Chirps from Center Ice

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

GAMEDAY: @ Norfolk 4/2

Away Game: 35

AHL Game: 1009

Who: Norfolk Admirals

Where: Norfolk Scope

When: 7:15 p.m.

Media Kit

Last Game: Saturday in Binghamton, the Pens beat the B-Sens 3-2 in a shootout. Trevor Smith scored his twentieth goal of the season. For Norfolk, Saturday they hosted the Syracuse Crunch and won 2-0. Frederick Andersen had a 41 save shutout.

Last Meeting: March 23 in Wilkes-Barre, the Pens lost 4-1. Alex Grant had the only Penguins goal in the contest.

Record: For WBS: 36-28-2-2 (76 pts., 3rd place East Division) For NOR: 33-29-4-1 (71 pts., 5th place East Division)

Why you should care: This should shape up to be an interesting matchup between two teams battling for the playoffs. The Penguins presently are in, but as we have seen, play down to teams below them in the standings. The Norfolk Admirals are coming off a weekend sweep of the first place Syracuse Crunch. The Admirals are not to be taken lightly.

Referee(s): Mark Lemelin / Ryan Murphy

Linesmen: Ryan Daisy / Brian Oliver

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @NorfolkAdmirals / @AdsGameUpdates

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /NorfolkAdmirals

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie

Broadcasters: For WBS: Tom Grace @TGracePens and Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / For NOR: Pete Michaud @AdmiralsVoice

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep / @VBKen

Radio: For WBS: 102.3 The Mountain / For Norfolk: 102.1 The Game

Television: AHL Live

Other Game to Watch: Going to go Bridgeport and Worcester, two teams that have their playoff window slowly closing. The winner keeps those hopes alive while the loser sees what little hope there is diminish more.

Next Five Games: @ ADK 4/5, ALB 4/6, HER 4/7, @ STJ 3/13, @ STJ 3/14

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