The injury bug has crept out of hiding during this five game road trip and attacked the Penguins goaltenders. First it was Brent Johnson that was felled by a lower body injury...then Marc Andre Fleury fractured a finger against the Edmonton Oilers.

The team recalled Wilkes Barre-Scranton goaltender John Curry after the Johnson injury, but do not have a ton depth in goal beyond that. Which has forced Ray Shero to pick up a goaltender for one day.

The Penguins have signed Tri-City Americans goaltender, Alexander Pechurski, to a one day professional try-out. Pechurski, who was drafted by Pittsburgh in the fifth round (150th overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, will return to Tri-City following the Penguins’ Saturday game against the Vancouver Canucks.

The Magnitogorsk, Russia native played two seasons in the Under-18 World Championships for Russia. In five contests in 2007-08, Pechurski (6-foot, 187 pounds) recorded a 4-1 mark with a 3.06 goals-against average.

I would assume that Pechurski would serve as the back-up to John Curry tonight in Vancouver.

Stay tuned for more...

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