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Weekend Preview: Northeast Extension

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Seeking their first power play goal since the Carter Administration, the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins embark on a four game road trip. This weekend sees the Penguins in Springfield, Massachusetts for a date with the Thunderbirds Friday, then off to Providence, Rhode Island for a Saturday night date with the Bruins.

The Setup

The Pens played in three games last week and won just one of them. They got smoked by Rochester Wednesday at home 5-1, beat the Charlotte Checkers at home 2-1 Friday on a late goal by defenseman Chris Bigras then were shut out the next night against the same Checkers side 4-0. Cole Schwindt bagged a natural hat trick and goaltender Chris Gibson, of his sub .900 save percentage and plus 4 goals against coming into that game, shut them out.

Springfield comes off a 2-1 overtime win last Saturday and a 6-4 setback against Hartford the night prior. They also lost their leading scorer, defenseman Scott Perunovich, to recall by the St. Louis Blues this week.

Providence, on the other hand, suffered the same fate as the Penguins in that they only won one game last weekend too with a 6-3 pasting of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms last Friday at home then a loss in overtime to the Hartford Wolf Pack last Saturday at home.

The Records

On account of a loss by the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Sunday, the Penguins moved up to sixth in the Atlantic on percentage points. The Penguins are a .500 club with a 6-6-0-1 record….Providence is a few percentage points better in fifth place at .542 percentage points with a 5-4-2-1 record and Springfield still sits atop the Atlantic with a 9-2-2 record and a .769 points percentage.

Who’s Up, Who’s Down, Who’s Out?

Wilkes-Barre got help in the form of defenseman P-O Joseph and Juuso Riikola, goaltender Louis Domingue and forward Drew O’Connor all being sent down on Sunday when Pittsburgh returned back from its Canada trip, seemingly at full strength health wise and COVID free.

In related transactions, the Penguins sent forward Sam Houde, defensemen Chris Ortiz and Dylan MacPherson back to Wheeling. MacPherson was released from his PTO.

Injury wise, forward Anthony Angello still has yet to appear in a game from his lower body injury. His status was finally switched from the laughable day to day variety to a more manageable week to week. Goaltender Filip Lindberg left after the second period on Friday and has a lower body injury. He was sent for an MRI this week. His status is unknown, but figure with a diagnostic such as an MRI, he’s week to week. The Penguins had to recall Alex D’Orio from Wheeling for Saturday but sent him back Sunday with the return to Domingue from Pittsburgh.

What can we learn from the Penguins this week?

The special teams are an unmitigated disaster, top to bottom. They haven’t scored a power play goal in their last 36 tries and have given up a league high four short handed goals in the process. While not all directly responsible for the losses of late, bagging a power play goal or maybe not allowing an opponent to score short handed may tip the scales in their favor.

Do I think that P-O Joseph is the straw that stirs the drink? No. I don’t. This club has so many gaping holes offensively and defensively that one player isn’t the entire team.

However, this influx of top end talent should help.

Otherwise, you have to build the roadmap of a game by not allowing the opponent to score first and keep it close like they did Friday against Charlotte. If not, things can and will go off the rails quickly, as it did Wednesday against Rochester and Saturday again against the Checkers.

It kind of has to be a back to basics type of thing with this club, which is a silly thing to say given the fact you are dealing with professional athletes playing the game at the second highest level in the world.

Who’s in Goal?

Louis Domingue Friday in Springfield and, depending on the work rate he faces then, right back to him Saturday in Providence. You will pretty much know or have a feel for it after the first or second period. If the Pens are in a close one, and limiting the Thunderbirds in shots and chances against, Domingue should have enough in the tank to go right back in net again Saturday in Providence. Tommy Nappier is capable, but if you are looking to essentially rebuild and hit restart on the young season, you want your de facto number one goalie to carry you through the short two game road set this weekend.

Expect Joel Hofer Friday to oppose Domingue Friday in Springfield and likely Kyle Keyser Saturday in Providence.

Who is running the show?

Rob Hennessey and Carter Sandlak have the assignment Friday with Ryan Jackson and Nick Briganti on the lines. For Saturday, Carter Sandlak and Ryan Jackson again (I wonder if they carpool?) with Referee Jason Williams and linesman Kenneth Gates.

