The Pittsburgh Penguins are looking at a wide variety of candidates for their vacant general manager position. According to hockey insider Pierre LeBrun, the Penguins were aiming to interview 10-12 candidates as part of a first wave via Zoom. Bergevin and Chiarelli previously held NHL GM positions, most recently in Montreal and Edmonton respectively.… read more »
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Poca High School in Putnam County closed
As of May 16, 9:40am: Poca High School in Putnam County will be closed on Tue. May. 16, 2023 due to water issues.… read more »
West Virginia in position to win Big 12 regular season title
Got Your Eers On | Twitter.com Good morning! This is the Shotgun Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup. Welcome, By-Godders, to The Shotgun Throwdown, WVU’s best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor, and daily distractions. Let’s get into it. WVU NEWS Baseball WVU closes in on Big 12 title with 5-3 win over…… read more »
Casey DeSmith backstops USA to third straight IIHF Worlds win
The 2023 IIHF Men’s World Championship has only been going on for five days, and Team USA is already off to a 3-0 start in Finland. Team captain Nick Bonino scored twice and earned player-of-the-game honors in the Americans’ 7-1 rout of Hungary Sunday.… read more »
Live: Updates: Kraken trail Stars 1-0 as third period of Game 7 begins
According to Kraken PR, there have been five instances in which two current Kraken players have faced off against each other in a Game 7. *Justin Schultz’s Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Andre Burakovsky and Philipp Grubauer with the Washington Capitals, second round of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Pittsburgh shut out the Capitals 2-0. *Burakovsky and…… read more »
Penguins Need to Make the Defense a Priority
It will be a busy summer for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The team is currently on the hunt for a new general manager (GM) after firing Ron Hextall on April 14. Once a new GM is in place, the much-needed roster changes will begin. The Penguins have several players about to become unrestricted free agents (UFAs)…… read more »
East Dale Elementary School in Marion County closing at 9:00am
As of May 15, 8:13am: East Dale Elementary School in Marion County will be closing at 9:00 on Mon. May. 15, 2023 due to power outage.… read more »
2022-23 Season in Review: Rickard Rakell
Rakell went 2/2 and led the team in shootout goals this season. Rakell was as consistent as the season was long- he played every game and never went more than three straight games without recording a point. Rakell started the season a bit slow — scoring “only” 5G+1A in the first 12 games of the…… read more »
2022-23 Season in Review: The Departed (Blueger, Kapanen, McGinn)
Typically, we don’t usually profile seasons of players that end up departing the Penguins during the year. Blueger should flirt again with breaking that elusive 10+ goal barrier, and end up in the 30ish point range if he get a full year in and plays well, which again can make him quite a valuable 10th…… read more »
Bonino leads Team USA to 7-1 win over Hungary
The Pittsburgh Penguins might be sitting out the Stanley Cup playoffs, but they’re having an impact at the world championships.… read more »