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After making a strong impression in last season’s training camp and preseason with the Pittsburgh Penguins, defenseman Harrison Brunicke was sent back to his junior team, the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League (WHL).

Pittsburgh Penguins News / Pro Hockey Rumors / January 7

Penguins Place Rutger McGroarty On IR, Assign Harrison Brunicke To Juniors

The Penguins have placed forward Rutger McGroarty on injured reserve, per a team announcement. McGroarty sustained a concussion after colliding with teammate Connor Clifton during Tuesday’s practice.

Calgary Flames News / Flamesnation / January 5

Hockey Canada has a problem of not sending the best available players to tournaments

If you like hockey and like the Calgary Flames, you know how Zayne Parekh is performing at the annual World Junior Championships. It’s not a hot take to say he’s been Team Canada’s best player, perhaps even the tournament’s best player.

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Pittsburgh Penguins News / Daily Faceoff / December 17

Penguins’ Harrison Brunicke bringing NHL experience to Canada’s World Junior team

NIAGARA, Ont. – When 19-year-old Harrison Brunicke made his NHL debut with the Pittsburgh Penguins in early October, he was sitting across from three legends of the game. Sidney Crosby.

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Pittsburgh Penguins News / Pro Hockey Rumors / December 12

Penguins Activate Rickard Rakell, Loan Harrison Brunicke

As expected, the Pittsburgh Penguins have thinned out their defensive core in favor of their forward group. The Penguins announced that they’ve activated forward Rickard Rakell from the injured reserve and have loaned defenseman Harrison Brunicke to U20 Team Canada for the 2026 World Junior Championships.

Pittsburgh Penguins News / NHL on ClutchPoints / December 8

Will Penguins’ rookies Ben Kindel, Harrison Brunicke play at the World Juniors?

A sound strategy for any NHL team rostering a young prospect is to allow them to represent their country at the World Junior Championship over the holidays.

NHL News / Pro Hockey Rumors / December 7

Penguins activate Justin Brazeau, Noel Acciari from IR

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced they’ve activated forwards Noel Acciari and Justin Brazeau from injured reserve.

Pittsburgh Penguins News / Daily Faceoff / November 24

Penguins’ Harrison Brunicke among players sent to AHL

A couple of notable prospects are heading down to the minors to get some game action. On Monday, the Pittsburgh Penguins sent defensemen Harrison Brunicke and Jack St.

Pittsburgh Penguins News / Pro Hockey Rumors / November 21

Penguins GM provides update on defenseman Harrison Brunicke

Generally speaking, having a key young player sitting as a healthy scratch for an extended period of time is far from ideal from a development perspective.

Pittsburgh Penguins News / The Hockey Writers / November 20

Penguins May Have Found Future Core Players

The Pittsburgh Penguins were not expected to be very good this season. But they’ve been better than most predicted, with reasons to believe their early success will continue.

Pittsburgh Penguins News / NHL on ClutchPoints / October 10

Penguins rookie’s ‘blacked out’ reaction to 1st NHL goal

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ passing of the torch is in full effect with some big-name rookies making the opening night roster this week. Harrison Brunicke

NHL News / Yardbarker / October 7

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Pittsburgh Penguins News / Pro Hockey Rumors / October 6

Harrison Brunicke, Ben Kindel to make Penguins' opening-night roster

For the first time in a while, the Pittsburgh Penguins will have a pair of teenagers on their opening night roster. Earlier today, head coach Dan Muse confirmed to play-by-play commentator Josh Getzoff that defenseman Harrison Brunicke and forward Benjamin Kindel will make their NHL debuts tomorrow night.

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Pittsburgh Penguins News / Pro Hockey Rumors / September 30

Could young Penguins defenseman earn spot on season-opening roster?

One of the emerging storylines coming out of Pittsburgh Penguins training camp has been the exceptional preseason performance of young defenseman Harrison Brunicke.

Pittsburgh Penguins News / NHL on ClutchPoints / July 17

Top prospect sounds off on potentially making Penguins roster in 2025-26

The Pittsburgh Penguins made some moves in NHL Free Agency to add depth to their roster. However, they did not make any moves that would block any of their young prospects from making the Opening Night roster.

Pittsburgh Penguins News / Pro Hockey Rumors / March 28

Penguins reassign Harrison Brunicke to AHL

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins News / Hockey Unplugged / March 24

Penguins' Future Looks Bright as Most Exciting Prospect Revealed

The future of the Penguins is looking more encouraging these days thanks to the accomplishments of prospect Harrison Brunicke in the Western Hockey League.

Pittsburgh Penguins News / Last Word On Sports / October 8, 2024

Penguins Rookie Exceeds Expectations

Training camp and preseason in the NHL are all about getting ready for the season after a long offseason break. For the main roster guys, it is evaluating them and see what lines they should be on, getting ready for the season by knocking the rust off, and how they improved.

Pittsburgh Penguins News / Breakaway on SI / October 7, 2024

Penguins Send Top Prospect to Juniors

The Pittsburgh Penguins are trying to get younger as a team as their core plays out their final NHL seasons. The organization has invested more resources into the draft and their biggest move of this past offseason was acquiring 20-year-old forward Rutger McGroarty from the Winnipeg Jets.

Pittsburgh Penguins News / Pittsburgh Hockey Now / October 2, 2024

Penguins Practice: After Strong Game, Brunicke Joins Main Group

After an impressive showing Tuesday night in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ preseason game against the Detroit Red Wings, defenseman Harrison Brunicke joined the main group for practice Wednesday at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex.

Pittsburgh Penguins News / Pittsburgh Hockey Now / October 2, 2024

Penguins Room: Harrison Brunicke Humble After Eye-Opening Game

Typically, the Pittsburgh Penguins locker room feature has multiple postgame reaction videos from various points in the locker room. However, there was only one story Tuesday, and that was the meteoric rise of 2024 Penguins second-round pick Harrison Brunicke.

NHL News / The Hockey Writers / August 21, 2024

Penguins Top 15 Prospects: 2024-25 Preseason Edition

After an offseason that saw the Pittsburgh Penguins add and subtract from their prospect pool, it seems like general manager Kyle Dubas has done a solid job of trying to restock a system that was seen as one of the worst in the NHL last season.

Pittsburgh Penguins News / DK Pittsburgh Sports / July 21, 2024

Development camp: Brunicke hopes to serve as inspiration for South African hockey

CRANBERRY, Pa. -- The list of South African-born players to reach the NHL is brief: 1. Olaf Kolzig That's it. The longtime Capitals netminder was born in Johannesburg, South Africa to German parents and grew up in Canada.

Pittsburgh Penguins News / Daily Faceoff / July 19, 2024

Penguins sign Harrison Brunicke to entry-level contract

Pittsburgh Penguins President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Kyle Dubas announced that the club has signed Harrison Brunicke to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Pittsburgh Penguins News / DK Pittsburgh Sports / July 10, 2024

Development camp takeaways: Murashov's dominance, Pickering-Brunicke pairing, more

CRANBERRY, Pa. -- The Penguins' development staff and coaches like to stress that the annual development camp isn't an evaluation camp. It's for development -- exactly what it sounds like. But man, if there weren't some standouts in the four-on-four tournament to close out the week.