In 2011, four players from the Pittsburgh amateur hockey system went in the first three rounds NHL Draft, products of the amateur hockey boom after Mario Lemieux and the Penguins won consecutive Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1992. Liam Walsh, a local 1999 birth year, leads a second wave of Pittsburgh hockey talent raised on Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and the homegrown players now in the NHL. Walsh, a left winger, made the final roster for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the United State ... Read More
Plenty of talent remains for Penguins in second day of NHL Draft
The first round of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft has wrapped up with no new movements for the Pittsburgh Penguins who still await their first pick at #46 in the second round. While most of the players that were expected to go in the first round were indeed selected on the opening night of the draft there are still a few that will still be available in the next round. If they continue to slide some of these players may even still be around by the time the Penguins take their first pick. Jeremy ... Read More
Regional junior players headline NHL draft
The Pittsburgh Penguins did not have a first-round pick, but three players with regional junior hockey ties were taken in the first round of the 2015 NHL draft on Friday. The draft, hosted by the Florida Panthers, will continue with rounds two through seven on Saturday. The Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League had two players taken in the top three picks: center Connor McDavid was taken with the first overall pick by the Edmonton Oilers and fellow forward Dylan Strome went to the ... Read More