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Penguins sign defensive prospect Peyton Kettles
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed defenseman Peyton Kettles to a three-year entry-level contract Monday. According to Puckpedia, the deal carries a salary cap hit of $875,000. Kettles was a second-round draft pick (No. 39 overall) in June. The right-handed defenseman will presumably miss the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery...
Penguins recall forward Tristan Broz from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled forward Tristan Broz from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Monday. In a corresponding transaction, forward Philip Tomasino was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton under normal conditions. Additionally, rookie defensemen Harrison Brunicke and Jack St. Ivany were assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for conditioning purposes. This marks the...
Penguins forward prospect Rutger McGroarty grateful to be healthy againVideo
Sure, getting a goal has its obvious appeal. But for Rutger McGroarty, there was a much more basic, primal reason to celebrate. He was simply playing hockey again. One of the top prospects in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ nest, McGroarty made his season debut Nov. 15 with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. It...
Minor league report: Penguins, Joel Blomqvist shut out BruinsVideo
Goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 27 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 1-0 shutout of the Providence Bruins at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, R.I., on Saturday. It was the first shutout of the season for Blomqvist who remained perfect with a 2-0-0 mark. Forward Rutger McGroarty scored the lone...
Penguins coach Dan Muse sounds off after latest loss to Kraken
It wasn’t quite like many of the terse postgame press conferences Mike Sullivan would stage during his decade as head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins following losses at Consol Energy Center-turned-PPG Paints Arena. And it wasn’t even in the same stratosphere as that tour de force Michel Therrien infamously offered...
Penguins goaltender Sergei Murashov scheduled to face Kraken
Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goaltender Sergei Murashov is scheduled to start Saturday’s home game against the Seattle Kraken at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Dan Muse announced Murashov’s status approximately two hours before the opening faceoff. In three games this season, Murashov has a 1-1-0 record, a 1.53 goals-against average, a .932...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to Wolf PackVideo
Goaltender Filip Larsson made 14 saves on 19 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-2 loss to the Hartford Wolf Pack at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, Conn., on Friday. The result dropped his record to 3-1-1. Forward Rafael Harvey-Pinard and defenseman Owen Pickering each scored a goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...
Penguins mauled by Minnesota in 1st game back from Sweden trip
The Pittsburgh Penguins went four days between games following a taxing trek to Sweden to spread the gospel of the NHL in Europe. On Friday, they looked as though they might have needed a fifth day — or five weeks — to get past lingering jet lag. In fact, one...
Penguins goaltender Arturs Silovs scheduled to face Wild
Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goaltender Arturs Silovs is scheduled to start Friday’s game against the Minnesota Wild at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Dan Muse announced Silovs’ status following an optional morning skate in Cranberry. In 10 games this season, Silovs has a 4-2-4 record, a 2.44 goals-against average, a .918 save...
Penguins defenseman Jack St. Ivany nearing return
Jack St. Ivany was a long shot to make the Pittsburgh Penguins roster out of training camp. And that shot got even longer when he suffered a suspected right foot injury during a 5-3 preseason road win against the Buffalo Sabres on Oct. 1. A puck struck his skate, and...
Penguins continue to work on overtime, shootoutsVideo
Evgeni Malkin offered a rare type of celebration Thursday. A triumph in a shootout. During a practice session in Cranberry, the Pittsburgh Penguins split into two squads and staged a shootout competition. Malkin’s outfit pulled ahead in the contest, prompting the veteran center to bang his stick off the bench...
Contact is common for Penguins defenseman Connor Clifton
The Connors are comfortable with contact when it comes to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Forward Connor Dewar and defenseman Connor Clifton are the team’s two leaders in recorded hits this season. Dewar paces the group with 39, and Clifton is second with 33. But a significant discrepancy exists when auditing the...
What’s next for Penguins rookie defenseman Harrison Brunicke?
Rookie defenseman Harrison Brunicke was not in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ lineup Wednesday. And for good reason. There was no lineup. The team is idle until it hosts the Minnesota Wild on Friday. If Brunicke is part of the lineup that night, it’s anyone’s guess. The plan the Penguins have for...
