Before the Conference Final round of the AHL’s Calder Cup Playoffs, EA Sports used their NHL 08 video game to predict the winner. The EA Sports NHL series is the only one that has full AHL licenses, so this is their first prediction. How close were they?
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins laid a convincing 5-1 victory on the Chicago Wolves to assure that the Calder Cup would not be on display in their arena. Faceoff Factor was there and was able to get pictures at the game.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have been celebrating the end of an entertaining era in their history. Two-time Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguin and one-time AHL all-star RW Dennis Bonvie is retiring at the end of this season.
Welcome to the latest installment of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins weekly report. It’s getting to stretch time… less than a month left in the regular season. Both the Pittsburgh and WBS Penguins find themselves with constantly changing rosters. So how are they doing?
Welcome to the pre-deadline edition of the WBS Penguins Weekly Report. This team may look very different a day from now. A week from tomorrow is the AHL Clear Day Deadline. Some AHL-only deals are usually worked out over that time for teams who are looking for playoff help. Last year, three players were added and three subtracted at this time of the season.
Yesterday afternoon, W Joe Jensen was called up to the Carolina Hurricanes and played seven minutes in a 5-1 loss to New Jersey. Normally, this would not be newsworthy to anyone outside of the Jensen family. However, this extended a franchise record for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguin as Jensen marked the 13th player to start the year in Wilkes-Barre to play in the NHL this year.
Tonight marked the single conditioning game at home in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for G Marc-Andre Fleury on his journey back to the NHL.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have made four roster moves today, three of them involving the AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre.
Pittsburgh Penguins G Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 30 of 31 shots against the Norfolk Admirals in the first game of a conditioning stint.
A lot has been happening in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton as the Pittsburgh Penguins have relied heavily on their farm team for reinforcements as well as conditioning. Here’s a look at what has happened over the past week ‘on the farm’.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed defenseman Deryk Engelland, 25, to a two-year contract extension. Engelland is a physical, defensive defenseman who is a veteran minor-leaguer.
This week, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguin defenseman Ben Lovejoy graciously took the time to answer ten questions for Faceoff Factor. Hopefully, this will help Penguin fans get to know him a little better.
If you were to take a shot each time the words ‘AHL’ or ‘Wilkes-Barre’ were used during any recent Pittsburgh Penguins game, you would most likely die of alcohol poisoning by the end of the second period. How much has the NHL’s top development league helped to support the superstars? You may be surprised to see.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head into the All-Star break tied for second place in their division. This was thanks to two wins in the last three games, all on the road. There have been more player transactions for these baby Penguins also.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will be represented after all in the AHL’s All-Star Classic. Highly-touted prospect Alex Goligoski was named to the PlanetUSA roster as a replacement. F Jeff Taffe was originally selected, but will miss the event due to his callup to the NHL.
It was a busy weekend in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins hockey. There were three away games, with WBS going 1-2 in those games, and a plethora of transactions, leaving the Penguins to play two of those games with only nine active forwards. Strangely enough, those were the two games that the Penguins lost.
In a much deserved recognition, Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar was named as on the defensemen to represent the Eastern Conference in Atlanta. His tenant, Penguins C/LW Evgeni Malkin, was not as fortunate.
Over the last two days, the AHL has announced their all-star teams. The AHL still uses the Canada vs. PlanetUSA format that was experimented with in the NHL. Keep in mind that the AHL also has a rule that each team must have an all-star selected. Because of NHL call-ups, these teams will change as the All-Star game approaches.
Now that we have made it nearly to the halfway point of the AHL season, let’s take a look at Pittsburgh Penguins prospects who are playing for the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. You will find stats for each player as well as a small evaluation and likelihood of an NHL call-up.
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced just minutes ago that forward Ryan Stone and defenseman Ryan Lannon have been recalled from the team’s AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins lost to another hot team, the Toronto Marlies, 4-1 to end their nine-game winning streak.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins extended their win streak to nine games with a New Year’s Eve 6-3 victory over the Norfolk Admirals and another 6-3 victory tonight, this time over the Syracuse Crunch.
Time for the last 2007 Penguins report from the farm. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are on a seven-game win streak right now, so things appear good right now. Who’s hot and who’s cold? Read on…
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins played a home-and-home series against the Syracuse Crunch where they won the two games by a combined score of 7-1. WBS rookie Gs David Brown and John Curry both recorded wins (with Curry getting his first pro shutout). The two games also featured eight fights as the rivalry between these two teams continues.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defeated the Manchester Monarchs 2-1 last night at home in a relatively lifeless hockey game.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Phantoms with a late Kurtis McLean goal to win 3-2 on Sunday night.
Although losing their second-leading scorer to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins had an offensive explosion against the Albany River Rats and win 8-1.
LW/RW Connor James (6G+10A, +6) has been recalled from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Known for his speed and relentless work defensively and on the penalty kill, he will be an excellent choice to replace C Maxime Talbot on the PK and defensive lines until Talbot is healthy again.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins started off a stormy road trip by losing in a shootout to the Worcester Sharks on Friday night 2-1.
As most of you know, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins held their team skills competition this past weekend, a charity event that is based on the skills competitions that are done as part of the AHL and NHL All-Star games.
Here is a quick photo summary of Sunday’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins team Skills Competition. This is a charity event held each year that is patterned after the skills competitions done as part of the All-Star festivities at the AHL and NHL levels.
Faceoff Factor recently had the opportunity to interview Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguin beat reporter Jonathan Bombulie, who reports for the Citizen’s Voice and runs the popular ‘Penguins Insider’ blog. He was gracious enough to answer seven questions that have come up at this point of the season for the Baby Pens.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defeated the Hershey Bears 2-1 in a shootout on Saturday night in Hershey. This makes the third straight win for a team that has struggled with consistency.
To update everyone on the standings of the Faceoff Factor Fantasy Hockey League now that we are at the quarter point of the season, here’s a look at the standings and which players have been leading their teams as well as which ones have been noticeably absent:
The Penguins are doing their best to come together and try to pull themselves into a playoff spot. As strange as it is, D Ryan Lannon scored again, and the game-winning goal at that, to pot the game-winning goal as the Penguins win 4-2 against the Syracuse Crunch.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins posted a 3-2 win against the defending Calder Cup champion Hamilton Bulldogs on the road on Wednesday night.
The win was the 300th win in Penguins franchise history and brought the Pens back to .500 as their record now stands at 10-10.
Over the past week, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins went through a four games in five days stretch. Over these four games, the Penguins went 2-2. This included a 6-0 win over Worcester, a 3-1 loss to Binghamton, a 4-3 overtime win against those same Senators, and a 3-2 loss to the Hershey Bears.
Which players were hot over this stretch?
Who didn’t handle the games as well?
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins dropped a 3-2 decision to their rival Hershey Bears. The Penguins finished up a four game in five nights stretch with a record of 2-3.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins drop another game to the Binghamton Senators 3-1. Binghamton G Jeff Glass had an outstanding game to thwart the Penguins.
Ty Conklin made 28 saves and six different players scored goals as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins posted a 6-0 win against the Worcester Sharks at home on Wednesday.
This was one of the strangest games in recent memory. Three different players scored their first goals as WBS Penguins.
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