Penguins recall Friedman, O'Connor; put Petry on LTIR

Drew O'ConnorThe Penguins recalled forward Drew O'Connor and defenseman Mark Friedman from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Tuesday, Ron Hextall announced.

In order to make cap room for the recalls the Penguins put Jeff Petry on long-term injured reserve retroactive to Dec. 11, giving the Penguins cap relief on Petry's $6.25 cap hit for as long as he remains on long-term injured reserve.

Long-term injured reserve requires a player to be out for a minimum of 10 games and 24 days, whichever is longest. The soonest Petry can return is Jan. 8 in Arizona.

Petry suffered an apparent injury to his left wrist or arm when he was hit into the boards in the Penguins' game Dec. 10 against the Sabres:

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