The newly acquired and branded regional sports network, SportsNet Pittsburgh, owned by the Pittsburgh Penguins and operated by New England Sports Network (NESN), today announced three hires for their on-air talent team for Penguins telecasts. JOSH GETZOFF (Twitter: @JG_PxP) will join the SportsNet Pittsburgh team as the play-by-play announcer for the Penguins for the 2023-24…… read more »
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Rakell remembers sunscreen for Penguins golf outing after bad sunburn last year
Richard Rakell will not need his aloe for picture day this year. The Pittsburgh Penguins forward made sure he packed his SPF 50 sunscreen for a Penguins golf tournament on Tuesday to prevent a repeat of last season’s sunburned media day picture. Rakell’s wife, Emmeli, posted on her Instagram story that her husband forgot to…… read more »
Penguins make upgrades to suites, sound system, scoreboard at PPG Paints Arena
The Penguins are gearing up for a new season at PPG Paints Arena, and fans will notice some upgrades this year, and not just on the ice. President of Business Operations Kevin Acklin says they’ve put $30 million into arena upgrades. KDKA will be airing two pre-season pens games on KDKA+ on Sept. 24 and…… read more »
Penguins Set to Be Back Among NHL’s Best This Season
The chips are really falling in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ favor right now, only one year after their first playoff miss in nearly 20 years. After a season that was arguably the most disappointing of the Sidney Crosby era, the Penguins are in a prime position to make this season better than the last in a…… read more »
What I Think After That Brawl
Photo by Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It wasn’t pretty but it was a win, the first win over Pitt since 2011! I want to say first that I am happy. I’m happy for a win over our rival. I’m happy to see 61,000 fans on my television screaming, cheering, chanting and being excited.…… read more »
Penguins training camp preview: Centers are old, but a strength of the team
The Pittsburgh Penguins are an old team, and they aren’t any older than they are at center. The five top options they have down the middle average 35.2 years old — and that’s with “youngster” Noel Acciari (31) chipping in to significantly drag down the number with Sidney Crosby (36), Evgeni Malkin (37), Jeff Carter…… read more »
West Virginia Mauls Pitt, Wins Backyard Brawl 17-6
Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images West Virginia wins the 106th version of the Backyard Brawl! In the most anticipated game of the 2023 season, the West Virginia Mountaineers continued their rivalry with the Pitt Panthers on Saturday night and in the loudest environment Mountaineer Field has seen in the Neal Brown era…… read more »
West Virginia Mountaineers Triumph Over Pitt Panthers, 17-6
Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images West Virginia wins the 106th version of the Backyard Brawl! In the showdown we’ve been waiting for since the 2011 season, the West Virginia Mountaineers renewed their age-old rivalry with the Pitt Panthers on Saturday night. The atmosphere at Mountaineer Field reached deafening levels, marking one of…… read more »
Free agent Phil Kessel unlikely to return to Penguins, per report
Phil Kessel is still a free agent, but he has every intention of playing next season. Although there is some “percolating interest from NHL teams” in signing Kessel for the 2023-24 season— with a full contract, not a professional tryout offer, according to TSN’s Chris Johnston— The Athletic’s Josh Yohe believes the Pittsburgh Penguins are…… read more »
Offseason Moves Overvalued in 2023-24 NHL Predictions
As we near the opening of NHL training camps, we’ve reached the point where the floodgates are opened to predictions, projections and 2023-24 season outlooks. As these things typically go, there tends to be an over-emphasis placed on summer roster changes and less focus on the team’s performance from a year ago. For all the…… read more »