PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin will be held out of the start of training camp as a p

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Penguins forwards Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin will be held out of the start of training camp as a precaution with what the team described as minor injuries. Luke Stocker Titans Jersey . First-year coach Mike Johnston said both players were injured in the lead-up to camp, which begins Friday. Neither injury is considered long term. Johnston added Crosbys issue is not related to a wrist injury that hindered him late last season and into the Stanley Cup playoffs. "Well see over the next few days, I dont expect any of them to be long," Johnston said. "But when the trainers and the doctors inform us at this time of the year that we better be cautious with a few people, then were going to be cautious. ... These are injuries that have taken place in the short term. I havent watched the skates since theyve been here, when theyve been out on the ice skating, but its been in the last four to five days." While there is no timetable for either players return, Johnston added he expects it to be "fairly short." Johnston said he doesnt mind dealing with minor injuries at this time of the year, as they are a result of the players pushing themselves for the start of the season. "The issue is, I think that sometimes the guys, when they get in here together, they get training together, they get on the ice together. Its run by the players, so its controlled to a degree, but I think the guys, the good thing here is that theyre training hard," he said. "They wanted to push each other on the ice. They wanted to push each other off the ice. Theyre together, which is really good to see." While the Penguins will be without Crosby and Malkin, forward Pascal Dupuis and defenceman Olli Maatta will wear red non-contact jerseys in practice on Friday as they come back from significant injuries. Dupuis has not played since last December, when he tore the ACL in his right knee against the Ottawa Senators. Maatta was expected to miss up to six months after undergoing shoulder surgery in May. Dupuis said he feels 100 per cent and expects to begin taking contact in about a week. "It feels great," Dupuis said. "The timeline for recovery, the ligament just needs to heal a little more ... I have been on the ice. I have skated quite a bit, so hockey-wise I think Im ready. Theyre trying to avoid me already. Im trying to bump into them to see how it feels, so theyll see the red jersey coming up. "If Im wearing it, its for a reason ... but if you asked me, Id be wearing a black jersey and bumping into everybody." Will Compton Jersey . I wondered how NHL coaches would feel about a playoff schedule that allowed them to open a best-of-seven series on the road, which many claim to favour, yet still gave them the precious home-ice edge for a seventh game. Blaine Gabbert Jersey . Erik Logan, president of the network, said Friday that the postponement was made after meetings with the St. Louis Rams. http://www.authenticfootballshoptitans.com/authentic-dion-lewis-titans-jersey/ . Though the 26-year-old said he was able to participate, coach Dwane Casey kept Johnson out as a precaution. BERLIN -- Klaas Jan Huntelaar scored twice as Schalke moved provisionally third in the Bundesliga with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Augsburg on Friday. The home side capitalized on a mistake from Schalkes Tim Hoogland to score in the fifth minute. Tobias Werner ran onto his weak back header, took the ball on his chest and dispatched it inside the far post with his next touch. Huntelaar equalized on a rebound in the 33rd. Augsburg captain Daniel Baier lost the ball and Julian Draxler back-heeled it to Kevin-Prince Boateng, who tried his luck from 22 metres (yards). Alexander Manninger saved but spilled the ball. "The Hunter was there where he should be," Boateng said. Sead Kolasinac crossed for Huntelaars second in the 49th. It was his fifth goal in two Bundesliga games, and a league-leading seventh since the winter break. "t;It was a difficult game for us," the in-form Dutchman said. Luke Stocker Jersey. "We werent in it in the beginning. Too many individual mistakes. We really had to fight to get into the game. Thankfully we got the goals but we could have conceded at the end too." Augsburg finished the game in the ascendancy but the visitors hung on to move within a point of bitter rival Borussia Dortmund. Schalke moved three points clear of Bayer Leverkusen, which visits runaway leader Bayern Munich on Saturday, while Augsburg stays sixth for now. Schalke visits Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday, faced with the seemingly impossible task of overturning the 6-1 defeat from the sides first-leg of their round-of-16 tie. "Itll be difficult to progress but were not going just for the sightseeing," Boateng said. 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