Penguins Send Pickering to Wilkes-Barre, Recall Imama

The Pittsburgh Penguins have assigned defenseman Owen Pickering to their farm team in Wilkes-Barre and promoted forward Boko Imama from the Baby Penguins.

It is not known if Imama will join the team in time to play in their game in Seattle today at 4:08 p.m.

Imama, a 6-foot-1, 220-pound left winger, has three goals, two assists and 47 penalty minutes in 24 games with Wilkes-Barre this season.

He is 28 and entered pro hockey as a sixth-round draft choice by Tampa Bay in 2015.

Imama has appeared in 15 NHL games, recording one goal in nine games with Arizona and no points in six games with Ottawa.

Pickering, who will be 21 Monday, made his NHL debut with the Penguins this season and put up one goal and two assists in 25 games. He opened the season in Wilkes-Barre, where he had one goal in 12 games.

Owen Pickering was the Penguins’ first-round draft choice in 2022.