The Robert Morris Colonials men’s ice hockey team will have a tough road to surpass their record-breaking 2014-15 season, and it just got tougher. The Pittsburgh Sporting News has learned that the Colonials will play a two-game road series at Yost Arena, home of the Michigan Wolverines on October 30 and 31, 2015. This will mark the first meeting between the Colonials and the Wolverines. The Wolverines, lead by legendary head coach Red Berenson, finished 22-15 a season ago, good enough for ... Read More
Rob Vincent named player of the week; Hounds move up start time
Pittsburgh Riverhounds midfielder Rob Vincent was named United Soccer League player of the week on Tuesday. Vincent scored a brace in the Hounds’ dramatic 6-5 come-from-behind victory over the Harrisburg City Islanders in their Keystone Derby match at Highmark Stadium on Saturday. Vicnent got Pittsburgh on the board with a 48th minute redirect of a Lebo Moloto cross and then scored the game-tying goal on a free kick in stoppage time when Moloto played it his way instead of towards Kevin ... Read More
Penguins release preseason schedule
The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced their preseason schedule for the 2015-16 season. The Penguins will play eight preseason games, which is the most for the team since 2005-06, when they played 10 games. Their preseason slate kicks off with a road game against divisional rivals Columbus on Monday, Sept 21. The home scheduled begins the next night at Consol Energy when the Penguins host the Carolina Hurricanes. The Penguins annual free game for kids will be held on Saturday Sept 26 at ... Read More
WBS opening comes with proven path to success
Don’t look now, but the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have turned into one of hockey’s greatest coaching factories. With John Hynes being announced as the New Jersey Devils head coach today, five former WBS coaches now man benches in the NHL. Michel Therrien (Montreal Canadiens), Mike Yeo (Minnesota Wild), Todd Richards (Columbus Blue Jackets) and Dan Bylsma (Buffalo Sabres) are all head coaches while Todd Reirden (Washington Capitals) is an NHL assistant and was also rumored to be in the ... Read More
New Jersey Devils to tap WBS coach John Hynes
The New Jersey Devils are expected to announce the hiring of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head coach John Hynes as their next head coach. The Pittsburgh Sporting News has been able to confirm, via to a source close to the situation, an earlier report by Bob McKenzie of TSN that Hynes would “very likely” get the job in New Jersey. Certainly appears as if PIT's AHL coach John Hynes is the likely leading candidate to be next head coach in NJ. Nothing official, mind you. — Bob McKenzie ... Read More
Report: Letang to resume training
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang has been cleared to resume training, according to a report by TVA Sport’s Renaud Lavoie. #penguins Kris Letang is back in the gym. He received the green light to start training with intensity. #tvasports— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) June 1, 2015 Letang suffered a concussion after being hit awkwardly into the boards by Shane Doan of the Arizona Coyotes on March 28. He was briefly hospitalized after the incident did not return to action in ... Read More
Riverhounds advance on Vincent volley; will host D.C. United
Rob Vincent has an enormous right leg, and on Wednesday night against the Tampa Bay Rowdies, he used it to send the Pittsburgh Riverhounds into the fourth round of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with a 1-0 victory. The Riverhounds will now host the MLS side D.C. United in the fourth round of the tournament at Highmark Stadium on June 17, 2015. “We heard about it (ahead of time), but we didn’t want to get too carried away,” said Riverhounds midfielder Kevin Kerr on the prospect of ... Read More
Hounds without Thompson for Open Cup match
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds will face the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League at 7 p.m. this evening in the third round of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The Riverhounds have never played a member of the NASL, which was founded in its current incarnation in 2011 and is the second tier of North American professional soccer. The Riverhounds play in the United Soccer League, which is one step below the NASL. Each club has done well in league play through the early part of ... Read More
Report: Sabres to interview Dan Bylsma
Just 24 hours after losing out on the NHL’s top free agent head coach, the Buffalo Sabres have set their sights on someone new, and it’s a name familiar to Penguins fans. With the ink still drying on former Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock’s eight-year $50 million deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs, news broke today that the Sabres have asked for and received permission to interview former Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma. Sabres moving on quickly from Babcock. Have ... Read More
Riverhounds advance in US Open Cup
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds advanced to the third round of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with a dominant 3-0 victory over the West Virginia Chaos at Highmark Stadium on Wednesday. The Chaos, members of the USL’s Premier Development League, had entered the tournament as the first side from West Virginia. They dispatched the Fort Pitt Regiment of the NPSL in the first round, but were outmatched by Pittsburgh. The Riverhounds fielded a starting lineup full of many regulars, despite the ... Read More