AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

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April 16, 2013 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins News Release


LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

Saturday, April 13, Penguins 3, ICECAPS 0

Dominik Uher notched the first multi-goal game of his pro career and Jeff Zatkoff gathered his fifth shutout of the season as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins downed the St. John's IceCaps, 3-0, at Mile One Centre.

Uher broke a scoreless tie with 2:09 left in the first period, deflecting home his second goal of the season. He then doubled the Penguins' lead at 9:08 of the second with a veritable carbon copy of his first tally. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton added its third goal of the match 2:14 later on Paul Thompson's 19th of the year.

Jeff Zatkoff made 18 saves for his seventh straight win and second shutout in a row.

Sunday, April 14, Penguins 5, ICECAPS 4 (OT)

Chad Kolarik continued his recent hot streak, notching his second hat trick of the season and the game-winning goal in overtime as the Penguins swept the weekend set with a 5-4 win over the IceCaps.

After St. John's Will O'Neill broke a 3-3 tie at 11:54 of the third period, Kolarik took matters into his own hands. Less than three minutes later, Kolarik had evened the contest again with his 30th goal of the season. His end-to-end rush and wrist shot tally at 2:09 of the overtime gave Wilkes-Barre/Scranton the victory.

Alex Grant registered two assists and Trevor Smith chipped in a goal and an assist. Dominik Uher netted his third marker in two games. Goalie Brad Thiessen stopped 19-of-23 to go to 16-11-2 on the season.

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, April 19, 7:05 PM - PENGUINS vs. Sharks - 102.3 the Mountain

Worcester (30-33-4-6) was officially eliminated from playoff contention after an overtime loss on Saturday versus the Norfolk Admirals. The Sharks have just one win in their last 12 games (1-8-3-0) and are in fourth place in the Atlantic Division. Worcester has been outscored 49-83 in the second period, but opponents only hold a 124-125 edge in the other two periods combined.

Sunday, April 20, 7:05 PM - PENGUINS vs. Monarchs - 102.3 the Mountain, MyNetworkTV

Manchester (35-31-3-4) is currently vying for the final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference, two points behind the eight seed with three games left to play. The Monarchs have won four in a row with goaltender Martin Jones getting all four victories and allowing only seven goals. Manchester has scored the most second-period goals this season (83). Linden Vey is tied for fourth in the league in assists (44) and points (65)

PENGUINS TEAM LEADERS as of 4/16/13...

PLAYER GP G A PTS

Chad Kolarik 74 31 36 67

Trevor Smith 73 23 29 52

Riley Holzapfel 74 19 30 49

Derek Nesbitt 66 26 21 47

Brian Gibbons 68 8 21 28

GOALIE GP REC SO GAA SV%

Jeff Zatkoff 48 26-19-0 5 1.91 .921

Brad Thiessen 31 16-11-2 4 2.70 .902

EAST DIVISION STANDINGS as of 4/16/13...

TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS

1. Syracuse Crunch 73 41 21 6 5 93

2. Binghamton Senators 73 42 23 1 6 92

3. PENGUINS 74 42 28 2 2 88

4. Norfolk Admirals 73 37 31 4 1 49

5. Hershey Bears 73 34 30 3 6 79

ICE CHIPS...

- In Sunday's overtime win versus the IceCaps, Chad Kolarik potted his second hat trick of the season and his team-leading seventh game-winning goal. He has recorded three of the team's last four game-winning tallies. Kolarik has also totaled 15 points (8g-7a) in his last 10 contests.

- Kolarik now ranks third in the AHL in both points (67) and goals (31) and is second with 15 power play goals.

- Jeff Zatkoff picked up his fifth shutout of the season on Saturday at St. John's while winning his seventh straight start. The Penguins goalie has recorded back-to-back shutouts with a scoreless streak of 126:44. He also leads the league with a 1.91 goals against average.

- After notching just one goal in his previous 49 games, Dominik Uher picked up three in two games over the weekend against the IceCaps.

- Defenseman Alex Grant has compiled seven points (2g-5a) in his last five games.

- The Penguin's overtime win on Sunday over St. John's was their league-leading seventh of the season.

- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton clinched their 11th consecutive playoff appearance on Saturday - the longest active streak in the AHL.

PENGUINS RECENT TRANSACTIONS...

04/16/2013 Peter Merth D ADD Signed to PTO

04/10/2013 Derek Nesbitt LW ADD Traded from Peoria (AHL)

CHILLIN' WITH THE PENGUINS TAPING ON THURSDAY...

The next CHILLIN' WITH THE PENGUINS taping will be held at 6:00pm on Thursday, Apr. 18 with Brian Gibbons and Dominik Uher as this week's guests. Admission to each taping is free. The show will be taped in front of a live audience inside the Ice Rink at Coal Street Park (40 Coal Street in Wilkes-Barre) and aired on MyNetworkTV this season at 6:30 P.M. on the Saturdays of that week's taping.

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