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Pittsburgh Penguins assistant coach selected for Team USA coaching staff
Pittsburgh Penguins assistant coach Ty Hennes has been named an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2024 IIHF World Championship, which will be held May 10-26 in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia.
Penguins A to Z: A change of scenery offered little benefit to Emil Bemstrom
With the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2023-24 season coming to an end without any postseason action, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 49 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until next season — with the organization, from fourth-line center Noel Acciari to reserve winger Radim Zohorna.
Penguins' Bryan Rust enjoys career year, laments long offseason to come
In a way, it was a fitting — if frustrating — end to Bryan Rust’s 2023-24. During the second period of a season-ending 5-4 road loss to the New York Islanders, the Pittsburgh Penguins all-everything right winger was checked into the visiting bench, and one of the doors popped open, causing Rust to smash his thigh into the door frame.
Backup goalie leads Canucks to win, 2-1 series lead over Predators
Casey DeSmith has been a backup goaltender for the Pittsburgh Penguins for most of his career, but he took center stage on Friday night.DeSmith made 30 saves for his first career playoff win as the Vancouver Canucks held off the Nashville Predators 2-1 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville to take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference first-round playoff series.Game 4 is Sunday in Nashville at 5 p.m. ET.DeSmith has been forced into action because of a lower-body injury to No. 1 goalie Thatcher Demko, who was only able to play in the series opener. Demko may miss the remainder of the series.It was only DeSmith's third career playoff game. CASEY CLOSED. ⛔️ pic.twitter.com/toq7RMCf52— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) April 27, 2024 “I can't say enough about the guys. All the kills we had ….. The guys really earned that one. This is just a hard place to play,” DeSmith said on TBS after the game. " ... Just to hang on at the end and hold on to that one-goal lead. That’s hard to do.”The Canucks blocked 29 shots.J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser had power-play goals for Vancouver. Miller added an assist and defenseman Quinn Hughes had two assists.Luke Evangelista scored with 3:12 left to make it a one-goal game.
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