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Eastern Conference Semifinal Game 3 — Manchester Monarchs

AHL Game: I3

Who: Manchester Monarchs

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 7:05 p.m.

Series: MCH leads 2-0 (best of seven)

Media Kit

Last Game: The Penguins lost 5-2 in regulation Thursday. Dominik Uher and Conor Sheary netted goals, but Jordan Weal and Brian O’Neill both had two goals and an assist in the win.

What to Watch For: Defensive adjustments. It was the only thing left intact in Game 2 from Game 1. It didn’t work in Game 1 and again in Game 2. With the home team getting last change, Hynes and Company are going to need to fill out a lineup that can contain Manchester’s speed up front.

Referee(s): Tom Chmielewski / Trevor Hanson

Linesmen: Trent Knoor / John Grandt

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @WBSGameDay / @MonarchsHockey

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /MonarchsHockey

Instagram: wbspenguins / monarchshockey

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie and @TLTomVenesky

Broadcasters: WBS: Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / MCH: Ken Cail @kenmonarchs

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep 

Radio: For WBS: WILK Newsradio / For MCH: WGIR 610 AM

Television: AHL Live

When is Game 4?: Monday in Wilkes-Barre at 7:05 p.m.

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Eastern Conference Semifinal Game 2 — Manchester Monarchs

AHL Game: I2

Who: Manchester Monarchs

Where: Verizon Wireless Arena

When: 7:00 p.m.

Series: MCH leads 1-0 (best of seven)

Media Kit

Last Game: The Penguins lost 4-3 in triple overtime last night. Zach O’Brien scored the game winning goal at 4:13 of the third overtime. Matt Murray made 52 saves on 56 shots.

What to Watch For: Two things. First, conditioning. You have to think that last nights triple overtime thriller took a lot out of both teams, moreso maybe Manchester because they have played more games than the Penguins in the past week. Second, adjustments. Scott Wilson did not finish the game Wednesday, does that mean that Oskar Sundqvist makes his North American pro debut? Does anyone else shuffle into the lineup and if so what impact do they make?

Referee(s): Mark Lemelin / Evgeny Romasko

Linesmen: Jeremy Lovett / Joe Ross

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @WBSGameDay / @MonarchsHockey

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /MonarchsHockey

Instagram: wbspenguins / monarchshockey

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie and @TLTomVenesky

Broadcasters: WBS: Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / MCH: Ken Cail @kenmonarchs

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep 

Radio: For WBS: WILK Newsradio / For MCH: WGIR 610 AM

Television: AHL Live

When is Game 3?: Saturday in Wilkes-Barre at 7:05 p.m.

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Eastern Conference Semifinal Game 1 — Manchester Monarchs

AHL Game: I1

Who: Manchester Monarchs

Where: Verizon Wireless Arena

When: 7:00 p.m.

Series: Tied 0-0 (best of seven)

Media Kit

Season Series: Oct. 12: MCH 4 @ WBS 1 — Nov. 22: MCH 3 @ WBS 2 — Mar. 6: WBS 3 @ MCH 6 — Mar. 7: WBS 3 @ MCH 0

Top Four Scorers for the Penguins vs. the Monarchs: 1. Tom Kuhnhackl (4 GP, 1-2-3, -1) 2. Dominik Uher (4 GP, 1-2-3, -1) 3. Carter Rowney (3 GP, 0-3-3, -1) 4. J-S Dea (2 GP, 2-0-2, +1)

Top Four Scorers for the Monarchs vs. the Penguins: 1. Jordan Weal (3-3-6, +3) 2. Brian O’Neill (2-2-4, +2) 3. Colin Miller (1-3-4, -3) 4. Nic Dowd (4 GP, 0-4-4, +2)

How the Monarchs got here: Defeated the Portland Pirates in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in five games.

How the Penguins got here: Swept the Syracuse Crunch in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in three games.

What to Watch For: Who scores first. In their five game series against the Pirates, if the Monarchs scored first they won. If Portland scored first, Manchester lost. The Penguins never trailed once against the Syracuse Crunch so who scores the first goal tonight will will make for an interesting evening in seeing how the other team responds and if they can come back and win.

Referee(s): Evgeny Romasko / Geno Binda

Linesmen: Brian MacDonald / Alex Stagnone

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @WBSGameDay / @MonarchsHockey

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /MonarchsHockey

Instagram: wbspenguins / monarchshockey

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie and @TLTomVenesky

Broadcasters: WBS: Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / MCH: Ken Cail @kenmonarchs

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep 

Radio: For WBS: WILK Newsradio / For MCH: WGIR 610 AM

Television: AHL Live

When is Game 2?: Tomorrow, Thursday from Manchester, at 7 p.m.

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Eastern Conference Quarterfinal — Game 3

AHL Game: D3

Who: Syracuse Crunch

Where: Onondaga County War Memorial Arena

When: 7:00 p.m.

