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Monthly Archives: January 2012

GAMEDAY: vs. Syracuse 1/7

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Home Game: 18

AHL Game: 408

Who: Syracuse Crunch

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 7:05 p.m.

Media Kit

Last Game: Last night vs. the Rochester Americans, the Pens won in a shootout 4-3. Eric Tangradi had a power play goal in the third period and scored the game winning shootout goal. For Syracuse, last night in Hamilton the Crunch lost 5-2. Patrick Maroon had a goal and was named third star of the game.

Last Meeting: December 16 in Syracuse, the Pens won 3-2. Brandon DeFazio had two goals and was named first star of the game.

Record: For WBS: 19-11-1-4 (43 pts., 3rd place East Division) For SYR: 14-15-3-1 (32 pts., 5th place East Division)

Why you should care: Eric Tangradi gave Pens beat writer Jonathan Bombulie a quote yesterday I found interesting enough to mention here. It goes as follows: “Tonight was the easy one. Tomorrow’s the true test,” he said. “We’ve been pretty good coming back when we lay an egg. It will be the real test to see when we come out and put a good effort in if we can put another 60 minutes in.”

Referee(s): Francis Charron

Linesmen: Jud Ritter / Bob Fyrer

Twitter: @WBSPenguins / @SyracuseCrunch

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie / @PSCrunchHockey

Broadcasters: WBS: Tom Grace @TGracePens and Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / SYR: Jason Lockhart @JLCrunch

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep / @Allovimo

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

Television: AHL Live / MyNetwork TV (WQMY) in Wilkes-Barre.

Promotion(s): Breast Cancer Awareness Night – Pink Ribbon Magnet (first 5,000 fans) – Pink Jersey Silent Auction

Other Game to Watch: Manchester and St. John’s face off on “The Rock” tonight in a battle between two very good Eastern Conference teams.

Next Five Games: @ NOR 1/10, @ StJ 1/14, @ StJ 1/15, MCH 1/20, SYR 1/21

Gameday

A (big) Dog’s Life – Pens WIN 4-3 in Shootout

Comments Off on A (big) Dog’s Life – Pens WIN 4-3 in Shootout Posted by on January 6, 2012

Pens do not come out of the inflatable igloo during intro’s tonight and win the game.

Goodnight everyone and we’ll tweet and blog at you tomorrow!

You expect more out of me, so click here to read the rest of the recap. Fooled you!

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GAMEDAY: vs. Rochester 1/6

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Home Game: 17

AHL Game: 517

Who: Rochester Americans

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 7:05 p.m. EST

Media Kit

Last Game: Wednesday at home vs. Norfolk, the Pens lost 5-1. Nick Petersen scored the only game for the Pens. For Rochester, they hosted Hamilton last Friday night at home and lost 5-4. Derek Whitmore and Paul Szczechura both had a goal and assist each in the loss.

Last Meeting: October 13 in Rochester, the Pens won 5-1. Bryan Lerg and Brian Strait both scored goals for the Pens in the win.

Record: For WBS: 18-11-1-4 (41 pts., 3rd place East Division) — For RCH: 15-13-4-1 (35 pts., 2nd place North Division)

Why you should care: The Pens are bad at home. But the Pens are a good team, so look for a better result than what went down on Wednesday. Brad Thiessen has been slipping. But look for Thiessen to bounce back and put in a good showing tonight if he gets the nod in net.

Referee(s): Ryan Hersey

Linesmen: Tom George / Scott Adams

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @AmerksHockey

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie / @KevinODandC

Broadcasters: For WBS: Tom Grace @TGracePens and Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / For RCH: Don Stevens

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep / @LetsGoAmerks

Radio: For WBS: 102.3 The Mountain / For Rochester: 1280 AM WHTK

Television: AHL Live

Promotion(s): Dollar Dogs and Drafts

Other Game to Watch: Hershey and Adirondack are going to set an AHL attendance record tonight skating on the same ice as the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers did at Citizens Bank Park.

Next Five Games: SYR 1/7, @ NOR 1/10, @ StJ 1/14, @ StJ 1/15, MCH 1/20

Gameday

One Handed Mining of Starry Duck Hogs

Comments Off on One Handed Mining of Starry Duck Hogs Posted by on January 5, 2012

Couple of things worth getting to on a Thursday evening…

–> Bombulie’s practice update didn’t have a ton of great news in it. Alex Picard is out “for a while” with an upper body injury after blocking a shot late in the third period when Norfolk was on a power play.

–> Jonathan also made mention of these stats he mined which he put out on Twitter early this morning:

–> Elsewhere in the AHL East Division, a familiar face to Penguin fans is on waivers. Click this link, but if you don’t want to, his name rhymes with Mancrew Dorjon. Still clueless? Just click the link. If no one claims him, he’ll be in town Saturday.

–> Vote here for the starters for the AHL All-Star Classic later this month. If you want a guide as to who to vote for, look no further:

East West
Colin McDonald, WBS Krys Kolanos, ABB
Simon Despres, WBS Ryan Ellis, MIL
Jeff Zatkoff, MCH Cedrick Desjardins, HAM

–> Finally, for you Dan Henningson fans out there, he is on the way back up to the AHL again. This time with the Rockford IceHogs.

Gameday for tomorrows tilt with the Rochester Americans will be up at its normal 3 pm slot on the blog tomorrow afternoon.

Let’s Go Pens!

The AHL, WBS

Fun While Losing

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So after last night’s 5-1 thumping put on us by the Norfolk Admirals, I decided to put this tweet out:

There wasn’t a winner last night, as “Igloosers” was the headline chosen instead. I was looking for something that mixed the loss with the disdain for the Pens coming out of the inflatable igloo. There were, however, some doozys that deserve recognition regardless. So, on this early morning Thursday, I offer these tweets to sort of make you laugh the loss away…

https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/154759853938708480 https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/154762117239676928
https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/154767258915323905
https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/154772359117684737

Gold stars to you all.

I do plan on bringing this contest out again after a game next time. The “Igloosers” idea came to me as I was driving home from the game last night. My other choice would have been #blametheigloo.

I’ll probably have more serious news later on the WBS side of things later this afternoon, after practice wraps up. But for now, have a laugh at these and Let’s Go Pens!

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Igloosers – Pens LOSE 5-1

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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:

https://twitter.com/PeteMichaud2012/status/154636544408424448

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!

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Who is Your All-Star?

Comments Off on Who is Your All-Star? Posted by on January 4, 2012

The AHL announced the All-Stars for the 2012 All-Star Classic this afternoon. The players representing the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins are Colin McDonald and Simon Despres.

Congrats to both on the nomination. Fans can vote them into the starting lineup beginning tomorrow.

Click here for the Norfolk Gameday post from earlier today. Let’s Go Pens!

The AHL, WBS

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