Chirps from Center Ice

The boys over at the Pensblog broke down Pittsburgh’s remaining schedule against their remaining opponents yesterday. I liked the idea so much I reached out to the author of the post, @pensexperience to see if I could run the same thing here, only with WBS in focus, and was given the green light. So here goes.

East Division

Hershey Bears

Record: 5-1-0-0
Prior Games: October 9: 4-3 shootout win — October 22: 3-2 win — November 20: 4-3 win — December 30: 1-0 loss — February 13: 7-1 win
Future Games: March 6 @ Hershey, March 27 @ Hershey, April 8 vs. Hershey, April 9 @ Hershey

Norfolk Admirals

Record: 4-3-0-0
Prior Games: November 19: 4-1 loss — December 10: 4-2 loss — December 11: 7-4 loss — January 1: 4-3 win — February 18: 3-0 win — February 19 2-1 shootout win — February 26 3-2 shootout win
Future Games: March 30 @ Norfolk

Charlotte Checkers

Record: 5-1-0-0
Prior Games: October 15: 4-2 win — October 17: 4-3 win — January 4: 5-2 win — January 5: 3-2 shootout win — January 23: 9-5 loss — January 26: 6-4 win
Future Games: March 20 vs. Charlotte, April 1 vs. Charlotte

Binghamton Senators

Record: 3-4-0-0
Prior Games: October 23: 2-1 shootout win — November 12: 5-1 loss — November 21: 2-1 win — November 25: 5-2 loss — December 3: 4-2 win — January 29: 2-1 loss — February 23: 4-1 loss
Future Games: March 25 @ Binghamton

Syracuse Crunch

Record: 2-3-0-0
Prior Games: November 6: 4-3 loss — December 18: 3-1 loss — December 29: 5-0 win — January 19: 4-1 win — February 5: 4-2 loss
Future Games: April 3 @ Syracuse

Albany Devils

Record: 7-0-0-0
Prior Games: November 16: 4-1 win — November 24: 3-0 win — December 1: 5-1 win — December 26: 5-4 shootout win — January 22: 6-2 win — January 28: 4-1 win — February 7: 4-0 win
Future Games: March 23 vs. Albany

Adirondack Phantoms

Record: 4-2-0-0
Prior Games: October 12: 2-1 win — October 29: 4-1 loss — December 4: 3-2 win — January 15: 4-2 win — January 21: 4-2 loss — February 12: 1-0 loss
Future Games: March 26 @ Adirondack, April 10 vs. Adirondack

Atlantic Division

Connecticut Whale

Record: 0-1-0-0
Prior Games: January 16: 6-3 loss
Future Games: March 8 vs. Connecticut

Worcester Sharks

Record: 1-0-0-0
Prior Games: November 13: 2-0 win
Future Games: March 19 vs. Worcester

If you are wondering about Manchester or Portland, Wilkes-Barre does not play them in the regular season.

North Division

Toronto Marlies

Record: 1-0-0-0
Prior Games: December 8: 5-1 win
Future Games: March 4 @ Toronto

Rochester Americans

Record: 3-0-0-0
Prior Games: November 5: 5-4 win — November 7: 2-1 win — November 27: 4-3 win
Future Games: April 2 vs. Rochester

Abbotsford Heat

Record: 2-0-0-0
Prior Games: December 15: 2-1 overtime win — December 17: 5-2 win
Future Games: March 11 @ Abbotsford, March 12 @ Abbotsford

Manitoba Moose

Record: 1-1-0-0
Prior Games: February 4: 3-2 loss — February 8: 4-1 win
Future Games: March 15 @ Manitoba, March 16 @ Manitoba

Pens Combined Record against Hershey / Binghamton / Norfolk / Charlotte: 22-9-0-0
Pens Combined Record against Syracuse / Adirondack / Albany: 12-5-0-0
Pens Combined Record against the Atlantic Division: 7-1-0-0 (this includes sweeps against Bridgeport, Providence and Springfield. Only Springfield has a legit chance of making the playoffs)
Pens Combined Record against the Western Conference: 7-1-0-0 (only the North Division against the teams listed above)

What does it all mean? No matter how you cut it and no matter who is where, Wilkes-Barre is going to be the favorite in pretty much every game the rest of the year.