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Home Game: 18

AHL Game: 502

Who: Manchester Monarchs

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 7:05 p.m.

Media Kit

Last Game: Last night in Hartford, the Pens won 2-1 in a shootout. Paul Thompson scored for the Penguins in the bottom of the sixth round. For Manchester, the Monarchs were in Binghamton last night and lost 5-4 in overtime. Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist and was named third star of the game.

Last Meeting: October 20 in Manchester the Penguins won 4-3 in overtime with Brendan Mikkelson scoring the game winning goal for Wilkes-Barre.

Record: For WBS: 19-9-1-3 (42 pts., 2nd place East Division) — For MCH: 22-8-2-4 (50 pts., 1st place Atlantic Division)

Why you should care: Big test for both teams tonight. Manchester is an elite team. Wilkes-Barre is too, but is missing a lot of manpower. How close will this game really be?

Referee(s): Pierre Lambert

Linesmen: Scott Adams / Bill Lyons

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @MonarchsHockey

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /MonarchsHockey

Instagram: wbspenguins / monarchshockey

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie

Broadcasters: WBS: Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / MCH: Ken Cail

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep 

Radio: For WBS: SportsHub 102.3 / For MCH: Monarchs Webcast

Television: AHL Live and MyNetwork TV, local in Wilkes-Barre

Promotion(s): License Plate Frame (first 5,000 fans)

Other Game to Watch: Let’s keep an eye on Syracuse in Binghamton tonight. Was the Crunch’s offensive explosion vs. Toronto a mirage or has Syracuse turned the corner?

Next Five Games: BNG 1/5, SYR 1/8, @ ADK 1/10, HFD 1/11, @ PRO 1/17