Mike Vellucci is a World Champion, and it’s officially “Penguins name a coach” week

It’s been almost a month since the Penguins moved on from Mike Sullivan on April 28th. Kyle Dubas recently said he planned to name a new head coach by June 1st, which believe it or not the start of June is just a few days away on Sunday. That should mean finalization on figuring out … Read more

Sidney Crosby and Rutger McGroarty could be the duo next season

No matter what your rooting interests are for the Pittsburgh Penguins over the next couple of weeks, Thursday’s game against the St. Louis Blues was probably one that made you happy. It ended up being a good game where the Penguins played hard and significantly out-chanced one of the hottest teams in the league, while … Read more

The week ahead: Building on strong first impression from the young guys

The Pittsburgh Penguins had a very different look on Sunday evening in their 1-0 win over the Ottawa Senators, getting big minutes from both Rutger McGroarty and Ville Koivunen, their top forward prospects. The duo was called up from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Friday morning following some strong play and big developments in the AHL this season, … Read more

Penguins/Senators Recap: Crosby scores game’s only goal in OT

Pregame It’s time for some fresh faces for the Penguins! Rutger McGroarty is back for his fourth NHL game of the season on his 21st birthday (with the gift of playing on Sidney Crosby’s line) and Ville Koivunen makes his NHL debut. Vlad Kolyachonok takes a night off as a healthy scratch. The coaches decide … Read more

Wilkes Weekly: Playoff clincher nears for AHL Penguins

The Wilkes-Barre/Scrantion Penguins lost their first game last week in comical fashion at the hands of a 10-2 blowout loss to Providence. That’s the bad news, the good news is the AHL Pens rebounded to win on Saturday and Sunday in order to salvage a successful week. Here’s Nick Hart’s report of the games of … Read more

Penguins will waive Tristan Jarry today

The Pittsburgh Penguins are about to head out on a two-week road trip, and it looks like they will be bringing different goalies with them. The team took to announcing beforehand today that they will be placing starting goalie Tristan Jarry on waivers today. Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry will be placed on waivers today at … Read more

Jesse Puljujarvi clears waivers, Marcus Pettersson back in the lineup tonight

The Penguins waived Jesse Puljujarvi yesterday and today found out that he will be sticking around the organization a little longer after all 31 other teams in the NHL passed on claiming the Finnish winger. The other piece of good news for Pittsburgh is that Marcus Pettersson will be back in the lineup tonight after … Read more

Penguins waive Jesse Puljujarvi – PensBurgh

The Pittsburgh Penguins have placed Jesse Puljujarvi on waivers today. This could be good news for the team, they’re sitting at 23 players and would need to remove one in order to get Marcus Pettersson off of the injured reserve. Pettersson was cleared for contact in practice by Saturday but was not able to play … Read more