Penguins/NHL category, Page 237
Penguins defenseman Zach Trotman likely out for postseason
Penguins reserve defenseman Zach Trotman is not expected to participate in the NHL’s postseason tournament later this summer according to general manager Jim Rutherford. Specifics were not provided. The Penguins are scheduled to open training camp in Cranberry then join the other 11 Eastern Conference teams that qualified for the...
Double Team: Champion with Islanders, Bryan Trottier taught Penguins how to win
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
NHL, NHLPA formally agree to resume playing; Penguins to face Canadiens beginning Aug. 1
Hockey is back. After months of discussions and planning, the NHL and the NHLPA have formally agreed to resume play this summer. And Penguins fans finally have a date to circle on their calendars: Aug 1, which is when the team’s best-of-five qualifying round series against the Montreal Canadiens is...
Double Team: Petr Sykora was a champion with Penguins, Devils
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Double Team: Patric Hornqvist found his place in front of the net for Predators, Penguins
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Can Edmonton support being an NHL hub city? Will it be jeopardized by recent coronavirus cases?
As Penguins fans ready themselves for the playoffs in the coronavirus era, the presumptive hub cities for the NHL’s return to play are Edmonton and Toronto. Part of the reason Edmonton was chosen is because Canada has contained its covid-19 outbreak much better than America. And Las Vegas — the...
Double Team: A star with the Penguins, Pierre Larouche contributed to the Canadiens’ success
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
What life in the NHL bubble may look like. And what the Penguins’ roster may look like.
We’ve been waiting for months to see what life within the NHL bubble is going to be like. Now we are getting an idea. The National Hockey League has released its return-to-play protocol for Phase 3 and Phase 4. That’s training camp and the ensuing restart of the season on...
Double Team: Pascal Dupuis proved quite a bit with Wild and Penguins
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
First Call: Carey Price returns to Canadiens practice, Derek Shelton seems set on Pirates’ middle infield
In Tuesday’s “First Call,” Carey Price is back at practice with the Montreal Canadiens in advance of their series against the Penguins. The Pirates have a plan for their crowded middle infield. And Terry Francona is speaking out about the Cleveland Indians nickname. Bonjour! Carey Price joined the Montreal Canadiens...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 55: Larry Murphy still holds unique place in Penguins history
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 55: Larry Murphy Paul Coffey was the Penguins’ best defenseman of all time until Kris Letang surpassed him by most measures. And Randy Carlyle...
Details from NHL’s return-to-play protocol: No talking in elevators, but a dip in the hotel pool is OK
The NHL and NHLPA announced a tentative agreement on how to resume playing this season as well as a four-year extension to the current collective bargaining agreement. The NHL’s board of governors and the NHLPA’s membership must formally approve of these measures. The plans for resumption of play are split...
NHL, union announce plan to resume play on Aug. 1; Toronto, Edmonton hub cities
The NHL is in position to resume playing in less than a month — with 24 teams in action, all in Canada — and could be on the verge of enjoying labor peace through 2026. The National Hockey League and the NHL Players’ Association on Monday announced a tentative deal...
Double Team: Kings, Penguins both lucky to have had Luc Robitalle
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins sign forwards Zach Nastasiuk and Nick Schilkey
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed forwards Zach Nastasiuk and Nick Schilkey to one-year American Hockey League contracts. A second-round pick of the Detroit Red Wings in 2013, Nastasiuk, 25, appeared in 53 AHL games with the San Antonio Rampage last season and recorded 11 points (four goals, seven assists). Schilkey,...
Double Team: Jaromir Jagr was multi-generational talent with Penguins, Panthers
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Double Team: Paul Coffey was hot for the Oilers and Penguins
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Double Team: Larry Murphy was repeat champion with Penguins and Red Wings
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Which Penguins player could benefit the most from another Stanley Cup title?
The quest to win a Stanley Cup is usually an eight-month grind. To claim hockey’s most prized possession, players must show up at training camp in September, persevere through an 82-game regular season and survive four rounds of playoffs into the middle of June. The unusual circumstances surrounding the currently...
Double Team: Penguins’ mistake with Sergei Zubov was Stars’ reward
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Healthy Kessel expected to give Coyotes a boost in return
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The start of Phil Kessel’s desert tenure did not go according to plan, for him or the Arizona Coyotes. Expected to give the Coyotes a scoring jolt, Kessel instead labored, in large part due to a string of injuries. The NHL’s pandemic-caused pause has give the 32-year-old...
Penguins notebook: Assistant coach Jacques Martin cautious but not scared of coronavirus risks
Pittsburgh Penguins assistant coach Jacques Martin has a distinguished career with 613 wins as a head coach as well as the two Stanley Cup rings he claimed with Pittsburgh in 2016 and ’17. He also has the distinction of being the NHL’s oldest coach at age 67. According to the...
Mike Sullivan, Penguins prepared for training camp unlike any other
July 1 is typically a busy day on the calendar of Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan. He should be introducing himself to a depth left-handed defenseman or the penalty-killing right winger who general manager Jim Rutherford just signed on the first day of free agency. And, sure enough, Sullivan was...
Double Team: Tyler Wright rarely felt wrong for Penguins, Blue Jackets
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
NHL draft lottery may have been flawed, but so are the conspiracy theories
There’s one question I have after every “Breakfast with Benz” hockey podcast that I record with Brian Metzer of the Penguins Radio Network. How is it that we spend 20 minutes solving all the world’s problems, yet every week we reconvene, and the world is still an ungodly mess? It’s...
