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Posted by nafsnep on November 13, 2017
Word came down Monday afternoon from Springfield that Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins defenseman Andrey Pedan has been suspended three games for an incident stemming from a charging incident on Saturday, November 11 against the Providence Bruins.
Here’s the video I ripped from video highlights Coal Street put forth Saturday night…
VIDEO: Here is the hit on Jakub Zboril by Andrey Pedan on Nov. 11 vs. Providence that earned Pedan a three game suspension from the AHL Monday afternoon. pic.twitter.com/FeCgkCc5A6
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defenseman Andrey Pedan has been suspended for three (3) games as a consequence of a charging incident in a game vs. Providence on Nov. 11.
Pedan was suspended under the provisions of AHL Rule 28.1 (supplementary discipline). He will miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s games Friday (Nov. 17) at Binghamton, Nov. 22 vs. Lehigh Valley and Nov. 24 at Syracuse.
Rule 28.1 in the AHL Rulebook reads as follows…
28.1 Supplementary Discipline – In addition to the automatic fines and suspensions imposed under these rules, the President may, at his discretion, investigate any incident that occurs in connection with any Pre-season, Exhibition, League or Playoff game and may assess additional fines and/or suspensions for any offense committed during the course of a game or any aftermath thereof by a player, goalkeeper, Trainer, Manager, Coach or non-playing Club personnel or Club executive, whether or not such offense has been penalized by the Referee.
If an investigation is requested by a Club, it must be initiated within twenty-four (24) hours following the completion of the game in which the incident occurred. In addition, teams are required to fill out a request for supplemental discipline form along with a two hundred fifty dollar ($250) deposit refundable if further action is taken by the League.
There was no penalty called for charging at the time and no penalty assessed on the play at all other than the fight between Pedan and Kenny Agostino. Essentially, Providence asked that the League review the hit because Zboril did not return to the game nor did he play Sunday in Springfield when the Bruins visited the Thunderbirds.
Pedan will miss this Friday in Binghamton, next Wednesday at home against Lehigh Valley and Friday, November 24 at Syracuse.
Pedan’s game, I felt, was rounding into form. I don’t know if the suspension will hinder that or what.
Pittsburgh has the right of first refusal in the case of a re-claim…
CBA rule 13.22 covers this. In the case of a reclaim, they can be sent down "provided that such Player has not participated in ten or more NHL Games (cumulative) and remained on an NHL roster more than thirty days (cumulative) following such successful claim. "
We will see what Pittsburgh decides to do Tuesday at noon. Niemi could, now hypothetically, be assigned to Wilkes-Bare and tandem with Casey DeSmith and Wilkes-Barre could send Colin Stevens back to Wheeling. Stay tuned I guess.
Say hello to Week 6 in the AHL and the Chirps from Center Ice Power Rankings are due.
This week was a challenge putting together. There was a shuffle to the top five teams, where they all remain in the top five, but then after that, there was a lot of teams at the bottom pulled from the top heading to the top fifteen, and a lot of teams in the top fifteen heading to the bottom of the Rankings.
You can flesh it out after you hit the jump after the Charlotte Checkers, who remain in fifth this week after another strong week. The Toronto Marlies fall from first to fourth after a tough loss to the Penguins but a nice bounce back in a pair of games against the Devils in Binghamton. The San Antonio Rampage slip to third after a torrid week themselves, but then the Penguins, who are the hottest team in the Eastern Conference, are bested by one loss Tucson who are just lighting the League on fire.
Here’s the full list, click past the Checkers to see 6 through 30 if you didn’t click in direct.
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Last Week: BAK 3 @ TUC 6, BAK 1 @ TUC 4
Roadrunners are playing with a swagger and it’s fun to see. Only lost one regulation game so far and are overall #1 team in AHL and tops where it matters most, the Chirps from Center Ice AHL Power Rankings for Week 6.
