2-3-15 WBS v SPR Game Notes
- 1. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Vs. Springfield Falcons Tue., Feb. 3, 2015 AHL Game #673 W-B/S Penguins 24-18-1-3 (52 pts, 2nd East) Springfield Falcons 26-15-4-0 (56 pts, 3rd Northeast) Team Game: 47 14-10-0-0 (Home) Team Game: 46 12-7-1-0 (Home) Home Game:25 10-8-1-3 (Road) Away Game:26 14-8-3-0 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT SO GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT SO GAA SV% 30 G Matt Murray 23 11 8 2 4 1.99 .923 1 Oscar Dansk 14 5 4 3 0 3.74 .873 31 G Eric Hartzell 2 2 0 0 0 2.92 .882 33 Scott Munroe 8 3 4 0 0 2.58 .905 37 G Jeff Zatkoff 24 11 10 2 3 2.15 .912 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 3 D Reid McNeill 43 1 3 4 -3 100 3 D Hubert Labrie 23 0 4 4 3 34 4 D Taylor Chorney 41 3 7 10 14 30 4 D Will Weber 10 0 0 0 2 27 7 D Alex Boak 20 1 3 4 5 44 5 D Austin Madaisky 45 12 20 32 2 24 8 D Brian Dumoulin 36 2 13 15 14 14 7 D Denny Urban 24 2 8 10 E 12 9 C Jean-Sebastian Dea 37 9 10 19 1 14 8 RW Josh Anderson 41 4 8 12 E 58 10 C Nick Drazenovic 21 7 9 16 7 12 9 LW Brian Gibbons 7 1 4 5 2 4 12 RW Bryan Rust 30 11 8 19 6 10 11 LW Mike Hoeffel 35 3 5 8 3 25 14 RW Tom Kuhnhackl 42 4 8 12 3 13 12 LW Ryan Craig 42 11 14 25 E 46 15 RW Josh Archibald 31 2 4 6 -4 11 13 RW Trent Vogelhuber 45 6 6 12 3 29 16 C Matia Marcantuoni 29 2 3 5 -4 8 14 LW Dana Tyrell 27 9 10 19 8 17 17 RW Carter Row ney 35 3 9 12 6 27 15 LW Kerby Rychel 40 12 14 26 4 34 18 LW Anton Zlobin 6 0 0 0 -3 0 17 C Sean Collins 33 10 9 19 -9 14 19 C Jayson Megna 33 13 6 19 10 32 18 C T.J. Tynan 44 5 21 26 -11 38 21 D Nick D’Agostino 22 0 5 5 4 8 22 C Lucas Sedlak 44 6 9 15 9 30 23 LW Scott Wilson 28 9 11 20 15 18 24 D Brett Ponich 24 0 2 2 1 101 24 LW Bobby Farnham 32 2 3 5 -4 155 25 LW Matthew Gagnon 12 1 0 1 3 36 25 C Andrew Ebbett 20 7 15 22 14 8 26 D Jaime Sifers 45 2 12 14 3 60 26 C Dominick Uher 44 5 5 10 2 51 28 RW Andrew Cherniwchan 12 2 1 3 -4 6 28 C Adam Payerl 23 1 4 5 2 46 29 LW Jerry D’Amigo 28 3 4 7 -4 26 29 RW Tom Kostopoulos 43 9 15 24 3 46 32 D Frederic St. Denis 34 3 12 15 7 16 34 RW Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond 33 0 2 2 -2 171 36 LW Corey Cow ick 29 5 3 8 E 20 41 D Barry Goers 30 0 6 6 4 19 37 D Thomas Larkin 37 3 10 13 11 54 43 LW Conor Sheary 37 14 8 22 E 6 39 D Mike DiPaolo 0 0 0 0 E 0 40 RW Domenic Monardo 26 7 2 9 2 21 General Manager Jim Rutherford General Manager Chris MacFarland Associate GeneralManager Jason Botterill Head Coach Jared Bednar Head Coach John Hynes Assistant Coach Nolan Pratt Assistant Coach Alain Nasreddine Assistant Coach Toby Petersen Athletic Trainer Kyle Moore Strength and Conditioning Coach Jeff Conkle Equipment Manager Paul DeFazio Athletic Trainer Tom Bourdon Assistant Equipment Manager Jared Mycyk Equipment Manager Ralph Calvanese Strength and Conditioning Coach Joe Lorincz Assistant Equipment Manager Bryan Donze Video Coach Samson Lee Video Coach DarrylSew ard Broadcaster Mike O’Brien Play-by-Play Broadcaster Andy Zilch Communications Mike O’Brien Communications Megan Cahill NHL Affiliate Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Affiliate Columbus Blue Jackets ECHL Affiliate Wheeling Nailers ECHL Affiliate Kalamazoo Wings Tonight’s Officials Referees 45 Jon McIsaac, 6 Evgeny Romasko Linesmen 98 John Grandt, 75 Ryan Gibbons Today’s Schedule RCH @ CHI : 11:00AM LE @ MIL : 8:00 SA @ TEX : 8:30
- 2. Penguins vs. Falcons Game Notes The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins finish up a tw o-game homestand tonight w hen they take on the Springfield Falcons at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. The Penguins (24-18-1-3) fellto the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, 6-2, on Saturday night, snapping a four-game w inning streak. The Falcons (26-15-4- 0) dropped a 3-1 decision at Hartford on Saturday, extending their season-high w inless streak to six games. LAST GAM ES… Penguins Falcons Saturday, January 31 Saturday, January 31 WBS 2 vs. Lehigh Valley 6 Springfield 1 at Hartford 3 Goals:Wilson, Kuhnhackl Goals:Dano