LAS VEGAS — The Winnipeg Jets didn’t trade Rutger McGroarty during the first round of the NHL Draft on Friday. This was not for a lack of effort. The Jets worked hard to trade McGroarty and ...

Rutger McGroarty skates during a Team USA U18 match. McGroarty, who was born in Omaha but calls Lincoln home, hopes to be the first Nebraska-born player selected in the NHL Draft since 2013.

Rutger McGroarty said that the "scariest part" for him personally of the Penguins' 6-0 loss to the Rangers at PPG Paints Arena on Wednesday actually happened just before the game.

McGroarty, 20, was selected 14th overall by Winnipeg in the 2022 NHL draft; Yager was picked in the same slot -- No. 14 -- by Pittsburgh in 2023.

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 ...

Sending McGroarty back today allows him to get to Wilkes-Barre and acclimated a little before the AHL Penguins play on Friday night. McGroarty averaged 11:37 of playing time in his first taste of ...

McGroarty is listed at 6-1, 204 pounds by NHL Central Scouting and has a frame that could easily handle additional bulk. Blue Jackets draft: Why the Blue Jackets should consider drafting unique ...

McGroarty also played in the USHL for the USNTDP Juniors where he scored 19 points (12 goals, seven assists) in 30 games, making history as the first Nebraska-born player to represent Team USA at the ...

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.

The Winnipeg Jets are expected to trade one of the top prospects in the organization. That’d be 2022 1st-round pick Rutger McGroarty, and the return could be a huge one. According to reports ...

H obey Baker top-10 finalist Rutger McGroarty is forgoing his final two years at the University of Michigan in order to aim for his NHL debut in Pittsburgh this season.

ST. LOUIS — It wasn’t even that Rutger McGroarty scored his first NHL goal in the final seconds of regulation that was most noteworthy for the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.