Pens recall players from WBS.

This past weekend the Pens called up 5 Baby Pens players: forwards Dustin Jeffrey, Christopher Minard and Jeff Taffe; defenseman Ben Lovejoy; and goaltender John Curry. The Baby Pens were recently eliminated from the playoffs.

Crosby misses practice today.

Crosby wanted to give his injury a rest and says he will see how it feels tomorrow to determine whether or not he will play in tomorrow night's game against the Chicago Blackhawks.
It is also believed that Chris Minard has been placed on waivers.

Minard called up.

Chris Minard was called up from the Baby Pens for tonight's game against the Rangers.

http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=406623

Minard, Bissonnette, and Thomas sent back to Baby Pens.

Chris Minard, Paul Bissonette, and Bill Thomas have been reassigned to the Baby Pens it was announced today. The Pens have a 5 day break for the All-Star game and after the break are expected to get some players back from injury.
http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=405537

Pens face Carolina tonight.

After a great win over the Rangers on Sunday, a 3-0 victory, the Pens will be looking to keep the balance with a game against the Hurricanes tonight. The Pens need to maintain the passion they played with against the Rangers.
Chris Minard got his first goal of the season on Sunday. Maybe number 14 is lucky for Minard. It was his first game wearing the number. He switched from his original number 32 so that newly acquired goaltender Mathieu Garon from Edmonton could wear it. The Pens traded Sabourin, Baby Pens player Ryan Stone and a draft pick in 2011 to get Garon. Garon is a veteran with more experience than Sabourin and is looking forward to his first start, whenever it may be, to get in a good game and show that he may deserve some playing time.

Talbot looks to return the first game after the All-Star break.
Dupuis will most likely return that game as well.
Orpik will not be playing tonight, missing another game.

Fedotenko out 4-6 weeks.

Ruslan Fedotenko is out 4-6 weeks with a broken right hand. Not great news especially because Fedotenko has been playing pretty well as of late.
Chris Minard has been called up from the Baby Pens as a result.

Minard named starter for AHL All-Star Classic.

Chris Minard of the Baby Pens has been voted a starter for the Canadian All Star team at the 2009 AHL All-Star Classic.
Minard leads the AHL with 26 goals and has made one of the best starts in Wilkes Barre Scranton Baby Pens history.

http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=402394

Kennedy out and Zigomanis 'probable.'

Both Tyler Kennedy and Mike Zigomanis suffered undisclosed injuries in last night's game against the Rangers. It has since been determined that Kennedy will not play tonight against the Hurricanes and Zigomanis is listed as probable.
With these injuries, the Pens decided to call up Chris Minard and Janne Pesonen from the Baby Pens.

Pens recall Chris Minard

http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=389466

The Penguins have recalled Chris Minard from the Baby Pens. He leads the Baby Pens in points with 13 points over a total of 7 games.

Is it time for Stone and Filewich to make the Big Club?

There aren't that many spots on the team and training camp will be a deciding factor for many players. Will it be the Baby Pens or the Pens? Ryan Stone and Jonathan Filewich are going to be monitored closely on how well they perform in camp. The team is interested to see how well they perform. A spot could be theirs to make or break. Other players the team will be looking at closely could be, Jeff Taffe, Kris Beech, Bill Thomas, Janne Pesonen, Dustin Jeffery, and Chris Minard. It will be interesting to see how well camp goes for this group of players and who will make the Pens starting roster!