WB/S Penguins defeat Manchester, 4-1

Eric Politowski | WBS "Baby" Penguins

Jan 22, 04:15 PM | Hype this story!
1 2 3 OT SO Tot.
0 1 0 - - 1
 
Tot. 1 2 3 OT SO
4 1 1 2 - -
Attendance: 6,255


 

Summary
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins pull out another victory at the Wachovia Arena, improving their record at home to 14-5-2.

As previously reported, forwards Bill Thomas, Chris Minard, and Paul Bissonnette were sent down yesterday. General Manager Ray Shero felt it would be nice for these players to continue playing in games, while the NHL All-Star Break has already begun.

Dustin Jeffrey was also demoted, which was officially announced today.

The Penguins started off the scoring quick. Connor James led a rush and fed a pass to Ben Lovejoy, who made a perfect cross-ice pass to Mark Letestu. He put in his 11th of the season on a backhand one-timer.

The game would go scoreless until late in the second period. Luca Caputi put a pass through a Manchester defenders legs, right onto the tape of Thomas. He had an easy one-timer, and banged it home.

Thomas would add his second goal of the game, and 7th of the season on a third period power play.

The Pens capped it off when Caputi tapped the puck up to James, who scored his 13th goal of the season into the empty net.

John Curry was rewarded with the second star of the game, after only allowing one goal throughout the entire night.

The next game is Friday, January 23rd against Hershey @ 7. The game will be shown on XM Home Ice, as well as AHLLive.com.
 
Three Stars
# Player Team Pos. Stats
1 Thomas WBS RW 2 G
2 Curry WBS G 29 saves on 30 shots, win
3 Letestu WBS C 1 G, 1 A, 6 SOG
 
Stat Line
  Shots PIM Power Plays
  1 2 3 OT Total Min Inf Convert Total
Penguins 7 7 13 - 27 12 6 1 4
Monarchs 5 11 14 - 30 14 7 1 3
 
Scoring Summary
Per. Time Team Goal Assist 1 Assist 2
1 3:35
WBS
Letestu (11)
Lovejoy
James
2 15:59
19:04
WBS
Mch
Thomas (6)
Moulson (7), PP
Caputi
Purcell
James
Azevedo
3 11:30
19:39
 WBS
WBS
 Thomas (7), PP
James (13), EN
 Letestu
Caputi
 Lovejoy
Taffe
OT - - - - -
 
Penalty Summary
Per. Time Team Player Penalty
1 1:21
10:36
11:47
11:47
16:35
17:28		 Mch
WBS
Mch
WBS
WBS
Mch		 Parse
D’Aversa
Boyle
Engelland
Minard
Martinez		 slashing – 2 min
interference – 2 min
roughing – 2 min
roughing – 2 min
high sticking – 2 min
slashing – 2 min
2 1:34
1:34
12:57
18:26
Mch
WBS
Mch
WBS
Voynov
Minard
Bagnall
Daoust
roughing – 2 min
roughing – 2 min
holding – 2 min
inteference – 2 min
3 6:54
6:54
9:31
 Mch
WBS
Mch		 Purcell
Mormina
Parse		 roughing – 2 min
roughing – 2 min
holding – 2 min
OT - - - -

Comments

  1. anthony

    Jan 22, 06:49 PM

    god i am going crazy to see what caputi can do. he has got to know that all the fans are praying for him. just like letang last year, the penguins are making him earn it. i think that’s a good way to handled him. having a right handed shot on the left side is something that i have been begging for. it opens up so many more offensive opinions. and is an easy answer to some of our pp problems.

  2. Ben Schmidt

    Jan 22, 11:05 PM

    Anthony – Caputi is a left-handed shot, so calling him up wouldn’t provide that thing you’ve been begging for.

    He does have other qualities that are wanted on the team, though, such as the ability to dig pucks out of corners, and a willingness to go to the net. The NHL team could really use a player who does that. The question is whether Caputi is ready to do that at the NHL level yet.

    While I’m looking forward to seeing him up here, I’m also glad that the Pens are making sure they develop him properly, instead of trying to force him into the NHL prematurely.

  3. Ben

    Jan 22, 11:14 PM

    I’d like to see them give Caputi a brief stint up here. Sort of the same way they gave Jeffery one.

    Right now, with the injuries the Pens have, it would be the perfect time to give him a shot to see how he stacks up against NHL competition. He would also see what he needs to work on when he eventually gets sent back down.

    Plus he seems to be contributing positively now, so it would be a nice reward for his improved play.

  4. anthony

    Jan 23, 12:13 AM

    ben – caputi is a righty – check wbs penguins. anyways i didn’t say caputi was the answer, i just said one right handed forward besides kennedy would be nice. back to caputi, his size and his right handedness, why do you think so many people have been excited about him. plus his 51 goals last year.

  5. Eric Politowski

    Jan 23, 09:18 AM

    Caputi is a left-handed shot.

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