Chirps from Center Ice

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

GAMEDAY: @ St. John’s 12/6

 

Away Game: 12

AHL Game: 327

Who: St. John’s IceCaps

Where: Mile One Centre

When: 6:00 p.m.*

Media Kit

Last Game: Saturday in Hershey, the Penguins lost in in overtime, 3-2. Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond and Mike Carman were the goal scorers for the Pens in the losing effort. For St. John’s, they were in Binghamton last Saturday and lost in a shootout. IceCaps net minder Jussi Olkinuora stopped 36 of 39 shots for St. John’s and was named third star of the game.

Last Meeting: November 23 in Wilkes-Barre, the Penguins explode for five goals in the third period and beat the IceCaps 5-2.

Record: For WBS: 13-5-1-2 (29 pts., 1st place East Division) — For STJ: 11-9-1-2 (25 pts., 3rd place Atlantic Division)

Why you should care: Can a depleted Wilkes-Barre lineup decimated by call ups to Pittsburgh get two points this weekend up in St. John’s? The answer is only a short while away.

Referee(s): Darcy Burchell

Linesmen: Sheldon Keough / Jim Vail

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @WBSGameDay / @IceCapsAHL

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /stjohnsicecaps

Instagram: wbspenguins / stjohnsicecaps

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie / @telyrobinshort / @telybrendan

Broadcasters: For WBS: Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / For STJ: Brian Rodgers

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep

Radio: For WBS: 102.3 The Mountain / For St. John’s: Listen Live

Television: AHL Live

Other Game to Watch: Norfolk is in Syracuse. It’s always fun when these two teams that swapped affiliates two seasons ago matchup.

Next Five Games: @ STJ 12/7, SPR 12/11, HER 12/13, UTI 12/14, WOR 12/20

* – game played in Newfoundland, Canada, which is 90 minutes ahead of Wilkes-Barre time.

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