Wednesday, 11 July 2012 08:31

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Pirates/MLB

-Joel Hanrahan (above) and Andrew McCutchen helped the National League defeat the American League, 8-0, in the All-Star Game.

-Highlights:

-Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera took home the game's MVP.

-The minor league report.

Penguins/NHL

-New defenseman Brian Dumoulin is already familiar with the Penguins' system.

-The Penguins still have a "help wanted" sign out for a top-six winger.

-Carl Sneep announced via Twitter that he had re-signed with the Penguins. Terms of the contract were not revealed. In 40 AHL games last season, Sneep recorded 10 assists.

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins coach John Hynes speaks:

-Penguins executive Tom Fitzgerald speaks:

-Dumoulin speaks:

-Beau Bennett speaks:

-“Obviously, turning down that extension with the Penguins, knowing that if I did sign that there probably wouldn’t be a chance that I would play with Eric so I wanted to hold off on that and (Penguins general manager) Ray (Shero) decided to move me on and there’s obviously no better place that I’d rather be, besides if not playing for the Penguins, then in Carolina and I’m very happy about that.” - Former Penguins forward Jordan Staal.

-The Rangers signed former Capitals forward Jeff Halpern to a one-year contract worth $700,000.

-The Senators are expected to sign forward Chris Neil to a three-year contract extension worth a total of $5.75 million.

-The Lightning re-signed forward Teddy Purcell to a three-year contract extension worth a total of $13.5 million.

-The Blues re-signed forward Jamie Langenbrunner to a one-year contract worth $1.5 million.

-Former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Geoff Walker signed a one-year two-way contract with the Avalanche.

-The Sharks fired assistant coach Matt Shaw and replaced him with former Penguins defenseman Jim Johnson. Johnson spent the past two seasons with the Capitals.

(Photo: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)