Penguins’ Bryan Rust suspended 3 games for an illegal check to the head of Canucks’ Brock Boeser

FACEBOOK PAGE. SNOW OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS MAY BE SHORT LIVED BECAUSE OF THE BITE TO THE AIR, AS WE’RE STILL DEALING WITH THOSE ARCTIC CONDITIONS AND OF COURSE, SUBZERO WIND CHILLS AS WELL. THAT DOES CONTINUE ON THE SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY. WIND IS GOING TO KICK UP AS WELL. WE COULD SEE SOME 30 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS. THEN WE GO TO IMPACT DAYS AS THE WIND CHILL WON’T BE QUITE AS HARSH, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL NOTICE AS YOU WAKE UP. HEAD OUT THE DOOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THEN WE’RE BACK TO AN ALERT DAY FRIDAY AND EVEN EXTENDS INTO SATURDAY AS WELL. LET’S TIME OUT. THE WIND CHILLS. WE GO THROUGH YOUR TUESDAY AGAIN. ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY. THOSE NUMBERS HOVERING CLOSE TO ZERO, IF NOT A FEW DEGREES BELOW THAT. EVEN AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON LATER ON TONIGHT, NUMBERS DROPPING AS LOW AS TEN TO EVEN 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. AND WITH THAT IN MIND, WE WILL SEE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY KICK IN AT 7:00. TONIGHT TAKES US THROUGH 11 A.M. WEDNESDAY. VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DEALT WITH THIS MORNING, AS IT WAS AN EXTREME COLD WARNING THAT IS JUST RESERVED FOR THOSE AREAS INTO THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS, INCLUDING CAMBRIA AND ALSO SOMERSET COUNTIES. HERE’S A BREAKDOWN THE NEXT FOUR DAYS, PLUS YOUR FOUR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE FORECAST. I SHOULD SAY, AGAIN, THAT SLEW OF ALERTS AND IMPACT DAYS AS WE WILL GO BACK TO ALERT DAYS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IN BETWEEN HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE MID TEENS TOMORROW AND THURSDAY. AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES THAW SLIGHTLY. GETTING BACK INTO THE 20S JUST IN TIME FOR THE START OF FEBRUARY. ALONG WITH THE COLD AIR, THERE ARE ALSO FLAKES FLYING AROUND. YOU CAN SEE THAT DROP IN VISIBILITY OVER DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE RADAR BURST OF MODERATE SNOW RIGHT NOW, EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN BEAVER COUNTY. GETTING CLOSE TO THE BURGETTSTOWN AREA AS WELL, CUTTING RIGHT THROUGH THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN. ALSO ALONG THE PARKWAY EAST. EVEN TRYING TO GET CLOSER TO SOME AREAS LIKE SALEM IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY. WIDENING OUT THE VIEW FLURRIES CONTINUE UP TOWARDS OUR NORTH. THIS BATCH OF SNOW CONTINUES TO DROP IN FROM THE NORTH AND WEST. WE’LL SEE THAT BATCH FIZZLING OUT AS WE GET CLOSER TO 4:00 THIS EVENING. THEN A FEW MORE BANDS OF SNOW WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS WILL CROSS. AFTER ABOUT 6:00 TONIGHT. THAT WILL EXTEND INTO THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. BEYOND THAT, ACCUMULATIONS ARE GOING TO BE VERY LIGHT. TALK ABOUT A HALF INCH TO MAYBE AN INCH OF SNOW TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY. AGAIN, NO RELIEF IN SIGHT FROM THIS ARCTIC AIR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT WE COULD BE CHALLENGING RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. EASY RECORD NUMBERS TO REMEMBER. IT’S FIVE BELOW, BOTH SET IN 2019. AGAIN. COULD COME VERY CLOSE. WAKING UP BOTH DAYS. THAT’S WHY WE HAVE THAT ALERT DAY AND DREAMING OF THE 20S. RIGHT NOW THAT DOESN’T SEEM VERY WARM, BUT CERTAINLY GIVEN WHERE WE’VE BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO


By The Associated Press with WTAE.com

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust has been suspended three games for an illegal check to the head of Vancouver’s Brock Boeser.The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced the ban Tuesday following a disciplinary hearing with Rust, who will be out Thursday against Chicago, Saturday against the New York Rangers and Monday against Ottawa. He’s eligible to return next Tuesday at the Islanders.Rust lifted his right shoulder into Boeser’s head in the final seconds of the Penguins’ game at the Canucks on Sunday, which they won 3-2. Boeser is out at least a week after going on injured reserve. Rust will forfeit $80,078 in salary with that money going to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.Penguins head coach: “I don’t agree with it””They have a tough job in the league, in terms of looking at these things. Bryan Rust is a guy who you know what you’re going to get from him every night. He’s a guy that works his (butt) off every day. He’s a guy that’s heart and soul. One thing he’s not is a dirty player,” Penguins coach Dan Muse said, when asked about the Rust suspension.

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust has been suspended three games for an illegal check to the head of Vancouver’s Brock Boeser.

The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced the ban Tuesday following a disciplinary hearing with Rust, who will be out Thursday against Chicago, Saturday against the New York Rangers and Monday against Ottawa. He’s eligible to return next Tuesday at the Islanders.

Rust lifted his right shoulder into Boeser’s head in the final seconds of the Penguins’ game at the Canucks on Sunday, which they won 3-2. Boeser is out at least a week after going on injured reserve.

Rust will forfeit $80,078 in salary with that money going to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.

Penguins head coach: “I don’t agree with it”

“They have a tough job in the league, in terms of looking at these things. Bryan Rust is a guy who you know what you’re going to get from him every night. He’s a guy that works his (butt) off every day. He’s a guy that’s heart and soul. One thing he’s not is a dirty player,” Penguins coach Dan Muse said, when asked about the Rust suspension.