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Penguins place forward Jeff Carter on list for covid-19 protocols
Penguins forward Jeff Carter has been placed into the NHL’s list for covid-19 protocols. The Penguins announced his status a few minutes before they opened practice at PPG Paints Arena on Friday. This is the second time Carter has been placed into protocols this season. He missed three games in...
Minor league report: Jan Drozg gets 1st goal as Penguins fall to BearsVideo
Forward Jan Drozg scored his first goal of the season for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in a 6-1 road loss to the Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Wednesday. Goaltender Alex D’Orio made 28 saves on 34 shots for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (9-12-1-2) which dressed a depleted lineup due to issues related...
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan endorses new covid-19 protocols
On Wednesday, the NHL announced changes to its protocols for covid-19 and lowered the isolation time for individuals who tested positive for the virus in certain conditions. The change, which mirrors recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, calls for an isolation period of five days instead of...
Evgeni Malkin still believes the Penguins are Stanley Cup contenders
Evgeni Malkin apologized Wednesday. Walking into the media room of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ facility in Cranberry to speak publicly for the first time in six months, Malkin expressed remorse over not wearing a face mask to the assembled but socially distanced reporters in front of him. But he had a...
Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen placed into covid-19 protocols
Forward Kasperi Kapanen is the Pittsburgh Penguins’ latest player to be placed into protocols for covid-19. The team announced his status shortly before practice began Wednesday in Cranberry. He is the eighth member of the team in protocols. He joins forwards Teddy Blueger, Evan Rodrigues and Dominik Simon; defensemen P.O...
Friday’s Penguins-Senators game postponed
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ postponement streak is almost as long as their winning streak. On Tuesday, the NHL announced the Penguins’ road game against the Ottawa Senators on Friday was postponed. This was one of nine games in Canadian cities in the upcoming days that were postponed. In a statement, the...
Penguins forward Bryan Rust appears close to a return
Bryan Rust enjoyed a new experience this past Christmas. It was his first as a father. As a rookie to the holiday, 7-month-old Hunter Rust was a little unsure of the details, however. “Just to see him kind of enjoy the boxes and the wrapping paper way more than his...
Penguins defenseman P.O Joseph tests positive for covid-19
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman P.O Joseph has tested positive for covid-19, according to coach Mike Sullivan. He was withheld from practice in Cranberry on Tuesday and placed into the NHL’s protocols for the virus. The Penguins recalled Joseph as well as three other players from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League...
Penguins recall 4 from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for taxi squad
The Pittsburgh Penguins recalled defensemen P.O Joseph and Juuso Riikola, forward Kasper Bjorkqvist and goaltender Louis Domingue from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) and assigned them to their taxi squad. This comes two days after the NHL reinstituted the taxi squads as a roster management tool to deal...
Minor league report: Sam Poulin scores Penguins’ lone goal in loss to BearsVideo
Forward Sam Poulin scored the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ lone goal in a 4-1 home loss to the rival Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Monday. Goaltender Louis Domingue made 30 saves on 34 shots for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (9-11-1-2), which has lost three consecutive games. Highlights: The Penguins’ next game...
Penguins forge on through a changing landscape for covid-19
Mike Sullivan lost what could have been a dream job on Wednesday. But he hasn’t lost perspective. With covid-19 impacting seemingly every granular detail of the NHL’s business, the league opted to pull out of participating in the upcoming Olympics last week and as a result, Sullivan won’t be able...
Penguins forward Jason Zucker sidelined on a week-to-week basis with injury
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jason Zucker will be sidelined on a “week-to-week” basis because of an undisclosed injury. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Zucker’s status following a practice session in Cranberry on Monday and indicated Zucker has been dealing with this “nagging” ailment for an unspecified amount of time. Before the Penguins’...
Penguins place 6 into covid-19 protocols
The Pittsburgh Penguins have placed six players into the NHL’s protocols for the coronavirus. Those players include forwards Teddy Blueger, Evan Rodrigues and Dominik Simon, defensemen John Marino and Mike Matheson and goaltender Tristan Jarry. Rodrigues was initially placed into protocols Sunday. The team announced the statuses of all six...
