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The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled defenseman P.O Joseph, as well as forwards Kasper Bjorkqvist and Michael Chaput to the taxi squad, it was announced today by general manager Ron Hextall.

Joseph, 22, has split this season between Pittsburgh and WBS, appearing in four games for Pittsburgh and 29 games for WBS. With WBS, Joseph is fourth on the team and ranks first among defensemen with 18 points (4G-14A) and is second on the team with a plus-9. His four goals this year are an AHL career high. In total, the Laval, Quebec native has accumulated five points (1G-4A) in 20 NHL contests, and 48 points (8G-40A) in 104 AHL games.
Bjorkqvist, 24, played in six games with Pittsburgh, scoring his first career NHL goal in his NHL debut on January 2 against San Jose. He has appeared in a career-high 24 games for WBS this season, notching four goals, an assist, five points and one game-winning goal. The native of Espoo, Finland has spent parts of three seasons with WBS, dressing in 35 games and accumulating seven points (6G-1A). Last season, the 6-foot-1, 198-pound Bjorkqvist spent the majority of the season with KooKoo of Liiga, Finland's top professional league, where he finished fifth on the team with 26 points (11G-15A) in 44 games.
Chaput, 29, has appeared in 22 games for WBS this season, recording nine points (2G-7A). The Ile Bizard, Quebec native spent the 2020-21 season in the Arizona Coyotes organization, spending the majority on the team's taxi squad. He's played in 182 career NHL games spanning eight seasons with Arizona, Montreal, Vancouver and Columbus. The 6-foot-2 forward has played parts of 10 AHL seasons, split between WBS, Springfield, Lake Erie, Utica, Laval and Tuscan totaling 410 games with 268 points (111G-157A).