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Penguins’ preseason game to be held in Sudbury, Ont.
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ preseason game against the Ottawa Senators scheduled for Sept. 29 as part of the Kraft Hockeyville promotion will be held in Sudbury, Ont. The location of the game was announced Wednesday by the city of Elliot Lake, Ont., which won the contest to host the game. Sudbury...
Penguins sign Russian goalie prospect Sergei Murashov to entry-level contract
Sergei Murashov arrived in Cranberry earlier this month as a late addition to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ annual development camp having produced encouraging numbers in his native Russia over the last few seasons. The 20-year-old goaltender, a fourth-round (No. 118 overall) pick by the Penguins in 2022, made his first trip...
Penguins to participate in Buffalo Prospects Challenge
The Pittsburgh Penguins will once again participate in the Prospects Challenge hosted by the Buffalo Sabres in September at the LECOM Harborcenter. This event is a series of scrimmages between prospects from six NHL teams. In addition to the Penguins and Sabres, the Boston Bruins, Columbus Blue Jackets, New Jersey...
Former Penguins forward prospect Dillon Hamaliuk signs in SlovakiaVideo
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Dillon Hamaliuk has signed with HC Nove Zamky of the Slovak Extraliga. That team announced the transaction via Instagram on Friday. The Penguins acquired Hamaliuk from the San Jose Sharks via a trade in August as a spare part of the blockbuster deal that also...
Penguins sign 2023 1st-round pick Brayden Yager to entry-level contractVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed forward prospect Brayden Yager to a three-year entry-level contract Thursday. According to Puckpedia, the contract will carry a salary cap hit of $950,000. A first-round round pick (No. 14 overall) in 2023, the 19-year-old Yager spent the 2023-24 season at the junior level with the Moose...
Former Penguins forward Josh Currie signs in Germany
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Josh Currie has signed with Kölner Haie of Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). That team, based in Cologne, announced the transaction via a release on Thursday. A native of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Currie’s Penguins career was limited to one game (and no points) with the...
Former Penguins staffers Nick Pryor, Alexi Pianosi join Avalanche
Former Pittsburgh Penguins director of amateur scouting Nick Pryor as well as strength and conditioning coach Alexi Pianosi have joined the Colorado Avalanche in identical positions. The Avalanche announced their hirings via a release on Wednesday. Pryor had been employed by the Penguins since July of 2021 and had overseen...
Former Penguins forward Dominik Simon signs with HC Plzen in CzechiaVideo
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Dominik Simon has signed with HC Plzen of the Extraliga ledního hokeje (ELH) in Czechia. That team announced the transaction via a release on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Simon, a native of Czechia, previously played for HC Plzen during the 2014-15 season. Last season, the left-handed Simon...
New Penguins forward Kevin Hayes wants to show ‘I can still play and produce’Video
Kevin Hayes gets it. Being discarded by two teams in two years doesn’t look good. And it doesn’t feel good. In June of 2023, the Philadelphia Flyers were so eager to jettison the left-handed forward, they agreed to keep half of his remaining salary cap hit ($3,571,429) in a trade...
Penguins president Kyle Dubas named to Canada’s management group for Olympics
Penguins president of hockey operations and general manager Kyle Dubas has been named to the management group for Hockey Canada’s entries into the 2026 Winter Olympics as well as the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off event. Hockey Canada announced the appointments of Dubas as well as Tampa Bay Lightning vice president...
Penguins prospect Zam Plante’s competitiveness is rooted in family
It’s a fair debate. And it has plenty of valid candidates with strong arguments. Who is the best athlete in the Plante family? The most prominent name in the discussion is Derek. He spent eight years in the NHL as a forward who was an occasional 20-goal threat and even...
Penguins prospect Isaac Belliveau benefited from an elevated role with the NailersVideo
The Wheeling Nailers looked different at the start of the 2023-24 season. There were five players with NHL contracts on the roster when the Pittsburgh Penguins’ ECHL affiliate opened play Oct. 21. And, in total, seven players with NHL deals played for the Nailers last season. Under new president of...
Madden Monday: Is Paul Skenes’ debut already more impressive than Sid’s? Big Ben’s? Mario’s?
Despite all the hype surrounding his All-Star Game start, Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher Paul Skenes delivered by getting through the first inning without allowing a hit. Paul Skenes retires Aaron Judge and it's a scoreless first inning ???? pic.twitter.com/X4o89E5f6f— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) July 17, 2024 “I thought he handled...