Wednesday’s Penguins-Maple Leafs game postponed
The Penguins have had yet another game postponed due to covid-19. On Sunday night, the NHL announced the Penguins’ road contest against the Toronto Maple Leafs was postponed. It marks the fourth consecutive game the Penguins have had postponed including the following: Dec. 21 - vs. New Jersey Devils Dec....
Penguins forward Evan Rodrigues placed into covid-19 protocols
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evan Rodrigues has been placed into the NHL’s protocols for covid-19, a team spokesperson said. He is not currently part of the Penguins’ active roster. This is the first time the Penguins have had a player in the protocols since Nov. 13. The NHL as a whole...
NHL returning to taxi squads as Penguins remain in holding pattern
The NHL entered 2021 with taxis squads. It will exit 2021 with taxi squads. On Sunday night, the league announced a handful of operational changes to combat the still-present realities of covid-19. Over the past two weeks, well over 100 players — including Penguins forward Evan Rodrigues on Sunday —...
Monday’s Penguins-Bruins game postponed
Monday’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Boston Bruins at Boston’s TD Garden was postponed. With the NHL inundated with well over 100 players testing positive for covid-19 over the past two weeks, the league postponed all games for Monday and essentially extended its ongoing holiday break by one...
The hits keep coming for Penguins forward Zach Aston-Reese
When they signed him out of Northeastern in March of 2017, Pittsburgh Penguins management suggested Zach Aston-Reese could be a replacement for power forward Patric Hornqvist. Today, he’s looking more like a replacement for forechecking forward Brandon Tanev. Through 28 games, Aston-Reese is tied for fourth in the NHL with...
Ex-Penguins coach Dan Bylsma thankful for opportunity in AHL
From the moment he was named coach of the United States’ men’s Olympic hockey team in late July to the day before the NHL formally pulled out of the 2022 Games on Tuesday, Mike Sullivan spoke with reverence of the opportunity afforded him. Over the past five months, he leaned...
Penguins enter holiday break ready to ‘expect the unexpected’
It was the shortest and darkest day of the year. And it might have been the most fun day of the year for the Penguins. Or the past nine days, at least. On the eve of an impromptu four-day break for the holidays, the Penguins engaged in an enthusiastic practice...
Olympic hopes dashed for Sidney Crosby and other Penguins
Even with the finality of it looming — without it actually being final — Sidney Crosby seemed to be holding out hope, albeit with a tone of despair Inside the media room of the team’s facility in Cranberry, the Penguins captain stood at a lectern appearing forlorn while addressing what...
Penguins largely unscathed during NHL’s ongoing surge with covid-19
The Pittsburgh Penguins have been one of the more resilient teams in the NHL this season. But not necessarily for their success in the standings. Though, an ongoing seven-game win streak certainly reflects well on their collective mettle. It’s because they largely have stayed on the ice through the first...
Tuesday’s Penguins-Devils game postponed
The Penguins’ home game against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday has been postponed by the NHL for what the league described as covid-related issues impacting the Devils. A make-up date has yet to be determined. The Penguins’ next scheduled game is a home contest against the Philadelphia Flyers on...
Penguins forwards Brian Boyle, Jake Guentzel, Bryan Rust return to practice
Penguins forwards Brian Boyle, Jake Guentzel and Bryan Rust rejoined their teammates for practice on Monday in Cranberry. All three – as well as forward Evgeni Malkin - wore white non-contact jerseys for the session. Boyle has missed the past two games due to an undisclosed injury. Guentzel (right hand)...
Penguins hold off Devils, extend winning streak to 7
On the surface, a road game against the New Jersey Devils in mid-December is usually a pretty ho-hum affair. For Mike Sullivan, Sunday’s contest was important. Because all of them are important to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ coach. “I always love that question that you guys (media) ask me,” Sullivan said...