Goalie:Murray (9 saves/12 shots; 25:10)/Zatkoff (5/8; 34:50) Goalie:Munroe (30 saves/32 shots) PP: 1/5; PK: 6/8; Shots:WBS 29 – Lehigh Valley 20 PP: 0/4; PK: 3/4; Shots:Springfield 23 – Hartford 33 IN CASE YOU M ISSED IT… The Lehigh Valley Phantoms scored six straight goals to dow n the Penguins, 6-2, on Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. Trailing 2-0 midw ay through the first period, Andrew Gordon netted the first of a barrage of Phantom goals w ith 8:30 left in the period. Just 3:17 later, Adam Comrie knotted the score, 2-2. Lehigh Valley took its first lead at 5:10 of the second period on Jesper Pettersson’s first professional goal. W-B/Scranton goaltender Matt Murray w as pulled after allow ing three goals on 12 shots. The contest w ould remain 3-2 until Taylor Leier scored just 20 seconds into the final period on the Phantoms’ first shot since the goaltender change. Nick Cousins and Jason Akeson closed out the scoring for Lehigh Valley, making it six different goalscorers forthe Phantoms on the night. Scott Wilson and Tom Kuhnhackl gave W-B/Scranton the lead in the first period, but the Penguins could not extend their season-high four game w inning streak. Leier and Cousins each tallied a goal and tw o assistsfor the Phantoms, w ho also received a goal and an assist from Akeson. Andrew Ebbett recorded tw o assists for the Penguins. Danny Kristo scored the tie-breaking goal w ith 4:49 left in the second period to lead Hartford over Springfield, 3-1, Saturday night at XL Center. Marek Hrivik opened the scoring for Hartford on the pow er play 3:15 into the game. Marko Dano tied the score 7:38 into the second period. Joey Crabb iced the game w ith an empty-net goal w ith 32 seconds left to play, sending the Falcons to their sixth straight loss (0-5-1-0). Hrivikfinished the game w ith a goal and an assist for the Wolf Pack. Scott Munroe stopped 30 shots for the Falcons. TODAY’S GAM E… The Penguins and Falcons face off tonight for the third match of their four-game season series. W-B/Scranton has skated aw ay w ith 5-0 victories in the first tw o games of the series, once at home on Oct. 24 and once in Springfield four days ago. Matt Murray has been in net for both victories, stopping all 49 shots he has faced. The team that has scored first has w on the last six games of the all-time series, dating back to the 2012-13 season. ICE CHIPS… - The line of Bryan Rust, Scott Wilson and Andrew Ebbett have combined for 12 points and a plus/minus rating of +8 over the last three games all have played (5G-7A). - Wilson leads AHL rookies in plus/minus w ith a +15. - Ebbett has recorded at least a point in seven straight games dating backto Nov. 19, in 11 of 12 games dating backto Nov. 8, and in 16 of 20 games overallthis season. FALCONS FACTS … - The Falcons rank better on the road than at home in pow er play (18.6/16.0), penalty kill (82.2/80.4), and shorthanded goals for (4/0). - Austin Madaisky is one of four defensemen to lead his team in points this season. - Despite losing six straight, the Falcons have the longest w inning streak(11) and the longest road-w inning streak(8) in the AHL this season. TRANSACTIONS Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 01/31/2015 Derrick Pouliot D DEL Recalled from loan by Pittsburgh (NHL) 01/31/2015 Andrew Ebbett C ADD Returned on loan fromPittsburgh (NHL) 01/29/2015 Alex Boak D ADD Recalled from loan to Wheeling (ECHL) 01/27/2015 Bryan Rust RW ADD Returned on loan fromPittsburgh (NHL) 01/27/2015 Scott Wilson LW ADD Returned on loan fromPittsburgh (NHL) 01/26/2015 Andrew Ebbett C DEL Recalled from loan by Pittsburgh (NHL) 01/26/2015 Bryan Rust RW DEL Recalled from loan by Pittsburgh (NHL) 01/26/2015 Scott Harrington D DEL Recalled from loan by Pittsburgh (NHL) 01/26/2015 Scott Wilson LW DEL Recalled from loan by Pittsburgh (NHL) Springfield 10/21/2014 Mike DiPaolo D ADD Signed to SPC 10/21/2014 Riley Wetmore C DEL Loaned to Kalamazoo (ECHL) 10/20/2014 Scott Munroe G ADD Recalled from loan to Kalamazoo (ECHL) 10/19/2014 Anton Forsberg G DEL Recalled from loan by Columbus (NHL)