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Baby Penguins Update: December 15, 2016

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are presently tied for first place in the AHL Atlantic Division under coach Clark Donatelli with a record of 17-5-3 (37 points). The Baby Pens have scored 82 goals (fourth-best in the league) and allowed 52 (third fewest).

Youngsters Oskar Sundqvist and Jake Guentzel are tied for the team lead in scoring with 23 points each, followed by captain Tom Kostopoulos (18 points). Sundqvist and Guentzel pace the club with 11 and 10 goals, respectively. Kostopoulos and third-year pro Jean-Sebastien Dea are next in line with eight goals apiece. Guentzel heads the pack with 13 assists.

Newcomer Chad Ruhwedel and holdover David Warsofsky lead the defense with three goals and 13 points each. Guentzel has the best plus/minus (+14), with Cameron Gaunce, Sundqvist and Garrett Wilson a notch behind at plus-13. Wilkes-Barre native Patrick McGrath is the most penalized (44 PIM).

Tristan Jarry leads the goalies in games (17), minutes (1024), shutouts (1) and wins (11). Backup Casey DeSmith boasts the lowest goals against average (1.84) and best save percentage (.929).

SCORING
Player Age Pos GP G A PTS PIM +/-
Oskar Sundqvist 22 C 23 11 12 23 16 13
Jake Guentzel 21 C 20 10 13 23 4 14
Tom Kostopoulos 37 RW 25 8 10 18 19 5
Kevin Porter 30 C 23 6 10 16 8 1
Dominik Simon 22 C 22 4 11 15 8 -1
Garrett Wilson 25 LW 25 4 11 15 39 13
Carter Rowney 27 RW 18 5 8 13 9 8
Chad Ruhwedel 26 D 25 3 10 13 10 -1
David Warsofsky 26 D 16 3 10 13 12 4
Josh Archibald 23 RW 25 4 8 12 15 12
Jean-Sebastien Dea 22 C 24 8 3 11 19 2
Cameron Gaunce 26 D 25 1 5 6 26 13
Reid Gardiner 20 RW 20 3 2 5 4 -5
Ryan Haggerty 23 F 15 2 3 5 13 -1
Sahir Gill 24 C 14 0 5 5 2 -3
Ethan Prow 23 D 16 0 5 5 4 1
Steve Oleksy 30 D 10 1 3 4 12 1
Stuart Percy 23 D 10 1 3 4 4 5
Tim Erixon 25 D 12 1 2 3 8 3
Teddy Blueger 22 C 3 1 1 2 0 -2
Danny Kristo 26 RW 8 1 1 2 2 -2
Reid McNeill 24 D 14 1 1 2 21 2
Tom Sestito 28 LW 3 1 1 2 2 -2
Lukas Bengtsson 22 D 8 0 2 2 4 4
Jarrett Burton 25 F 12 1 0 1 10 -1
Thomas DiPauli 22 F 8 1 0 1 4 1
Bobby Goers 30 D 7 0 1 1 2 0
Tristan Jarry 21 G 17 0 1 1 0 0
Patrick McGrath 23 RW 11 0 1 1 44 -2
Casey DeSmith 25 G 8 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Krause 24 C 1 0 0 0 0 0
Derrick Pouliot 22 D 7 0 0 0 2 -4
GOALTENDING
Player Pos GP MIN GA SH AVE SVPCT W-L-OT
Casey DeSmith G 8 488 15 0 1.84 0.929 6-0-2
Tristan Jarry G 17 1024 36 1 2.11 0.923 11-5-1

 

Rick Buker

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