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Home Game: 17

AHL Game: 473

Who: Syracuse Crunch

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 5:05 p.m.

Media Kit

Last Game: Saturday in Hershey, the Pens lost in a  shootout to the Bears 2-1. Mike Carman scored the only goal for the Pens in the shootout loss. For Syracuse, they hosted the Norfolk Admirals Saturday and lost 6-3. Evan Rankin recorded a goal and an assist in the loss.

Last Meeting: December 21 in Wilkes-Barre, the Pens won 2-1. Zack Torquato scored his first AHL goal, and Jeff Deslauriers stopped 25 of 26 shots for the win.

Record: For WBS: 17-9-1-3 (38 pts., 2nd place East Division) — For SYR: 13-13-1-3 (30 pts., 5th place East Division)

Why you should care: The Crunch are reeling right now. The Penguins must jump on them early so as not to work overtime and be late for their New Years Eve celebration parties.

Referee(s): David Banfield / Keith Kaval

Linesmen: Bob Fyrer / Jud Ritter

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @WBSGameDay / @SyracuseCrunch

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /syracusecrunch

Instagram: wbspenguins / officialsyracusecrunch

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie / @PSCrunchHockey

Broadcasters: For WBS: Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / For SYR: Dan D’Uva @Dan_DUva

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep / @Allovimo

Radio: For WBS: Sports Hub 102.3 / For Syracuse: ESPN Radio 1200 AM

Television: AHL Live

Promotion(s): None

Other Game to Watch: Norfolk is in Binghamton tonight in a matchup with huge East Division implications. A Binghamton win with a Penguins loss opens the lead to three points. A Norfolk win and a Binghamton loss and the Ads overtake the Penguins for second in the division. Of course a Penguins win and a Binghamton loss and the Pens are on top of the division again.

Next Five Games: @ HFD 1/3, MCH 1/4, BNG 1/5, SYR 1/8, @ ADK 1/10