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Ex-Penguins assistant coach Pierre McGuire to join radio broadcasts in limited capacity
Former Pittsburgh Penguins assistant coach Pierre McGuire will be joining the team’s radio broadcasts in a limited capacity next season. Per a social media posting from the team’s radio network, McGuire will participate in pre- and post-game broadcasts for 41 games as well as a handful of shows on Saturday...
Penguins announce roster for Prospect Challenge event
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced their roster for the upcoming Prospect Challenge event in Buffalo. Forwards — Tristan Broz, Atley Calvert, Jordan Charron, Kale Dach, Brayden Edwards, Max Graham, Avery Hayes, Travis Hayes, Ben Kindel, Gabe Klassen, Ville Koivunen, Ryan Miller, Nolan Renwick, Carter Sanderson Defensemen — Quinn Beauchesne, Harrison Brunicke,...
Sidney Crosby understands why trade talk surrounds him as Penguins keep losing
LAS VEGAS — Sidney Crosby is well aware of the trade talk swirling around him, now that he and the Pittsburgh Penguins have gone three seasons without making the playoffs. Going into another at age 38 with little realistic hope of the team contending, the three-time Stanley Cup champion acknowledged...
Mark Madden: Few held the torch higher than Ken Dryden for hockey’s most legendary franchise
I’ve been a Pittsburgh Penguins supporter since the franchise’s first season, 1967-68. I went to my first game when I was 7. The Penguins were bad for a long time. Won four playoff rounds total before 1991. (Then won four playoff rounds that year.) I needed a mistress team. Somebody else...
Former Penguins forward Cal O’Reilly signs in Switzerland
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Cal O’Reilly has signed with the SCL Tigers of Switzerland’s National League. That transaction was announced on Tuesday. Per the terms of the deal, O’Reilly’s contract is through the end of October with an option for an extension. A native of Toronto, the 38-year-old O’Reilly spent...
Penguins forward prospect Emil Jarventie loaned to Pyry in Finland
Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Emil Jarventie has been loaned to Pyry of the Mestis, the second-tier league in Finland. A left-handed shot, the Finnish-born Jarventie (5-foot-10, 168 pounds) is currently under contract to Tappara of the Liiga, the top-tier league in that country. Tappara announced the transaction via a release...
Penguins announce new player development addition in ‘roving minor league coach’ Evan McFeeters
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced an organizational coaching hire Wednesday, naming Evan McFeeters to a position entitled “roving minor league coach.” McFeeters, 37, will join the Penguins’ player development department, supporting both the ECHL’s Wheeling Nailers and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. McFeeters will assist the player development staff with...
Penguins’ broadcast schedule includes 16 nationally televised games
The Pittsburgh Penguins will play nearly a fifth of their games on national television for the upcoming season, the NHL and its network rightsholders, ESPN and Turner Sports, announced Wednesday. Starting with their season opener Oct. 7 at the New York Rangers, the Penguins will take part in 16 nationally...
Penguins to relaunch franchise’s hall of fame with 10 new members
The past dozen years or so have been eventful for the Pittsburgh Penguins. There have been a pair of Stanley Cup championships, a gaggle of blockbuster trades, a handful of general managers and even a few different ownership groups (with potentially another kicking the tires). What the Penguins haven’t done...
Unfiltered: Madden and Benz on Steelers’ preseason, possible Penguins sale, Pirates’ futilityVideo
Mark Madden and Tim Benz are always “Unfiltered” when it comes to talking about Pittsburgh sports. This week, they look at the possible sale of the Penguins. They also reflect on the annual dead week for NFL teams before the regular season begins, the state of the Steelers after the...
Madden Monday: If the Hoffmann family buys the Penguins, it won’t immediately impact on-ice product
A theory I had about the Hoffmann Family of Companies potentially buying the Pittsburgh Penguins is that the story may have been leaked by Fenway Sports Group with the hope of prying a substantial offer out of Mario Lemieux, Ron Burkle and David Morehouse. That triumvirate ran the team during...
On Sports: Penguins’ Bryan Rust earns Olympic look; Cam Heyward chats with Aaron Rodgers on podcastVideo
An all-American honor for four NHL players with local ties, a lovefest for Aaron Rodgers from a pair of his new teammates and a Pittsburgh Steelers opponent for 2025 names its starting quarterback. All that and more on the Wednesday edition of On Sports: Team USA hopefuls On the heels...
