Chirps from Center Ice

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

GAMEDAY: @ Binghamton 4/6

Away Game: 35

AHL Game: 1051

Who: Binghamton Senators

Where: Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena

When: 3:05 p.m.

Media Kit

Last Game: Last night at home vs. Albany, the Pens won 1-0 in overtime. Peter Mannino made 25 saves and Nick Drazenovic scored the game winner 1:02 into overtime. For Binghamton, they lost at home to the Norfolk Admirals 6-3. Chris Wideman and Patrick Mullen both had a goal and an assist each in the loss.

Last Meeting: February 19 in Wilkes-Barre, the Pens lost 4-3 in overtime. Nick Drazenovic had a goal and two assists in the loss for the Pens.

Record: For WBS: 40-22-3-5 (88 pts., 1st place East Division) For BNG: 40-23-1-5 (86 pts., 2nd place East Division)

Why you should care: Here we go. Round 1 of 3 between these two rivals. It’s for the East Division Championship and for home ice in the first round. Eric Hartzell is getting the start today in Binghamton as confirmed by Jonathan Bombulie last night. It’ll be Hartzell’s first work in the AHL since being sent to the ECHL and having success there.

Referee(s): Darcy Burchell / Chris Brown

Linesmen: Jud Ritter / Bob Fyrer

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @BSens_Hockey

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /binghamtonsenators

Instagram: wbspenguins / bsens_hockey

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie / @PSBSens

Broadcasters: For WBS: Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / For BNG: Grady Whittenburg @BSensRadio

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep

Radio: For WBS: 103.1 WILK-FM / For Binghamton: Oldies 96.9

Television: AHL Live

Other Game to Watch: At this point in the season I really don’t think anything else matters, but for keeping with what we do around here, Worcester hosts Manchester. Whoever wins the East could, conceivably, win the Conference, Manchester has owned this spot all year.

Next Five Games: @ SYR 4/11, BNG 4/12, TOR 4/13, @ BNG 4/18, @ UTI 4/19

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