The Penguins' final practice of the season will be this morning at 11 a.m. at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. I'll have live updates below, to be read from the bottom up.
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Cute: Vasily Ponomarev just asked for Sidney Crosby’s autograph.
• Sidney Crosby’s dad is here. I know Valtteri Puustinen’s dad is coming over from Finland for the finale, which is cool.
Matt Grzelcyk - Erik Karlsson Ryan Shea - Conor Timmins Ryan Graves - Vladislav Kolyachonok/Filip Kral
• Jason Spezza is watching practice with Eddie Johnston.
• Aside from the obvious in Kris Letang, the only absence of note is Kevin Hayes, who missed yesterday's practice with a maintenance day.
• P.O Joseph, who is a possibility to return tomorrow, is on the ice again in a regular jersey.
• Prospect Melvin Fernstrom, acquired in the trade with Vancouver, just finished skating on his own. His SHL season is over and he's been here for the last week or so.
• Not great: Tanner Howe is here outside the locker room. His Calgary Hitmen are still in the playoffs, but Howe has been sidelined since Saturday with a lower-body injury, for which there was no timetable given. The fact that he's here isn't a good sign health-wise, that's something the Penguins have been doing when a player is dealing with something that they prefer to rehab here.
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3:45 am - 04.16.2025Cranberry, Pa.Final: Penguins practice
The Penguins' final practice of the season will be this morning at 11 a.m. at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. I'll have live updates below, to be read from the bottom up.
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Cute: Vasily Ponomarev just asked for Sidney Crosby’s autograph.
• Sidney Crosby’s dad is here. I know Valtteri Puustinen’s dad is coming over from Finland for the finale, which is cool.
• Same lines and pairings as yesterday:
Ville Koivunen - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust
Danton Heinen - Evgeni Malkin - Rickard Rakell
Connor Dewar - Joona Koppanen - Phil Tomasino
P.O Joseph - Vasily Ponomarev - Valtteri Puustinen
Matt Grzelcyk - Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea - Conor Timmins
Ryan Graves - Vladislav Kolyachonok/Filip Kral
• Jason Spezza is watching practice with Eddie Johnston.
• Aside from the obvious in Kris Letang, the only absence of note is Kevin Hayes, who missed yesterday's practice with a maintenance day.
• P.O Joseph, who is a possibility to return tomorrow, is on the ice again in a regular jersey.
• Prospect Melvin Fernstrom, acquired in the trade with Vancouver, just finished skating on his own. His SHL season is over and he's been here for the last week or so.
• Not great: Tanner Howe is here outside the locker room. His Calgary Hitmen are still in the playoffs, but Howe has been sidelined since Saturday with a lower-body injury, for which there was no timetable given. The fact that he's here isn't a good sign health-wise, that's something the Penguins have been doing when a player is dealing with something that they prefer to rehab here.
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