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This Week: @ SD 11/17, @ SD 11/18
Record: 8-1-2-0
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Last Week: TOR 2 @ WBS 4, PRO 3 @ WBS 4 (OT), WBS 5 @ HER 1
Went toe to toe with the Marlies Wednesday, clawed back against the Bruins on Saturday then dismantled and embarrassed the Bears on their home ice Sunday, with just 13 shots on goal to show for it. Will the one game this week against Binghamton be a momentum killer?
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This Week: @ BNG 11/17
Record: 10-2-0-1
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Last Week: SA 4 @ GR 7, SA 6 @ RFD 0, SA 2 @ CHI 1
The Politburo argued into the night to put San Antonio in first over the Roadrunners after yet another positive week, then Sunday afternoon the Penguins went out and scored 5 goals in Hershey on 13 shots.
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This Week: vs. GR 11/14, @ TEX 11/15, vs. TEX 11/18
Record: 9-3-1-0
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Last Week: TOR 2 @ WBS 4, TOR 4 @ BNG 1, TOR 4 @ BNG 1
Loss to Penguins coupled with the winning ways of the Roadrunners and Rampage drop the Marlies out of the top three this week, but not to far out. Regroup with a pair against Syracuse this week.
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This Week: vs. SYR 11/18, vs. SYR 11/19
Record: 11-4-0-0
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Last Week: CHA 5 @ UTI 2, CHA 5 @ UTI 2, CHA 3 @ SYR 5
Were the first team to ten wins this season. Competition isn’t up their level yet, but that doesn’t matter when the points are tallied at the end of the day.
No, you read that right, five goals on just 13 shots on goal all game.
Hershey fired 32 at starting goaltender Casey DeSmith and but for a fluke bounce on a power play in the second period, it could have been a shutout.
One other back of the envelope stat about this game, the Penguins only had one power play that they made count, to the Bears five.
The Penguins sweep the week and have points in ten straight games now and 19 out of a possible 20.
DeSmith opposed Vitek Vanecek, making his season debut for the Bears.
Lines were…
Zach Aston-Reese — J-S Dea — Ryan Haggerty
Garrett Wilson – Jarrett Burton – Daniel Sprong
Adam Johnson – Colin Smith – Dominik Simon
Thomas Di Pauli – Teddy Blueger – Patrick McGrath
Andrey Pedan – Ethan Prow
Chris Summers – Kevin Czuczman
Jarred Tinordi – Zach Trotman
Casey DeSmith – Colin Stevens
Lineup Notes: Jarrett Burton replaced Gage Quinney and Patrick McGrath, making his season debut, replaced Tom Sestito. Lukas Bengtsson was a bit under the weather, and given his history with POTS, the coaching staff rested him today in favor of Ethan Prow.
First Period: Penguins jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead with goals through the five hole of Vanecek. Jarred Tinordi with his second goal of the season here…
Tinordi’s goal gave him back to back goals and doubled his output from last season when he was with the Tucson Roadrunners. Aston-Reese scored his second goal of the season, both coming against Hershey. Ethan Prow had the assist.
Good flow to the game, with both teams going up and down the ice and not a lot of stoppages. Casey DeSmith made this ten bell stop that caught the League’s attention…
Third Period: Quick moving period for both teams with a lot of back and forth but a ton of zone time for Hershey, who outshot the Penguins 12-3 in the period and had two power plays to play with but could not get anything past DeSmith for however hard they tried. Daniel Sprong was awarded a penalty shot in the opening moments of the period but hit the post.
Three Stars: 3) Daniel Sprong (goal, +2) 2) Zach Aston-Reese (goal, +1) and 1) Casey DeSmith (31 saves on 32 shots)
Around the Division: Providence coughs up another two goal lead and loses in overtime, this time against the Springfield in Massachusetts this afternoon and lose 4-3. Laval beat Hartford 3-2 in overtime in Connecticut. Everyone else was off.
