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Penguins hit road to take on division foes this week

February 19, 2007 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins News Release


The Penguins hit the road this week for three intra-division games, starting this Wednesday when they face the Hershey Bears at 7:00pm.

The Penguins and Bears have already tangled five times this season, with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton holding a 3-2-0-0 mark thus far. Wednesday's meeting is the sixth of 10 scheduled between the clubs this season. Hershey (32-12-5-5, 74 points) currently sits three points ahead of the third place Penguins (33-15-2-3, 71 points) in the East Division standings.

The Pens will travel up I-81 this weekend, for a pair of road games against the Binghamton Senators (16-29-2-5, 39 points) on Friday and Saturday nights. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton has a 3-0-0-1 mark in the first four meetings between the teams. The Pens and Sens are slated to meet eight times this season.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton is currently three games into a stretch of 11 contests during which they will face only East Division rivals.

PENGUINS LEAGUE RANKING

The Penguins are third in the East Division with a 33-15-2-3 record, good for 71 points. They are fourth in the Eastern Conference in total points and sixth overall in the American Hockey League.

JACQUES TIES TEAM MARK

Jean-Francois Jacques netted four goals in the Penguins' 7-0 win against the Binghamton Senators on February 16, tying the franchise mark for goals in a game. Erik Christensen previously set the bar with a four-goal outing on opening night of the 2005-06 season against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

The hat trick was the third in Jacques' AHL career (he netted two last year as a member of the Hamilton Bulldogs), and was the third by a Wilkes-Barre/Scranton player this season, following Kyle Brodziak's on January 6 and Marc-Antoine Pouliot's on February 7.

ALL-TIME HAT TRICKS

Dome, Robert @ PHL 5-4 February 21, 2000

Meloche, Eric @ HER 7-3 December 29, 2001

Surovy, Tomas @ HER 4-6 April 6, 2002

Endicott, Shane @ BNG 4-3 November 2, 2002

Zevakhin, Alexander @ SYR 6-3 December 14, 2002

Surovy, Tomas vs. ALB 6-3 January 4, 2003

Kostopoulos, Tom vs. BNG 6-3 February 26, 2003

Ouellet, Michel vs. HER 6-4 December 10, 2003

Ouellet, Michel vs. PHI 6-4 December 11, 2004

Ouellet, Michel vs. BRI 5-1 December 31, 2004

Murley, Matt @ PRO 5-2 January 30, 2005

*Christensen, Erik vs. BRI 8-1 October 5, 2005

Surovy, Tomas @ BRI 5-2 November 20, 2005

Brodziak, Kyle vs. HER 8-4 January 6, 2007

Pouliot, Marc-Antoine @ PHI 5-2 February 7, 2007

Jacques, Jean-Francois vs. BNG 7-0 February 16, 2007

* = four goal game

A MARGINAL VICTORY

The Penguins' 7-0 win on February 16 against Binghamton equaled the largest margin of victory in team history. It was the fourth time the Pens' have defeated their opponents by seven goals, with all four of those games coming on home ice.

LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY

Home 7 Oct. 22, 2000 (WBS 7 - ALB 0)

7 Oct. 5, 2005 (WBS 8 - BRI 1)

7 Dec. 26, 2005 (WBS 8 - HER 1)

7 Feb. 16, 2007 (WBS 7 - BNG 0)

NO SHUTOUT STREAK SNAPPED

The Penguins' 1-0 loss to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Sunday afternoon was the first time the team had been held without a goal this season, and was the first shutout posted against the Pens since March 31, 2006, when the Binghamton Senators posted a 2-0 win. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton had gone 60 consecutive games without being shut out prior to Sunday's game.

BONVIE MOVING IN ON MATHERS

Dennis Bonvie appeared in his 200th game as a member of the Penguins on December 29 in Syracuse, and now ranks 14th on the Penguins all-time games played list at 212. Martin Sonnenberg holds down the 13th spot at 213, while Toby Petersen (215) and Matt Murley (216) sit just outside the top 10.

Bonvie is also the AHL's active leader in career games played with 798, and passed Zellio Toppazzini, who suited up with the Hershey Bears and Providence Reds from 1948-1964, for 28th place on the AHL's all-time games played list on December 29. He currently trails former Hershey Bears great Frank Mathers by one game for 27th place.

AHL ALL-TIME GAMES PLAYED LEADERS

Place Name Years Games

21 John Stevens 1984-99 834

22 Tim Tookey 1980-95 824

23 Bruce Cline 1955-68 823

24 Tommy Williams 1948-64 822

25 Mitch Lamoureux 1982-99 802

26 Dave Creighton 1948-69 800

27 Frank Mathers 1948-62 799

28 DENNIS BONVIE 1993-2006 798

PENGUINS LEAGUE LEADERS

- Jonathan Filewich is tied for 18th with 22 goals, tied for 18th with two shorthanded goals and tied for 26th with eight power play goals.

- Tyler Kennedy is tied for 13th among rookies with 35 points (12+23=35).

- Micki DuPont is tied for ninth among defensemen with 29 points (8+21=29).

- Tom Gilbert is tied for 14th among defensemen with 27 points(4+23).

- Kyle Brodziak is tied for 17th with four game-winning goals.

- Wade Skolney is tied for second with 172 penalty minutes.

- Daniel Carcillo is tied for second with 172 penalty minutes.

- Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers is eighth in the AHL with a 2.36 GAA, is tied for 16th in the league with 15 wins, tied for 13th with a .912 save percentage and tied for fourth in the league with three shutouts

- Andrew Penner is tied for 11th with 16 wins and tied for fourth in the league with three shutouts.

POWER PLAY

The Penguins currently have the top ranked power play in the American Hockey League, striking at a 22.0% rate (67 goals/305 attempts).

The Penguins home power play is first in the league at 27.6% (42 goals/152 attempts).

The Pens road power play ranks ninth at 16.3% (25 goals/153 attempts).

PENALTY KILL

The Penguins rank eighth overall with an 85.2% penalty kill rate (44 goals against/297 attempts).

The Pens home penalty kill is 12th in the league at 84.1% (23 goals against/145 attempts).

The Pens road penalty kill is tied for third at 86.2% (21 goals against/152 attempts).

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Tuesday, February 20 Practice (10:30am) - ICEBOX in Pittston

Wednesday, February 21 Practice (10:00am) - ICEBOX in Pittston

Game (7:00pm) - Giant Center in Hershey

Thursday, February 22 Practice (11:00am) - ICEBOX in Pittston

Friday, February 23 Practice (10:00am) - ICEBOX in Pittston

Game (7:00pm) - Broome County War Memorial in Binghamton

Saturday, February 24 Practice (10:00am) - ICEBOX in Pittston

Game (7:00pm) - Broome County War Memorial in Binghamton

Sunday, February 25 OFF

Monday, February 26 Practice (10:30am) - ICEBOX in Pittston

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