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Pens Points: Celebrating Crosby. Pickering Promoted.

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Owen Pickering, the Penguins’ towering 2022 first-round pick, has earned a promotion to the team’s top defensive pairing. Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning... In what was an ot

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Published: 2 weeks ago

Five Reasons Penguins Could Fizzle, not Sizzle, in 2023-24

The Pittsburgh Penguins will open training camp Thursday, flush with more optimism than the organization has generated in a number of years. And with good reason. Since taking over as president of hockey operations in June, Kyle Dubas not only has ac

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Published: 1 year ago

Dan’s Daily: Blue Jackets Eat Crow; Sidney Crosby Holds Court

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby held court after delivering season tickets to a lucky fan on Monday. His answers weren’t inflammatory, but he raised the bar in the coming season. The Columbus Blue Jackets wore a bib and ate crow with both

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins training camp preview: Wings have quantity, but questions of quality

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images The Pens have names but a weird mix on the wings Well gang, we’ve almost made it. The Penguins officially report for training camp tomorrow, and get back on the ice formally for practices s

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins continue annual tradition of delivering season tickets to fans

Pittsburgh Penguins It’s become a rite of passage for the Penguins players. Several lucky fans had some dreams come true yesterday as Penguins players continued the annual tradition of hand-delivering season tickets across t

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Published: 1 year ago

Summer Synopsis: San Jose Sharks

The San Jose Sharks limped into the offseason of what was sure to be a franchise altering offseason. There was some excitement that the club was finally going to be able to get out from under Erik Karlsson’s gigantic cap hit and begin a full on reb

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Published: 1 year ago

Crosby motivated to return to playoffs: 'It's just not fun watching'

Sidney Crosby is insistent the Pittsburgh Penguins don't make a habit of missing the playoffs.The club fell short of the postseason cutline this past spring for the first time since Crosby's rookie season in 2005-06, and getting back into the dance i

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins Update: The Jeff Carter Conundrum

By all accounts, Penguins GM Kyle Dubas has had a productive and impactful summer. Since taking charge of the black-and-gold’s fortunes on June 1, he acquired veteran scorer Reilly Smith in a savvy trade with Vegas, executed the Erik Karlsson bloc

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Published: 1 year ago

Sabres prospect Matt Savoie sustains injury during rookie tournament

Buffalo Sabres prospect Matt Savoie left in the opener of the Prospects Challenge against the Pittsburgh Penguins with an undisclosed injury and did not return.

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Published: 1 year ago

Crosby Calls for Better Consistency in Coming Season

There were hugs and handshakes. Someone cried. Someone else dropped an F-bomb. And that was before Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby had a chance to talk about the upcoming season on Monday. Crosby, as has been a preseason tradition for years

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Published: 1 year ago

Penguins set radio broadcast, add Steve Mears

Photo by Melynda Pilon/NHLI via Getty Images The Pens have set their new radio team, with a familiar voice joining up Steve Mears was recently removed from the Penguins’ television broadcast, but he won’t be going too far.

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Published: 1 year ago

Steve Mears Joins Bourque on Radio; TV Crew Changes

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ broadcast picture for the coming season has come largely into focus. And it is decidedly different than in past seasons. Steve Mears, who previously had handled the play-by-play duties on TV, will shift to radio, where he w

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Published: 1 year ago

Heads Up: Penguins’ Sam Poulin Looks Pretty Good, Ready for NHL Spot

BUFFALO — The Pittsburgh Penguins haven’t received many contributions from their draft picks for eight years running. Not since 2015 has the team had a pick crack the lineup with regularity or consequence. After a step back last season to get hea

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Published: 1 year ago