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 (with newly acquired forward Oliver Okuliar tacked on after Zonnon).
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.)
Jack. St. Ivany
Position: Defenseman
Shoots: Right
Age: 26
Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 197 pounds
2025-26 NHL regular season statistics: 20 games, seven points (zero goals, seven assists), 16:20 of average ice time per contest
2025-26 AHL regular season statistics: Eight games, six points (one goal, five assists)
Contract: In the second year of a three-year contract with a salary cap hit of $775,000. Pending unrestricted free agent in 2027.
(The first two years of this contract are two-way. The last year is one-way.)
Acquired: Unrestricted free agent signing, Aug. 20, 2022
Last season: The theme for Jack St. Ivany’s 2025-26 campaign was established in the preseason when he suffered an apparent right foot injury during the team’s preseason finale, a 5-3 road win against the Buffalo Sabres.
That ailment landed him on injured reserve to open the season and cost him the first six weeks of the regular season.
Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Nov. 24 for conditioning purposes, he thrived at the American Hockey League level. In five games on the right side of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s top pairing, St. Ivany posted points in every game (one goal, four assists) before being recalled on Dec. 7.
Ives gets us started with his first of the season! pic.twitter.com/asvnmdJREJ
— x – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (@WBSPenguins) November 30, 2025
Making his season debut at the NHL level Dec. 16, St. Ivany primarily manned the right side of the third pairing with left-hander Ryan Shea. Largely offering steady, but hardly remarkable, play in that capacity. He even offered what might be considered an offensive eruption for him by experiencing back-to-back games with two assists in a 4-1 road win against the Calgary Flames on Jan. 21 and a 6-2 road victory against the Edmonton Oilers the next night.
In total, St. Ivany was in the lineup for 17 of a possible 20 games before he suffered a left-hand injury during a 3-2 road win against the Vancouver Canucks on Jan. 25.
That new malady required surgery to correct and landed him on injured reserve once again, costing him 12 games.
Once again, St. Ivany was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on March 9 and after a three-game stint and one assist, he was recalled to the NHL roster by March 16.
A healthy scratch for 13 consecutive games between mid-March and mid-April as the Penguins tried to secure a playoff berth, St. Ivany dressed for the final three games of the regular season as the team rested several of its regular defensemen for the postseason.
In the playoffs, St. Ivany was a healthy scratch for all six games of a first-round series against the Philadelphia Flyers, which the Penguins lost.
The future: On paper, St. Ivany appears to offer a lot of what Penguins management wants in terms of being fairly young (he turns 27 on July 22) and under contract control (to say nothing of being fairly cheap). And when things are going right for him, he offers a simple, by-the-book game with a dollop of physical play.
But he gets injured a lot. And when he is in the lineup, his decision-making can be inconsistent. In the postseason, Penguins coaches felt more comfortable dressing rookie left-hander Ilya Solovyov on the right side instead of St. Ivany for the final three games of the first round.
St. Ivany has always faced an uphill battle when it comes to earning playing time. But that challenge might be encountering an even steeper grade this upcoming season as rising prospect Harrison Brunicke, a fellow right-hander, is further along in his development, while Solovyov was re-signed to a one-year contract.
(Veterans Erik Karlsson and Kris Letang presumably have the top two positions on the right side of the blue line secured.)
St. Ivany is still in a position to make a case to be a part of this team moving forward. But he needs to stay healthy, an endeavor that is easier said than done, given his somewhat rugged style of play.
But as he enters the final year of his contract, St. Ivany is running out of chances.