Penguins Will Not Bring Back AHL Coach And Assistant

The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced that they’re not renewing the contracts of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head coach J.D. Forrest as well as assistant coach Kevin Porter after they led Wilkes-Barre Scranton to its highest win total in six seasons. The AHL Penguins finished third in the AHL’s Atlantic Division and had numerous Penguins prospects getting their first taste of professional playoff hockey, however, the team lasted just two games as they were eliminated by a lower-seeded team in the Lehigh Valley Phantoms this past Friday. Forrest was promoted to head coach of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton back in 2020 after he’d been an assistant...