Just finished a fantastic weekend where the weather in Wilkes-Barre was low 70s with sun, sun and more sun. A tremendously peaceful weekend, knowing that the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins are already onto the second round.
I thought, Thursday night walking out to my truck after sweeping the Binghamton Senators, that by Saturday, Sunday the latest, we would know the second round opponent.
Nope.
We do know one thing. It’s not Springfield, who showed Manchester the door last night in overtime. It’s down to Syracuse or Providence.
The Bruins beat the Hershey Bears twice this weekend in Hershey. The regular season champions blew out the Bears 5-1 Saturday and won an epic battle Sunday afternoon 5-4 in a back and forth battle for the ages.
Game 5 is Wednesday in Providence.
Scenarios: A Providence win means the Penguins head to Rhode Island. A Providence loss and the Penguins head to Syracuse.
So for the Penguins, they either take on the regular season champion Providence Bruins or the winners of the best division in the AHL in Syracuse.
I am not going to muddy the mind in giving potential Game 1 openers. It will be next weekend, sometime.
So enjoy this hold music. The operator will be with you shortly….
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