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East Division Semifinal Game 5

AHL Game: C5

Who: Norfolk Admirals

Where: Norfolk Scope

When: 7:30 p.m. EST

Series: Tied 2-2 (best of seven)

Media Kit

Last Game: Wednesday night in Norfolk, the Pens won 4-2. Ryan Craig had a power play game winning goal and Joe Vitale iced it late.

What to watch for: Mattias Ritola and Blair Jones rejoin the Admirals from parent Tampa Bay for the NorAds. Questionable remain Paul Szczechura, Chris Durno and Mike Angelidis for Norfolk. Penguins will look to sweep the road and put Norfolk on the brink of elimination tomorrow. First things first, this game tonight. Will there be a lineup change for Wilkes-Barre? Nick Petersen didn’t have a strong game, will David Marshall return? Could we see Paul Thompson?

Referee(s): Francis Charron / Steve Patafie

Linesmen: Tom George / Scott Pomento

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @NorfolkAdmirals / @BeekerAdmirals / @nafsnep

Beat writers: @CVBombulie

Radio: For WBS: 102.3 The Mountain. For Norfolk: 102.1 FM The Game

Television: AHL Live

When is Game 6?: Tomorrow night at 7:05 in Wilkes-Barre Township.

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East Division Semifinal Game 4

AHL Game: C4

Who: Norfolk Admirals

Where: Norfolk Scope

When: 7:15 p.m. EST

Series: Norfolk leads 2-1 (best of seven)

Media Kit

Last Game: Last night in Norfolk the Pens won 2-1. Keven Veilleux and Bryan Lerg scored goals for the Pens in the win.

What to watch for: Pens needed to win last night. Well, they also must win tonight to even the series and regain home ice as well. Norfolk may be without both Paul Szczechura and Chris Durno tonight as both left the game yesterday with injuries. The Admirals will not have the services of Blair Jones or Mattias Ritola tonight as both were recalled prior to Game 3 to parent Tampa Bay. Expect Joe Vitale back in the lineup tonight for the Pens as well. Everything from here looks to be going the Penguins way, but there still is a game to be played this evening.

Referee(s): Geno Binda / Ghislain Hebert

Linesmen: Tom George / Mark Hamlett

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @NorfolkAdmirals / @BeekerAdmirals / @nafsnep

Beat writers: @CVBombulie

Radio: For WBS: 102.3 The Mountain. For Norfolk: 102.1 FM The Game

Television: AHL Live

When is Game 5?: Friday night from the Norfolk Scope at 7:30 p.m.

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East Division Semifinal Game 3

AHL Game: C3

Who: Norfolk Admirals

Where: Norfolk Scope

When: 7:15 p.m. EST

Series: Norfolk leads 2-0 (best of seven)

Media Kit

Last Game: Saturday night in Wilkes-Barre in Game 2 the Pens were shutout 2-0 by Dustin Tokarski. Paul Szczechura had the game winning goal in the second period and ex-Penguin Marc-Antoine Pouliot iced the game late with an empty net goal.

What to watch for: The team that Pens fans everywhere wanted over the Binghamton Senators has the hometown Pens in a deep hole down 0-2. The Pens must, must, must, must win this game to have ANY hope of staging a comeback in the series. The Pens were the best team in the regular season. The Norfolk Admirals have their full attention. The Coach of the Year in John Hynes has had two full days to prepare his troops for this game. You need to score goals to win games. So look for big games out of Brett Sterling, Ben Street and Keven Veilleux. Will Tim Wallace return? Will there be any lineup changes? We all find out at 7:15 tonight.

Referee(s): Geno Binda / Ghislain Hebert

Linesmen: Tom George / Mark Hamlett

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @NorfolkAdmirals /@BeekerAdmirals / @nafsnep

Beat writers: @CVBombulie

Radio: For WBS: 102.3 The Mountain. For Norfolk: 102.1 FM The Game

Television: AHL Live

When is Game 4?: Tomorrow night from the Norfolk Scope at 7:15 p.m.

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East Divison Semifinal Game 2

AHL Game: C2

Who: Norfolk Admirals

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 7:05 p.m. EST

Series: Norfolk leads 1-0 (best of seven)

Media Kit

Last Game: Last night in Wilkes-Barre, Mattias Ritola terrorized the Pens defense by scoring and assisting on a Marc-Antoine Pouliot goal to lead the Admirals to a 2-1 win.

What to watch for: Lineup changes. Last nights lineup frankly wasn’t good enough to do pretty much anything at times. Look for this and the Pens to explode out of the gate. Can Norfolk hold back the flood that is about to hit them? That will be the question.

