Here’s a quick glance at how the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are doing. The Baby Pens have a record of 7-2-2, good for first place in the East Division (AHL Eastern Conference). Stats are updated through November 5, 2011.
| Forwards and Defensemen | ||||||||
| Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
| Bryan Lerg | LW | 25 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 8 |
| Eric Tangradi | LW | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 3 |
| Brian Gibbons | C | 23 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| Colin McDonald | RW | 26 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| Jason Williams | C | 31 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Geoff Walker | RW | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 |
| Niko Dimitrakos | C | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Brian Strait | D | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Thompson | LW | 22 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Brandon DeFazio | F | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Nick Petersen | RW | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Alexandre Picard | D | 26 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Carl Sneep | D | 23 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Joey Mormina | D | 29 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 |
| Simon Despres | D | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 |
| Zack Sill | LW | 23 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Cody Chupp | F | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Ben Street | C | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Alex Grant | D | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Philip Samuelsson | D | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Robert Bortuzzo | D | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Ryan Craig | C | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Devin DiDiomete | LW | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Matt Rust | C | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Ryan Schnell | F | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Cody Wild | D | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Goalies | ||||||||
| Player | Pos | Age | GP | MINS | GA | SH | AVG | |
| Brad Thiessen | G | 25 | 10 | 567 | 17 | 2 | 1.80 | |
| Scott Munroe | G | 29 | 2 | 105 | 5 | 1 | 2.86 | |
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