Tim Benz: Vibe around potential Penguins sale changes as a buyer not named Mario Lemieux emerges
According to Elliotte Friedman of SportsNet.ca, the Chicago-based Hoffmann Family of Companies “has emerged as a serious contender” to purchase the Pittsburgh Penguins from Fenway Sports Group. One of the businesses the Hoffmann Family owns is the ECHL’s Florida Everblades, winners of the Kelly Cup from 2022-24. Multiple stories emerged in recent...
Report: Billionaire businessman a ‘serious contender’ to buy Penguins
A billionaire businessman who owns an ECHL hockey team in Florida has emerged as a “serious contender” to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins from Fenway Sports Group, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.ca reported Monday. According to the report, David Hoffmann and his family are trying to buy the team for about $1.75...
Mike Rupp won’t return to Penguins broadcasts this season
Television analyst Mike Rupp won’t be back on Penguins broadcasts this season. The former NHL winger confirmed Monday that he will not return for a third season as color analyst on SportsNet Pittsburgh. Rupp, Colby Armstrong and Phil Bourque rotated in as color analysts with play-by-play man Josh Getzoff on...
Penguins name Ryan Papaioannou as new coach of Wheeling Nailers
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced Ryan Papaioannou as coach of their ECHL affiliate Wheeling Nailers on Thursday morning. Papaioannou (pronunced pa-pah-wawh-noh) succeeds Derek Army, who departed this summer to take an assistant position with the American Hockey League’s Colorado Eagles. Papaioannou, 41, joins the Penguins from the Brooks Bandits of the...
With physical style, new Penguins D Parker Wotherspoon hopes to be right fit on left sideVideo
When the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2024-25 campaign ended without a postseason appearance, stretching their playoff drought to three years, Kyle Dubas was blunt in discussing one shortcoming of the club’s overall game. “I think the left side of our defense, it’s been a problem,” the Penguins’ president of hockey operations/general manager...
New Penguins D Caleb Jones eyes earning everyday NHL role
When Caleb Jones reports to preseason training camp in September, he’ll be getting underway with the Pittsburgh Penguins at a time of considerable organizational change. With Dan Muse — a first-time head coach in the NHL — and a new staff replacing Mike Sullivan and his assistants for 2025-26 and...
Report: Lemieux-Burkle group ‘well below what Fenway would want’ to sell Penguins
If Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle are going to reclaim the Pittsburgh Penguins, their bid is going to have to increase. That’s the word from Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet. During his most recent “32 Thoughts” podcast, Friedman said if Fenway Sports Group wants to sell majority ownership of the Pens...
Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Mathias Laferriere signs in Slovakia
Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Mathias Laferriere signed with HK Spisska Nova Ves of the Slovak Extraliga. That team announced the transaction via social media on Saturday. Terms were not specified. ???????? Do kabíny rysov pribudol Kanaďan Mathias LaferrièreTesne pred štartom prípravy na ľade hlásime výrazné posilnenie ofenzívy.Novým prírastkom v našom...
Tim Benz: Sidney Crosby’s arrival was Pittsburgh’s most consequential sports event of the past 20 years
Wednesday marked the 20th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Penguins drafting Sidney Crosby. You could argue (in fact, I think I will right now) that Crosby’s arrival was the single most consequential event in Pittsburgh sports over the past two decades. If the Penguins don’t win the lottery to draft Crosby,...
Penguins prospect Brady Peddle signs with QMJHL’s Charlottetown Islanders
Pittsburgh Penguins defensive prospect Brady Peddle has signed with the Charlottetown Islanders of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) for the 2025-26 season. That transaction was announced on Monday and does not affect his status with the Penguins, who selected Peddle in the third round (No. 91 overall) in...
Mark Madden: Trading Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell is best for Penguins’ future
It’s imperative that the Penguins get a top-five pick in next year’s NHL draft. It’s a top-heavy draft. Potential stars are available, not least Penn State’s Gavin McKenna, the presumptive first choice overall. President of hockey ops/GM Kyle Dubas has done a good job restocking the Penguins’ system. But that...
Former Penguins forward Daniel Sprong signs in Russia
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Daniel Sprong has signed a one-year contract with CSKA Moscow of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). That team announced the transaction with a release on Wednesday. A native of Holland, the 28-year-old Sprong split the 2024-25 season between the Vancouver Canucks, Seattle Kraken and New Jersey...
Former Penguins goaltender Maxim Lagace signs in Austria
Former Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Maxim Lagace has signed with the Graz 99ers, a team based in Austria that competes in the International Central European Hockey League (ICEHL). That team announced the transaction via a release on Wednesday. A native of Saint-Augustin, Quebec, the 32-year-old spent the past two seasons with...
