Chirps from Center Ice

Getting two leaders back in Tom Kostopoulos and Tom Sestito and three assists from Ethan Prow, the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins power past the Rockford IceHogs 6-3 tonight.

Lehigh Valley lost 2-1 up in Syracuse. All this and more in a bit.

After staying up 1-0 for a large part of the first half of the game tonight, the Utica Comets score three goals in 1:02 to take a commanding 3-1 lead on the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins.

But the Penguins battled back in the third period with three unanswered goals, Utica snags a late goal to tie it, and win in overtime 5-4.

Nice battle tonight for the Penguins, with what felt like a playoff series.

More in a bit.

Blog headline in a bit will be Smooth Criminal. I’ll explain it in the lede later.

34 saves from Tristan Jarry, two first period goals from Daniel Sprong and J-S Dea and the Penguins win this one 2-1 to solidify first place in the Atlantic Division.

More in a bit.

Big third period by Wilkes-Barre sees the Penguins hand the Hershey Bears their ninth consecutive loss. 4-1 the final. Andrey Pedan had a pair of goals, Tristan Jarry stopped 25 of 26.

More in a bit.

Is this what the Binghamton / Wilkes-Barre wars were like in the mid 2000’s?

A knock down, drag out contest tonight in Wilkes-Barre as the Penguins defeat the Binghamton Devils 4-3 in overtime. Zach Aston-Reese was the hero tonight.

Game had everything. Fights. About a thousand momentum swings. The return of Tom Kostopoulos.

More thorough recap in a bit.

Casey DeSmith with a 24 save shutout, two goals from J-S Dea and Christian Thomas and the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins subjugate the Belleville Senators Saturday night in Wilkes-Barre.

Five in a row now for the Penguins. More in a bit.

This is a game I feel that the Penguins lose three, four weeks ago.

A tight one here in Wilkes-Barre as the Penguins defeat the Springfield Thunderbirds 4-2.

Goaltender duel between Casey DeSmith and Samuel Montembeault.

Greg McKegg scores in the second, then the Thunderbirds would answer early in the third. Pens would pull ahead right after. It went back and forth in a crazy third.

More in a bit. Fourth win in a row for Wilkes-Barre.