Ducks land John Carlson to open NHL trade deadline
NHL, Sports
By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer 
March 7, 2026
John Carlson is going to the Anaheim Ducks as part of a surprising deal from the Washington Capitals agreed to just after midnight on NHL trade deadline day. Anaheim sent a conditional first-round pic...
Pens lose game and Evgeni Malkin
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
March 6, 2026
For the past week, the Penguins have gotten a refresher on what life is like without the nonpareil Sidney Crosby, currently designated to injured reserve because of a suspected right leg injury. On Th...
Lack of healthy centers leads to Penguins’ loss
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
March 5, 2026
With the NHL’s trade deadline approaching at 3 p.m. Friday, the Pittsburgh Penguins don’t necessarily need to add a center for a prolonged playoff run. But they probably need a center for … well … now...
Rakell has offered mixed results filling in at center
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
March 5, 2026
Rickard Rakell immediately objected to the premise of the question. On Feb. 27, a reporter in Cranberry asked him what is it like to be the No. 1 center of the Pittsburgh Penguins, as it was learned t...
Penguins’ Rust: ‘This is home’
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
March 3, 2026
Even after reaching the 30-goal mark for the first time last season, Bryan Rust hasn’t lost appreciation for that 20-goal plateau. He reached that mark for the seventh consecutive season on Sunday dur...
Knights’ Stone exits game in tough loss to Penguins
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
March 2, 2026
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone left his team’s game at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday because of an undisclosed injury. Penguins defenseman Kris Letang gave Stone a seemi...
Penguins top U.S. hero Hughes and the Devils
NHL, Sports
February 27, 2026
New Jersey’s Jack Hughes received a standing ovation from Pittsburgh fans during a pregame ceremony. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Connor Clifton and Egor Chinakhov scored 50 seconds apart in the third period and...
Girard getting acclimated to his new surroundings
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
February 27, 2026
A slow news cycle did not accompany Sam Girard’s first day with the Pittsburgh Penguins. After trading for the 27-year-old defenseman Tuesday, the Penguins announced Wednesday that captain Sidney Cros...
Crosby on IR, but still confident in Penguins’ playoff chances
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
February 26, 2026
It was an important day for Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby on Wednesday. His celebrated Little Penguins Learn to Play program for area youth was staged at UPMC Lemieux Complex. Crosby has h...
Penguins trade for Colorado defenseman
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
February 25, 2026
Kyle Dubas is usually open-ended when he talks about how he wants to craft his roster as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ president of hockey operations. That’s a nice way of suggesting he is adept of saying ...
What the Olympics meant for Pens and the U.S.
NHL, Olympics, Pittsburgh, ...
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
February 24, 2026
Things were fairly ordinary on a dreary, cloudy Sunday at UMPC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. As members of the Pittsburgh Penguins gathered to refine their skills for practice, fans watched fro...
NHL’s return to Olympics lived up to the hype
NHL, Olympics, Sports
February 24, 2026
MILAN (AP) — The long wait for the best hockey players in the world taking the ice in an international tournament lived up to the hype. Four of the seven games in the knockout round at the Milan Corti...
Prospect Howe looking good following knee surgery
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
February 21, 2026
It wasn’t exactly a work of art. Then again, Tanner Howe isn’t exactly Vincent Van Gogh. He’s more of a Francis Harrington Glidden. That’s to say the Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect plays somethi...
Penguins’ defenseman Ryan Shea finds his spot
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
February 14, 2026
Ryan Shea has nothing personal against the Chicago Blackhawks. Honest. He swears. But, it’s scary — at least to Blackhawks goaltenders — to think what he could do if he did harbor any umbrage against ...
NHL has more Olympic content access in Milan
NHL, Olympics, Sports
February 13, 2026
MILAN (AP) — Not getting to show iconic moments such as Sidney Crosby’s golden goal for Canada in Vancouver in 2010 or T.J. Oshie’s shootout heroics for the U.S. against Russia in Sochi in 2014 has be...
Skinner meshing well inside Penguins’ locker room
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
February 12, 2026
As a preteen, Stuart Skinner attended a goaltending camp in Toronto put on by youth development coach Eli Wilson. When Skinner was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Dec. 12, he thought back to that...
Tkachuks and Hughes brothers make USA a family affair
NHL, Olympics, Sports
February 12, 2026
MILAN (AP) — Charlie McAvoy doesn’t have any brothers. In his family, there were only sisters, so he can’t truly understand what it would be like to play on a global stage with a brother as a teammate...
Olympics are here for many NHL stars left waiting
NHL, Olympics, Sports
February 11, 2026
MILAN (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon knew he wouldn’t make Canada’s 2014 Olympic team as an 18-year-old NHL rookie, while Germany’s Leon Draisaitl and Czechia’s David Pastrnak were still a year away from bei...
Sullivan tight-lipped about Team USA’s plans
NHL, Olympics, Sports
February 10, 2026
MILAN (AP) — Mike Sullivan wanted his players to get their blood moving, break out a sweat and adjust to a new time zone with most of them fresh off flying across the Atlantic Ocean. He did not want a...
NHL players excited for return to Olympics after 12 years
NHL, Olympics, Sports
February 9, 2026
MILAN (AP) — Lukas Dostal was in a rush to get to the Olympics. Earlier this week, the Czech goaltender became the first NHL player to take the ice for practice with his national team. “What would I d...