As expected, the first day of free agency has turned into “Black Tuesday,” for the Pittsburgh Penguins as they suffered a big hit. It was unlikely that the Penguins would be able to sign any of their unrestricted free agents coming into Tuesday as they saw five players change addresses, headlined by longtime Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik. Orpik signed a five-year, $27.5-million deal with the Washington Capitals after spending his entire professional career to date with the Pens. The ... Read More
Penguins sign Blake Comeau, Thomas Greiss
Shortly after Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford made his first free agent splash of the offseason by inking defenseman Christian Ehrhoff, Rutherford added a couple more pieces on the open market. The new Penguins GM was able to sign forward Blake Comeau to a one-year, $700,000 deal and goaltender Thomas Greiss to a one-year, $1 million deal. The 28-year old Comeau has spent the last season and a half in Columbus where he tallied 21 points (7G, 14A) in 70 regular-season ... Read More
Penguins Ink Christian Ehrhoff to one-year deal
It didn’t take long for new Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford to make his first free agent signing. But it wasn’t the forward that many expected it to be. Linked to several unrestricted free agent forwards on the market, the Penguins instead targeted another defenseman, inking veteran Christian Ehroff to a one-year deal that will pay the left-hand shooting blue liner $4 million next season. Ehrhoff, who is set to turn 32 on July 6, was set to enter the fourth season of ... Read More
Schedule could make Pitt Coastal Division favorites
As Paul Chryst and the Pitt Panthers football team prepare for their second season in the ACC, they may not be presented with a better opportunity to win the Coastal Division than they currently have. That’s because their conference schedule works out perfectly for a potential trip to the ACC Championship Game. Pitt misses both Clemson and Florida State this season, allowing for much more wiggle room for a loss to a Coastal Division opponent. In addition, their toughest stretch of their ... Read More
Future Looks Bright for Jamie Dixon’s Pitt Panthers
As usual, the summer months are a bit slow in terms of news surrounding the Pitt basketball team. But that also gives Jamie Dixon the opportunity to look towards the future in terms of recruiting. With that being said, it has been an interesting couple of months for Dixon and the Panthers. I will start with the basketball team where Dixon lost one of his top assistants for the second time when Barry Rohrssen decided to leave the program once again, this time to join John Calipari’s ... Read More
Pittsburgh Power Stretch Winning Streak To Nine, Beat Jacksonville 64-48
The wins keep coming for the Pittsburgh Power. The Pittsburgh Power (12-3) won their ninth straight game with a 64-48 victory over the Jacksonville Sharks (5-9) Saturday night in Jacksonville. Pittsburgh now owns the longest current winning streak in the AFL after the Arizona Rattlers lost earlier this weekend to the San Jose SaberCats. This win also marked the first time in franchise history the Power were able to beat the Sharks. The night didn’t start well for Pittsburgh as wide ... Read More
Lamar Patterson drafted by Bucks, traded to Hawks
For the second consecutive year, the Pitt Panthers were represented in the NBA Draft. Unlike last season when Steven Adams went in the lottery, this year forward Lamar Patterson was selected in the second round with the No.48 pick overall by the Milwaukee Bucks. However Patterson’s stay in Milwaukee was a short one, as he was quickly dealt to the Atlanta Hawks. Atlanta is a nice landing spot for Patterson, who averaged 17 points, five rebounds and four assists per game for the Panthers ... Read More
Lamar Patterson hoping to hear name called in NBA Draft
Last year at this time, the Pitt basketball program was preparing to celebrate having turned out a lottery pick when Steven Adams was drafted by the Oklahoma City Thunder. This year when the NBA Draft comes and goes, it could do so without hearing Lamar Patterson’s, Pitt’s only NBA hopeful, name called. For a while Patterson was projected to be a mid- second round pick and while that could still be the case, it seems over the course of the past month that Patterson’s draft stock has fallen ... Read More
Shaquille Doorson decommits from Pitt; signs with Rutgers
There’s still a long way to go until Jamie Dixon and the Pitt basketball program opens up the 2014-15 season, but unfortunately they will be doing so without incoming freshman Shaquille Doorson. Many were excited that the big man initially committed to Pitt, but Doorson has officially decommitted from Pitt and will be heading to Rutgers instead. Someone had to go as the Panthers were over their scholarship limit and Doorson appeared to be the odd man out, but it appears to be a mutual ... Read More
Mike Johnston hired as Penguins head coach
The process took a while for new Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford, but he has finally settled on a new head coach for the organization. As speculated that man is Mike Johnston. Many feel that Rutherford did just settle on Johnston as a coach but plenty of reports would suggest that he was one of the Penguins initial candidates before the job was thought to go to Willie Desjardins before he spurned the Pens to take the head coaching job with Vancouver. Johnston was also ... Read More