Standings: Penguins (.808 percentage points) — Charlotte (.714) — Lehigh Valley (.667) — Providence (.615) — Hershey (.467) — Hartford (.467) — Bridgeport (.462) — Springfield (.281)
Wheeling Update: beat the Norfolk Admirals at Wesbanco Arena this afternoon 5-3.Nailers Goalie Will King picked up the win and first star honors, stopping 39 of 42 Admirals shots. Garrett Meurs had two goals and Cam Brown had a goal and two assists. Reid Gardiner was held without a point. Nailers are back in action Tuesday in a kids day game against the Adirondack Thunder in West Virginia. Bring your earplugs.
As for the Penguins, they have one game this coming week, Friday in Binghamton and then have off the rest of the weekend.
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Week 6 AHL Power Rankings hit the blog Monday at 4.
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Posted by nafsnep on November 12, 2017
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Who: Hershey Bears
Where: Giant Center
When: 5:05 p.m.
Last Game: Last night at home against Providence, Ryan Haggerty scored the game winning goal :20 into overtime as the Penguins came from an 0-2 deficit to defeat the Providence Bruins 4-3. For Hershey, the Bears pounded the Lehigh Valley Phantoms 6-1. Mathias Bau scored two goals and was named first star. Pheonix Copley stopped 24 of 25 shots.
Last Meeting: Last Sunday in Wilkes-Barre, the Penguins lost in a shootout 3-2. Daniel Sprong and Zach Aston-Reese both scored for the Penguins. Wayne Simpson scored a regulation goal and the only goal in the shootout.
Record: For WBS: 9-2-0-1 (19 pts., 1st place Atlantic Division) // For HER: 6-6-0-2 (14 pts., 5th place Atlantice Division)
Referee(s): Brandon Blandina / David Banfield
Linesmen: Bob Goodman / Luke Murray
Why You Should Care: Penguins go for points in ten straight games today in Hershey and have 17 out of a possible 18 points coming in. That one point missing? Belongs to the Bears, last Sunday when they took the Pens down in a shootout. Hershey has points in six of their last seven games.
Other Game to Watch: Milwaukee travels to Chicago in a Central Division matchup.
Next Five Games: @ BNG 11/17, LV 11/22, @ SYR 11/24, SYR 11/25, MIL 12/1
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Posted by nafsnep on November 11, 2017
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There is no such thing as a machine that prints money. Well, legally, and not controlled by the Federal Government at least.
There is, however, such a thing that churns out American Hockey League points right now and they skate in all white with yellow and black trim with a skating Penguin behind an upside-down triangle on their chests.
After falling down 0-2 to the Providence Bruins, the same Providence Bruins who ousted the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins last April, the Penguins storm back and respond with three straight goals only to see the Bruins score a late goal to tie with the extra man on but it would be the Penguins who would prevail in overtime with Ryan Haggerty getting the game winning goal just :20 into the extra frame.
The Penguins didn’t have any lineup changes from Wednesday against Toronto, scroll down if you didn’t link in direct to see the lines.
First Period: 1:33 in, the Bruins scored when Matt Grzelcyk found Ryan Fitzgerald as he split a pair of Penguins defenders to give the visitors a lead early on.
There were two fights in the period, which is something you just don’t see anymore. Tom Sestito lost a fight with Chris Breen then Andrey Pedan ate league MVP Kenny Agostino for lunch in a separate fight.
Second Period: Pens found themselves in a bit of a hole when Colby Cave threw an end over end puck ay DeSmith that got by to give the Bruins a 2-0 lead.
Here is a rad statistic from color man Nick Hart that nearly blew my socks off…
Providence now up, 2-0, on a goal by Colby Cave. This is the first time the #WBSPenguins have trailed by more than one goal since the season opener on Oct. 7.
McIntyre had a yeoman like effort on a Penguin power play at the end of the period.