Looking ahead…

Quick turnaround for the Pens as they will bus back Saturday after the game in Providence, a likely day off Sunday and then a travel day Monday for a flight down to Charlotte for a pair of games there Tuesday and Wednesday.

Give us a bold prediction…

One of the players sent down by Pittsburgh has an immediate impact in both games and the Penguins win them both.

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Power Rankings – The Utica Wagon

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With a 10-0 start to the season, the Utica Comets remain the #1 team in the Power Rankings for the third week in a row.

Hartford replaces Ontario in the top five but the Reign didn’t drop far.

Here’s the whole list, in all their glory…

RankTeamBlurbLast Week
1One win away from tying the best start by an AHL team to start the season. The last team to do it is the team the Comets play this week, the Rochester Americans.n/c
2So I like to watch this team play, and I can tell you that they grind you down. They played a competitive series against Henderson this past weekend at home. Big game this Sunday in Ontario.+1
3I mean the only thing you can go right now if you are any team in the North Division not named Utica is be the best team not named Utica, and that’s Rochester right now.+2
4This team keeps rolling, despite a setback at home against Hartford this past Friday. Penguins, then a home and home against Bridgeport coming up this week.n/c
5Color us shocked that the Wolf Pack are still contending here in mid-November, coming off statement wins over Springfield and Hartford.+5
6Reign will be well rested for their Sunday clash at home against an equally rested Stockton team after splitting a pair in Tucson last week.-4
7Roughed up the Wolves this weekend in Chicago and there aren’t many teams that can do that. Keep an eye on the Marlies.+7
8Took 4 of 6 out of Pennsylvania this past weekend. The big matchup is this Friday in Utica.+4
9Played competitive hockey with Stockton this week. Winnable games in Colorado this weekend.+2
10Gave up out of conference points and may have been exposed a bit. Rest of the division has caught up, for now.-4
11I’m going to call this a stumble for the Bears. Just a shootout win over Syracuse to show for the week.-4
12Last week stock up, this week is stock down for the Bruins who get Hartford again this Friday.-3
13Swept a home and home with San Diego, up to third in the division. Busy week with San Jose and Abbotsford coming.+9
14The stock up and stock down with Providence we talked about above applies here to Iowa. Either that or Milwaukee isn’t a very good team.+5
15Will face a snarly Wolves team in kids day game Wednesday then it’s off to Texas.-7
16Crunch will be looking to get back on track this week in Cleveland.-3
17Barracuda stay competitive but gave up seven again this week, this time to Abbotsford.n/c
18Three with the lowly Admirals this week at home. Iowa and Chicago look to be sputtering, this is Manitoba’s chance.-2
19Split with Rochester. Better than the week prior. Host Syracuse for a pair this week.+6
20Nice battles this week with the Islanders and Comets. Big test this week against Toronto.+9
213 out of 4 points this weekend against San Jose to right the ship. Condors are coming in next.+9
22When this team scores a power play goal (currently 0 for their last 36) come get me. Otherwise, this is a below average team in an average division.-4
23Good chance to make up some ground this week with a pair against the Griffins.+1
24No one can fault the Senators for losing to the Comets, but everything else (loss to Laval, win against Bridgeport) is up in the air.-3
25Split a pair in Texas. They are looking like they are turning a corner. Big test with the Silver Knights coming up.-2
26A win in Syracuse and one point in their Canadian trip was all the Islanders took from the week. Better week than Hershey, Wilkes-Barre and Providence, but the Islanders sit behind these teams at present.-6
27Played one game and lost. Get the Wolves this week for a home and home.-12
28Good response by the Roadrunners who dropped eight goals on Ontario on Friday. Honorary Pacific Division member Iowa drops by this weekend.+3
29I don’t see any winnable games for this teams this weekend.-3
30Travel up to San Jose this week for a pair with the Barracuda. Dropped a pair against Bakersfield this past weekend.-2
31This team stinks and the schedule isn’t going to relent.-4
Power Rankings

Holy Schwindt! — Pens LOSE 4-0

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Really nothing to this one tonight.

Cole Schwindt bags a natural hat trick, Wilkes-Barre / Scranton’s power play woes continue and they give up a league high fourth shorthanded goal and make Christopher Gibson and his sub .900 save percentage and +4 goals against average look like Ed Belfour and the Penguins lose 4-0.