Series: WBS leads 2-0 (Best of Five)

Media Kit

Last Game: Saturday night in Wilkes-Barre, the Penguins connected for three power play goals in the first period and Matt Murray made 27 saves en route to a 4-0 win.

What to watch for: Desperation from the Crunch. This is do or die for Syracuse tonight. Their task is a long one as the Penguins received reinforcements from Pittsburgh over the weekend. For the Penguins, they will want to put the game early to ensure the sweep and some time off before the next round.

Referee(s): T.J. Luxmore / Garrett Rank

Linesmen: Brian Oliver / Jud Ritter

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @WBSGameDay / @SyracuseCrunch

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /syracusecrunch

Instagram: wbspenguins / officialsyracusecrunch

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie / @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

When is Game 4?: If the Crunch win, and only if the Crunch win, Game 4 goes Thursday at 7.

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Eastern Conference Quarterfinal — Game 2

AHL Game: D2

Who: Syracuse Crunch

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 7:05 p.m.

Series: WBS leads 1-0 (Best of Five)

Media Kit

Last Game: Last night in Wilkes-Barre, Kasperi Kapanen scored twice in a span of 1:40 as the Penguins took Game 1 by a score of 5-1. Kapanen was named the first star of the game.

What to watch for: For the Penguins, repetition. For the Crunch, killer instinct. The Penguins can not rest on their laurels and expect the Crunch to lie down and wither away just because they lost last night by four goals. Syracuse needs to come out and take control of the game from the jump if they want to have visions of taking this series back to Syracuse tied at a game a piece.

Referee(s): Terry Koharski / Keith Kaval

Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso / Francis Trempe

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @WBSGameDay / @SyracuseCrunch

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /syracusecrunch

Instagram: wbspenguins / officialsyracusecrunch

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie / @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

When is Game 3?: Wednesday night in Syracuse at 7.

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Eastern Conference Quarterfinal — Game 1

AHL Game: D1

Who: Syracuse Crunch

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 7:05 p.m.

Series: Tied 0-0 (Best of Five)

Media Kit

Season Series: Nov. 9: SYR 4 @ WBS 5 (OT) — Nov. 15: SYR 3 @ WBS 2 — Jan. 10: WBS 3 @ SYR 4 — Mar. 20: WBS 1 @ SYR 2 (OT)

Top four scorers for the Penguins vs. the Crunch: 1. Jayson Megna (4 GP, 4-0-4, even) – 2. Beau Bennett (1 GP, 0-4-4, +1) – 3. Brian Dumoulin (4 GP, 0-4-4, -1) – 4. Andrew Ebbett (2 GP, 1-2-3, +1)

Top four scorers for the Crunch vs. the Penguins: 1. Yanni Gourde (4 GP, 3-2-5, +4) – 2. Jonathan Marchessault (4 GP, 1-4-5, -1) – 3. Nikita Nesterov (2 GP, 0-3-3, +2) – 4. Tanner Richard (4 GP, 2-0-2, +4)

What to watch for: First Period. Could define game and may define series. If the Crunch come out of first ahead by multiple goals, may mean that the Penguins are in for more of a fight than they thought.

Referee(s): Kendrick Nicholson / Dave Lewis

Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso / Jud Ritter

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @WBSGameDay / @SyracuseCrunch

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins // /syracusecrunch

Instagram: wbspenguins / officialsyracusecrunch

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie / @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

When is Game 2?: Saturday night, tomorrow, in Wilkes-Barre at 7:05

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Away Game: 38

AHL Game: 1138

Who: Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Where: PPL Center

When: 5:05 p.m.

Media Kit

Lats Game: Last night at home, the Penguins beat the Norfolk Admirals 5-5. Jayson Megna had a hat trick, the first Penguins hat trick at home since Eric Tangradi in 2012. For Lehigh Valley, the Phantoms were in Hershey last night ad lost 5-1. Brett Hextall scored the only goal for the Phantoms in the loss.

Last Meeting: April 8 in Allentown, the Pens won 3-0. Matt Murray had a 30 save shutout.

Record: For WBS: 44-24-3-4 (95 pts., 2nd place East Division) — For LV: 33-34-7-1 (74 pts., 4th place East Division)

Why you should care: If Matt Murray starts, he has a chance to tie the record for AHL shutouts in a season. If not, it’s a carefree day because the Penguins really don’t have anything to play for with the 4 seed locked up and a date with the Syracuse Crunch already set.

Referee(s): Jon McIsaac / Garrett Rank

Linesmen: Tom George / Ryan Knapp

Twitter: @WBSPenguins and @WBSGameDay / @LVPhantoms

Facebook: /WilkesBarreScrantonPenguins / /LehighValleyPhantoms

Instagram: wbspenguins / lehighvalleyphantoms

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie and @TLTomVenesky / @gblockus

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: Portland is in Worcester today. A loss by the Pirates gives the Springfield Falcons, who are idle today, the 8 seed. A win by Portland and they are in.