{"id":283170,"date":"2026-09-10T18:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/283170\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T18:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:14:10","slug":"penguins-to-open-2026-27-training-camp-on-september-17-at-the-upmc-lemieux-sports-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/283170\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins to Open 2026.27 Training Camp on September 17 at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Penguins will take the ice for the first day of training camp on Thursday, September 17 at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex to officially open the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p>Training camp is presented by UPMC and all practices are free and open to the public. The full training camp roster will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Group A will hold their first practice at 8:45 AM, followed by Group B skating at 11:30 AM and Group C taking the ice at 12:45 PM.<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins will begin their preseason slate with a matchup against the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena at 7:00 PM on Monday, September 21.<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins will play four preseason games this year prior to their season opener against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday, September 30 at Xfinity Mobile Arena at 7:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a look at the Penguins\u2019 complete training camp schedule (all practices are at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex unless otherwise noted):<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, September 17<br \/>8:45-10:15 AM \u2013 Group A Practice<br \/>11:30 AM-1:00 PM \u2013 Group B Practice<br \/>12:45-2:15 PM \u2013 Group C Practice<\/p>\n<p>Friday, September 18<br \/>8:45-10:15 AM \u2013 Group A Practice<br \/>11:30 AM-1:00 PM \u2013 Group B Practice<br \/>12:45-2:15 PM \u2013 Group C Practice<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, September 19<br \/>8:45-10:15 AM \u2013 Group A Practice<br \/>11:30 AM-1:00 PM \u2013 Group B Practice<br \/>12:45-2:15 PM \u2013 Group C Practice<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, September 20<br \/>DAY OFF<\/p>\n<p>Monday, September 21<br \/>10:30-11:15 AM \u2013 Morning Skate<br \/>7:00 PM \u2013 GAME VS. BUFFALO<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, September 22<br \/>10:30-11:15 AM \u2013 Morning Skate<br \/>7:00 PM \u2013 GAME VS. DETROIT<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 23<br \/>DAY OFF<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, September 24<br \/>11:30 AM-12:15 PM \u2013 Morning Skate<br \/>7:00 PM \u2013 GAME AT COLUMBUS (Nationwide Arena)<\/p>\n<p>Friday, September 25<br \/>12:00-1:30 PM \u2013 Practice<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, September 26<br \/>3:00 PM \u2013 GAME AT BUFFALO (KeyBank Center)<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, September 27<br \/>12:00-1:00 PM \u2013 Practice<\/p>\n<p>Monday, September 28<br \/>DAY OFF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Penguins will take the ice for the first day of training camp on Thursday, September 17&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-283170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}