Chirps from Center Ice

Below is a roster tracker for players who would, could, are or were part of the 2024-25 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins.

This will update weekly, depending on moves up to Pittsburgh or down to Wheeling.

If you see any errors or omissions, please let me know.

Current Roster – Defensemen

D Sebastian Aho

D Scooter Brickey (injured)

D Nate Clurman (injured, week to week)

D Mac Hollowell

D Jack St. Ivany

D Nikolai Knyzhov

D Filip Kral

D Justin Lee (injured, lower body, week to week)

D Owen Pickering

D Colton Poolman

D Dan Renouf

Current Roster – Forwards

F Raivis Ansons (week to week, upper body, injured December 8)

F Atley Calvert

F Tristan Broz

F Matty De St. Phalle

F Jonathan Gruden (injured, lower body)

F Avery Hayes

F Jimmy Huntingdon (injured, upper body week to week)

F Marc Johnstone

F Boris Katchouk

F Gabe Klassen

F Ville Koivunen

F Joona Koppanen (upper, injured)

F Mathias Laferriere

F Rutger McGroarty

F Matt Nieto

F Vasily Ponomarev

F Sam Poulin (day to day)

F Valtteri Puustinen

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Current Roster – Goaltenders

Joel Blomqvist

Filip Larsson

Sergei Murashov

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Wheeling Nailers Roster

Names in green mean they have an AHL contract with Wilkes-Barre.

Forwards

F Jack Beck

F Shane Bull

F Kyle Jackson

F David Jankowski

F Matt Koopman

F Peter Laviolette

F Jordan Martel

F Logan Pietila

F Matt Quercia

Defensemen

D Isaac Belliveau

D Cole Cameron (acquired by Wheeling for D Zachary Massicotte on October 16)

D David Drake

D Ryan Lieth

D Owen Norton

D Mats Lindgren

D Chris Ortiz

D Dylan Peters

D Louie Roehl

D Phip Waugh

Goaltenders

G Jaxon Castor

G Taylor Gauthier

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In Pittsburgh

F Emil Bemstrom

G Tristan Jarry

F Boko Imama

Conditioning Assignments

G Alex Nedeljkovic (October 17, played October 18 vs. Lehigh Valley, won, recalled October 19)

F Matt Nieto (November 9 – 14)

G Tristan Jarry (October 26 – November 8)

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Waiver Losses

D John Ludwig (claimed by COL, waived again January 16, not claimed, assigned to AHL Colorado))

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Released at WBS Training Camp

Keeghan Howdeshell

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Last Updated: March 4 at 3 p.m.

Update History:

October 12 at 9 p.m. (Gauthier to Wheeling)
October 15 at 7 p.m. (added injury details to Belliveau, Renouf, Houde and Joshua, noted Luke Richardson was traded from Greenville to Wheeling)
October 16 at 5:15 p.m. (Mats Lindgren recalled from Wheeling at 11 a.m., Rutger McGroarty re-assigned from PIT at 3:15 p.m., Sam Houde reassigned to Wheeling at 5 p.m.)
October 17 at 10 a.m. (Nedeljkovic conditioning assignment)
October 19 at 10 a.m. (Nedeljkovic recalled from conditioning assignment)
October 25 at 7 p.m. (Huntingdon week to week, Clurman recovered)
October 26 at 7 p.m. (Sergei Musharov and Mats Lindgren to Wheeling, Tristan Jarry down on conditioning assignment)
October 28 at 4 p.m. (G Luke Richardson signed to PTO)
October 29 at 10 a.m. (D Phip Waugh recalled from Wheeling)
October 30 at 6:50 p.m. (Belliveau off injured, Aho put on)
October 31 at 10 a.m. (Vasily Ponomarev reassigned from Pittsburgh)
November 4 at 5 p.m. (Mats Lindgren recalled from Wheeling)
November 8 at 7 p.m. (Nikolai Knyzhov signing, updated a bunch of injury info)
November 9 @ 4 p.m. (Tristan Jarry recalled from conditioning, Matt Nieto sent for conditioning)
November 11 @ 4 p.m. (Sam Poulin recalled to PIT, Mats Lindgren sent to Wheeling)
November 14 @ 10:30 a.m. (Matt Nieto recalled from conditioning assignment, Vasiliy Ponomarev recalled, Joel Blomqvist sent to WBS)
November 15 @ 9:30 a.m. (Owen Pickering recalled)
November 16 @ 6:05 (Jagger Joshua and Nate Clurman return from injury)
November 22 @ 10:30 a.m. (Phip Waugh assigned to Wheeling)
November 25 @ 3 p.m. (Poulin reassigned, Gauthier to Wheeling)
November 27 @ 4 p.m. (Puustinen and Ponomarev assigned)
December 3 @ 3 p.m. (St. Ivany reassigned to WBS, Joshua to Wheeling)
December 6 @ 12 p.m. (Justin Lee to Wheeling, Jaxon Castor to WBS)
December 8 @ 3:30 (updated injuries to Bemstom, St. Ivany and Ansons)
December 10 @ 10 a.m. (Lee and Lindgren assigned to WBS)
December 17 @ 10 a.m. (Chris Ortiz released from PTO, Nate Clurman to Pittsburgh)
December 27 @ 1 p.m. (tidied up injury statuses, Poulin, Puustinen injured, Joshua, Lindgren and Drake recalled from Wheeling)
December 29 @ 10 a.m. (David Drake released from PTO)
January 2 @ 1 a.m. (Chris Ortiz signed to PTO)
January 3 @ 3 p.m. (Bennett MacArthur traded to Buffalo for Colton Poolman, Jagger Joshua traded to Rochester for future considerations)
January 6 @ 7:30 p.m. (Mats Lindgren and Chris Ortiz back to Wheeling, F Sam Houde released by WBS)
January 23 @ 10 a.m. (updated a bunch of stuff from the layoff due to ice issues at WBS, Imama up, Pickering down)
January 27 @ 3 p.m. (Atley Calvert to WBS, Belliveau to WHL, Puljujarvi to PIT)
February 5 @ 4 p.m. (Puljujarvi back to WBS)
February 7 @ 11 a.m. (Bemstrom to PIT)
February 8 @ 3 p.m. (Jesse Puljujarvi contract terminated)
February 13 @ 4 p.m. (Corey Andonovski traded to St. Louis for Mathias Laferreire, Sergei Murashov to Wheeling, Isaac Belliveau up to WBS)
February 18 @ 3 p.m. (Bemstrom and Blomqvist up to PIT, Jarry down to WBS)
February 20 @ 10 a.m. (De St. Phalle recalled from Wheeling)
February 27 @ 4 p.m. (Matt Nieto clears waivers and is assigned to WBS, Gabe Klassen recalled from Wheeling)
March 4 @ 3 p.m. (Tristan Jarry to PIT, Joel Blomqvist to WBS)