AHL Game 16 Preview: WB/S @ Hartford

Eric Politowski | WBS "Baby" Penguins

Nov 19, 06:36 PM | Hype this story!
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7:00 at XL Center
TV: AHLLive.com
Probable Goalies: Curry (WBS), Johnson (Hfd)
 

Inside The Game
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will take place in the only AHL game tonight, against the Hartford Wolf Pack. Obviously with the Pittsburgh Penguins being riddled with injury, the line-up in WB/S is depleted itself.

Hartford owns the league’s best powerplay, which cashes in 25% of the time!

Joey Haddad, Alex Grant, and Mitch Ganzak will all be making their AHL debuts tonight. T.J. Fox was also recalled from the ECHL (Wheeling).

The Pens will oppose former prospect goaltender Chad Johnson in net. John Curry goes for WB/S.


Projected Lines… (Update at 6:55)

  • Tangradi – Letestu – Caputi
  • Pushkarev – Jeffrey – Wallace
  • Brookbank – Vitale – Haddad
  • Boulerice – Sill – Boogaard/Fox
     
  • Strait – D’Aversa
  • Grant – Bortuzzo
  • Ganzak – Caffaro
     
  • Curry
  • Thiessen
   
Standings
  GP W L OT Pts Division Conference League
Penguins 15 8 5 2 18 5, East 10, Eastern 18, AHL
Wolf Pack 18 10 7 1 21 4, Atlantic 5, Eastern 9, AHL
                 
Team Statistics
  GF GA PP% PK% Home Away L 10 Streak
Penguins 39 33 19.7 87.1 4-3-0 4-2-2 5-3-2 1 loss
Wolf Pack 58 47 25.0 78.9 6-1-1 4-6-0 7-2-1 2-0-1
                 
Team Leaders
  Stat Penguins   Stat Wolf Pack
Goals 8 Bayda Goals 10 Parenteau*
Assists 14 Jeffrey Assists 16 Locke
Points 15 Jeffrey Points 25 Locke
+/- +8 Bayda +/- +7 Owens, Weise
PIMs
39 BrookbankPIMs
58 Dupont
Fights 7 Boogaard Fights 4 Dupont, Soryal
Wins 7 Curry Wins 8 Johnson
GAA 2.06 Curry GAA 2.07 Johnson
*Called up to NHL
 
Injuries
Penguins Injury / Note Status
Berkhoel
Johnson
Conner
Veilleux
Bayda
Boogaard
Smith
 Knee
Ankle
Lower Body
Arm
Leg
Head
Illness
 Conditioning stint in Wheeling
Doubtful
Doubtful
Doubtful
Doubtful
Questionable
Questionable
Wolf Pack Injury Status
N/A N/A N/A
 
Note: Info up-to-date as of 5:45 pm, Thursday, November 19, 2009.

Comments

  1. TheOneAndOnlySurge

    Nov 19, 07:20 PM

    Wow these guys are just as banged up as the big Pens and they are getting stripped of guys to play in the NHL...LOL

  2. bag o' pucks

    Nov 19, 07:50 PM

    I’m slightly surprised WB/S hasn’t inked Thomas Beauregard to an AHL deal. He’s got ten goals (twice as many as anyone else in the Wheel), and WB/S is hurting for scoring. Of course, perhaps Beau doesn’t want an AHL deal as that would limit his callup possibilities. Still, the guy’s probably worth at least a PTO given the dearth of scoring in WB/S.

    I hope Veilleux isn’t out long, he was starting to come on strong before he got hurt. Same arm/shoulder that kept him out for about half his last junior season.

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