{"id":635578,"date":"2026-08-02T02:15:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T02:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/635578\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T02:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T02:15:29","slug":"penguins-sign-veteran-forward-tommy-novak-to-a-3-year-contract-extension-national-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/635578\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins sign veteran forward Tommy Novak to a 3-year contract extension | National Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 The Pittsburgh Penguins signed dependable forward Tommy Novak to a three-year contract extension on Friday. The deal, which begins during the 2027-28 season, carries an average annual value of $4.65 million.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old Novak collected 16 goals and 26 points in 82 games last season while helping the Penguins return to the playoffs following a three-year absence.<\/p>\n<p>kAm}@G2&lt;[ H9@ 3@F?465 36EH66? E96 D64@?5 2?5 E9:C5 =:?6 5FC:?8 9:D 7:CDE 7F== D62D@? \ud83d\ude15 !:EED3FC89[ 925 366? D4965F=65 E@ 364@&gt;6 2 7C66 286?E ?6IE DF&gt;&gt;6C] %96 6IE6?D:@? :?DE625 &lt;66AD 9:&gt; \ud83d\ude15 E96 7@=5 7@C E96 C6DE @7 E96 564256 2?5 A@D:E:@?D 9:&gt; E@ 36 A2CE @7 E96 4=F3VD ?F4=6FD 2D :E EC2?D:E:@?D @FE @7 E96 EH:=:89E @7 E96 $:5?6J rC@D3J^tG86?: |2=&lt;:?^zC:D {6E2?8 6C2]k^Am<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #666; text-transform: uppercase\">Story continues below video<\/p>\n<p>k9C ^m<\/p>\n<p>kAmp! }w{i k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@&gt;^9F3^?9=Qm9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@&gt;^9F3^?9=k^2mk^Am<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 The Pittsburgh Penguins signed dependable forward Tommy Novak to a three-year contract extension on Friday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5113],"tags":[5,4,292,118,69363,1469,100,5216,43,2583],"class_list":["post-635578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-hockey","tag-penguins","tag-penguins-tommy-novak","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-pittsburghpenguins","tag-sports","tag-sports-transactions"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117023508002944912","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}