The Penguins are inviting a pair of veteran NHL players, including a Western Pennsylvania native, to training camp in September, the team announced Friday.
Defenseman Matt Bartkowski, a Mt. Lebanon native, and forward Brian Boyle will attend camp on professional tryout contracts, hoping to make the team.
Bartkowski, 33, has played parts of the last 11 seasons in the NHL, appearing in 256 games for Boston, Vancouver, Calgary and Minnesota. In his career, he has eight goals, 48 points and 157 penalty minutes.
The 6-foot-1, 201-pound left-handed shooter spent last season in the Wild organization, playing one NHL game and 23 AHL games in Iowa, recording a goal, seven assists and a minus-5 rating.
Boyle, 36, is attempting a comeback after sitting out last season. The 6-6, 245-pound Massachusetts native last played for Florida in 2019-20, recording six goals, 15 points and a minus-5 rating in 39 games.
He has played 805 NHL games for Los Angeles, the New York Rangers, Tampa Bay, Toronto, New Jersey, Nashville and Florida.
Boyle was the winner of the 2018 Bill Masterton Trophy, awarded for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey, after he was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in 2017.
