NHL training camps open with many questions
NHL, Sports
By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer 
September 18, 2024
Sidney Crosby and Leon Draisaitl have their contract extensions, Paul Maurice and the Florida Panthers have the Stanley Cup and a brief but busy summer of moving and shaking is over. Now, back to hock...
Crosby optimistic extension will be done soon
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
September 11, 2024
As the Pittsburgh Penguins approach the start of training camp, a major order of business has remained incomplete since July 1: extending the contract of captain and franchise icon Sidney Crosby. Cros...
Gaudreau brothers touched the lives of many
NHL, Sports
By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP 
September 9, 2024
Flowers, sticks, bags of Skittles and bottles of purple Gatorade make up a vigil outside Conte Forum, the home rink for “Johnny Hockey” when he and his brother played at Boston College, together, for ...
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
August 21, 2024
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced several hockey operations staff promotions and hirings Monday afternoon. • Assistant general manager Jason Spezza has additionally been named general manager of the W...
Beauvillier happy to be ‘on the good side’ with Pens
NHL, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
August 3, 2024
Anthony Beauvillier had an obvious rooting interest in the Pittsburgh Penguins a long time ago. A native of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, he gravitated to that small town’s most celebrated native, goaltender M...
Defenseman Harding out to prove he’s a hidden gem
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
July 19, 2024
In 2023, Finn Harding had to shake off the disappointment of being passed over in the NHL Draft. With only a handful of selections left in this year’s draft, things appeared to be trending toward a re...
Penguins’ draft pick Pietila finding his footing
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
July 16, 2024
Chase Pietila doesn’t much recognize the player he was a year or two ago, when he didn’t hear his name called at the NHL Draft. But at the end of June, the 20-year-old defenseman was picked in the fou...
Yager getting closer to NHL
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By GIUSTINO RACCHINI Trib Total Media 
July 10, 2024
Chosen 14th in the 2023 NHL Draft and with a junior hockey championship to his credit, Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Brayden Yager is ready to take his game to the next level. Last season in the Wester...
Pittsburgh-born player hoping to his make NHL dreams come true
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By GIUSTINO RACCHINI Trib Total Media 
July 7, 2024
Penn State’s Matthew DiMarsico is getting his chance at the Penguins’ development camp. The Pittsburgh Penguins have plenty of players at their development camp, which opened Saturday in Cranberry, bu...
Penguins avoid ‘big fish’ in free agency
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
July 1, 2024
With long-term goals in mind, Pittsburgh looked at the “bottom shelf” at the start of free agency. As the NHL’s free-agency signing period opened Monday, things were different for Kyle Dubas than a ye...
Pens hope new environment will spark Beauvillier
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
July 1, 2024
It wouldn’t be entirely accurate to look at Anthony Beauvillier’s career and label him as a journeyman. But if you glance at his 2023-24 season, yes. He journeyed a lot. Opening the campaign as a memb...
Don’t expect a big free-agency splash for Pens
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
June 30, 2024
NHL free agency begins today. LAS VEGAS — Like a lot of visitors to this city full of one-armed bandits and neon lights, the Penguins went home from the NHL Draft with a lot less spending money. To be...
Penguins get Kevin Hayes from Blues for 2nd round pick
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
June 30, 2024
LAS VEGAS — On Friday, Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas professed a clarion call to make his team younger. On Saturday, Dubas traded for a 32-year-old center whose best — ...
Lightning get rights for Jake Guentzel
NHL, Sports
By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer 
June 30, 2024
The Tampa Bay Lightning got a head start on free agency by acquiring the rights to high-scoring winger Jake Guentzel on Sunday. The Lightning sent a 2025 third-round draft pick to the Carolina Hurrica...
‘Unpredictable’ free agency on tap for NHL
NHL, Sports
By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer 
June 30, 2024
NHL free agency opens Monday, less than a week since Commissioner Gary Bettman presented the Stanley Cup to the Florida Panthers. The offseason comes at you fast, and with all of it packed into a shor...
Buffalo looks to buy out Skinner
NHL, Sports
By By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer 
June 30, 2024
The Buffalo Sabres officially moved on from Jeff Skinner, the top-paid forward on the team’s roster, by buying out the final three years of the veteran’s contact on Sunday. The move comes a day after ...
Dubas comfortable with Crosby contract talks
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
June 28, 2024
LAS VEGAS — There is little doubt the Pittsburgh Penguins and their captain, Sidney Crosby, will maintain a wonderful marriage that has lasted nearly 20 blissful years. The only questions are the deta...
New assistant Quinn will take over Pens’ power play
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
June 28, 2024
LAS VEGAS — Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan and new assistant coach David Quinn share a lot of common traits. A New England accent. The same alma mater (Boston University) And similar facial feature...
Pens still trying to replenish prospect pool
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
June 27, 2024
AP LAS VEGAS — For the better part of four years, the Pittsburgh Penguins have been trying to thread a very narrow needle of being competitive in the immediate while also restocking a prospect pool th...
NHL, Sports
By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer 
June 27, 2024
Goaltenders are on the move as NHL teams prepare for next season, and the trades made so far are far from stunners. Center Pierre-Luc Dubois said he was surprised by Los Angeles sending him to Washing...