Jordan Staal News

The Pittsburgh Penguins have decided 18-year-old forward Jordan Staal deserves to be in the NHL. The Penguins aren't going to send the young centre back to the OHL's Peterborough Petes. Staal has recorded four goals and one assist in his first nine games this season. His three-year NHL rookie contract will kick in once he plays in his 10th game. Pittsburgh's next game is Wednesday in Los Angeles. Penguins general ...

Marc-Andre Fleury can relate to the pressure that Pittsburgh Penguins teammates Jordan Staal and Kristopher Letang are facing as teenage rookies in the National Hockey League. Fleury was an 18-year-old No. 1 overall pick in 2003, and despite an impressive early performance was dogged by persistent questions during his first month in the NHL about whether he would be sent back to his junior team, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins became the first NHL team in nearly 24 years to have three teenagers score goals in a game when Sidney Crosby, Jordan Staal and Kristopher Letang did so this week against the Rangers. The 19-year-old Crosby got the game-winner Thursday in the final four seconds of the Penguins' 6-5 victory in Madison Square Garden, while the 19-year-old Letang and 18-year-old Staal each scored their first NHL goals. ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins learned last season that going old and paying big money to once-productive veterans doesn't always work. This season, they're going young like never before. The Penguins will have three teenagers on their roster _ Sidney Crosby, Jordan Staal and Kristopher Letang _ when they open up Thursday night against Philadelphia. It is an almost unheard of influx of youth for a team in one of the major ...

Jordan Staal has made the Pittsburgh Penguins. At least for now. The Penguins signed the 18-year-old centre to an entry-level contract Monday. A strong training camp and an injury to 20-year-old rookie centre Evgeni Malkin opened up a roster spot for the native of Thunder Bay, Ont. Staal can play nine regular-season games before the Penguins have a big decision to make. If they send him back to junior his ...