Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Trades happen all the time in professional hockey. They don’t tend to happen one week into a season. That’s what happened for Jack Rathbone, the shifty defenseman who was two years removed from being named to the AHL All-Rookie Team. Rathbone was dealt to the Penguins organization from the Vancouver Canucks on Oct. […]

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The 2024 IIHF World Championship has arrived, and one of the game’s premier, international tournaments features more than a handful of current and former Penguins. The 16-country tournament has become an annual tradition, but because many hockey fans have their attention fixated on the ongoing Stanley Cup Playoffs, it can be overlooked […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed forward Valtteri Puustinen to a two-year contract, it was announced today by President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Kyle Dubas. The contract runs through the 2025-26 season and carries an average annual value of $775,000 at the NHL level. Puustinen, 24, split the 2023-24 season between Pittsburgh and the […]

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins announced today that goaltender Taylor Gauthier has been reassigned by the Pittsburgh Penguins from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to their ECHL affiliate, the Wheeling Nailers. Gauthier was named the winner of the Nick Vitucci ECHL Goaltender of the Year Award after leading the league with a .923 save percentage and four shutouts […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins will not renew the contracts of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Head Coach J.D. Forrest as well as WBS Assistant Coach Kevin Porter, the club announced this morning. “Today’s decisions were not easy and we are grateful to J.D. and Kevin for their dedication and hard work over the past eight and four years, respectively. Both […]

BOXSCORE ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ season came to an end with a 5-4 overtime loss to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Friday at PPL Center. The Phantoms won the best-of-three series, 2-0, by putting forth a stunning, third-period rally that led to Jacob Gaucher’s series-winning goal in OT. After Joel Blomqvist slid across […]

BOXSCORE WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins fell behind 1-0 in their best-of-three, first-round Calder Cup Playoff series due to a 2-1 loss to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday night at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. Ville Koivunen’s first goal as a Penguin was not enough as Lehigh Valley held on to take […]

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins announced today that four players have joined the team ahead of its opening-round series in the Calder Cup Playoffs. Defenseman Owen Pickering has been reassigned to by the Pittsburgh Penguins to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton from the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League. Additionally, forwards Ville Koivunen and Cooper Foster […]

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins host the Lehigh Valley Phantoms this Wednesday in Game A.

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins ended their 2023-24 regular season on Saturday with a 2-0 win over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.