Photo by Swen Pförtner/picture alliance via Getty Images 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. Alex Ruoff, one of the great West Virginia men’s basketball players, is returning to his alma mater…… read more »
It took little time for Pittsburgh Steelers rookie George Pickens in training c… read more »
Expected to name JT Daniels the starter week one, Brown pivots and won’t name starter yet. On Nicco: “I really like his progression from the spring to fall camp. A lot of true freshman [quarterbacks] don’t get a lot of game-like reps with the first team defense and he’s got a bunch. He got a…… read more »
Assistant coach Mike Vellucci has signed a two-year contract extension with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team announced Monday. Vellucci, 56, of Michigan, joined the Penguins organization in 2019-2020 as general manager and head coach of the team’s AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. In his past two seasons as the Penguins’ assistant coach, Vellucci oversees the…… read more »
The second summer of Ron Hextall’s tenure as Pittsburgh Penguins general manager has seen him reconstruct the minor league system. Part of that change was allowing several prospects to walk in free agency, including Jordy Bellerive. Bellerive, a 23-year-old center, has signed with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the AHL.… read more »
Even during the slow season of the NHL calendar, the Pittsburgh Penguins and general manager, Ron Hextall are hard at work. The team re-signed and promoted coach Todd Reirden for two more seasons. Reirden’s promotion makes him the “associate coach” of the Penguins, but his responsibilities will primarily remain the same as he handles the…… read more »
The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed assistant coach Mike Vellucci to a two-year contract extension running through the 2023-24 season. Vellucci has been with the Penguins organization for three seasons, the last two being with the NHL squad. The Penguins initially hired Vellucci before the 2019-20 season to be the head coach of the Wilkes-Barre Scranton…… read more »
It’s that time of year. Training camps are just under a month away and opening rankings for the 2022-23 season are flying around. NHL Network released their top 20 wingers list Sunday evening, and Pittsburgh Penguins left winger Jake Guentzel slotted in at number 14.… read more »
After an active summer of interviewing for head coaching jobs and getting on the short lists in Boston and San Jose, it turns out Mike Vellucci’s next team will be his previous one: the Penguins. One week after re-signing fellow assistant (and now associate) coach Todd Reirden, the Pens have also given Vellucci a matching…… read more »
The Pittsburgh Steelers remain one of the NFL’s marquee franchises both because of their storied history (six Lombardi Trophies) and their sustained success….… read more »