WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins announced their opponents for the upcoming 2018-19 season, the club’s 20th season of hockey. Among the 16 teams that the Penguins will face next year is a new foe, the Cleveland Monsters.
Cleveland was moved to the Eastern Conference’s North Division as a result of AHL realignment announced earlier in the week on Monday, May 7. The Penguins will take on the Monsters four times this season; twice at home and twice on the road. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton will also return to home-and-home sets with three Western Conference opponents that they saw in 2017-18, the Grand Rapids Griffins, Milwaukee Admirals and Rockford IceHogs.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s full slate of opponents is as follows:
Opponent | Home | Road | Opponent | Home | Road | |
Binghamton | 2 | 2 | Milwaukee | 1 | 1 | |
Bridgeport | 4 | 4 | Providence | 3 | 3 | |
Charlotte | 2 | 2 | Rochester | 1 | 1 | |
Cleveland | 2 | 2 | Rockford | 1 | 1 | |
Grand Rapids | 1 | 1 | Springfield | 3 | 3 | |
Hartford | 3 | 3 | Syracuse | 1 | 1 | |
Hershey | 6 | 6 | Toronto | 1 | 1 | |
Lehigh Valley | 6 | 6 | Utica | 1 | 1 |
The Penguins have not faced off against the Monsters since the 2008-09 season, when they were then known as the Lake Erie Monsters. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton is 3-1-0-0 against the Monsters all-time.
Guaranteed home dates and the full 2018-19 schedule will be announced at a later date.
Season ticket packages for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s 20th season, including full season, 22-game, 12-game and Flexbook plans, are available by contacting the Penguins directly at (570) 208-7367.
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