Chirps from Center Ice

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Ask yourself this question. Are the Hershey Bears any less of a Calder Cup threat because they lost to the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins 9-0 a few weeks ago?

Of course not.

A 10-2 throttling at the hands of the Providence Bruins and the Penguins are not any lesser of a playoff threat then they were at noon Friday.

Every team is allowed one or two clunkers. If you are the Bridgeport Islanders it happens once or twice a weekend.

Now, if this happens again Saturday when the Bears come to town? That’s an uneasy trend. If the Islanders drop seven on the Pens Sunday in Bridgeport, or the Pens lose 15-2 next Wednesday? Sure. Go on. Then it’s time to panic.

Just ball this one up and toss it away.

Boris Katchouk and Sam Poulin scored for the Pens, who put up 44 shots on Brandon Bussi and the Bruins Friday.

Providence was 3-for-5 on the power play. I mean they had everything going in their favor.

Fourteen Bruins had a point, Jeffrey Viel had four, two goals and two assists.

Georgii Merkulov scored for the Bruins because of course he does. He always scores against the Penguins. You better hope Hershey doesn’t sign him, ever.

Out of town, Hershey loses in Hartford 4-3 in regulation, Charlotte wins 2-1 in Rochester. The Penguins fall from second to fourth. The magic number stays at six.

Hershey leads the division with 82 points, Providence has 75, Charlotte and the Pens are tied at 74 and Lehigh Valley has 69 points but has three more games played then the Pens.

What sucks more is the fact I waste an excellent Severance related headline on this monstrosity. How many of the Four Tempers did you tame when you were watching tonight?

Let’s hope that the one sided affairs in favor of the Penguisn opponents sit with Kier for all eternity, or at least the end of this season.

Talk to you tomorrow. Off you go!

Let’s Go Pens!