The Penguins have reassigned top defense prospect Harrison Brunicke to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to finish the season, per a release from the minor-league club. His major junior season with the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League is over after they failed to qualify for the playoffs. Brunicke, 18, slipped to the second round of last year’s draft, where the Pens … [Read more...] about Penguins Reassign Harrison Brunicke To AHL
Penguins Assign Sebastian Aho And Matt Nieto To AHL
Seth Rorabaugh of Tribune-Review Sports is reporting that the Pittsburgh Penguins have assigned defenseman Sebastian Aho and forward Matt Nieto to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL. Nieto has had a tumultuous second season with the Penguins, missing nearly half of the year with a knee injury. He returned to the lineup in mid-November and dressed in 31 NHL games, … [Read more...] about Penguins Assign Sebastian Aho And Matt Nieto To AHL
Penguins Prospect Ville Koivunen Breaking Out In Second Half
The NHL season has not gone according to plan for the Pittsburgh Penguins. They have the third-oldest lineup in the league, but land in the bottom-10 of the standings with just 13 games left on the schedule. Staff and fans alike have started to turn their attention towards the future, evidenced by the team’s sale of Anthony Beauvillier, Luke Schenn, and Cody Glass for future … [Read more...] about Penguins Prospect Ville Koivunen Breaking Out In Second Half
Penguins Reassign Matthew Nieto
The Penguins announced today they’ve reassigned winger Matthew Nieto to AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. While he’s been shuttled between leagues frequently in the past couple of weeks as an emergency recall, this demotion is of a more permanent nature, per Seth Rorabaugh of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Despite the recalls, Nieto hasn’t appeared in a game for the Pens since Feb. … [Read more...] about Penguins Reassign Matthew Nieto
Penguins’ Goalie Prospect Sergei Murashov Making Waves
Pittsburgh Penguins’ goalie prospect Sergei Murashov is making the most of his first season playing in North America, as he recently set a franchise record for the AHL-affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton by winning his 10th game in a row, per a team release. Pittsburgh’s fourth round selection in the 2022 draft, Murashov spent 26 games in the ECHL to begin the season before getting … [Read more...] about Penguins’ Goalie Prospect Sergei Murashov Making Waves