Turning point of the game was when Schwindt scored his first of the game shorthanded on what was the Penguins third power play of the first period to give the Checkers a 1-0 lead.

Remember how we talked last night about how when the Penguins would go down early in a game and get buried after that and how it didn’t happen on Friday? Well, it happened tonight. Three straight power plays to start the game, they don’t score AND they get scored on another power play?

Schwindt would score at 2:52 of the second on what could have been a too many men on the ice call on Charlotte. Big hit which dislodges a Checkers player helmet and it is laying on the ice. That player has to get off of the ice for Schwindt who comes on. Penguins head coach J.D. Forrest thinks Schwindt jumped on too early thus too many men, but referees Mason Riley and Mike Sullivan disagree and Schwindt and the Checkers are off to a 2-0 lead.

Schwindt completes his hat trick when he’s set up nicely by Henry Bowlby later in the second period and it’s 3-0.

The AHL was nice enough to capture all three of his goals.

Charlotte would bag a meaningless empty net goal scored by Matt Kiersted. Yippee.

Penguins power play drought is 0/36. 0/7 tonight after not scoring on the first three and the last four. Wilkes-Barre didn’t allow a power play goal, if you are looking for a silver lining.

Here’s how they lined up:

Lineup Notes: Alex D’Orio was recalled from Wheeling earlier Saturday. I heard Taylor Haase in the postgame show ask Forrest the status of Lindberg and he gave her some scrambled answer that they don’t even know where the injury is yet on Lindberg. Malarky. Ask him to point to where it hurts. He’s going Monday to get evaluated.

Not that it matters, goalies stop goals, they don’t score them.

Cam Lee returned from his two game suspension and drew in for Niclas Almari. When a Wheeling guy like Dylan MacPherson is getting reps over you, call home.

Up front, Jamie Devane wasn’t going to play back to backs after coming back from injury so Sam Houde jumped in for him.

These 6:05 stars are great when you are home by nine. Not so good when you are finished with the blog piece at 9:30 and there are other teams in the division and their games are just going final.

Maybe in 2022 and when we are closer to the end of the season I’ll add boxes to the finals around the division. If you are really interested, here’s the page for the day. Here’s the standings page too. Pens are on .500 percentage points and seventh in the division, currently out of a playoff spot (six teams in the division make it this year) but it is still early.

Here’s the highlights for posterity.

Pens are back in action next Friday in Springfield. Power Rankings Tuesday.

Woof.

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Big Goal Bigras — Pens WIN 2-1

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Oh boy, a lot happened Friday.

The Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins recalled Tommy Nappier from THEE Ohio State University earlier in the day. The reason is because the Pittsburgh Penguins play a back to back with one of the games in Canada (Saturday) so they recalled Louis Domingue to have him back up Casey DeSmith because Tristan Jarry will start Sunday in Washington.

Got all that? Good.

Filip Lindberg was the starter Friday night against the Charlotte Checkers, played two periods, stopped all but one shot but was no where to be seen for the third period.

Enter Tommy Nappier.

Nappier turns aside all 10 shots faced, the Penguins get a big goal by Chris Bigras late in the third period and edge past the Charlotte Checkers 2-1 Friday night.

Nappier may be sticking around for a while.

“Currently being evaluated” is coach speak for, “we really don’t know how bad it is yet.” So expect Nappier to play second fiddle to Louis Domingue once he gets back from his trip to Ottawa Saturday.

Shame, too, considering this was one of Lindberg’s better games of late.

Joey Daccord opposed for Charlotte. Here is how they lined up:

Lineup Notes: Taylor Fedun was sent back Thursday with Juuso Riikola but Riikola turned around and went right back up Friday because of Canada and their COVID rules. Fedun and Dylan MacPherson were in for Will Reilly and Chris Ortiz on defense. Jamie Devane returned form injury and replaced Justin Almeida.

First Period: Gregori Denisenko threw a changeup at net and it went in.

It may have deflected off of Bigras there. Still counts.

Penguins were getting squashed in their own zone, with Lindberg there to bail them out. Also, they had one paltry shot on goal more than halfway through the period.

