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Penguins prospect Pierre-Olivier Joseph rebounds from mononucleosisVideo
WILKES-BARRE — Summer is a time when many people want to shed a few inches on the waistline, slim down those love handles and have a trim beach body. Penguins defensive prospect Pierre-Olivier Joseph went the opposite direction. He tried to add pounds. Ten, to be precise. Listed at 6-foot-2...
Penguins hit outdoor rink during Canada road tripVideo
While on the road, the Pittsburgh Penguins look to be having a good time. The team headed outdoors near Calgary on Wednesday for a scrimmage after a 4-1 victory over the Flames on Tuesday night. #Pens are taking it outside for a scrimmage today at a rink about 20 mins...
Penguins place forward Stefan Noesen on waivers
The Penguins have placed forward Stefan Noesen on waivers little more than two weeks after signing him to a one-year, two-way contract. Noesen, who was signed Dec. 2, has appeared in six games and has one goal since joining the Penguins. After scoring a goal in his first game Dec....
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 4, Flames 1
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-1 win against the Calgary Flames: First things first, there was no update on defenseman Justin Schultz who limped off the ice following his first shift of the game at the Saddledome. Coach Mike Sullivan simply told reporters in Calgary that Schultz’s undisclosed injury was being...
Evgeni Malkin becomes 4th Penguins player with 400 goals in win at Calgary
CALGARY, Alberta — Evgeni Malkin scored his 400th goal for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night. The Russian joined Mario Lemieux (690), Sidney Crosby (451) and Jaromir Jagr (439) as the only players in franchise history to reach 400 goals. Malkin scored...
Former Penguins forward Tanner Glass embarks on a new career
In a poetic way, it was the perfect place for a rambunctious kid from the hard-scrabble prairies of Western Canada to end his NHL career. Calgary is one of the few outposts in the NHL where fighting and hitting still has some value. While most of the league’s teams increasingly...
Penguins trade forward Ryan Haggerty to Panthers for minor leaguer
The Penguins traded minor league forward Ryan Haggerty to Florida Panthers in exchange for another minor league forward, Kevin Roy. Roy, 26, is signed to a one-year, two-way contract with a salary-cap hit of $850,000. In 23 AHL games for the Springfield Thunderbirds this season, Roy has 14 points (four...
Penguins start swing through Western Canada while dealing with illness
In our weekly hockey chat with Penguins Radio Network host Brian Metzer, we cover a lot of ground. As the Penguins themselves will be doing over the next few weeks. The club is on the road for its swing through Western Canada starting Tuesday night against the Calgary Flames, before...
From Texas to the Penguins: A chat with Stefan Noesen
Texas is the land of Friday night lights. Not forechecks and fights. In the 102-year history of the NHL, only 11 players were born in the Lone Star State. Pittsburgh Penguins forward Stefan Noesen, of Plano in the Dallas suburbs, is one of them. If Western Pennsylvanians such as John...
Ex-Penguins 1st-rounder Joseph Morrow joins KHL team
Former Penguins defensive prospect Joseph Morrow, the team’s first-round pick in 2011, has signed with Dinamo Minsk, a Belarusian team that plays in Russia’s KHL. Morrow’s deal with Minsk comes two days after the New Jersey Devils put him on unconditional waivers for the purposes of releasing him from his...
Forbes ranks Penguins fans as No. 1 in NHL
Forbes Magazine has ranked Penguins fans at No. 1 in the NHL based on ratings released Friday. This was the third time since Forbes began compiling fan ratings in 2009 that the Penguins have been at the top of the list. The magazine claims it “ranks fans objectively based on...
Mark Madden, Tim Benz dissect Steelers’ loss to Bills, Bryan Rust shining with Penguins
“Madden Monday” for this week isn’t exactly a pick me up. Nor should it be after what we saw Sunday night at Heinz Field. I’m joined by Mark Madden of TribLIVE and 105.9 the X as we go over the many things that went wrong for the Steelers against...
