Matt Murray will get his first start in goal for Pittsburgh tonight and earlier in the day the Penguins sent goaltender Mike Condon to the Ottawa Senators for a fifth-round pick in the 2017 draft. Condon was claimed off the waiver wire from the Montreal Canadiens on Oct. 11 as a backup to Marc-Andre Fleury. Condon's only action [...]
Oskar Sundqvist is the fifth Pittsburgh Penguins' rookie to score his first NHL goal this season. Sundqvist's first goal happened today as he scored an unassisted, short-handed goal against the New York Islander's Jean-Francois Berube. The Penguins have had at least one player score their first NHL goal in every season since they entered the [...]
Today is the 50th anniversary of the Penguins franchise being awarded by the NHL. The NHL announced that it would double in size on Feb. 9, 1966. Pittsburgh joined the league with the Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, Minnesota North Stars and Oakland Seals. The Pittsburgh Penguins today unveiled the logo for [...]
Former Penguins coach Dan Bylsma brings his new team, the Buffalo Sabres, to Pittsburgh to face Mike Johnston tomorrow night at the CONSOL Energy Center. It’s the second time a former Pens coach faced his coaching replacement. Byslma took over for Michel Therrien on Feb. 15, 2009 and went on to lead the Penguins to [...]
Former Penguins assistant coach Jimmy Roberts died today after battling cancer. He was 75. Roberts, won five Stanley Cup rings as an all-star as a defenseman with the Montreal Canadiens and St. Louis Blues, served as an assistant with the Penguins from 1984 through 1987, under head coach Bob Berry. He also served as a head coach of the Buffalo Sabres, [...]
