There are nights when answering the bell means fighting or raising the intensity. On other nights, both teams need to answer the bell because it’s more like an alarm clock to awaken from a snoozer. By late in the first period, the Pittsburgh Pengui
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Published: 2 months ago
DETROIT — The last couple of days have been magically delicious for hockey news. The Pittsburgh Penguins trade on Tuesday won’t change the team, but it could give Mark Friedman a last chance at a full-time NHL career. Marc-Andre Fleury was specta
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Published: 1 year ago
In a minor swap today, the Penguins traded defenseman Mark Friedman and forward Ty Glover to Vancouver in exchange for forward Karel Plasek and defenseman Jack Rathbone. When I learned of the deal from Other Rick, I (sarcastically) commented that we
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CRANBERRY — The Pittsburgh Penguins had a pretty good idea of what they were getting when they acquired Reilly Smith from Vegas this summer. He had, during more than a decade in the NHL, earned a reputation as a good skater and responsible two-way
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Published: 1 year ago
If you’ve watched the first few games of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season, you’ve probably got a feel for where the music is taking you: Loads of scoring up topA defense…
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Published: 1 year ago
Photo by Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A minor deal shuffles pieces between the Penguins and Canucks The Penguins made a trade today to send Mark Friedman to the Vancouver Canucks organization. Pittsburgh also
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The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded Mark Friedman and Ty Glover to the Vancouver Canucks for Jack Rathbone and Karel Plasek. Here’s what you need to know. Friedman has 12 points in 64 NHL games with the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins
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Published: 1 year ago
The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired a pair of minor-leaguers from Vancouver for two who have been with their American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre. The Canucks gave them defenseman Jack Rathbone and forward Karel Plasek in exchange for f
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Friedman has 65 games in the NHL with the Penguins and Flyers, while Rathbone has 28 games in the NHL with the Canucks.
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After a demolition derby-type preseason and training camp in which no less than seven or eight players fought for a few spots in the Pittsburgh Penguins roster, none of the original combatants made the cut. After calling a draw with no winners, the P
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Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet has been impressed by the maturity of Elias Pettersson's two-way game through the first two contests of the 2023-24 campaign. "I think he understands what it's going to take to win," he told reporters Monday.
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Defenseman Libor Hajek, who attended the Pittsburgh Penguins’ training camp on a professional tryout agreement, has signed an American Hockey League contract with their farm team in Wilkes-Barre. Hajek, 25, was chosen by Tampa Bay in the second rou
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Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images There is a lot to like so far and some stuff to still wonder about the Pittsburgh Penguins early line combinations. Even though it has only been three games of the 2023-24 season we
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