Pittsburgh Penguins Reassign Ville Koivunen

Penguins Roster News: Shea Out, Koivunen Down, More

Pittsburgh Penguins' Ryan Shea (5) looks to pass the puck against the Carolina Hurricanes during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker) The news Sunday was unsurprising. Defenseman Ryan Shea will not play Sunday against the Carolina Hurricanes and is out day-to-day with an upper-body injury. At the moment, the news sounds like the best-case scenario after Winnipeg Jets center …

Pittsburgh Penguins Reassign Ville Koivunen

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced today that forward Ville Koivunen has been reassigned to the team’s AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Koivunen, 22, was a healthy scratch for Pittsburgh’s last two games. The trickle-down effect of Sidney Crosby‘s return from injury on the rest of the lineup appears to have pushed Koivunen out of head coach Dan Muse’s regular set of forwards. Since the young forward is still a developing player,…