Liberati aims for future with Penguins

Miles Liberati has an opportunity to tryout for his home town Pittsburgh Penguins this season.

The Cheswick, Pennsylvania native will take part in the Penguins rookie tournament from September 10th-13th in London, Ontario.

The 20 year old was originally drafted by the Vancouver Canucks, but did not sign with the team and became a free agent.

Liberati played alongside Sidney Crosby and Evgeny Malkin in a 3-on-3 practice earlier this week. Should he return to the Troops he would be an overage player in the OHL this coming season.

Liberati had a very productive OHL season last year with 11 goals to go along with 27 assists. He was also a plus-21