Seth Rorabaugh stories, Page 39
Marc-Andre Fleury looking forward to last game in front of Penguins fans who inspired him
Marc-Andre Fleury was in a familiar place Monday as he practiced in Cranberry. He isn’t the proverbial person who “built” the facility. The name — UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex — should make it clear who is responsible for that. But Fleury did have a hand in how the facility looks....
Minor league report: Nailers fall to RoyalsVideo
Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 18 saves on 21 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in a 4-1 loss to the Reading Royals at Santander Arena in Reading on Sunday. The result dropped Murashov’s record to 1-1-0 while forward Mathieu De St. Phalle scored the lone goal for Wheeling (2-2-0-0). Highlights: The...
Marc-Andre Fleury returns to Pittsburgh one final time
Mike Lange, as he always did during his career as the voice of the Pittsburgh Penguins, captured it perfectly. When goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury made his NHL debut Oct. 10, 2003, he got a standing ovation during a 3-0 loss to the Los Angeles Kings at the Mellon Arena. That reaction...
Penguins fall apart in 2nd period in Vancouver, lose 5th straight
The Pittsburgh Penguins lost their fifth consecutive game (0-4-1), falling to the Vancouver Canucks, 4-3, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Saturday. The Penguins took a 2-0 lead early in the second period before giving up three goals in 65 seconds to fall behind for good. Goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic made...
Minor league report: Goaltender Tristan Jarry leads Penguins past CrunchVideo
In his season debut at the American Hockey League level, goaltender Tristan Jarry made 32 saves on 34 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 win against the Syracuse Crunch at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Earlier in the day, the Pittsburgh Penguins sent Jarry to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
Abundance of versatile forwards gives Penguins lineup options
There isn’t a lot of mystery to Bryan Rust’s game these days. He skates fast, forechecks like a badger, goes to the net without a molecule of hesitation and isn’t shy about shooting the puck. And he almost exclusively plays on the right wing, typically on the top line with...
Penguins shut out by Oilers, losing streak reaches 4
At some point this season, the Pittsburgh Penguins likely will assign rookie goaltender Joel Blomqvist to their American Hockey League affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, if only for procedural purposes related to the salary cap. And such a demotion might be good for Blomqvist. That’s because it’s hard to fathom the...
Minor league report: Penguins shut out by CrunchVideo
Goaltender Filip Larsson made 17 saves on 18 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins who were shut out by the Syracuse Crunch, 2-0, at the Upstate Medical University Arena in Syracuse, N.Y. on Friday. Larsson’s record fell to 1-2-0 while Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (3-2-0-0) was shut out for the first time this season....
Broadcaster Joe Brand brings plenty of experience to the Penguins’ radio booth
It was a vital moment of one of the early games of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season. And play-by-play radio broadcaster Joe Brand was nowhere to be heard. At least not in Western Pennsylvania or any outposts on the team’s radio network including Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland. Somewhere in between...
Former Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz signs in Switzerland
Former Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz has signed with HC Lugano of Switzerland’s National League. That team announced the transaction via a release on Wednesday. A native of Kelowna, British Columbia, Schultz spent the past 12 seasons in the NHL. Last season, the 34-year-old played in 70 games for the...
Penguins fall to Flames in shootout, lose 3rd consecutive game
A game-tying goal by Nazem Kadri in the final minute of regulation and shootout goals by forward Anthony Mantha, defenseman Rasmus Andersson and Justin Kirkland gave the Calgary Flames a 4-3 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary on Tuesday. Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic made 22...
Marcus Pettersson professes love for Penguins, but contract situation looms
Skelleftea is situated in northern Sweden, near the east coast along the Gulf of Bothnia. And it’s not exactly an easy place to reach. One of its more notable residents, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson, estimates it takes between 20 and 24 hours — spread out over two days —...
Penguins fall to Jets in goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic’s season debut
Making his season debut at the NHL level, Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic made 31 saves on 36 shots in a 6-3 loss to the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Sunday. An undisclosed injury suffered during a preseason game on Sept. 30 hobbled Nedeljkovic for...
