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PENGUINS WEEKLY – 3/19/24

PENGUINS WEEKLY - 3/19/24

Star Wars Night highlights upcoming three-in-three weekend for Penguins

WEEKLY – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (31-20-8-1) in tight race for seeding in Atlantic Division playoff picture

 

Penguins 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 LEADERS

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