AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

Penguins play four in five this week

February 13, 2007 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins News Release


The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins get back to work this Wednesday, when they host the Syracuse Crunch at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza. That contest begins a four games in five days streak, which will also see home games against the Binghamton Senators (7:05pm on Friday) and Philadelphia Phantoms (7:05pm on Saturday). Wilkes-Barre/Scranton will conclude the weekend with a Sunday matinee in Bridgeport against the Sound Tigers.

This is the fourth time this season the Pens will play four in five. They went 3-0-0-1 during a similar stretch between Nov. 22-26, posted a 2-2-0-0 mark from Dec. 26-30, and went 2-2-0-0 from Jan. 17-21.

The Penguins will play four games in five days three more times this season - from March 7-11, March 21-25 and April 4-6.

PENS PENALTIES PILING UP

The Penguins rank fourth in the AHL with 1,190 penalty minutes on the season, an average of 23.8 minutes per game. The Hershey Bears rank first overall in minutes per game (25.5) and second in total pims (1,328). The Norfolk Admirals rank second in minutes per game (25.4) and first in total penalty minutes (1,347), while Syracuse ranks third in both categories (25.2/1,308).

FIVE IN A ROW FOR JACQUES

Forward Jean-Francois Jacques has recorded points in five consecutive games (1+6=7) dating back to February 2. Jacques has 20 points (5+15) in 19 games with the Penguins this season, giving him a 1.05 points per game average, the third-best on the team this season (Erik Christensen - 1.5; Patrick Thoresen - 1.2) and the best among players currently on the roster.

BONVIE IS JUST GRAND

Penguins' tough guy Dennis Bonvie picked up five penalty minutes in the Pens' 5-2 win in Philadelphia on Feb. 7, allowing him to eclipse the 1,000 penalty minute mark in a Wilkes-Barre/Scranton uniform. Bonvie is the AHL's all-time leader in career penalty minutes with 4,211 in 795 games. He also currently ranks first among active AHL players in games played, and is just four games shy of tying former Hershey Bears great Frank Mathers for 27th place on the league's all-time list.

POULIOT PULLS HAT TRICK

Marc-Antoine Pouliot recorded the 15th hat trick in Penguins history on February 7 in Philadelphia.

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

* = four goal game

PENALTY SHOT SHORTCOMINGS

Kurtis McLean attempted the 12th penalty shot in team history in last Wednesday's win in Philadelphia, failing to score against Martin Houle. That dropped the Pens' record in penalty shots to 1 for 12.

PENALTY SHOTS FOR

NAME TEAM GOALIE TEAM DATE PD TIME RESULT YEAR

Sonnenberg, Martin WIL Minard, Mike vs. HAM 02/25/2000 2 7:33 NG 1999-2000

Lupaschuk, Ross WIL Labbe, Jean-Francois @ SYR 02/22/2002 4 3:49 NG 2001-2002

Surovy, Tomas WIL Gardner, Greg vs. SYR 03/17/2002 3 18:22 NG 2001-2002

Endicott, Shane WIL Morrison, Mike vs. TOR 01/14/2004 2 16:18 NG 2003-2004

Murley, Matt WIL Goehring, Karl @ SYR 12/17/2004 3 5:39 NG 2004-2005

Armstrong, Colby WIL Ward, Cam vs. LOW 02/12/2005 2 10:42 NG 2004-2005

Sgroi, Mike WIL Budaj, Peter @ HER 02/19/2005 3 18:19 NG 2004-2005

Endicott, Shane WIL Anderson, Craig vs. NOR 04/16/2005 2 19:49 NG 2004-2005

Surovy, Tomas WIL Guard, Kelly vs. BNG 10/22/2005 2 10:09 NG 2005-2006

Fata, Rico WIL Thompson, Billy @ BNG 01/20/2006 2 5:34 GOAL 2005-2006

Stone, Ryan WIL Storr, Jamie @ PHI 02/08/2006 2 15:29 NG 2005-2006

McLean, Kurtis WIL Houle, Martin @ PHI 02/07/2007 2 18:38 NG 2006-2007

PENGUINS LEAGUE RANKING

The Penguins are third in the East Division with a 32-13-2-3 record, good for 69 points. They are fourth in the Eastern Conference in total points and fifth overall in the American Hockey League.

PENGUINS LEAGUE LEADERS

- Jonathan Filewich is tied for 21st with 21 goals, tied for 16th with two shorthanded goals and tied for 20th with eight power play goals.

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

- Micki DuPont is tied for 13th among defensemen with 27 points (8+19=27).

- Kyle Brodziak is tied for 13th with four game-winning goals.

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

- Daniel Carcillo is tied for third with 168 penalty minutes.

- Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers is eighth in the AHL with a 2.43 GAA, is tied for 16th in the league with 14 wins, tied for 13th with a .912 save percentage and tied for seventh in the league with two shutouts

- Andrew Penner is tied for 10th with 16 wins and tied for fourth in the league with three shutouts.

POWER PLAY

The Penguins currently have the second ranked power play in the American Hockey League, striking at a 21.9% rate (63 goals/288 attempts).

The Penguins home power play is first in the league at 27.1% (38 goals/140 attempts).

The Pens road power play ranks ninth at 16.9% (25 goals/148 attempts).

PENALTY KILL

The Penguins rank tied for seventh overall with an 84.9% penalty kill rate (43 goals against/284 attempts).

The Pens home penalty kill is tied for 10th in the league at 84.1% (22 goals against/138 attempts).

The Pens road penalty kill is fourth at 85.6% (21 goals against/146 attempts).

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