Late, Pens get a goal from Valtteri Puustinen on this one timer:

Gotta get him going again if you want to have success.

Second Period: No scoring, roles reversed. Charlotte went a long stretch without a shot on goal, Penguins forechecked the hell out of the Checkers and got great goaltending from their guy.

Third Period: Out came Nappier, no where to be found was Lindberg.

There was one penalty a side in the first two periods. You didn’t want to see the game end decided by special teams. Seemed like the third period was full of it. Thankfully, they navigated through it all and it looked like they were headed to overtime.

Forecheck. Get good goaltending. And a little bit of luck.

Enter Chris Bigras.

They held on from there.

Three Stars: 3) Tommy Nappier (10 saves, first AHL win of the season) 2) Valtteri Puustinen (goal) 1) Chris Bigras (game winning goal)

The Good: Looked like it was another night of the game going off the rails from the get go, with Charlotte scoring early. Thankfully the goaltending was there from both players wearing oversized pads tonight.

The Bad: Pens were lucky to win tonight. Fall in a hole, get out in the same period, don’t score at all until late. Hang on to win. I don’t like that recipe.

Turning Point: Bigras’ goal is the clear, obvious choice.

Around the Division: Laval takes down Bridgeport in overtime 5-4…Providence obliterates Lehigh Valley 6-3…Hartford surges past Springfield 6-4.

Standings: Springfield .750 / Hartford .708 / Hershey .591 / Providence .545 / Penguins .542 / Bridgeport .500 / Charlotte .450 / Lehigh Valley .333

Wheeling Update: The Nailers go to Toledo and take down the Walleye 3-2. Alex D’Orio went the distance and is probably on a plane right now, stopping 24 shots.

Video Highlights:

Don’t forget Saturday’s game begins at 6:05.

Let’s Go Pens!

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Pens 1 Amerks 5 – A Live Blog

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I’m live blogging tonight because I have trash to put out when I get home and a job to get up for in the morning. Have I mentioned how much I just love weekday home games? I’m actually the sucker for not using a vacation day for Thursday. I have an inordinate amount of time I must use or lose by the end of the year, on top of all the Friday’s I take off.

5-1 throttling tonight. I’d give you a box but I figure you don’t like car crashes.

Anyway, the Rochester Americans are in town for the first time since January of 2019. It’s Filip Lindberg and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen in the barrels tonight. Here’s how they line up:

Rochester didn’t post a line graphic. Looking at some of their tweets before games, they don’t. Anyway.

First Period: Troubling trend of failing to score on a power play continued as well as an even more troubling trend of giving up a short handed goal. Wilkes-Barre went 0/3 on the power play in the first and gave up a short handed goal via penalty shot to Mark Jankowski.

Shots in the first were 15-10. Season high shot total for the Pens if you’re scoring at home. They were generating chances 5v5 but haven’t (yet) had any luck there or on the power play.

Second Period: Amerks triple their lead with a power play goal by Jack Quinn…

Which is silly really because Quinn and Krebs did the same exact thing moments before and Wuinn whiffed on the shot. Quinn is the AHL’s reigning Rookie of the Month.

…and then later a weird play where a puck deflects off a skate and Ryan MacInnis gets credit for the goal.

Penguins finally get on the board with a backhand shot by Sam Poulin that cuts the deficit to two.

Wilkes-Barre could have got back in the game on the power play with a goal but it’s now 0/24 and that’s no good!

Matej Pekar has a shot bleed through the pad and go in for a 4-1 Amerks lead.

Third Period: Brett Murray bagged his first goal of the season which made it 5-1. Throwing salt in the wound. This was a power play goal. I’m jealous.

Penguins just couldn’t score on the power plays awarded tonight. Boatloads of shots (40+) but little to no traffic in front to cause havoc for Luukkonen.

0/26 heading into a weekend set against Charlotte. About that bold prediction from the Weekend Setup from earlier….

Three stars were 3) Peyton Krebs 2) Jack Quinn and 1) Ukko Pekka-Luukkonen

More Friday. Don’t like weekday games. More especially when they put a stinker out like that one.

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Weekend Preview: American Checkers

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Clear of the Lehigh Valley’s and Hartford’s of the Atlantic Division scheduling, it’s time to set up for new foes for the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins.

