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Season Ticket Holder Wrap-Up 9/25

2 Comments Posted by nafsnep on September 25, 2010

All is good in the world. Why? I have my tickets for the 2010-2011 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins upcoming season. I also took in the first day of practice. I had no idea what I was looking at. I never played hockey (I can’t even skate) and this was the first time live I ever got to witness an actual hockey practice.

The one thing which was not answered was about the December 30 game in Pittsburgh vs. Hershey. Inside of my ticket book are tickets for 39 home games and a voucher for another home game or a playoff game. The vibe I caught was that no one wearing Pens golf shirts today had any idea on the when / where / how / what regarding ticket information. Which leads me to believe this is all controlled by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Rightfully so I assume since it is their arena. I am not going to worry / complain / rant about it for this simple reason: I’m either going or I’m not going. It’s that simple.

I did take some pictures of the tickets, after the jump:

The most wonderful time of the year…

Comments Off Posted by nafsnep on September 25, 2010

We are inside of three hours for me picking up my 2010-2011 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins Season Tickets. Times such as these are exciting because you don’t know what to expect as far as what the tickets themselves look like.

I will be down at the Ice Rink at Coal Street this afternoon from around 12:45 to about 2:30ish to watch the first practice of the year. If you are a Chirps from Center ice frequenter, come and say hello when you see me. I’m not hard to miss, I will be the tallest person there not on skates.

I’ll also be live-tweeting what I see practice wise and may even throw a picture up on Twitpic from time to time.

I fully expect today to be the day we (the season ticket holders) all find out what the details are for the December 30 game versus Hershey at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. Perhaps they are already included?

Full report back here later on musings from me on this day, practice and what I think about the tickets.

Let’s Go Pens!

WBS

Cut me coach…

Comments Off Posted by nafsnep on September 23, 2010

Pittsburgh announced 15 cuts today. Forwards: Jesse Boulerice, Chris Collins, Joey Haddad, Nick Petersen, Ryan Schnell, Zach Sill, Alex Smigelski, Keven Veilleux and Geoff Walker. Defensemen: Jason DeSantis, Derek Peltier and Carl Sneep. Goaltender: Patrick Killeen. Forward Tyler Brown (Plymouth / OHL) and Goaltender Alex Pechurskiy (Tri-City / WHL) were sent back to their junior teams.

Analysis / conversation on this topic can be found on Bombulie’s blog.

The WBS Penguins have good stuff in store for its Season Ticket Holders. I can’t wait to get mine Saturday. Before and after photos.

Speaking on Saturday, today the Penguins announced their training camp roster. Included are the guys listed above and a bunch of other guys I really haven’t heard of. I have heard of Drew Fata, Pascal Morency and some of the guys listed from playing with Wheeling last year. Debate amongst yourselves whether or not any of these guys you haven’t heard of are around come Game 30 this year.

If no big news tomorrow, then look for me back here Saturday afternoon with details on the Season Ticket Holder Pickup gathering.

WBS

Chirps from…

Comments Off Posted by nafsnep on September 22, 2010

Just a few things to get to today:

Scott Stuccio sat down with Dave Andrews recently. Andrews instantly becomes one of the smartest men in the room in most cases. He has tremendous vision. Stuccio did a superb job interviewing the President and CEO of the American Hockey League.
There is a pre-season game in Pittsburgh tonight. Official Pittsburgh live-blog here. (Scroll to the bottom for lineups) Follow Eric P over at the Wilkes-Blog here for the tweet-by-tweet.

This is a sight for sore eyes……….

(credit: Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins)

On the alternative, my All-Star Classic Tickets came in the mail today. I have officially been infiltrated by the enemy………

If you missed last weeks AHL Previews, here they are again:

West Division / North Division / Atlantic Division / East Division.

Pittsburgh, The AHL, WBS

Ice Chips 9/20

Comments Off Posted by nafsnep on September 20, 2010

A few quick notes from around the American Hockey League today:

Widely reported that Penguins prospect Casey Pierro-Zabotel broke a finger. He’ll be out at least 3-4 weeks. Credit multiple sources, Bombulie one of them. This has to suck for Casey because it is definitely a “fish or cut bait” year for him.
Sarah Connors over at Something’s Bruin caught up with ex-Pens goaltender Nolan Schaefer, who is back in North America tending the Bruins nets this year.
Time may be running out on the Springfield Falcons.
Bad news for Anaheim / Syracuse: Jason Jaffray tore his ACL and sprained his MCL in his left knee during a scrimmage Saturday.
Lindsay Kramer has a twitter feed now. He has openly questioned the intentions of management of calling Denis Hamel, who captained the Binghamton Senators last year and ended up having to take a job in the LNAH after none of the 30 AHL teams he sent faxes to called him for a tryout. Apparently, any interest has been downplayed.
The Hartford WolfPack are going to change their name to the Connecticut Whale mid-season. Queue the Brass Bonanza!

Pittsburgh’s first exhibition game is tomorrow. Being it is the first ever competitive hockey of importance being played at the new Consol Energy Center, the big names like Crosby and Malkin are expected to dress. I don’t think it will be televised in the Wilkes-Barre area or shown by FSN Pittsburgh so that means I’ll probably read about it in the paper tomorrow or just follow along on Twitter. Drop me a comment if you know where the game will be televised locally. (as in, Wilkes-Barre)

Pittsburgh, The AHL, WBS

An evening with Tom Grace 9/13

1 Comment Posted by nafsnep on September 13, 2010

So I spent my evening at the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins Booster Club meeting tonight. Pens play-by-play (PBP) voice Tom Grace held court with 87 booster club members. Outside of me booking the November Worcester trip, Tom discussed the following…..after the jump:

Booster Club Meeting 9/13

1 Comment Posted by nafsnep on September 13, 2010

The WBS Pens Booster Club meeting is at 7:30 tonight. Guest is Tom Grace, Voice of the Penguins. I will be present. The Club always offers a Q & A session with it’s guests. I have about 4 questions ready to go for Tom.

If anyone else has anything, please leave a comment. I’ll check the blog later for questions, if any.

Otherwise expect a write-up around 9ish. I will not be live-tweeting it. Hack bloggers like me need to pay attention!

EDIT: Below is a picture of the WBS pin, minus the “wing” design, but you get the idea.