Star Wars Night Highlights Upcoming Three-In-Three Weekend for Penguins
March 19, 2024 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins News Release
Weekly Rewind
Wednesday, Mar. 13 - PENGUINS 3 vs. Lehigh Valley 0
Jagger Joshua nabbed the first two-goal game of his career while Joel Blomqvist turned away 23 shots for his first AHL shutout. Corey Andonovski also tacked on two assists.
Sunday, Mar. 17 - PENGUINS 2 at Cleveland 3 (OT)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton used goals by Vinnie Hinostroza and Sam Poulin to build a late, third-period lead. However, Cleveland scored with an extra attacker and then again on a power play in overtime to snatch a stunning victory. The Penguins doubled the Monsters in shots, 34-17.
Monday, Mar. 18 - PENGUINS 5 at Cleveland 2
Radim Zohorna put on a show, scoring a hat trick and adding an assist for the first four-point game of his career. Naturally, Zohorna took home first-star honors, but Jack St. Ivany also generated three assists, and Jagger Joshua earned a "Gordie Howe hat trick" with a goal, an assist and a fight.
The Week Ahead
Friday, Mar. 22 - PENGUINS at Syracuse
The Penguins start their three-in-three weekend by heading up to Syracuse, where they shut-out the Crunch on Nov. 10. The Crunch are 6-2-1-0 (.722) in their last nine games.
Saturday, Mar. 23 - PENGUINS vs. Utica
Star Wars Night at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza will feature the Penguins wearing Ahsoka-themed sweaters, which will be auctioned off to benefit the Allied Service Foundation.
Sunday, Mar. 24 - PENGUINS at Lehigh Valley
The ninth game in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's season series with Lehigh Valley wraps up this three-in-three. The Penguins and Phantoms have split their series at four wins apiece, but the Black & Gold are 3-0-0-1 (.875) at PPL Center.
Ice Chips
- Joel Blomqvist is the fifth goalie in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton franchise history to amass 20 wins in his rookie season, joining Marc-André Fleury (2004-05), John Curry (2007-08), Matt Murray (2014-15) and Casey DeSmith (2016-17).
- Radim Zohorna's hat trick was the Penguins' first of the season and first since Sam Poulin potted three goals against the Laval Rocket on Mar. 13, 2022.
- Zohorna has 14 points (6G-8A) in his last 11 games.
- Poulin has 14 points (5G-9A) in his last 13 games.
- Jagger Joshua has four points (3G-1A) in his last three games.
DIVISION STANDINGS
TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS Pts%
1. Hershey 60 44 11 0 5 93 .775
2. Providence 59 36 18 3 2 77 .653
3. PENGUINS 60 31 20 8 1 71 .592
4. Charlotte 60 31 23 6 0 68 .567
5. Hartford 58 29 20 7 2 67 .578
6. Lehigh Valley 58 26 24 5 3 60 .517
7. Springfield 59 27 27 3 2 59 .500
8. Bridgeport 60 20 33 6 1 47 .392
TEAM LEADERS
SKATERS GP G A PTS
Ty Smith 56 9 28 37
Alex NylanderX 43 17 15 32
Vasily Ponomarev 44 9 21 30
Sam Poulin 33 13 13 26
Vinnie Hinostroza 32 12 14 26
Peter Abbandonato 45 8 18 26
GOALIES GP W-L-OT GAA SV% Shutouts
Joel Blomqvist* 37 20-9-6 2.14 .918 0
Magnus HellbergX 19 9-8-2 2.92 .905 0
* = rookie
X = no longer on roster
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME
Fri, Mar. 22 Syracuse Upstate Medical Arena 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Mar. 23 Utica Mohegan Sun Arena 6:05 p.m.
Sun, Mar. 24 Lehigh Valley PPL Center 3:05 p.m.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Fri, Mar. 15 (D) Jack. St. Ivany Recalled to PIT
Fri, Mar. 15 (D) Ryan Shea Reassigned by PIT
Mon, Mar. 18 (D) Jack St. Ivany Reassigned by PIT
Tue, Mar. 19 (C) Jonathan Gruden Recalled to PIT
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