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Baby Penguins Update: December 26, 2015

Including games played through Christmas Day, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Baby Pens lead the AHL Atlantic Division with a 21-5-1 record and 43 points (second overall). They’ve scored 98 goals (third most in the league) and allowed the second fewest (53).

Rookie Dominik Simon leads the Baby Pens with 27 points. He ranks fourth in the AHL in scoring. Scott Wilson has 15 goals—tied for the league lead. Conor Sheary tops the team 19 assists, good for fourth place among AHL setup men. Wilson, Simon, and fellow forwards Jean-Sebastien Dea, Tom Kostopoulos and Carter Rowney presently are on pace for 20-goal seasons.

Derrick Pouliot leads all Baby Pens defensemen in goals (5), assists (12), and points (17). Rowney and Niclas Andersen head the list at plus-16. Steve Oleksy has 49 PIM.

Recent addition Brian Foster posted the lowest goals-against average (1.44), followed closely by rookie Tristan Jarry (1.50). Mainstay Matt Murray is tops among goalies in wins (12) and shutouts (4).

The Baby Pens enter the New Year under a brand-new coach. Former NHL player and Wheeling Nailers coach Clark Donatelli will assume the reins from associate coach Jay Leach, who guided the Baby Pens to a 3-0-1 mark after Mike Sullivan was promoted to Pittsburgh.

SCORING
Player Age Pos GP G A PTS PIM +/-
Dominik Simon 21 C 27 11 16 27 16 14
Conor Sheary 23 LW 24 6 19 25 4 8
Scott Wilson 23 LW 25 15 9 24 12 8
Derrick Pouliot 21 D 26 5 12 17 16 13
Tom Kostopoulos 36 RW 26 7 9 16 26 -2
Carter Rowney 26 RW 26 7 9 16 8 16
Jean-Sebastien Dea 21 C 27 8 7 15 10 10
Kael Mouillierat 27 C 25 6 9 15 30 6
Will O’Neill 27 D 26 4 11 15 18 6
Oskar Sundqvist 21 C 27 5 8 13 10 1
Tom Kuhnhackl 23 RW 17 6 6 12 16 11
Tim Erixon 24 D 23 2 9 11 8 10
Kevin Porter 29 C 16 5 4 9 4 11
Niclas Andersen 27 D 24 2 6 8 10 16
Steve Oleksy 29 D 23 0 7 7 49 11
David Warsofsky 25 D 13 2 4 6 6 5
Dominik Uher 22 C 27 1 5 6 27 2
Bryan Rust 23 RW 10 1 3 4 0 -4
Josh Archibald 22 RW 22 0 4 4 12 11
Matia Marcantuoni 21 C 5 1 2 3 0 0
Ty Loney 23 LW 5 0 3 3 0 2
Clark Seymour 22 D 4 2 0 2 7 3
Tyler Biggs 22 RW 5 1 1 2 9 1
Tom Sestito 27 LW 9 1 1 2 16 1
Matt Murray 21 G 17 0 2 2 0 0
Reid McNeill 23 D 23 0 2 2 28 6
Tristan Jarry 20 G 9 0 1 1 0 0
Sahir Gill 23 F 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Foster 28 G 2 0 0 0 0 0
GOALTENDING
Player Age Pos GP MIN GA SH AVE WLOT
Brian Foster 28 G 2 125 3 1 1.44 1-0-1
Tristan Jarry 20 G 9 519 13 2 1.50 8-1-0
Matt Murray 21 G 17 981 30 4 1.84 12-4-0
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