The Setup

Last week wasn’t a very good week for the Penguins who gave the aforementioned Phantoms their first win of the season last Wednesday and then followed that showing up with another dud at home against the Providence Bruins. 4-0 and then 6-2 were the scores respectively there. Then, Saturday in Hartford the Penguins had a third period comeback fall short and lost 4-3.

This week it’s the Rochester Americans and then a pair with the Charlotte Checkers, all at home, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. All 7:05 starts but for that Saturday game which, like all of them will this season, start at 6:05.

Rochester split a pair of home games last week, beating Belleville 4-3 last Wednesday and then losing 4-1 to the Marlies on Friday. Amerks sit second in the North Division with a .625 win percentage.

Chalotte hosted Lehigh Valley for a pair down in North Carolina this past weekend and also split with the Phantoms, winning big Saturday and then losing the Sunday matinee rematch.

The Records

Pens are 5-4-0-1, good for 11 points and fifth in the Atlantic…Rochester is 5-3, good for ten points and second in the North…. Charlotte is 4-4-1 with nine points good for sixth in the Atlantic.

Who’s Up? Who’s Down? Who’s Out

Matt Alfaro was here for a game then sent back to Wheeling. Taylor Fedun went up to Pittsburgh joining P.O. Joseph, Wilkes-Barre recalled Chris Ortiz. Jamie Devane is out longer term, Anthony Angello may come back from his “day to day” status and finally appear in a game this week.

Penguins signed Dylan MacPherson to a PTO up from Wheeling on Tuesday morning. They got out ahead of the later announcement that Cam Lee was suspended for two games as a result of the hit on Patrick Khodorenko Saturday in Hartford.

What can we learn about the Penguins this week?

When the offense isn’t there, like it wasn’t in Allentown Wednesday, you are going to lose big. When the defense and special teams isn’t there like it was Friday against Providence and then in some forms like Saturday in Hartford, you are going to lose big.

Goaltending is there. But in order to get an engine to hum, it’s more about gears and sprockets and spark plugs. The whole unit has to time and fire at the same time if you want it to do anything. The Penguins have seemed out of sync recently and you can blame it on the roster being in flux with call ups both ways to Pittsburgh and from Wheeling. But eventually, you need to score a goal (which they didn’t do in Allentown last Wednesday) and you need to kill a penalty (Providence struck three times on the power play Friday) and you need to score a power play goal, which they didn’t do in seven tries in Hartford and haven’t done in their last 20 tries.

They need to pick it up, because Rochester is a very deep and talented team and the same can be said about Charlotte. Expectations this week should be 3 or more points across the three games. Anything less and you are piling on and getting deeper and deeper in the Atlantic Division with a tougher way back up. And Hershey hasn’t even been seen yet on the schedule.

Who’s in Goal?

Lindberg – Domingue – Lindberg is the way I would play it this week, in that order if I am J.D. Forrest.

Rochester is likely rolling with Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen if Aaron Dell isn’t back from Buffalo on Wednesday. Both goalies have +3 GAA and a SV% right around the .900 level, so get to them early and often when you can.

Charlotte will roll with Antoine Bibeau and Joey Accord in some combination Friday and Saturday.

Who’s Running the Show?

Mike Dietrich and Peter Schlittenhardt have the Wednesday assignment with Tyler Loftus and Patrick Dapuzzo manning the lines. Then on Friday, Mitch Dunning and Laura White will be in the orange armbands. It will be the second time that a female official runs a Penguins game, Katie Guay had the opening night assignment against the Phantoms about a month ago. Joining White and Dunning is Jud Ritter and J.P. Waleski. Mason Riley and Mike Sullivan are here Saturday with Colin Gates and Richard Jondo working the lines.

Looking ahead…

Friday / Saturday road trip up to Springfield and Providence. Schedule doesn’t get any easier, nor should it.

Give us a bold prediction…

The Penguins score a power play goal in each game this week.

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Power Rankings – U-ti-ca! (x2)

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Comets stay undefeated, talk a little smack in the process and remain the number one team in the Power Rankings this week.

One team, the Chicago Wolves, drop out of the top five this week. They didn’t go far, they are sixth, and the Rochester Americans jump into the top five.

