Chirps from Center Ice

Pens remain winless coming out of the inflatable igloo for introductions.

On a more serious note, the Norfolk Admirals are more of a threat to the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins then the Hershey Bears or for that matter any team that the Pens square off against. The Admirals are now 4-1 against the Pens this season.

We also have serious problems against…well, I am just going to let Norfolk Admirals broadcaster Pete Michaud explain this for you:

After tonight, a 5-1 loss to the Admirals, you can add eight goals to Conacher’s totals and eleven points to Smith’s totals.

Penguin killers, if there ever were ones.

Brad Thiessen vs. Dustin Tokarski

First Period: Went something like this, tweet for tweet:

Then…

Then a TV timeout and after…

And that can be best described as a lob, “I’m just going to put it on net and not even shoot that hard, and why not lean back and shoot from one leg” kind of shot Thiessen never saw until he fished it out of his net.

Second Period: Nick Petersen scores a goal only he knew he scored initially as there was a scrum, then a delayed celebration by the Pens, then the goal horn, then the official acknowledgement from the referees that the goal was scored all in the span of a minute. Pens pressured after that but the second goal never came. Then a scary moment with Bryan Lerg being boarded by Radko Gudas. Gudas would get a five minute major and would get tossed from the game. Lerg would go to the locker room and not return.

Third Period: Pens could do nothing with the extended power play time and that would really be the game. Seriously, the Pens woes on the man advantage are just a sight to see. The power play is putrid. I have no idea what the setup is. A rush up ice then a drop pass in the neutral zone, then a dump behind the net which leads to a turnover. I never played hockey and I can scout against that. I’m pontificating, but at some point we lost Alex Picard as he was not seen on the bench late. Cory Conacher would get a goal while the Pens were killing a 5-on-3. Late, Jeff Dimmen would get another goal late for good measure.

Three Stars: 3) Richard Panik (goal, +1) 2) Trevor Smith (three assists, +2) and 1) Cory Conacher (two goals, assist, +2)

Around the Division: Bingahmton beat Adirondack in Glens Falls 4-3.

Standings: Hershey and Norfolk tied with 44 points. WBS has 41 in third. Syracuse fourth with 32 points and Binghamton has 32 also.

Conference: 1) HER (44) 2-MCH (44) 3-CT (43) 4-NOR (44) 5-StJ (43) 6-WBS (41) 7-WOR (38) 8-POR (37)

Going to be interesting next couple of days in run up to the Rochester game Friday.

Let’s Go Pens!