Minor league report: Filip Larsson, Penguins shut out PhantomsVideo
Goaltender Filip Larsson made 41 saves and recorded his first shutout of the season, leading the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 3-0 win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Saturday. The victory boosted Larsson’s record to 1-1-0 while forward Sam Poulin recorded two assists...
Penguins taking 3 goaltenders on Western Canada road trip
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ best goaltender this season opened a practice session in Cranberry on Saturday as a spectator. After all, Joel Blomqvist got plenty of work the night before when his teammates allowed the Carolina Hurricanes to fire 39 shots at him during a 4-1 loss at PPG Paints Arena....
Minor league report: Alex Nedeljkovic leads Penguins to winVideo
In his season debut, goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic made 33 saves on 36 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 home win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Nedeljkovic was deployed to the American Hockey League affiliate on Thursday as a conditioning...
Penguins outworked in latest loss to Hurricanes
The Carolina Hurricanes have offered plenty of frustration to the Pittsburgh Penguins in recent years by employing a suffocating and aggressive man-on-man style of defense somewhat exclusive to their team. As a result, they had compiled an 11-3-1 record against the Penguins in the previous 15 games between the two...
Penguins still believe in goaltender Tristan Jarry despite rough start
Approximately a half hour after the Pittsburgh Penguins’ regulars left the ice following a morning skate in Cranberry, the team’s reserves — or projected healthy scratches — remained on the ice. One by one, they lumbered into the dressing room, well after the likes of Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang...
Other than Evgeni Malkin’s 500th goal, nothing goes as planned in Penguins’ OT win over Sabres
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin had a couple of goals in mind as he entered his 19th season in the NHL Literally. With 498 career goals on his resume to open the 2023-24 season, Malkin wanted to reach that barrier of 500 which seems to vault a superstar into a...
Hollidaysburg’s Sam Lafferty offers veteran presence for Sabres
Having turned 29 in March, Sam Lafferty is hardly an old man. An electron microscope would be required to find any kind of wrinkles on his face, and a playoff beard is probably more of a hope than a forecast for him. But with the Buffalo Sabres, the Hollidaysburg native...
Penguins’ bottom-6 forwards offer early season scoring
During the Pittsburgh Penguins’ preseason finale, a 7-3 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena on Oct. 4, all but one of the hosts’ goals came from what could be considered their bottom-six forwards. Noel Acciari (twice), Lars Eller (twice), rookie Rutger McGroarty and Jesse Puljujarvi were...
Goaltender Tristan Jarry gets 1st win as Penguins beat Canadiens
Tristan Jarry’s pursuit each and every time he steps into the net for the Pittsburgh Penguins is obvious. “To win more games, that’s always the goal in mind,” Jarry said Sept. 18 in Cranberry. “I want to win as many games (as possible).” Jarry achieved the desired result Monday as...
Minor league report: Goaltender Sergei Murashov leads Penguins to win in debutVideo
In his Americn Hockey League debut, goaltender Sergei Murashov made 27 saves on 28 shots and led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 4-1 road win against the Springfield Thunderbirds at the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, Mass. on Sunday. Forward Jimmy Huntington recorded two assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (1-1-0-0) while forwards...
Are Penguins’ defensemen Ryan Graves, Jack St. Ivany a shutdown pairing?
With 20 years on his odometer as an NHL superstar, Sidney Crosby has butted heads with plenty of defensemen. One strain of blue liner seems to be the most common in Crosby’s encounters. A shutdown defenseman. A pair of them, in fact. Earlier in his career, Crosby would duke it...
Minor league report: Penguins drop season-opener to CheckersVideo
Forward Emil Bemstrom had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, who lost their season opener, 7-6, to the Charlotte Checkers at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Defensemen Sebastian Aho and Nate Clurman as well as forwards Ville Koivunen and Sam Poulin all recorded two assists...