The three teams which have yet to lose in regulation round out the top three.

Here’s all 31, in order…

RankTeamBlurbLast Week
1 7-0 and still at the top of the rankings here. Utica has done everything right and then some. Tops in power play AND penalty kill, this team is tough to beat.n/c
2Still haven’t lost in regulation. We think that continues this weekend in Tucson.n/c
3Heat still haven’t lost in regulation and play a gritty, grinding style of hockey as evidenced by their two close wins against Abbotsford at home this past weekend.+2
4Dealt first regulation loss of the season Sunday in Hershey but that shouldn’t slow this Springfield team down. Tough tests this weekend with Providence and Hartford coming up.
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5Amerks look like a good team in an average division. Midweek trip to Wilkes-Barre then they host Cleveland for a pair this weekend.+6
6Split the weekend with a loss against the Moose and a win against the Admirals. Wolves face a Toronto Marlies side they haven’t played in years this weekend in Rosemont.-2
7It was an OK weekend for the Bears who took 3 of 6 points out of the weekend. Bears are in the mix in mid-November, where you would expect them to be.
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8Buy stock in Grand Rapids. We think. Talk to us next week after the Moose come in for a pair.+11
9There are teams that have been punching under their weight and Providence is one of them. Impressive week for the P-Bruins taking down Wilkes-Barre and shutting out Hershey this weekend.
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104 of 6 points out of the weekend 3-in-3 for the Wolf Pack which is not bad at all. Hartford is second in a competitive Atlantic Division.
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11Swept what is looking like a fumbling Roadrunners team. Big, big test coming this weekend in Stockton.+12
12Split a pair with the Phantoms this weekend at home. Checkers are going to see a lot of the Penguins in November.+6
13The ol’ Wednesday-Thursday-Saturday for the Crunch this week with visits from the Islanders and Bears bookending a trip to Utica Thursday.+1
14Split the weekend with a win in Rochester and a loss by first place Utica. Marlies head west to Chicago for a weekend set with the Wolves in an intra-conference matchup.+7
15IceHogs one of the last AHL teams to have a home opener and they pick up a big win Sunday against the Manitoba Moose. Iowa and Chicago are in this week at the BMO.+11
16Not a good weekend for the Moose but Manitoba is still OK standings wise. Six game road trip continues in Milwaukee and Grand Rapids.-4
17Scored seven and gave up seven against Texas this weekend with a patchwork team due to COVID running rampant inside the Sharks organization. -4
18Hafta figure out the power play. 0-for-20 funk. Dropped all three games as a result.-12
19Said last week that the Wild may be the only team to run with the Wolves, may have to re-work that statement after a close overtime loss to Grand Rapids and then the pasting Milwaukee laid on Saturday. Oh, well.-10
20Canadian road trip for the Islanders coming up with Laval and Belleville on the docket. Bridgeport salvages the weekend with a win against in state rival Hartford on Sunday.n/c
21More weekends like this past, close game in Rochester then sweeping the Monsters in Cleveland, and the Senators won’t be in last place in the North Division for much longer.+7
22Condors will be looking to get back in the win column after a pair of setbacks to San Diego and Ontario.-7
23Eagles stayed busy last week and played in four games and won three of them. Would have been epic if they toppled the Reign Sunday.+7
24Scored seven and gave up seven in San Jose this weekend.-8
25Swept at home by last place Belleville, will be looking to get on track this weekend in Rochester. -18
26Split a pair in Charlotte this past weekend after picking up their first win at home last Wednesday against the Penguins. Does Head Coach Ian Laperriere’s seat stay warm?+5
27Perfect weekend bid spoiled in Chicago on Sunday. Milwaukee is 3-5 but there is a lot of time left.+2
28Split a pair of 3-2 decisions this weekend at home against Bakersfield and Colorado. More Bakersfield, please! Twice more this weekend. -1
29Canadians are trash, and some of that seeps to the farm in Laval. Rocket set up shop in Central New York and were shutout in Syracuse and another notch in Utica’s belt.-7
30Played Stockton tight on the road this weekend and will host San Jose this weekend. No wins in their last four games. -6
31Things aren’t getting any easier for Tuscon who will host the high flying Reign this weekend.-14
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