PensBurgh 5 hours ago
PTO Update: Mark Pysyk out “longer term”, rise of Colin White
Photo by Jason Mowry/ Some pro tryouts are rising, but another receives a very unfortunate injury update The Penguins opened camp with a high number of professional tryouts (PTOs) of five, though one was a minor league candidate in Peter Abbandonato that has already been released. The others, Mark Pysyk, Colin White, Austin Wagner and Libor Hajek all had various levels of realistic chances of making the roster, though after just one week some fortunes have changed. Pysyk, who missed all of last season with a ruptured Achilles tendon last year, is now out again. The...
PensBurgh 12 hours ago
Pre-season Gameday: Penguins @ Red Wings - Roster, Start time, details
Photo by Dave Reginek/NHLI via The Pens are back in action The Penguins check off game three of their scheduled six exhibition contests tonight in Detroit. The team has announced this 13 forward, eight defensemen group taking the trip over to Michigan. As a road game and still early in the process, it’s light on star power with all of the team’s big names not ramping up just yet (the home game on Thursday against Buffalo could be a different story on that front). More preseason hockey Here is the roster for tomorrow’s matchup in Detroit....
PensBurgh Sep 25, 2023
Penguins cut 10 players, reduce roster to 47
Photo by Jason Mowry/ The Pens make a first round of cuts from their training camp roster The Penguins announced their first round of roster cuts on Monday. The team moved 10 players along their way, plus added PTO Mark Pysyk to the injury list to reduce their current group to 47 players. The Penguins have reduced their training camp roster to 47 players. Details: https://t.co/PPqxOWdLrb pic.twitter.com/S6DTeuqAwD— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) September 25, 2023 The Pittsburgh Penguins have reduced their training camp roster to 47 players, it was announced...
PensBurgh Sep 25, 2023
Penguins announce new skating coach hires within organization
Photo by Justin Berl/ Mackenzie Braid and Jeff Murray will take over as the new skating coach and assistant skating voavh. The Penguins have announced that the team has hired a new skating coach and assistant skating coach within the organization. Kyle Dubas announced over the weekend that Mackenzie Braid has been hired as the new skating coach and Jeff Murray has been hired as the assistant skating coach. The two will be responsible for building out the skating development program within the organization and implement that program among the NHL, AHL, and ECHL levels of...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sep 24, 2023
Brayden Yager impresses all over the ice before sealing Penguins' preseason win
Brayden Yager impresses in Penguins' preseason win: Pittsburgh’s first-round NHL draft pick was a vital cog in Sunday's victory over the Blue Jackets
PensBurgh Sep 24, 2023
Reilly Smith adding latest chapter to the book of Evgeni Malkin’s linemates
Photo by Jason Mowry/ The Pens’ most important new forward addition has been clicking with one of their franchise centers early in training camp Going into his 18th season, Evgeni Malkin has seen all kinds of linemates over the years. Some have been better than others, some worked and some weren’t with Malkin or in Pittsburgh all that long altogether. Sometimes he’s found fits by accident via injury, and another time famously with the “HBK line”, he found his wingers poached away due to an injury of his own. The next chapter for Malkin’s linemates will have...
PensBurgh Sep 24, 2023
Sunday Game Action: Pens @ Blue Jackets, Blue Jackets @ Penguins
Photo by Gregory Shamus/ Double the action with not one but TWO Penguin games today! Both home and away versus Columbus The Penguins kick off their exhibition schedule today, and the only thing better than one hockey game is — you guessed it — two hockey games. At 1:00pm, the Pens will host Columbus, which could be confused at 7:00pm when Pittsburgh visits the Blue Jackets. It’s a split squad day, meaning that from coaching staff to trainers to players will be divided up. Some will hit the road, some will stay at home. Here’s the rosters: 1:00 PM at PPG Paints...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sep 23, 2023
From all-white pads to an overhauled depth chart, Penguins goalies look much different under Kyle Dubas
Penguins goalies look much different entering 2023: NHL insider Matt Venzel breaks down the squad’s unique mix of shapes, sizes & puck-stopping styles
PensBurgh Sep 23, 2023
Mike Sullivan calls Penguins training camp “most competitive group” since 2015
Photo by Ben Jackson/NHLI via Training camp this week debuted everything from a new defense pairing to a revamped bottom six. Since Mike Sullivan stepped in as head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins in December 2015, he’s seen everything from two championships to the team’s first postseason whiff in 17 years. But he’s never seen anything quite like this week’s training camp. “This might be the most competitive group of players we have ever assembled,” Sullivan said Friday, per the Penguins on X, formerly known as Twitter. The Penguins began training camp on...