Third Period: Game to this point had the feel of a heavyweight affair. Not so much like Wednesday against Toronto because it wasn’t filled with fights and the general bad blood that the Pens and Bruins had.
Jarred Tinordi let one rip from the point that got past McIntyre to tie the game for Wilkes-Barre.
🚨 GOAL! 🚨 Jarred Tinordi ties it for the #WBSPens! His first goal in over a year. 2-2.
Pens had a long 5-on-3 but were not able to get anything past McIntyre. Then, with 2:23 left, Andrey Pedan let one rip and Thomas DiPauli got a stick on it to put the Pens ahead 3-2…
Looks like Di Pauli might have redirected it but Pedan gets credit for this one, assist to Sprong. This put the #WBSPens ahead 3-2 but then Providence scored with 29 seconds left, so we head to overtime.#PROvsWBSpic.twitter.com/49E33NXGTD
Overtime: :20 in, Czuczman set up J-S Dea who quickly found themselves on a 2-on-1 with Ryan Haggerty. Dea dished to Haggerty and that was the ballgame.
VIDEO: Ryan Haggerty's third point of the night just happened to be the game-winning goal in OT. Saturday night's contest was Haggerty's second career three-point game. The last was December 30, 2015 for the @goicehogs vs the @Chicago_Wolves (2+1) pic.twitter.com/BBnfN7Bch6
Standings: Penguins (.792 percentage points) — Charlotte (.714) — Lehigh Valley (.667) — Providence (.625) — Hershey (.500) — Hartford (.464) — Bridgeport (.462) — Springfield (.233)
Wheeling Update: with a 5-3 win over the Nailers.Toledo splits the series with the Wheeling Nailers Reid Gardiner had two assists. Sean Maguire takes the loss after stopping 23 of 27 shots. The Nailers take on the Norfolk Admirals back at home at 3:05 Sunday.
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Pens take on the Hershey Bears Sunday afternoon in Hershey. Clark Donatelli revealed his starting goaltender to Tom…
Not really a surprise, but Donatelli said he's going back to DeSmith for Sunday's 5 p.m. game at Hershey.
Comments Off on RAPID RECAP – Pens WIN 4-3 (OT)
Posted by nafsnep on November 11, 2017
Penguins keep piling on the points early on in the season, coming back from a 2-0 hole to win 4-3 in overtime over the Providence Bruins in a thriller.
Ryan Haggerty has the game winning goal :20 into overtime, off a sweet pass from J-S Dea.
Casey DeSmith picked up the win. Andrey Pedan had another strong game.
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Posted by nafsnep on November 11, 2017
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Who: Providence Bruins
Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
When: 7:05 p.m.
Last Game: Wednesday at home against Toronto, the Penguins won 4-2 in a thriller of a game that featured the two best teams in the Eastern Conference. It was the Penguins skating away with the two points, 4-2, off goals from Thomas DiPauli (two goals) Andrey Pedan (his first) and Ryan Haggerty (his fifth goal in four games) — For Providence, the Bruins last skated Sunday in Bridgeport and were shutout for the second time in the weekend by the Sound Tigers.
Record: For WBS: 8-2-0-1 (17 pts., 1st place Atlantic Division) // For PRO: 7-4-0-0 (14 pts., 4th place Atlantic Division)
Referee(s): Andrew Howard / Ben O’Quinn
Linesmen: Jason Mandroc / J.P. Waleski
Why You Should Care: Both teams did not play Friday, so fatigue is not an issue for either team. The Penguins will look to exact some revenge on the Bruins who ousted them from the playoffs last season in the first round. Should be another great game, like Wednesday was when the Marlies were in.
Promotion(s): Veterans Day / Penguins Team Card Strip #1
Other Game to Watch: Lehigh Valley travels to Hershey, in a matchup that the Penguins should be watching closely.
Next Five Games: @ HER 11/12, @ BNG 11/17, LV 11/22, @ SYR 11/24, SYR 11/25
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