The Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins flew home from St. John’s Wednesday and held their exit interviews and locker room clean out party Thursday. The Mohegan Sun Arena tweeted out four photos of the ice being taken out.
Amid all that sadness, hope. And news. And fodder for an offseason blog entry.
Tom Kostopoulos will be returning for the 2014-15 AHL season. Coal Street made it official today.
I am not sure what, if anything, this means for the crop of other key AHL veterans that Wilkes-Barre relied on this year. Kostopoulos was a huge reason why the Penguins were so successful this season, as Coach John Hynes told Michael Cignoli this afternoon. Does it mean guys like Chuck Kobasew and others could return? Who knows. It’s still too soon to say. But it’s nice to know that the groundwork for another successful run in 2014-15 is being laid this early.
I’m working on the 2013-14 Year in Review, which should be out in a day or so, if not sooner. Keep a sharp eye out.
Let’s Go Pens!
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