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Away Game: 20

AHL Game: 604

Who: Portland Pirates

Where: Cross Insurance Arena

When: 7:00 p.m.

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Last Game / Last Meeting: Last night, the Pens lost 2-1. Clark Seymour scored the only goal and Mike McKenna stopped 38 of 39 shots for first star honors.

Record: For WBS: 28-10-0-1 (57 pts., 1st place Atlantic Division) — For POR: 24-13-1-0 (49 pts., 2nd Atlantic Division)

Why you should care: Penguins knew they were the better team for portions of last nights frustrating setback buy had no answer for McKenna. They need to be even better tonight as they look to avenge last nights loss and stop this all of a sudden two game losing streak.

Referee(s): Andrew Thackaberry

Linesmen: Alex Stagnone / Jared Waitt

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @WBSGameDay / @portlandpirates

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /PortlandPirates

Instagram: wbspenguins / piratesahl

Beat Writers: @CVSethLakso / @TLTomVenesky // @Chris_MHJ

Broadcasters: WBS: Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / POR: Jeff Mannix @JeffMannix

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep 

Radio: For WBS: WILK NewsRadio / For Portland: News Talk 1310 WLOB

Television: AHL Live

Other Game to Watch: Utica in Toronto is sneaky good tonight.

Next Five Games: @ PRO 1/24, HFD 1/27, @ LV 1/29, vs. LV 1/30, @ SPR 2/5

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AwayGame: 19

AHL Game: 591

Who: Portland Pirates

Where: Cross Insurance Arena

When: 7:00 p.m.

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Last Game: Last Saturday in Syracuse, the Pens lost 4-2. J-S Dea and Josh Archibald had goals. For the Pirates, they beat Providence 2-1 on Sunday. Sam Brittain stopped 45 of 46 shots.

Record: For WBS: 28-9-0-1 (57 pts., 1st place Atlantic Division) — For POR: 23-13-1-0 (47 pts., 2nd Atlantic Division)

Why you should care: Important test for both teams tonight. The Penguins are the powerhouse team in the division. The Pirates have been on the rise of the past few weeks and are ready to take on the Penguins for two games this weekend. Should be a great contest.

Referee(s): Olivier Gouin / David Banfield

Linesmen: Joe Ross / Steven Waters

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @WBSGameDay / @portlandpirates

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /PortlandPirates

Instagram: wbspenguins / piratesahl

Beat Writers: @CVSethLakso / @TLTomVenesky // @Chris_MHJ

Broadcasters: WBS: Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / POR: Jeff Mannix @JeffMannix

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep 

Radio: For WBS: WILK NewsRadio / For Portland: News Talk 1310 WLOB

Television: AHL Live

Other Game to Watch: San Jose is in Ontario later on and Barracuda Head Coach Roy Sommer is looking to tie Bun Cook for all time wins in the AHL. His team is trying to knock off the Reign from the Pacific Division lead.

Next Five Games: @ POR 1/23, @ PRO 1/24, HFD 1/27, @ LV 1/29, vs. LV 1/30

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Away Game: 18

AHL Game: 565

Who: Syracuse Crunch

Where: Onondaga County War Memorial

When: 7:00 p.m.

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Last Game: Wednesday in St. John’s, the Penguins won 6-4. Conor Sheary had a goal and two assists, Derrick Pouliot had three assists. For Syracuse, they hosted Utica last night and…

Last Meeting: December 31 in Wilkes-Barre, the Pens lost 4-2. Tom Kuhnhackl had a goal and an assist in the loss.

Record: For WBS: 28-8-0-1 (57 pts., 1st place Atlantic Division) — For SYR: 16-15-6-1 (39 pts., 5th place North Division)

Why you should care: Last meeting of the year between these two teams. Penguins are rolling, winners of seven straight but they head to Syracuse to face-off against the last team that beat them. Penguins can’t sleepwalk through their only game of the weekend.

