PENGUINS WEEKLY – 1/14/20
Penguins hit the road for six-game road trip
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (18-15-3-3) square dances down to Texas
Weekly Rewind
Wednesday, Jan. 8 – PENGUINS 3 vs. Charlotte 6
Anthony Angello and Adam Johnson both delivered a goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, but three unanswered strikes by Charlotte proved to be the difference.
Friday, Jan. 10 – PENGUINS 1 vs. Hershey 2 (SO)
Despite suppressing the Bears’ offense all night, the Penguins lost to Hershey in the sixth round of a shootout. The Pens out-shot the Bears, 30-15, in regulation, and limited Hershey to three shots in the third period.
Saturday, Jan. 11 – PENGUINS 3 vs. Hartford 0
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton shut-out the East’s top team in front of a raucous home crowd. Kevin Roy’s first goal as a Penguin opened the scoring late in the middle frame, and empty-netters from David Warsofsky and Anthony Angello steered the Penguins to victory. Casey DeSmith made 25 saves.
The Week Ahead
Wednesday, Jan. 15 – PENGUINS at Texas
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton visits the Texas Stars for the first time in franchise history. Back in December, the Stars came to Northeast PA and took a two-game set from the Pens. After starting the year 3-13-0-2, Texas is 14-4-2-0 in its last 20 games.
Friday, Jan. 17 – PENGUINS at Texas
The Penguins and Stars go at it again at H-E-B Center, their final matchup of 2019-20. In their previous two showdowns, the Pens’ power play had success against Texas, going 33.3%.
Saturday, Jan. 18 – PENGUINS at San Antonio
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton takes its road trip rodeo down the road to San Antonio, and will play against a Rampage team that it split two games against in October. San Antonio has allowed four goals or more in each of its last six games.
Ice Chips
– With two goals last week, Anthony Angello now leads the Penguins with 15 tallies on the year.
– Angello’s 15 goals are also tied for third-most among second-year AHLers.
– Angello has 11 points (6G-5A) in his last eight games.
– With his shutout on Saturday, Casey DeSmith moved into sole possession of eighth place among the Penguins’ all-time shutout leaders (6).
– Wednesday will be Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s first road game since Dec. 28 (2-1, W @HER).
DIVISION STANDINGS
TEAM LEADERS
SKATERS GP G A PTS
Andrew Agozzino^ 35 14 17 31
Sam Miletic 38 8 18 26
Anthony Angello 39 15 7 22
Stefan NoesenX 22 14 8 22
Adam Johnson 24 5 15 20
GOALIES GP W-L-OT GAA SV% Shutouts
Dustin Tokarski 12 6-3-2 1.57 .939 1
Casey DeSmith 26 11-10-2 2.91 .904 3
* = rookie
^ = currently with Pittsburgh
X = no longer in organization
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME
Wed, Jan. 15 Texas H-E-B Center 8:00 p.m.
Fri, Jan. 17 Texas H-E-B Center 8:00 p.m.
Sat, Jan. 18 San Antonio AT&T Center 8:00 p.m.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Fri, Jan. 10 (C) Christopher Brown Recalled from WHL
Tue, Jan. 14 (C) Joseph Blandisi Reassigned by PIT
Tue, Jan. 14 (G) Emil Larmi Reassigned by PIT from WHL
