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Game Sheet Penguins Down Phantoms for Fifth Straight Home Win Thiessen registers fourth shutout in eight starts   WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Brad Thiessen made 20 saves on the night for the fourth shutout in his last eight starts as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defeated the Adirondack Phantoms, 3-0, at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.    AHL Adirondack Phantoms 0 at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3 Thiessen with fourth shutout in last eight starts More Hockey   The Penguins… read more

Game Sheet Shorthanded Goals Lead Penguins Past Monarchs Wilkes-Barre/Scranton earns seventh win in last eight games   AHL Manchester Monarchs at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins More Hockey   WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – In just one game, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins doubled their shorthanded goal total for the season as they struck twice on the penalty kill in a 4-1 win over the Manchester Monarchs at Mohegan Sun at Casey Plaza.   Neither squad would find the back of the net in… read more

Game Sheet Penguins Enter Break with Win over Marlies Thompson’s team-leading 14th is game-winner   TORONTO, Ontario – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins headed into the AHL All-Star Break having won six of their last seven games after defeating the Toronto Marlies, 3-1, on Saturday at Ricoh Coliseum.      The Penguins’ Riley Holzapfel would break up the scoreless tie at 11:21 of the second period as he used a Marlies defenseman as a screen to beat goalie Mark… read more

Game Sheet Penguins Doubled Up by Americans Five-game winning streak halted by Rochester   ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ five-game winning streak came to an end at Blue Cross Arena on Friday night as the Rochester Americans skated to a 4-2 victory.    Down by one after the first, the Americans exploded for four goals in the middle period to take a decisive edge.    Just as the Penguins had scored early in the previous frame, Rochester struck… read more

Game Sheet Penguins Win Fifth Straight With Shutout of IceCaps Thiessen makes 26 saves for third shutout in six starts   WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins came away with their fifth straight victory, shutting out the St. John’s IceCaps, 3-0, at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.  Penguins goaltender Brad Thiessen stopped 26 shots for his third shutout of the year. AHL St. John's IceCaps at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Pens win fifth straight More… read more

  Penguins Claim OT Win over Bears in AHL Outdoor Classic Thompson’s 13th goal wins it in overtime   HERSHEY, Pa. – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins rallied for a 2-1 overtime victory over the Hershey Bears at the 2013 Capital BlueCross AHL Outdoor Classic as Paul Thompson’s netted the game-winner at 1:19 of the extra session.    A scoreless tie would remain until 4:20 was left on the clock in the second period.  Jon DiSalvatore forced a puck deep into… read more

  Game Sheet Penguins Hold Off Admirals for Third Straight Win Grant’s first of the year stands as game-winner   NORFOLK, Va. – Riley Holzapfel and Alex Grant each had a goal and two assists as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins won their third straight with a 4-2 victory over the Norfolk Admirals at the Norfolk Scope.  Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins - Norfolk Admirals 1/15/13 More Hockey   With the game in a 1-1 deadlock going into the third period, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton… read more

Game Sheet Penguins Skate Past Phantoms Dumoulin pots second straight game-winner   WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Defenseman Brian Dumoulin made it back-to-back game-winning goals as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins outlasted the Adirondack Phantoms, 2-1, at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.       AHL Adirondack Phantoms at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Pens spook Phantoms, 2-1 More Hockey   For the second straight night, the Penguins struck early on the power play in… read more

  Game Sheet   Thiessen, Penguins Blank Bears Pens goalie records second shutout in last three starts   AHL Hershey Bears vs Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Brian Dumoulin Goal More Hockey   WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – For the second time in three starts, Penguins’ goaltender Brad Thiessen posted a shutout as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton held on for a 1-0 win over the Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.    Working on their first power play of the game, the… read more

Game Sheet Penguins Fall Short Against Senators Thompson picks up 10th goal for WBS   AHL Binghamton Senators at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Sens down Pens, 3-1 More Hockey   WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Despite outshooting the Binghamton Senators by a 32-16 margin, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins fell to the Binghamton Senators, 3-1, at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza..   Binghamton struck first in the contest as defenseman Andre Benoit broke out of his zone to lead a 3-on-1 rush. … read more