about his own team that I think translates quite nicely into a discussion about the Penguins. He answered a question about...
Healthy, trim, determined Zach Aston-Reese tapping full potential for Penguins
A long offseason of rehab and commitment has left Zach Aston-Reese appearing noticeably trimmed down. And yet he’s playing a “big” game. Big in regards to a physical style. Big in regards to production. Big in regards to the quality of his work at both ends. In his first regular-season...
Mark Madden: Signing J.J. Watt wouldn’t make sense for Steelers
Besides selling “Wattsburgh” T-shirts and seeing all three Watt brothers pose for really cool photos together in black and gold, there isn’t one good reason for the Steelers to sign free-agent defensive end J.J. Watt. It’s the talk of Twitter and radio shows but makes zero sense. The Steelers have...
Empty Thoughts: Capitals 3, Penguins 1Video
Observations from the Penguins’ 3-1 loss to the Capitals: Special teams really did the Penguins in during this game. To be clear, the penalty kill was actually pretty good as it went 5 for 5 and snapped a skid of seven consecutive games in allowing an opposing power-play goal. But...
Penguins stumble through loss to Capitals
Tristan Jarry has a fairly binary way of assessing his job. And considering his vocation, he largely operates in a pass-fail realm. “You want to win every game, and you want to stop every puck,” the Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender said on Monday when asked how he evaluates his performance. “When...
Penguins notebook: Marcus Pettersson returns to lineup
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson returned to the lineup for Tuesday’s home game against the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Arena. He had been sidelined for nine consecutive games because of an undisclosed injury. The team activated Pettersson from injured reserve Tuesday afternoon. During his absence, the Penguins dealt with...
