Seth Rorabaugh stories, Page 165
Double Team: Petr Sykora was a champion with Penguins, Devils
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Double Team: Patric Hornqvist found his place in front of the net for Predators, Penguins
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Double Team: A star with the Penguins, Pierre Larouche contributed to the Canadiens’ success
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Double Team: Pascal Dupuis proved quite a bit with Wild and Penguins
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 55: Larry Murphy still holds unique place in Penguins history
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 55: Larry Murphy Paul Coffey was the Penguins’ best defenseman of all time until Kris Letang surpassed him by most measures. And Randy Carlyle...
Details from NHL’s return-to-play protocol: No talking in elevators, but a dip in the hotel pool is OK
The NHL and NHLPA announced a tentative agreement on how to resume playing this season as well as a four-year extension to the current collective bargaining agreement. The NHL’s board of governors and the NHLPA’s membership must formally approve of these measures. The plans for resumption of play are split...
Double Team: Kings, Penguins both lucky to have had Luc Robitalle
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins sign forwards Zach Nastasiuk and Nick Schilkey
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed forwards Zach Nastasiuk and Nick Schilkey to one-year American Hockey League contracts. A second-round pick of the Detroit Red Wings in 2013, Nastasiuk, 25, appeared in 53 AHL games with the San Antonio Rampage last season and recorded 11 points (four goals, seven assists). Schilkey,...
Double Team: Jaromir Jagr was multi-generational talent with Penguins, Panthers
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Double Team: Paul Coffey was hot for the Oilers and Penguins
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Double Team: Larry Murphy was repeat champion with Penguins and Red Wings
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Double Team: Penguins’ mistake with Sergei Zubov was Stars’ reward
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Penguins notebook: Assistant coach Jacques Martin cautious but not scared of coronavirus risks
Pittsburgh Penguins assistant coach Jacques Martin has a distinguished career with 613 wins as a head coach as well as the two Stanley Cup rings he claimed with Pittsburgh in 2016 and ’17. He also has the distinction of being the NHL’s oldest coach at age 67. According to the...
Mike Sullivan, Penguins prepared for training camp unlike any other
July 1 is typically a busy day on the calendar of Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan. He should be introducing himself to a depth left-handed defenseman or the penalty-killing right winger who general manager Jim Rutherford just signed on the first day of free agency. And, sure enough, Sullivan was...
Double Team: Tyler Wright rarely felt wrong for Penguins, Blue Jackets
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Double Team: As with the Penguins, Ian Cole has been sturdy on Avalanche blue line
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear it, No. 62: Tunch Ilkin was one of the Steelers’ best in the 1980s
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 62: Tunch Ilkin Among athletes in Pittsburgh, Tunch Ilkin followed a unique path to the professional ranks. Born as Tunc Ali Ilkin in Instanbul,...
Double Team: Gilles Meloche was good, but not good enough to lift the Golden Seals, Barons
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Double Team: A champion with the Black Hawks, Ab McDonald was Penguins’ first leader
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Double Team: A franchise player with Whalers and Hurricanes, Ron Francis excelled with Penguins
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
What was the Penguins’ best draft class ever?
Oskar Sundqvist hasn’t been a member of the Penguins organization for three years. In 2017, the two-way forward was sent to the St. Louis Blues as part of a doomed — from the Penguins’ perspective — trade for enforcer Ryan Reaves. Yet, even with that much separation, Penguins goaltender Matt...
Double Team: Joe Mullen became a Hall of Famer with the Flames and PenguinsVideo
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear it, No. 66: Iconic moments made Mario Lemieux timeless
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 66: Mario Lemieux As the No. 1 overall pick in the 1981 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s draft, Mario Lemieux wanted to prove he...
Double Team: Before winning with Penguins, Tom Barrasso starred for Sabres
While the NHL is on hold because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Tribune-Review will offer the Double Team project, an examination of the five best players who have contributed substantially to the Penguins and another franchise. For consideration, a player must have played at least the equivalent of a...
Ex-Penguins Marian Hossa, Jarome Iginla selected for Hockey Hall of FameVideo
Marian Hossa had two hockey idols growing up in the Slovakian portion of Czechoslovakia in the 1980s and early 1990s. He got to play for one of them. “One of my favorite two players was Mario Lemieux,” Hossa said. “And Wayne Gretzky.” Hossa and fellow ex-Penguins forward Jarome Iginla will...
