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pittsburgh penguins
| Dupuis, Pens agree to 2-year contract | Tue Jun 28 15:24:53 2011 EST |
| Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed forward Pascal Dupuis to a two-year contract on Tuesday. The 32-year-old Quebec native will earn $1.5 million each year. Dupuis appeared in 81 games for the Penguins last season, collecting 17 goals and 20 assists. For his career, Dupuis has registered 130 goals and 277 points in 668 career games with the Wild, Rangers, Thrashers and Penguins. | |
| Perry takes NHL spotlight from Sedins with MVP win | Thu Jun 23 02:51:00 2011 EST |
| nalists Roberto Luongo of the Western Conference champion Vancouver Canucks and Nashville's Pekka Rinne in voting by the league's 40 general managers. Rinne had 25 wins in 42 starts, ranking second in save percentage. Dan Bylsma of the Pittsburgh Penguins picked up the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year, and Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks ended Pavel Datsyuk's three-year run as Selke Trophy winner, honoring the best defensive forward. Jeff Skinner, the 19-year-old sensation of th | |
| Bylsma takes home Jack Adams Award | Wed Jun 22 19:49:33 2011 EST |
| Las Vegas, NV (Sports Network) - Dan Bylsma of the Pittsburgh Penguins took home the 2011 Jack Adams Award as the top head coach in the National Hockey League. Bylsma, the first Penguins bench boss in franchise history to earn the honor, led his club to a 49-25-8 mark en route to claiming the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, earning the second-most points (106) and victories (49) in franchise history. The Penguins gained home-ice advantage in the opening round of the playoffs for the thir | |
| Chara wins Messier Award | Wed Jun 22 19:26:54 2011 EST |
| ver 24 playoff tilts. A long-time supporter and contributor to Right to Play, the international program that uses sport to improve the lives of children from disadvantaged areas, Chara this past season also took over the Bruins' P.J. Drive, which collects unused pajamas for local children in need. Phoenix Coyotes captain Shane Doan and Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom were the other two finalists. Last year's winner was Sidney Crosby, forward and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins. | |
| Yeo promoted to Wild head coach | Fri Jun 17 12:24:01 2011 EST |
| ssion for coaching and is a strong communicator," said Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher in a statement. "He has been a winner at every level throughout his extensive coaching career." Yeo was an assistant coach for five seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins before taking the job at Houston last year. He helped the Penguins to a pair of Stanley Cup Finals appearances with a title in the spring of 2009. "It was almost a year ago today that I decided to leave Pittsburgh and join this organizatio | |
| Report: Wild to name Yeo head coach | Thu Jun 16 18:05:04 2011 EST |
| MN (Sports Network) - The Minnesota Wild will reportedly name Mike Yeo, the current coach of the AHL's Houston Aeros, their new head coach. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Yeo, who is just 37 and was an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins for five seasons, will make the jump to the NHL. The Wild called a news conference for noon (et) on Friday to name a new head coach, but the team didn't disclose further details. Minnesota needs a replacement for Todd Richards, who was fir | |
| Bruins, Canucks will find consolation in the future | Tue Jun 14 09:47:40 2011 EST |
| ccess both these teams have achieved this season, it won't be an easy climb to get back on top of the hockey world next season. It's been 13 years since a team has repeated as champions (1998-98 Detroit Red Wings), although Detroit and the Pittsburgh Penguins had a chance when they faced off in back-to-back finals a few years back. The New Jersey Devils, Dallas Stars and the Colorado Avalanche also were perennial threats in their heyday. So while one team will walk away devastated, and the othe | |
| Penguins re-sign Ryan Craig | Mon Jun 13 19:11:40 2011 EST |
| Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed forward Ryan Craig to a one-year, two-way contract. Craig, 29, appeared in six games last season for Pittsburgh, accumulating 22 penalty minutes. He spent the majority of his season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate, where he served as team captain and finished the year with 19 goals and 48 points. An eighth-round pick of the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2002 and played parts of the five previou | |
| Penguins re-sign Adams to two-year deal | Thu Jun 9 16:34:34 2011 EST |
| Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed forward Craig Adams to a two-year deal on Thursday. The 34-year-old will receive an average annual salary of $675,000 that will extend through the 2012-13 campaign. Known for his defensive prowess and penalty killing, Adams tallied four goals and 15 points in 80 games last season. For his career, the two-time Stanley Cup champion has registered 41 goals and 74 assists in 669 contest with Carolina, Chicago and the Penguins. | |
| Guerin joins Penguins as development coach | Wed Jun 8 13:20:03 2011 EST |
| Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Two-time Stanley Cup winner Bill Guerin has joined the Pittsburgh Penguins as player development coach. Guerin, 40, retired this past December after an 18-season career. He will be responsible for working with young prospects in the Penguins' organization, helping develop players at the minor league, junior and college levels. "Billy has only been retired as a player for one year, so he brings a new and very contemporary perspective to the position," Penguins g | |
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