There is no such thing as a machine that prints money. Well, legally, and not controlled by the Federal Government at least.
There is, however, such a thing that churns out American Hockey League points right now and they skate in all white with yellow and black trim with a skating Penguin behind an upside-down triangle on their chests.
After falling down 0-2 to the Providence Bruins, the same Providence Bruins who ousted the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins last April, the Penguins storm back and respond with three straight goals only to see the Bruins score a late goal to tie with the extra man on but it would be the Penguins who would prevail in overtime with Ryan Haggerty getting the game winning goal just :20 into the extra frame.
The Penguins didn’t have any lineup changes from Wednesday against Toronto, scroll down if you didn’t link in direct to see the lines.
First Period: 1:33 in, the Bruins scored when Matt Grzelcyk found Ryan Fitzgerald as he split a pair of Penguins defenders to give the visitors a lead early on.
There were two fights in the period, which is something you just don’t see anymore. Tom Sestito lost a fight with Chris Breen then Andrey Pedan ate league MVP Kenny Agostino for lunch in a separate fight.
Second Period: Pens found themselves in a bit of a hole when Colby Cave threw an end over end puck ay DeSmith that got by to give the Bruins a 2-0 lead.
Here is a rad statistic from color man Nick Hart that nearly blew my socks off…
Providence now up, 2-0, on a goal by Colby Cave. This is the first time the #WBSPenguins have trailed by more than one goal since the season opener on Oct. 7.
McIntyre had a yeoman like effort on a Penguin power play at the end of the period.
Third Period: Game to this point had the feel of a heavyweight affair. Not so much like Wednesday against Toronto because it wasn’t filled with fights and the general bad blood that the Pens and Bruins had.
Jarred Tinordi let one rip from the point that got past McIntyre to tie the game for Wilkes-Barre.
🚨 GOAL! 🚨 Jarred Tinordi ties it for the #WBSPens! His first goal in over a year. 2-2.
Pens had a long 5-on-3 but were not able to get anything past McIntyre. Then, with 2:23 left, Andrey Pedan let one rip and Thomas DiPauli got a stick on it to put the Pens ahead 3-2…
Looks like Di Pauli might have redirected it but Pedan gets credit for this one, assist to Sprong. This put the #WBSPens ahead 3-2 but then Providence scored with 29 seconds left, so we head to overtime.#PROvsWBSpic.twitter.com/49E33NXGTD
Overtime: :20 in, Czuczman set up J-S Dea who quickly found themselves on a 2-on-1 with Ryan Haggerty. Dea dished to Haggerty and that was the ballgame.
VIDEO: Ryan Haggerty's third point of the night just happened to be the game-winning goal in OT. Saturday night's contest was Haggerty's second career three-point game. The last was December 30, 2015 for the @goicehogs vs the @Chicago_Wolves (2+1) pic.twitter.com/BBnfN7Bch6
Standings: Penguins (.792 percentage points) — Charlotte (.714) — Lehigh Valley (.667) — Providence (.625) — Hershey (.500) — Hartford (.464) — Bridgeport (.462) — Springfield (.233)
Wheeling Update: with a 5-3 win over the Nailers.Toledo splits the series with the Wheeling Nailers Reid Gardiner had two assists. Sean Maguire takes the loss after stopping 23 of 27 shots. The Nailers take on the Norfolk Admirals back at home at 3:05 Sunday.
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