4 games in 4 days were ‘blessing’ to Penguins forward Joseph Blandisi
Joseph Blandisi had a simple goal Sunday. Sleeping in. “I’m hoping,” Blandisi said. “I’m hoping. We’ll see what happens, though.” As it turned out, nothing happened to Blandisi on Sunday morning. He didn’t have to go anywhere for the first time in four days and was in position to engage...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 5, Kings 4 (SO)
Observations from the Penguins’ 5-4 win against the Kings: Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin missed Saturday’s meeting at PPG Paints Arena against the Los Angeles Kings due to an undisclosed illness. It was the second consecutive game he was absent for due to the ailment. His time frame for returning to...
Minor league report: Angello leads Penguins past Monsters
Two goals by forward Anthony Angello led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 3-1 win against the Cleveland Monsters at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on Saturday. Forward Thomas Di Pauli added a goal and an assist for the Penguins (14-10-3-1) while defenseman Kevin Czuczman recorded two assists. Goaltender Dustin Tokarski...
Goalie Tristan Jarry not perfect, still good enough for Penguins against KingsVideo
On the surface, Tristan Jarry had his worst game by a country mile. Considering he recorded shutouts in three of his previous four outings for the Pittsburgh Penguins, his play was bound to level off at some point. It did Saturday at PPG Paints Arena. He allowed four goals. Some...
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin out vs. Kings
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will miss Saturday’s game at PPG Paints Arena against the Los Angeles Kings because of an illness, according to coach Mike Sullivan. This will be the second game Malkin has not played due to the malady, having already been absent for Thursday’s 1-0 overtime win at...
Penguins recall forward Joseph Blandisi from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
For the second time in three days, the Penguins have recalled forward Joseph Blandisi from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League under emergency conditions. Presumably, Blandisi’s latest recall is related to the health of forward Evgeni Malkin who missed Thursday’s 1-0 overtime home win against the Columbus Blue Jackets due...
Minor league report: Penguins, DeSmith shut out by Monsters
Goaltender Casey DeSmith made 26 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-0 loss to the Cleveland Monsters at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on Friday. This was the second time this season the Penguins (13-10-3-1) have been shut out. This was Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s fifth consecutive loss. Highlights: The Penguins are...
Penguins’ Jack Johnson takes quiet approach to wearing ‘A’
Veteran defenseman Jack Johnson said he has been honored to wear the letter ‘A’ on his Pittsburgh Penguins jersey as an alternate captain while Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Brian Dumoulin and Patric Hornqvist have been injured or ill. “It’s always an honor to wear a letter on an NHL jersey,”...
Penguins’ Bryan Rust shooting, scoring at a quicker paceVideo
Bryan Rust has no need to apologize for shooting more often this season. He fills a void on a Pittsburgh Penguins roster that has been depleted by injuries. Plus, he makes a good point when he says, “This year, I may have shot the puck more than I have in...
Evgeni Malkin withheld from Penguins’ practice because of illness
Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin continues to recover from an illness which sidelined him for Thursday’s 1-0 overtime home win against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Malkin, who is the fourth member of the roster to be stricken with an undisclosed illness, was withheld from practice in Cranberry on Friday for precautionary...
Penguins assign Joseph Blandisi to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Joseph Blandisi is on the move again. A day after being recalled under emergency conditions, the Penguins forward was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. With forward Evgeni Malkin sidelined, Blandisi was summoned to play in Thursday’s 1-0 overtime win against the rival Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG...
First Call: Antonio Brown struts his Google status, John Tortorella pouts after Pens lossVideo
In “First Call” Friday, Antonio Brown is bragging about his wild “popularity,” John Tortorella wasn’t happy after Thursday’s loss in Pittsburgh, and Rob Gronkowski is staying retired. This made his day Antonio Brown spent most of the day melting down on social media again Thursday. I simply think he has...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 1, Blue Jackets 0 (OT)
Observations from the Penguins’ 1-0 win against the Blue Jackets: Jake Guentzel was out of position on Thursday. Sure, he’s listed as a center. But he’s not a center. Yet, with all the maladies the Penguins are contending with, they were limited with who they could use as the No....
