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Home Game 18

AHL Game: 505

Who: Syracuse Crunch

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 7:05 p.m. EST

Media Kit

Last Game: For WBS: This past Sunday vs. Albany, the Pens won in a shootout 5-4. Bryan Lerg had a pair of goals. Brett Sterling netted the game winner in the shootout. For SYR: Last night at home vs. Adirondack, the Crunch got shutout 2-0.

Record: For WBS,  24-7-0-0 (48 pts., 1st place East Division) – For SYR, 11-17-1-3 (26 pts., 7th place East Division)

Last Meeting: December 18 up in Syracuse the Pens lost 3-1. Ryan Craig had the lone goal for Wilkes-Barre and Syracuse’s Trevor Smith had two goals for the Crunch.

Why you should care: On paper this should be an easy Pens “W” – but Syracuse isn’t buying into that. In my opinion, the single most important game of the year so far for Wilkes-Barre as the last two contests between these two teams (both losses for WBS) have not been close. It’s rare that you say a game vs. the 7th place team in the division is a “must win” but this game certainly looks like it’s heading that direction.

Referee(s): Geno Binda

Linesmen: Jameel Chaudry / Judson Ritter

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @SyracuseCrunch / @jlockhartcrunch / @chairmanhows / @nafsnep

Beat writers: @CVBombulie / @PSCrunchHockey

Radio: For WBS: 102.3 The Mountain. For Syracuse: The Score 1260

Television: AHL Live

Promotion(s): None

Next Five Games: HER 12/30*, NOR 1/1. @ CHA 1/4, @ CHA 1/5, BRI 1/7

* – game played in Pittsburgh, PA at the CONSOL Energy Center