Chirps from Center Ice

Pittsburgh announced the reassignment of Brad Thiessen today. It’s expected he re-joins the Penguins in Hartford Friday.

Patrick Killeen, meanwhile, was sent to Wheeling last night and called back up today. Wheeling played in Reading yesterday so the commute to and from was not too bad for Patrick.

Sticking with Wheeling, Andrew Hotham was named to the ECHL’s All-Second team. Hotham was injured in Wheeling when Wilkes-Barre was thin at defense and he hasn’t been here since preseason, but good for him anyway.

Norfolk keeps rolling. 21 in a row. I tweeted a picture from an article ran on the Admirals official site. Read it and weep, like I did.

Hershey leapt Wilkes-Barre in the standings last night by beating the Binghamton Senators 5-2 good enough for their seventh win a row. I am OK with this. The Penguins are a far better road team than a home team. In a five game opening first round series, there is little room for error.

Penguins can clinch a spot in the playoffs tomorrow with a win in Hartford tomorrow. The magic number is 2. I hope they do it so i can stop bending my brain trying to figure out the math.

Gameday for the matchup vs. the Whale in Hartford up at 3 p.m. tomorrow.

Let’s Go Pens!