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Penn State safety Jonathan Sutherland is scheduled to make history Saturday in his team’s season-opening road game against Indiana. He’ll be the first player in school history to wear No. 0 on his jersey. His teammates voted to allow him this unique designation. “It’s a blessing,” Sutherland said in a...

Another Penguins prospects has been loaned to a team in Europe. Goaltender Emil Larmi has joined HPK of Finland’s Liiga. According to a translated release from the team, Larmi will return to the Penguins when they open training camp. Undrafted, the 24-year-old Larmi joined the Penguins by signing a two-year...

When the Big Ten canceled the 2020-21 football season in August because of the coronavirus pandemic, Penn State junior tight end Pat Freiermuth’s parents went to work. “My parents have been a big advocate for us to play,” Freiermuth said in a video conference on Tuesday. “They did a great...

Former Penguins forward Gary Roberts has been hired by the NHL’s expansion Seattle Kraken franchise as a sports performance consultant. A power forward in the NHL for 21 seasons, Roberts had a brief, but memorable stint with the Penguins over the parts of two seasons in 2006-07 and 2007-08, the...

The Penguins have loaned defensive prospect Cam Lee to HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Extraliga. Lee, 23, joined the Penguins as an undrafted free agent March 17 when he signed a two-year entry-level contract. Last season, as a senior with Western Michigan of the NCAA, Lee appeared in 26...

Penn State’s football team could potentially be missing projected starting running back Journey Brown for the duration of the season because of an undisclosed ailment. Coach James Franklin acknowledged that possibility Tuesday with an optimistic but forlorn statement during a video conference with reporters. “I’m a big believer that Journey’s...

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed goaltender Shane Starrett to a one-year American Hockey League (AHL) contract. Starrett, 26, spent last season with the Bakersfield Condors, AHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers. Limited to 14 games due in part to a lingering groin injury, he had a 5-6-1 record along with...

While the NHL and many leagues in North America are in the the midst of their offseasons because of the coronavirus pandemic, several leagues in Europe and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League have already opened play for the 2020-21 season. Thirteen of the Penguins’ prospects or minor leaguers are...

The Penguins have re-signed restricted free agent forward Sam Miletic to a one-year, two-way contract worth $700,000. Miletic, 23, was the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ lone representative to the American Hockey League’s (AHL) All-Star Classic in 2019-20. In his second professional season, he appeared in a team-leading 62 games and scored 34...

The Wheeling Nailers, ECHL affiliate of the Penguins, will open their 2020-21 season on Dec. 12 with a home contest against the Indy Fuel at WesBanco Arena. On Thursday, the ECHL released its schedule from Dec. 11 through Jan. 14 for the the 13 teams that will participate in a...

Atlantic Hockey, the conference which includes Robert Morris and Mercyhurst, announced it is targeting Nov. 13 to open its men’s 2020-21 season. Schedules have yet to be announced but according to a release from the conference, each school will play between 24 and 28 games. The season will conclude with...

Like a lot of football players in the Big Ten, Penn State center Michal Menet has dealt with a lot of questions during the past few months. With the conference initially canceling its 2020-21 season before ultimately deciding to play a delayed and condensed schedule, Menet has had plenty of...

First off, it’s “Jonathan.” Jonathan Gruden, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ new forward prospect doesn’t want to be confused with that other Gruden. No, not the bloviating NFL coach. His father. John Gruden carved out a six-year NHL career that lasted 92 games as a journeyman defenseman with the Boston Bruins, Ottawa...

After trading away Matt Murray, one of the franchise’s most accomplished goaltenders, Wednesday the Pittsburgh Penguins wasted little time in restocking the position. An hour or so after sending Murray to the Ottawa Senators, the Penguins used their primary return in that transaction, the No. 52 overall selection in the...

Penn State’s football team will open its 2020-21 season in a road game against Indiana at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 24. The contest will be broadcast on FS1. The Big Ten had initially canceled its 2020-21 season because of concerns regarding the coronavirus before ultimately deciding to delay the start until...

Penguins forward prospect Jan Drozg has been loaned to HK Olimpija Ljubljana, a team based in his native Slovenia that plays in the Alps Hockey League. Drozg, 21, was a fifth-round pick of the Penguins in 2017 (No. 152 overall) and played his first full professional season in 2019-20, splitting...

The Wheeling Nailers, ECHL affiliate of the Penguins, are aiming to open their 2020 season on Dec 11. On Friday, the ECHL announced the Nailers will be one of 13 teams scheduled to open a 72-game schedule on that date along with the Allen Americans, Florida Everblades, Greenville Swamp Rabbits,...

Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Riley Barber has signed a two-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings. According to Cap Friendly, Barber’s deal carries a salary cap hit of $750,000 and is believed to be a two-way contract. A native of Washington, Pa., Barber joined the Penguins organization after being traded...

In his seemingly never-ending search to replace Nick Bonino as the Penguins’ third-line center, Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford usually has gone big in trying to fill that void. That’s to say he’s traded away some significant assets for players with large salary cap hits in hopes of giving...