Old Cogs, New Tricks? Penguins Eye Reboot After Flameout The Canadian Press | October 2, 2019 CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Pittsburgh Penguins began the franchise’s longest off-season in more than a decade with general manager Jim Rutherford talking about the need for its stars to get past the complacency he feared had crept in during consecut…
Penguins Excited for Fresh Start After Disappointing Finish The Canadian Press | September 14, 2019 CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Pittsburgh Penguins are excited for a fresh start. Sidney Crosby and the Penguins became the first team in a generation to win consecutive championships a little more than two years ago. But the Penguins stumbled into an e…
Penguins’ Sullivan’s Elite Coaching Reaps Rewards Christy Walters | July 8, 2019 The Pittsburgh Penguins last four seasons have been nothing short of exciting: four playoff runs, two Stanley Cup championships, two victory parades, and 189 wins, 174 of which came under…
Penguins Sign Mike Sullivan to Extension The Canadian Press | July 5, 2019 PITTSBURGH — Mike Sullivan is sticking around to see if he can add to his Stanley Cup collection with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The club announced Friday that it has signed Sullivan — who guided the Penguins to championships in 2016 and 2017 — to a four…
NHL Rumors: Cooper, Canucks, Penguins, More Jim Parsons | April 18, 2019 In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there are updates on the Vancouver Canucks and their blue line, the Tampa Bay Lightning are not going to abandon their coach, and the Pittsburgh…
Penguins Nearly at Full Strength as Islanders Loom The Canadian Press | April 9, 2019 Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan spent a significant portion of his team’s choppy season in search of healthy bodies. Ten players — including stars Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang and goaltender Matt Murray — missed at least 10 games, a spate of i…
Penguins Pulpit: Last Place in the Eastern Conference Conner McTague | November 19, 2018 Last week, general manager Jim Rutherford threatened changes if his team’s play didn’t improve. It looked like the threats worked, with the Pittsburgh Penguins finishing their week with a hard-fought…
Penguins Unlikely to Win Kessel Trade Greg Thornberry | June 1, 2018 Let’s say hypothetically that a team has a player—let’s call him Bill Tessel—who finished the season as one of the NHL’s top-10 point producers. He recently helped his team to…
Hagelin Heating Up Matched with Malkin Shawn Nicholls | January 27, 2018 With his shaggy Swedish locks and jaw-dropping speed, Pittsburgh Penguins winger Carl Hagelin is hard to miss. He’s ferocious in short-handed situations, a nuisance on the forecheck and never seems…
How the Penguins Exploit the Boards The Hockey Writers | November 19, 2017 When a player positions himself along the boards, it can mask the immediate threat this player poses. The Penguins thrive on this misapprehension. For them, the boards provide a refuge,…
NHL’s ‘Failed Offside Challenge’ Penalty Is a Positive Step Joseph Ochs | September 14, 2017 Back in May, I proposed four simple rule changes to help “fix” the NHL. Among them, naturally, was a series of tweaks to adjust the league’s coach-controlled offside challenge. I…
Penguins Blue Line: Hunwick vs. Pouliot Dave Holcomb | July 10, 2017 Free agency left the depth of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ blue line pretty bare last week, as Trevor Daley, Ron Hainsey and Marc Streit all left in free agency. But heading into…