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...
What to expect for Penguins’ offseason
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
June 26, 2024
Former Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford was fairly open with his intentions. He would publicly proclaim he needed a top-six winger and two weeks later, Jason Zucker showed up via tra...
Sather announces retirement after six decades in NHL
NHL, Sports
June 26, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Hockey Hall of Famer Glen Sather, who built and coached the NHL’s last great dynasty with the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980s and helped resurrect the New York Rangers in the early 2000s,...
NHL, Sports
By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer 
June 26, 2024
Fanatics and the NHL on Wednesday unveiled new onice player jerseys for the 202425 season, which officials say have been tested and refined well before making their debut in games this fall. It is the...
NHL, Sports
June 26, 2024
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Edmonton Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said on Wednesday that some of the team’s top stars were playing through injuries during their Stanley Cup playoff run. The Oilers lost 2-...
NHL, Sports
By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer 
June 25, 2024
The Stanley Cup was still on the ice when Patric Hornqvist offered up a sobering thought surrounded by former teammates and other family revelers holding cans of beer during the celebration. The newly...
Panthers’ Barkov becomes first Cup captain from Finland
NHL, Sports
June 25, 2024
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — A Finnish flag waved prominently in the stands as the Florida Panthers celebrated with the Stanley Cup. Aleksander Barkov held his 2-year-old child in his arms minutes after getti...
McDavid wins Conn Smythe despite Oilers losing
NHL, Sports
June 25, 2024
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Connor McDavid won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP on Monday night despite Edmonton’s Stanley Cup Final loss to Florida, a nod to one of the greatest postseason performances...
Panthers win 1st Stanley Cup with 2-1 win
NHL, Sports
June 24, 2024
Edmonton’s Connor McDavid was named the Conn Smythe winner as the MVP of the playoffs. SUNRISE, Fla.(AP) — There was no collapse. The Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup champions for the first time, and...