Referee(s): Chris Cozzan / Jean Hebert

Linesmen: Chris Allman / Mike McDevitt

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @NorfolkAdmirals /@BeekerAdmirals / @nafsnep

Beat writers: @CVBombulie

Radio: For WBS: 102.3 The Mountain. For Norfolk: 102.1 FM The Game

Television: AHL Live

Promotion(s): None

When is Game 3?: Tuesday night from the Norfolk Scope at 7:15 p.m.

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East Divison Semifinal Game 1

AHL Game: C1

Who: Norfolk Admirals

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 7:05 p.m. EST

Series: Tied 0-0 (best of seven)

Media Kit

Season Series: 5-3 for WBS; November 19: NOR 4 @ WBS 1 – December 10: WBS 2 @ NOR 4 – December 11: NOR 7 @ WBS 4 – January 1: NOR 3 @ WBS 4 – February 18: WBS 3 @ NOR 0 – February 19: WBS 2 @ NOR 1 (SO) – February 26: NOR 2 @ WBS 3 (SO) – March 30: WBS 4 @ NOR 3

Top four scorers for the Penguins vs. the Admirals: 1. Corey Potter (8 GP, 0-8-8, +3) 2. Steve Wagner (7 GP, 0-6-6, +3) 3. Ben Street (4 GP, 4-1-5, +3) 4. Ryan Craig (6 GP, 2-2-4, -1)

Top four scorers for the Admirals vs. the Penguins: 1. Troy Milam (8 GP, 5-2-7, -2) 2. Blair Jones (7 GP, 4-3-7, +7) 3. Alex Berry (7 GP, 2-5-7, +4) 4. Mark Barberio (8 GP, 2-3-5, -5)

Referee(s): Ryan Fraser / Graham Skilliter

Linesmen: Jameel Chaudry / Judson Ritter

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @NorfolkAdmirals /@BeekerAdmirals / @nafsnep

Beat writers: @CVBombulie

Radio: For WBS: 102.3 The Mountain. For Norfolk: 102.1 FM The Game

Television: AHL Live

Promotion(s): Dollar Dog and Draft Night is back for the Playoffs! 1,500 hot dogs on sale and $1 draft beer until 7:30

When is Game 2?: Tomorrow night, April 16, at 7:05 from Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township.

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Home Game 40

AHL Game: 1200

Who: Adirondack Phantoms

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 3:05 p.m. EST

Media Kit

Last Game: For WBS: Last night in Hershey, the Pens won 4-2. David Marshall, Bryan Lerg, Nick Petersen and Brett Sterling all scored for WBS in the win. For ADK: Last night in Binghamton, the Phantoms won 2-1. Matt Read and Michael Ryan scored for Adirondack.

Record: For WBS: 57-21-0-1 (115 pts., 1st place East Division) – For ADK: 31-38-4-6 (72 pts., 7th Place East Division)

Last Meeting: March 26 in Glens Falls, the Phantons won 3-2. This was a puppet show with all of the goals coming on a power play.

Why you should care: Last regular season tune-up for the Pens today. Provided no one get seriously injured today, the Pens will be at or close to near 100% for Friday’s opening game vs. either Binghamton or Norfolk. The Phantoms want to close out a disappointing season on a winning note. We will see what happens.

Referee(s): Jeff Smith

Linesmen: Jameel Chaudry / Judson Ritter

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @PhantomsHockey / @nafsnep

Beat writers: @CVBombulie / @PSPhantoms

Radio: For WBS: 102.3 The Mountain. For Adirondack: QNYQ Stream

Television: AHL Live

Promotion(s): None

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Away Game 40

AHL Game: 1180

Who: Hershey Bears

Where: GIANT Center

When: 7:00 p.m. EST

Media Kit

Last Game / Last Meeting: Last night in Wilkes-Barre on Fan Appreciation Night, the Pens lost 2-1. Brett Sterling had the lone goal for the Pens in the loss while Andrew Kozek scored twice for the Bears.

Record: For WBS, 56-21-0-1 (113 pts., 1st place East Division) — For HER, 46-24-3-5 (100 pts., 2nd place East Division)

Why you should care: Pens can’t lose two in a row to this Bears team. Meaningless game or not. Need this for the psyche heading into playoffs. Both teams do, actually. Look for Nolan Schaefer to get the nod in net for the Bears and John Curry for the Pens.

Referee(s): Jeff Smith

Linesmen: Bob Goodman / Jameel Chaudry

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @TheHersheyBears / @jwaltonhockey / @sweetesthockey / @nafsnep

Beat writers: @CVBombulie / @timleone

Radio: For WBS: 102.3 The Mountain. For Hershey: Bears Radio Network

Television: AHL Live

Remaining Game: ADK 4/10