PENGUINS WEEKLY – 2/10/26

AHL All-Star Classic arrives with Penguins on five-game win streak

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (32-12-2-2) to hit the ground running out of the break with two home games

Weekly Rewind

Wednesday, Feb. 4 – PENGUINS 4 vs. Hershey 1
Sergei Murashov stonewalled the Bears in the first two periods, leading to a 0-0 score. The Penguins then uncorked four goals in the third period, including Tanner Howe’s first as a pro.

Friday, Feb. 6 – PENGUINS 6 at Lehigh Valley 5
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton survived a high-scoring affair down the PA Turnpike thanks to a four-point, hat trick night from d-man Matt Dumba. Ville Koivunen also logged four points (1G-3A). Melvin Fernström made his AHL debut and recorded two assists.

Saturday, Feb. 7 – PENGUINS 4 at Hershey 3 (OT)
Avery Hayes came back from a dream NHL debut to give the Bears nightmares before the All-Star Break. Hayes scored a hat trick, capped off with the overtime winner. The Penguins’ other goal came from 19-year-old Fernström, his first in the AHL.

The Week Ahead

Wednesday, Feb. 11 – AHL All-Star Classic presented by BMO
The AHL converges on Rockford, Illinois for annual All-Star festivities. One day after the AHL All-Star Skills Competition, Tristan Broz and Sergei Murashov will take the ice for the Atlantic Division as the Penguins’ All-Star representatives.

Saturday, Feb. 14 – PENGUINS vs. Syracuse
The Penguins have a Valentine’s Day date with the Crunch, who they bested at home two weeks prior. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton is 4-3-1-2 (.550) all-time on Valentine’s Day.

Sunday, Feb. 15 – PENGUINS vs. Cleveland
The kids are in control as the Penguins host their second-ever Kids Takeover afternoon game. This will also be the first meeting of the season between the Pens and Monsters, who have surged up the North Division standings with a 6-1-1-0 (.813) record in their last eight games.

Ice Chips

– Wilkes-Barre/Scranton went 8-1-1-0 (.850) in its last 10 games before the All-Star Break. Over the team’s five-game win streak, the Penguins have scored 24 goals, 4.80 per game.

– On Monday, forward Avery Hayes was named Howie’s Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week after producing four goals, including a hat trick and two game-winners, in two games.

– Hayes has found the net in four-straight games, and he is on a career-best seven-game point streak (7G-2A).

– Gabe Klassen is on a career-best six-game point streak (2G-5A).

– Matt Dumba, last week’s AHL Player of the Week, has amassed 12 points (4G-8A) in his last five games.

DIVISION STANDINGS

TEAM LEADERS

UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE

DATE                  OPPONENT         LOCATION                                    TIME        

Sat, Feb. 14        Syracuse            Mohegan Arena                       6:05 p.m.

Sun, Feb. 15       Cleveland          Mohegan Arena                       3:05 p.m.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

DATE                   PLAYER                                                    TRANSACTION

Wed, Feb. 4       (RW) Melvin Fernström                      Assigned from PIT

Wed, Feb. 4       (G) Filip Larsson                                  Released from SPC

Thu, Feb. 5         (LW) Ryan McAllister                         Signed to SPC

Thu, Feb. 5         (D) Daniel Laatsch                              Reassigned by PIT to WHL

Thu, Feb. 5         (RW) Avery Hayes                               Recalled to PIT

Fri, Feb. 6           (RW) Avery Hayes                               Reassigned from PIT

Fri, Feb. 6           (LW) Rutger McGroarty                      Reassigned from PIT

Fri, Feb. 6           (C) Brayden Edwards                         Reassigned to WHL

Fri, Feb. 6           (LW) Zach Urdahl                                Reassigned to WHL