Penguins forward Philip Tomasino clears waivers
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Philip Tomasino cleared waivers Wednesday. That formality allows the team to send him to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League should it choose to do so. The 2025-26 season has been underwhelming for Tomasino, who has been a healthy scratch for 10 of a possible 19 games....
With experience, Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry managing injuries differently
In recent years, the Pittsburgh Penguins have made it a priority to stock up on goaltenders. That surplus was on display Tuesday morning as they had four netminders on the ice for an optional practice in Cranberry. Granted, one of them was the team’s goaltending consultant (i.e. practice goaltender), 39-year-old...
Penguins defensive prospect Peyton Kettles to undergo shoulder surgery
Pittsburgh Penguins defensive prospect Peyton Kettles is scheduled to undergo shoulder surgery in Pittsburgh on Friday. His junior team, the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League, announced his status Tuesday afternoon. There was no specific word as to the nature of his ailment, a timeframe for recovery or which...
Minor league report: Nailers, Maxim Pavlenko shut out RoyalsVideo
Goaltender Maxim Pavlenko made 29 saves for the Wheeling Nailers in a 2-0 win against the Reading Royals at Santander Arena in Reading on Tuesday. The result was Pavlenko’s first career shutout at the ECHL level and boosted his record on the season to 4-2-0. Forwards David Breazeale and Ryan...
Penguins place forward Philip Tomasino on waivers
Things weren’t much different for Philip Tomasino as practice started in Cranberry on Tuesday morning. He was one of the first players on the ice. And he was one of the last players off the ice. As he has trudged through an underwhelming season that has seen him scratched for...
Penguins’ forward Sam Poulin: ‘I don’t want to be anywhere else but here’
The Pittsburgh Penguins are in the midst of a youth movement this season. Part of that is by design, as they have integrated teenagers such as Harrison Brunicke and Ben Kindel into their lineup. But a lot of it has been a blunt necessity as they have seven players on...
Penguins recall Sam Poulin, place Ville Koivunen on injured reserveVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled rookie forward Sam Poulin from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) and placed rookie forward Ville Koivunen on injured reserve due to an undisclosed ailment. Koivunen has been labeled as “week to week.” Those transactions were announced on Tuesday morning. Poulin, a left-handed shot,...
Penguins forward Anthony Mantha provides veteran guile along with offenseVideo
The morning of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first game of the preseason Sept. 22, no one knew what to do. Given that it was the opener to the exhibition schedule and the contest was on the road against the Montreal Canadiens, the Penguins were sending a lineup mostly composed of youngsters....
Minor league report: Nailers’ winning streak snappedVideo
Forward Brayden Edwards had a goal and an assist for the Wheeling Nailers in a 3-2 loss to the Reading Royals at Santander Arena in Reading on Sunday. Defenseman Brent Johnson recorded two assists for Wheeling (9-2-0-0), which had an eight-game winning streak snapped. Goaltender Maxim Pavlenko made 18 saves...
Penguins, Sergei Murashov shut out Predators
Sergei Murashov is largely viewed as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ goaltender of a promising future. On Sunday, they simply needed the rookie to guide them out of a murky present. Stopping all 21 shots he faced, Murashov recorded his first career win as the Penguins shut out the Nashville Predators, 4-0,...
Minor league report: Penguins win as Joel Blomqvist, Rutger McGroarty make season debutsVideo
Goaltender Joel Blomqvist and forward Rutger McGroarty each made their season debuts for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-1 win against the Springfield Thunderbirds at Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Earlier in the day, the Pittsburgh Penguins activated Blomqvist and McGroarty from the season-opening non-roster injured list and assigned...
Penguins rookies Joel Blomqvist, Rutger McGroarty activated, assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Two of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ top prospects, rookie goaltender Joel Blomqvist and forward Rutger McGroarty, were activated from the team’s injured non-roster list and assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Saturday. Both players entered the regular season with undisclosed ailments. Blomqvist appeared in the team’s preseason...