Referee(s): Keith Kaval

Linesmen: Rick Lembo / Brian Oliver

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @WBSGameDay / @SyracuseCrunch

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /syracusecrunch

Instagram: wbspenguins / officialsyracusecrunch

Beat Writers: @CVSethLakso / @TLTomVenesky // @syrhockey

Broadcasters: For WBS: Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / For SYR: Dan D’Uva @Dan_DUva

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep / @Allovimo

Radio: For WBS: WILK NewsRadio / For Syracuse: ESPN Radio Central New York

Television: AHL Live

Other Game to Watch: Hershey debuts their newest toy tonight, Scott Gomez. Gomez is a veteran of over 1,000 NHL games. He should help the Bears at center.

Next Five Games: @ POR 1/22, @ POR 1/23, @ PRO 1/24, HFD 1/27, @ LV 1/29

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Away Game: 17

AHL Game: 538

Who: St. John’s IceCaps

Where: Mile One Centre

When: 7:30 p.m. Newfoundland time, 6 p.m. Wilkes-Barre time.

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Last Game / Last Meeting: Last night in St. John’s the Penguins won 2-1. St. John’s scored :21 into the game, but Matt Murray stopped all 33 shots that came his way the rest of the night. Derrick Pouliot scored a power play goal and J-S Dea added the goal ahead in the third period.

Record: For WBS: 27-8-0-1 (55 pts., 1st place Atlantic Division) — For STJ: 16-12-5-3 (40 pts., 3rd place North Division)

Why you should care: Rematch tonight. The Penguins were sloppy last night and it nearly cost them early in the first and late in the third. St. John’s will want to take advantage this time and the Penguins do not want to make the same mistake twice.

Referee(s): Michael Mullen / Garrett Rank

Linesmen: Sheldon Keough / Joe Maynard

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @WBSGameDay // @IceCapsAHL

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /stjohnsicecaps

Instagram: wbspenguins / stjohnsicecaps

Beat Writers: @CVSethLakso / @TLTomVenesky // @telyrobinshort / @telybrendan

Broadcasters: For WBS: Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / For STJ: Brian Rodgers

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep / @CharlesMDart

Radio: For WBS: WILK Newsradio / For St. John’s: Listen Live

Television: AHL Live

Other Game to Watch: If you are a night owl, two teams in the Pacific are battling tonight when the San Jose Barracuda, winners of five of the last six, travel to San Diego to take on the Gulls late on this evening out in California.

Next Five Games: @ SYR 1/16, @ POR 1/22, @ POR 1/23, @ PRO 1/24, HFD 1/27

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Away Game: 16

AHL Game: 532

Who: St. John’s IceCaps

Where: Mile One Centre

When: 7:30 p.m. Newfoundland time, 6 p.m. Wilkes-Barre time.

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Last Game: Saturday at home vs. Utica, the Penguins won 4-2. Scott Wilson scored two goals and had an assist and was named first star of the game. For St. John’s, they hosted the Portland Pirates and lost 4-1. Gabriel Dumont scored the only goal for the IceCaps in the loss.

Last Meeting: November 6 in Wilkes-Barre, the Penguins won 4-1. Matt Murray stopped 20 0f 21, Carter Rowney was named first star of the game with a goal.

Record: For WBS: 26-8-0-1 (53 pts., 1st place Atlantic Division) — For STJ: 16-11-5-3 (40 pts., 3rd place North Division)

Why you should care: Two teams trending in different directions meet tonight in St. John’s. The Penguins have won five games in a row and the IceCaps have lost four of their last five. Penguins will need to continue to do the right things if they want to have success tonight.

Referee(s): Michael Mullen / Garrett Rank

Linesmen: Brian Lambert / Joe Maynard

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @WBSGameDay // @IceCapsAHL

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /stjohnsicecaps

Instagram: wbspenguins / stjohnsicecaps

Beat Writers: @CVSethLakso / @TLTomVenesky // @telyrobinshort / @telybrendan

Broadcasters: For WBS: Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / For STJ: Brian Rodgers

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep / @CharlesMDart

Radio: For WBS: WILK Newsradio / For St. John’s: Listen Live

Television: AHL Live

Other Game to Watch: Two of the hottest teams in the Central Division meet in Charlotte tonight as the Checkers host the Grand Rapids Griffins.

