The Pittsburgh Penguins have named Kirk MacDonald the new head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. MacDonald, 40, joins the Penguins following two seasons as head coach at Dubuque in the United States Hockey League. Before that, he spent eight seasons with Reading of the ECHL in various roles including assistant…
Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer A lot happened for Jesse Puljujärvi between his previous stint in the American Hockey League – a week-long stay with Bakersfield in November 2018 – and this latest stop with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Too much, in fact. There was hip surgery in March 2019. Then came a season-plus spent back…
Photo: Josh Lavallee/NHLI via Getty Images The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed forward Jesse Puljujarvi to a professional tryout agreement. Puljujarvi, who had signed a tryout with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Dec. 10, has 334 games of National Hockey League experience with Edmonton and Carolina, including 75 games last season. He has totaled 51 goals and…
