Rookie Rutger McGroarty celebrates his 21st birthday by playing his first NHL game for the Pittsburgh Penguins alongside hockey legend Sidney Crosby. McGroarty cherishes the moment, especially ...

While the Penguins will likely miss the playoffs for a third straight season, it was an exciting day as promising prospects Rutger McGroarty and Ville Koivunen were called up to play with the big ...

McGroarty opened the contest on the top line and logged 16 minutes, 57 seconds of ice time on 25 shifts and had three shots on five attempts. His center offered a strong assessment of the 6-foot-1 ...

One would be hard pressed to find someone who had as good a 21st birthday as Rutger McGroarty. After all, the Penguins forward spent his on a line with Sidney Crosby during Pittsburgh's 1-0 ...

No, not when he deployed rookie forwards Rutger McGroarty and Ville Koivunen on his top two lines and used them on the power play. Sure, those two entered the game with a combined three games of NHL ...

But it was Sid and the Kids at Saturday's practice in Cranberry, PA. Top forward prospects Rutger McGroarty and Ville Koivunen - both recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (WBS) on Friday - each had ...

Up to the big team are Rutger McGroarty and Ville Koivunen. “I would say it’s a very case by case basis, we’ll evaluate it here each week and layout what we have ahead. I know people are ...

McGroarty has 14 goals and 39 points over 60 AHL games. The 20-year-old has also appeared in his first three NHL games this year, but has yet to record a point with Pittsburgh. McGroarty was ...