Next Five Games: @ STJ 1/13, @ SYR 1/16, @ POR 1/22, @ POR 1/23, @ PRO 1/24

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Home Game: 20

AHL Game: 521

Who: Utica Comets

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 7:05 p.m.

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Last Game: Last night in Allentown, the Pens beat the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 4-3. All seven goals were scored in the first period with Josh Archibald scoring two of them. For Utica, they were in Binghamton and lost 6-3. John Kurtz scored a goal and was one of only two Comets players with a positive +/-.

Record: For WBS: 25-8-0-1 (51 pts., 1st place Atlantic Division) — For UTI: 16-13-3-2 (37 pts.,  place North Division)

Why you should care: The Penguins welcome in the defending Western Conference Champion Utica Comets in for the first meeting in two seasons. It’s expected that Tristan Jarry gets the start in net tonight for the Penguins in his first game back since December 16. Comets are coming in having lost four in a row.

Referee(s): Jake Brenk / Ryan Murphy

Linesmen: Tom DellaFranco / Scott Pimento

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @WBSGameDay // @UticaComets / @CometsInGame

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /UticaComets

Instagram: wbspenguins / uticacomets

Beat Writers: @CVSethLakso and @TLTomVenesky / @CometsTales and @OD_Birnell

Broadcasters: WBS: Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / UTI: Brendan Burke @brendanmburke

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep / @CometsArmy

Radio: For WBS: WILK Newsradio / For Utica: 94.9 K-Rock

Television: AHL Live

Promotion(s): None

Other Game to Watch: How about Bridgeport taking the trip about 50 miles North to the Connecticut capital in Hartford taking on the Wolf Pack?

Next Five Games: @ STJ 1/12, @ STJ 1/13, @ SYR 1/16, @ POR 1/22, @ POR 1/23

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Away Game: 15

AHL Game: 500

Who: Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Where: PPL Center

When: 7:05 p.m.

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Last Game: Tuesday at home against the Binghamton Senators, the Penguins on 4-1. Dominik Uher had two goals and was named first star of the game. For the Phantoms, they were in Portland Sunday and won 2-1. Goaltender Jason LaBarbera stopped 37 of 38 shots.

Last Meeting: December 27 in Wilkes-Barre, the Penguins lost 3-0. Jason LaBarbera had a 35 save shutout.

Record: For WBS: 24-8-0-1 (49 pts., 1st place Atlantic Division) — For LV: 17-16-2-1 (37 pts., 5th place Atlantic Division)

Why you should care: Pens will look to make it four wins in a row under new coach Clark Donatelli when they travel to Allentown to take on the Phantoms tonight. Lehigh Valley has points in their last five games.

Referee(s): Jake Brenk / Terry Koharski

Linesmen: Bob Goodman / Jud Ritter

Twitter: @WBSPenguins and @WBSGameDay / @LVPhantoms

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins / /LehighValleyPhantoms

Instagram: wbspenguins / lehighvalleyphantoms

Beat Writers: @CVSethLakso and @TLTomVenesky / @SteveGrossMCall

Broadcasters: WBS: Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / For Lehigh Valley: Bob Rotruck @BobRotruck

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep

Radio: For WBS: WILK Newsradio / For Lehigh Valley: Fox 1470

Television: AHL Live

Other Game to Watch: Two of the oldest teams in the AHL are set to do battle tonight in Rochester as the Hershey Bears make the trip to Western New York for a battle with the Rochester Americans.

Next Five Games: UTI 1/9, @ STJ 1/12, @ STJ 1/13, @ SYR 1/16, @ POR 1/22