PensBurgh Sep 22, 2023
Pens Camp: Vinnie Hinostroza gets the first chance with Crosby
Photo by Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via The first new winger in training camp for Sidney Crosby was veteran Vinnie Hinostroza When the Penguins got on the ice yesterday, a big question to be answered would be which forward would fill the spot on Sidney Crosby’s wing. It’s a temporary job with Jake Guentzel is on the shelf, but an important one nonetheless. As it turned out, it was Vinnie Hinostroza skating with Crosby and Bryan Rust. This development could mean something for the future, or it could be nothing — just ask Valtteri Puustinen who started training...
PensBurgh Sep 22, 2023
Pens Points: Gone Camping
Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports New look Penguins open training camp in Cranberry after a summer of change. There is still a bit of waiting left to do before the Pittsburgh Penguins start playing hockey that matters but Thursday was a good first step towards that with training camp getting underway for the 2023/24 season at UPMC Lemieux in Cranberry. After a summer of upheaval, this was the first sign of a return to normalcy with the Penguins back on the ice. [Pensburgh] Pens Points... On the first day of camp, players were split into three different groups with...
PensBurgh Sep 21, 2023
2023 Penguins training camp: Team splits into three practice rosters
Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via A look at who is playing where early on in Penguins training camp With 58 healthy players on the ice and currently with the club, the Penguins have announced how they are divvying up into three groups for practices to start out their training camp. NHL training camps always move quickly and are subject to have players flip as soon as tomorrow if the coaches decide to do so. Either way, this current incarnation and split of the talent won’t last very long based on the scheduling. The rhythm of the early days of camp have the Pens...
PensBurgh Sep 21, 2023
Pens Points: Rupp, Armstrong, Bourque to be rotating TV commentary analysts
Photo by Gregory Shamus/NHLI via The Pens set their TV broadcast teams and a heaping helping of news and notes as training camp officially kicks off on the ice today! Per multiple reports, SportsNet Pittsburgh, announced four game & studio analysts for Penguins telecasts. Colby Armstrong as in-game color analyst and studio analyst, Phil Bourque will jump over from radio to do TV color analyzing and Mike Rupp as in-game color analyst and studio analyst. Jay Caufield will also be back as a studio analyst. [Twitter - Bob Pompeani] Erik Karlsson is having fun already in...
The Hockey Writers Sep 20, 2023
Pittsburgh Penguins’ Bryan Rust Looks to Rebound in 2023-24
When the curtain closed on the 2022-23 Pittsburgh Penguins, the team found itself in the unfamiliar position of sitting out the playoffs. Upon reflection, there were plenty of reasons why:…
PensBurgh Sep 19, 2023
Penguins 2023 Training Camp: Roster, Schedule announced
Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via A new season is about to begin The long but incredibly busy summer for the Pittsburgh Penguins is almost over. Training camp officially begins tomorrow, even though most players have been in town and skating for weeks. The team reports for off-ice events tomorrow and gets back out there for practices on Thursday to being a pre-season leading up to the regular season opener on October 10th against Chicago. From the team: The players will take the ice for the first day of camp at 9:00 AM on Thursday, September 21 with Teams 1 and 2...
