Post Gazette · Aug 31, 2017
2017-18 Penguins Prospectus: Derrick Pouliot
Penguins Prospectus is an offseason project by Post-Gazette hockey writers Jason Mackey and Sam Werner that each weekday through Sept. 15 will examine 28 parts of the organization. Players and team personnel will appear according to when they played, coached or managed their first game with the Penguins, starting with Antti Niemi and ending with Sidney Crosby. For the full list of entries, click here.
Derrick Pouliot, defenseman
Shoots: left
Height/weight: 6 feet, 208 pounds
Age: 23
Date of Penguins debut: Dec. 20, 2014 in a 3-1 win against Florida
How acquired: Selected in the first round (8th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft