Chirps from Center Ice

A fan blog about the AHL's Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins

GAMEDAY: vs. Manchester 2/23

vs. 

Home Game: 26

AHL Game: 798

Who: Manchester Monarchs

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 7:05 p.m.

Media Kit

Last Game: Monday in Portland, the Pens won 5-3. Bryan Lerg had a goal and an assist. For Manchester, Sunday at home vs. Adirondack the Monarchs lost 5-2. Linden Vey had a goal and an assist for the Monarchs in the loss.

Last Meeting: In the Pens 1,000th regular season game on January 20 in Wilkes-Barre, they won 4-1. Colin McDonald had two goals and was the first star of the game.

Record: For WBS: 31-16-2-5 (69 pts., 2nd place East Division) For MCH: 28-26-0-2 (58 pts., 2nd place Atlantic Division)

Why you should care: The East Division is tighter than ever. A win puts the Pens back out in front. A loss is simply a missed opportunity.

Referee(s): Darcy Burchell / Marcus Vinnerborg

Linesmen: Francis Trempe / Alex Stagnone

Twitter: @WBSPenguins / @MonarchsHockey

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie

Broadcasters: WBS: Tom Grace @TGracePens and Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / MCH: Ken Cail

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep

Radio: For WBS: 102.3 The Mountain / For Manchester: WGIR AM 610

Television: AHL Live

Promotion(s): None

Other Game to Watch: Only one other game. It’s in Cleveland. The Bears are in Monsters territory squaring off against the Lake Erie Monsters.

Next Five Games: SYR 2/25, NOR 2/26, @ ADK 3/4, STJ 3/6, @ PRO 3/9

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