Penguins general manager Ray Shero was Nashville's assistant general manager when the Predators selected O'Reilly in the fifth round of the 2005 NHL Draft.
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February 03, 2012
The Penguins announced today that they have given Forward Joe Vitale a 2 year contract extension through the 2013-2014 hockey season averaging $550,000 a year. Vitale has 10 points in 44 games this season, 3 goals and 7 assists. He also leads the team with a 55.9% face-off win percentage. Vitale was drafted by the Penguins in 2005 in the 7th round but went on to play four years...
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January 31, 2012
A very strange turn of events as confusion seems reigning around Sidney Crosby this afternoon.
Here is what we know. There was a report that the Penguins were going to release a statment on Sidney Crosby this afternoon.
From there, reports of a press conference developed.
This from Bob Pomp:
And then 27 minutes later:
Welcome to the circus...
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February 01, 2012
Marc-Andre Fleury made a number of remarkable saves and bailed out a Penguins team that played perhaps its worst defensive game of the season.
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February 03, 2012
The Pittsburgh Penguins just announced that they’ve resigned forward Joe Vitale to a two-year contract extension worth $550,000 / season. He is now signed with the Penguins through the 2013-14 season.
With Vitale stepping up this season and playing more aggressively, this contract extension is a great move for both the organization and the player. Vitale appears to be...
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February 01, 2012
At least one thing did not change over the NHL's All-Star break: Goalie Brent Johnson was in his usual position at the end of the Penguins bench Tuesday when their game against the Toronto Maple Leafs began at Consol Energy Center. Marc-Andre Fleury made his 23rd consecutive appearance - all but two of them as a starter - to extend the longest such streak of his career.
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January 31, 2012
The Penguins said in a statement that there is no evidence that Penguins captain Sidney Crosby had a past or present neck fracture, but he is suffering from a soft-tissue injury of the neck that could be causing neurological symptoms.
Doct...
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January 31, 2012
Evgeni Malkin tied it with 6 seconds left in regulation and then scored the lone shootout goal to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-4 victory over Toronto on Tuesday night.
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January 31, 2012
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Sidney Crosby had his career thrown off track in the 2011 Winter Classic when he suffered a concussion after a hit from David Steckel, a...
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January 31, 2012
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby is suffering from a soft tissue injury in his neck that could lead to neurological problems.
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January 31, 2012
Evgeni Malkin tied it with 6 seconds left in regulation and then scored the lone shootout goal to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-4 victory over Toronto on Tuesday night. Malkin's 27th goal capped a furious third-period rally by the Penguins, who trailed by three with 13 minutes to play. The NHL's leading scorer later flipped a wrist shot past Jonas Gustavsson in the...
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January 31, 2012
After tying the game with a goal in the third period, Evgeni Malkin won it in a shootout, giving the Penguins their eighth straight win.
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February 02, 2012
The Penguins have been living on the edge lately. A lot. Just about every time they reported for work, really. And when a team spends enough time on the edge -- as the Penguins had done by going to overtime or a shootout in five of their previous six games -- it eventually falls off. Like the Penguins did in a 1-0 loss to Toronto Wednesday night at the Air Canada Centre.
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February 01, 2012
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February 02, 2012
The Pittsburgh Penguins are continuing their rapid social media growth on all platforms, recently passing 1.25 million followers combined on Facebook and Twitter, 100,000 on the Pens Mobile Club and 30,000 on the unique Student Rush text program...
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