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WILKES-BARRE — Cracking the Pittsburgh Penguins’ roster out of training camp and making his NHL debut with the club earlier in October represented dreams coming true for Rutger McGroarty. But ...
Cracking the Pittsburgh Penguins’ opening-night roster represents a massive accomplishment for Rutger McGroarty. General manager Kyle Dubas, in trading Brayden Yager, considered the Penguins ...
When the Penguins pulled Tristan Jarry for the extra attacker on Thursday in St. Louis, the coaching staff had rookies Rutger McGroarty and Ville Koivunen out with Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust ...
The Penguins have made their first transaction with their AHL club this season. And it will be forward Rutger McGroarty going down. McGroarty appeared in the first three NHL games of the season ...
Rutger McGroarty found out from the Penguins' PR team on Monday that he had made the season-opening roster. They gave him the heads up prior to sending the press release so they could be there and ...
On Apr. 3, Pittsburgh Penguins rookie Rutger McGroarty scored his first NHL goal in a 5-4 overtime loss to the St. Louis Blues. Historically, McGroarty became the 214th player to score their first ...
It doesn’t get any bigger for the organization than Rutger McGroarty. A late summer trade brought McGroarty to Pittsburgh. He impressed in the prospect tournament in Buffalo, then played a heavy ...
Rutger McGroarty and Ville Koivunen, two of the more hyped Pittsburgh Penguins prospects in quite some time, have been recalled from AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
“The pens have assigned Rutger McGroarty to AHL Wilkes-Barre,” Johnston reported. McGroarty set a goal to stick with the Penguins throughout the season to avoid stints in the AHL.
Rookie forward Rutger McGroarty had a bit of a whirlwind start to his professional hockey career, but has settled in nicely with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and is starting to reap the ...