Penguins forward prospect Emil Jarventie works to gain foothold in Finland’s top pro league
Emil Jarventie, a 19-year-old winger and seventh-round selection by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2023 NHL Draft, is not on the shortlist of prospects who can potentially suit up for the club soon. Jarventie, chosen at No. 217 last year and a native of Vantaa, Finland, has yet to sign...
Penguins prospect Daniel Laatsch faces a big senior year at WisconsinVideo
Daniel Laatsch’s dreams were typical for any kid from Altoona. He wanted to play for Wisconsin. Uh … what? To be clear, Laatsch is a native of Altoona, Wisconsin, a suburb of Eau Claire, and not the largest city of nearby Blair County. So, his loyalties are easy to understand....
Forward prospect Bennett MacArthur hopeful trade to Penguins revitalizes developmentVideo
If Bennett MacArthur has his way, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton will be where he calls home for the upcoming season. At least to start. MacArthur, 23, is new to the Pittsburgh Penguins organization, having been acquired in a June 30 trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Lukas Svejkovsky. A left-handed...
Penguins sign 2nd-round pick Harrison Brunicke to 3-year deal
The Pittsburgh Penguins now have both of their second-round picks from last month’s draft under contract. On Thursday, the Penguins signed defenseman Harrison Brunicke to a three-year entry-level deal, the team announced. The two-way contract carries an $875,000 cap hit, according to PuckPedia. A 6-foot-3, 196-pound native of South Africa,...
New Penguins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk ‘motivated to prove myself again’
Well before he joined the Pittsburgh Penguins earlier this month as an unrestricted free agent, Matt Grzelcyk enjoyed some bright moments through connections with the team. First, the left-handed defenseman was drafted by the Boston Bruins in the third round (No. 85 overall) in the 2012 NHL Draft that was...
Penguins prospect Mac Swanson thinks he has a mighty strong chance at reaching the NHLVideo
Growing up in Anchorage, Alaska, Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Mac Swanson didn’t have many homegrown NHLers to idolize. But he probably had the best one to look up to. His dad. Brian Swanson toiled for 14 years in the professional ranks as a forward, including parts of four campaigns in...
On Sports: Pittsburgh led viewership of All-Star Game; Steelers QB drafted by UFL
Was it a Paul Skenes bump? Is MLB in the midst of a mini renaissance? Tuesday’s All-Star Game was the most-watched telecast on Fox in almost six months, drawing 7.6 million viewers, according to the network’s PR arm. That was up 6% from last year’s game. Most notably from a...
Defenseman Finn Harding out to prove he’s a hidden gem in Penguins’ draft class
In 2023, Finn Harding had to shake off the disappointment of being passed over in the NHL Draft. With only a handful of selections left in this year’s draft, things appeared to be trending toward a repeat. But in the seventh round, the Pittsburgh Penguins scooped him up at No....
Heading into final year of college hockey, Penguins prospect Chase Yoder still proving himself
For 22-year-old forward Chase Yoder, another year at Penguins development camp was another chance to prove the team made the right choice by picking him in the sixth round of the 2020 NHL draft. “It’s good to get here in front of management, in front of the coaches. I’m trying...
Penguins prospect Tristan Broz has ‘matured a lot, grown a lot’ as his professional career beginsVideo
Tristan Broz never dreamed of scoring overtime goals in his driveway. After all, he’s from Minnesota, the land of a thousand lakes. His aspirations unfolded on a more icebound surface. “As a little kid, being on the pond all the time,” the Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect said, “that’s exactly the...
On Sports: Patric Hornqvist again engraved on Stanley Cup; ex-Pitt star arrested; waived Pirate starts for Dodgers
Former Pittsburgh Penguins fan favorite Patric Hornqvist has his name on the Stanley Cup for a third time. The NHL’s “Keeper of the Cup,” Philip Pritchard, released a photo of the newly engraved chalice via social media over the weekend. And among the 53 of Florida Panthers players and staff...
Penguins draft pick Chase Pietila finding identity as defenseman while brother, Logan, chases role at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Chase Pietila doesn’t much recognize the player he was a year or two ago, when he didn’t hear his name called at the NHL Draft. But at the end of June, the 20-year-old defenseman was picked in the fourth round (No. 111 overall) by the Pittsburgh Penguins. For Pietila, taking...
