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November 16, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins News Release


A LOOK AHEAD:
Friday, Nov. 18 - Penguins @ Norfolk Admirals, 7:15pm - Norfolk Scope
NOTES:
- Second of 10 meetings between the teams this season.
- Penguins took a 3-2 win in Norfolk on October 14.
- Ryan Whitney and Daniel Carcillo each recorded two points (1+1) in the win; Dany Sabourin stopped 36 shots.
- Norfolk is 6-7-0-1, fourth place in the East Division.

Saturday, Nov. 19 - Norfolk Admirals @ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 7:05pm
NOTES:
- First meeting in Wilkes-Barre between the division rivals this season.
- 80's Night - All fans encouraged to wear their best clothes from the 1980s.
- Penguins will wear 2005-06 Third Jerseys for the second time this season.

Sunday, Nov. 20 - Penguins @ Bridgeport Sound Tigers, 4:05pm - Arena at Harbor Yard
NOTES:
- Third meeting between the teams this season, second in Bridgeport.
- Penguins took an 8-1 win in Wilkes-Barre on opening night, Oct. 5, and an 8-3 win in Bridgeport on Oct. 23.

A LOOK BACK
Saturday, Nov. 12, PENGUINS 6 @ Portland Pirates 0
Dany Sabourin stopped 28 shots to record his first shutout of the season and second all-time as a Penguin. Tomas Surovy had two goals and Kenny Corupe picked up three assists - his first points of the season - in the victory.

Sunday, Nov. 13, PENGUINS 5 @ Hartford Wolf Pack 4
Michel Ouellet scored his first career shorthanded goal with less than three minutes to play to pull out the win for the Penguins - the seventh in a row on the road this season and ninth in a row overall dating back to April 9, 2005. Corupe scored shorthanded as well in the game, while Colby Armstrong (1+2), Arpad Mihaly (1+1), Ouellet (1+1) and Alain Nasreddine (0+2) had multiple point games. Sabourin raised his record to 6-0-0 on the season by stopping 31 shots.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
- 11/16/05 - Tim Verbeek - Returned on loan to Wheeling (ECHL)

PENGUINS ROAD STREAK SITS AT NINE
- The Penguins have won nine consecutive regular season road contests dating back to April 10, 2005. They ended the 2004-05 road campaign with wins against the Hershey Bears (3-2 on April 10) and the Norfolk Admirals (2-0 on April 15) and have won their first seven road games this season.
- The Penguins previous record for consecutive road victories was five, set from Oct. 27, 2000 through Nov. 26, 2000.

INDIVIDUAL STREAKS
- Michel Ouellet: five-game assist streak (Nov. 4-13, five assists) and nine-game point streak (Oct. 22-Nov. 13, 7+10=17).
- Colby Armstrong: six-game point streak (Oct. 29-Nov. 13, 3+6=9).
- Daniel Carcillo: four-game goal streak (Nov. 5-13, four goals) and five-game point streak (Nov. 4-13, 4+1=5).

INDIVIDUAL LEAGUE LEADERS (all stats as of 11/16)
- Marc-Andre Fleury is first in the league with a 1.49 goals against average (12 goals against/483 minutes played), is second with a .938 save percentage (12 goals against/194 shots) and is tied for second with seven wins.
- Dany Sabourin is tied for fourth with six wins, is 11th with a .922 save percentage and 14th with a 2.60 goals against average.
- Michel Ouellet is third with 23 points, second with 15 assists, tied for 11th with seven power play assists and tied for sixth with a plus-9 rating.
- Daniel Carcillo is tied for fourth among rookies with 14 points (7+7), tied for fifth with seven goals and tied for sixth with seven assists. Carcillo is tied for sixth overall with a plus-9 rating and is 10th with 66 penalty minutes.
- Noah Welch is first overall with a plus-14 rating.
- Ryan Lannon is second with a plus-13 rating.
- Tomas Surovy is tied for sixth with a plus-9 rating and is tied for 16th in overall scoring with 15 points.
- Matt Hussey is tied for 23rd with 14 points (6+7) and is tied for third with two game-winning goals.
- Colby Armstrong is tied for 16th overall with 15 points and is fourth with a plus-11 rating.
- Alain Nasreddine is third with a plus-12 rating.
- Dennis Bonvie is first overall with 113 penalty mintues.

TEAM LEAGUE LEADERS (all stats as of 10/31)
- Power-Play - the Penguins rank fourth overall with a 24.2 success rate (22 goals/91 chances).
- Penalty Killing - the Penguins are fifth overall at 87.3% (14 goals against/110 times shorthanded).

MILESTONES
- Head Coach Michel Therrien recorded his 200th victory in the American Hockey League with Saturday's 6-0 win in Portland. That game was also the 200th victory in Penguins franchise history.

ON THE AIR
All Penguins games can be heard live on Oldies 92 & 100, with Tom Grace calling the action.

ON THE WEB
All Penguins games can be seen live on the internet thanks to the B2 Network. Log on to www.wbspenguins.com to watch all Penguins home and road games live.

TICKETS
Full season, partial season, group and individual tickets for Penguins home games are now on sale. For more information, contact the Penguins at 570-208-7367 or log on to www.wbspenguins.com.

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