With the Pittsburgh Penguins entering the offseason after a brief return to the postseason, TribLive will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 53 individuals signed to an NHL contract — including those whose deals do not begin until future seasons — with the organization.
Starting with veteran Noel Acciari and going on through to prospect Bill Zonnon, every player will be profiled in alphabetical order.
This series is scheduled to be published every day until June 24, two days before the start of the NHL Draft. In the event of a transaction, that schedule will be altered as necessary.
(Note: All contract information courtesy of Puckpedia.)
Tristan Broz
Position: Center
Shoots: Left
Age: 23
Height: 6-foot
Weight: 204 pounds
2025-26 NHL regular season statistics: One game, zero points (zero goals, zero assists), 11:30 of ice time
2025-26 AHL regular season statistics: 47 games, 39 points (16 goals, 23 assists)
2025-26 AHL postseason statistics: Four games, four points (zero goals, four assists)
Contract: In the second year of a three-year entry-level contract with a salary cap hit of $925,000. Pending restricted free agent in 2027
(Broz does not require waivers for an assignment to a minor league affiliate.)
Acquired: Second-round draft pick (No. 58 overall), July 24, 2021
This season: As the Penguins turned to youth to open the season with five rookies on the roster, Tristan Broz came fairly close to being a sixth member of that group.
After a solid preseason in which he scored two goals in four games, he was among the final players cut from the NHL roster when he was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Oct. 4.
Opening the season as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s top center, Broz was in the lineup for that team’s first 18 games and scored 13 points (eight goals, five assists) over that span.
Brozer’s on the board! pic.twitter.com/gHBDtx7NGd
— x – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (@WBSPenguins) October 12, 2025
By Nov. 24, he was recalled to the NHL roster for the first time in his career and he made his NHL debut on Nov. 26, opening play as a third-line center.
After two healthy scratches, he was returned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton by Nov. 30.
Through his own play as well as the departure (via trades) of veteran forward Danton Heinen and Sam Poulin, Broz emerged as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s leading scorer throughout December and January, earning a selection to the American Hockey League’s All-Star event.
Brozer ???? pic.twitter.com/fKnrdASPrC
— x – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (@WBSPenguins) January 10, 2026
After another brief one-day recall to the NHL roster on Jan 13, Broz missed seven games with the AHL club between Jan. 19 and Feb. 4 due to an undisclosed injury.
After returning to the lineup by Feb. 6, Broz suffered another more severe – but still undisclosed – injury on Feb. 26 that wound up costing him 15 games. The timing of this ailment was particularly inconvenient as he would have likely earned a recall to the NHL roster in March as the Pittsburgh Penguins dealt with several injuries to the center position.
Able-bodied again by April 17, Broz appeared in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s final two games of the regular season, posting five points (two goals, three assists) in those contests.
In the postseason, Broz helped Wilkes-Barre/Scranton beat the rival Hershey Bears over four games in an Atlantic Division semifinal series, winning the best-of-five series, 3-1. Deployed as either the second- or third-line center, Broz registered four assists in those four games.
The future: In each of the past two seasons, Broz’s health has betrayed him at key junctures where a recall was possible. During the 2024-25 campaign, he dealt with a bout of mononucleosis for several weeks beginning in January that stunted his conditioning and denied him a chance at some NHL games late in the regular season.
And his long-term injury throughout March came when incumbent centers Sidney Crosby and Blake Lizotte were sidelined by their own ailments.
Broz employs a fairly demanding two-way game. So, his mishaps with his health aren’t an accident. He pays a price to play how he does.
Given the Penguins’ gradual youth movement, Broz, who turns 24 on Sept. 10, figures to be a leading candidate to open the 2026-27 season on the NHL roster, perhaps as a third-line center.
But he has to stay healthy to become a full-time NHLer.