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Away Game 31

AHL Game: 966

Who: Abbotsford Heat

Where: Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre

When: 7:00 p.m. PST (that’s 10 p.m. in Wilkes-Barre)

Media Kit

Last Game: For WBS: Tuesday vs. the Connecticut Whale the Pens lost 5-2. Andrew Hutchinson assisted on both goals and was a +1 and was named the games third star. For ABB: This past Sunday @ the Houston Aeros the Heat won 5-4. Five different Heat players scored for Abbotsford including Ales Kotalik who netted the game winning goal.

Last Meeting: Back on December 17 in Wilkes-Barre, the Pens won 5-2. Eric Tangradi had two goals for the Penguins in the win.

Record: For WBS, 45-18-0-0 (90 pts., 1st place East Division) — For ABB, 31-25-4-5 (71 pts., 5th place North Division)

Why you should care: Penguins start the longest road trip in franchise history all the way of in British Columbia tonight against a hungry Heat team which is looking to get back into the playoff race in the North Division. The Heat are four points out of a guaranteed playoff spot. Nothing is going to come easy tonight for Wilkes-Barre. Look for Brad Thiessen to start against Leland Irving who is second in the AHL in wins with 26 behind only Thiessen with 27.

Referee(s): Andy Thiessen / Zac Wiebe

Linesmen: Trevor Boudreau / Kiel Murchison

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @AbbotsfordHeat / @nafsnep

Beat writers: @CVBombulie / @camabbytimes / @dankinvigsports

Radio: For WBS: 102.3 The Mountain. For Abby: Country 107.1

Television: AHL Live

Next Five Games: @ ABB 3/12, @ MTB 3/15, @ MTB 3/16, WOR 3/19, CHA 3/20