Rust hits 30 as Pens end season by beating Caps
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 18, 2025
Sidney Crosby’s 20th campaign in the NHL ended just like his first. And the previous two. Out of the playoffs. And while the Penguins were eliminated from contention for this upcoming postseason well ...
Despite recent struggles from the Pens, Crosby still driven
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
April 18, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — It is the penultimate practice in a largely frustrating season, one filled with baffling losses on the ice and crushing ones off it. And yet there is Sidney Crosby, in the waning day...
Concern eases as Letang appears at Penguins’ facility
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
April 17, 2025
The Penguins’ defenseman had heart surgery Tuesday to close a hole in his heart. Spotting Kris Letang at the Pittsburgh Penguins’ practice facility constitutes far from any remarkable development, giv...
Crosby honored as ‘most complete player’ by his peers
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
April 16, 2025
AP The annual NHL Players’ Association (NHLPA) poll was released Tuesday morning, and Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was once again shown to be held in high regard by his peers. Featuring p...
Penguins fall to Boston as season nears end
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 14, 2025
Rickard Rakell scored the only goal in a 4-1 loss. Pittsburgh Penguins forward Philip Tomasino was back in the lineup for Sunday’s home contest against the Boston Bruins after missing three prior game...
Penguins beat Devils in season’s final road game
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 12, 2025
Erik Karlsson has been on some bad teams before. And he has a pretty good idea of what it looks like when a squalid squad ceases to compete. He has seen no such evidence of that with his current emplo...
Five forwards to miss rest of season
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 11, 2025
Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Noel Acciari, Blake Lizotte, Rutger McGroarty, Tommy Novak and Matt Nieto will miss the final three games of the regular season due to undisclosed injuries. Coach Mike Sul...
Boko Imama nominated for Masterton Trophy
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 10, 2025
The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy is often misconstrued as a “comeback award.” And sure enough, the three Pittsburgh Penguins players who have won it all came back from some matter of personal hardsh...
Asst. coach Quinn talks Karlsson, Grzelcyk and power play
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
April 10, 2025
At any given Pittsburgh Penguins practice, a mirror image often presents itself on the ice, as two men decked out in matching attire with similar physical attributes bark out instructions in a coarse ...
Jarry, Penguins shut out Blackhawks
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 9, 2025
There is nothing for the Pittsburgh Penguins to gain with what remains of the 2024-25 campaign, at least not from the perspective of contention for the upcoming postseason that they were mathematicall...
‘Eternal’ game of Crosby has aged well
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
April 9, 2025
After scoring three goals against the Dallas Stars on Saturday, Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby was asked if netting a hat trick ever gets old. “No,” Crosby replied via audio provided by the ...
St. Ivany aims for playoffs once again
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 8, 2025
Jack St. Ivany is in a similar spot as he was a year ago. He’s helping the Penguins make a run to secure a playoff spot. To be certain, he’s helping the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins accomplish that ...
Loss at Chicago ends Penguins’ playoff hopes
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 7, 2025
Richard Rakell scored Pittsburgh’s only goal in a 3-1 defeat. The Pittsburgh Penguins will miss the playoffs for a third consecutive year. But unlike the previous two campaigns, their fate as it relat...
Penguins drop overtime decision at St. Louis
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 4, 2025
Robert Thomas’ power play goal was the gamewinner as the Blues won their 11th straight. Of their limited accomplishments this season, the Pittsburgh Penguins can boast they are the last team to have d...
Penguins have no shortage of goaltending prospects
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 4, 2025
Joel Blomqvist is probably the most accomplished goaltender the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins have on their roster. At least at the American Hockey League level. An All-Star during the 2023-24 seaso...
Jarry wants to remain in the Penguins’ picture
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 3, 2025
Monday was picture day for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Members of the roster and employees of the franchise lumbered onto the ice at PPG Paints Arena. Some stood on top of risers while others sat in fold...
Singer of Canadian anthem changes lyrics in protest
NHL, Sports
February 22, 2025
By STEPHEN WHYNO AND KEN POWTAK Associated Press The anthem singer who performed the Canadian anthem prior to the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game Thursday night changed a lyric in “O Canada” as a...
Matthew Tkachuk tried to work through injury
NHL, Sports
4 NATIONS NOTEBOOK
February 22, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk did not play for the United States in the third period or overtime against Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game on Thursday, and it’s unclear how his injury...
Lange’s legacy goes beyond his phrases
NHL, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
February 21, 2025
The beloved Pittsburgh icon and Penguins’ broadcaster died late Wednesday. When Mario Lemieux joined the Penguins as the franchise’s savior in 1984, there wasn’t an abundance of ways to watch the team...
Where did Lange come up with those magical words?
NHL, Sports
By By JOANNA KLIMOVICH HARROP TribLive 
February 21, 2025
This story was originally written and ran May 15, 2017. A guy walked into the former Wren Haven bar in Scott Township where Penguins announcer Mike Lange was having lunch and said to the bartender “Bu...