Chirps from Center Ice

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

GAMEDAY: vs. Syracuse 1/8

vs. 

Home Game: 20

AHL Game: 515

Who: Syracuse Crunch

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 7:05 p.m.

Media Kit

Last Game: Sunday at home vs. Binghamton, the Pens won 4-1. Barry Goers and Zack Torquato both had a goal and an assist to aid the Penguins to the victory. For Syracuse, they played Binghamton on Saturday in Binghamton and lost 6-5 in overtime. Brett Connolly had two goals and an assist in the losing effort.

Last Meeting: December 31 in Wilkes-Barre, the Pens won 5-2. Five different Penguins scored goals and Jeff Deslauriers stopped all 21 shots faced in relief of Eric Hartzell.

Record: For WBS: 20-10-1-3 (44 pts., 2nd place East Division) — For SYR: 14-14-2-3 (33 pts., 5th place East Division)

Why you should care: The Crunch seem to still be a floundering, yet dangerous team. If the Penguins give a Manchester-like effort, they will likely lose. They will need a Binghamton-like effort if they want to take the two points home this evening.

Referee(s): Ryan Murphy / Jeffrey Ingram

Linesmen: Bob Fyrer / Jud Ritter

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @WBSGameDay / @SyracuseCrunch

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /syracusecrunch

Instagram: wbspenguins / officialsyracusecrunch

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie / @syrhockey

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: The team a point ahead of us (Binghamton) is in Western New York (Rochester) tonight.

Next Five Games: @ ADK 1/10, HFD 1/11, @ PRO 1/17, @ POR 1/18, @ PRO 1/19

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