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Baby Penguins Update: February 11, 2017

Led by coach Clark Donatelli, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins presently are in first place in the AHL Atlantic Division with a record of 35-11-3 and 73 points—best in the league. The Baby Pens have scored 170 goals (second most in the league) and allowed 118 (fourth fewest).

Rookie Jake Guentzel leads the way with 21 goals and 42 points—second and fourth highest in the AHL, respectively. Veteran Tom Kostopoulos is second on team with 18 goals and 37 points. With nine goals and 15 points in his past 16 games, the Baby Pens captain has been on a tear.

On the flip side, prospect Oskar Sundqvist (three assists in his past 15 games) has cooled following a strong first half. The rangy Swede currently is third on the club with 14 goals and fourth in scoring with 33 points.

Fellow forwards Jean-Sebastien Dea (12), Josh Archibald and Garrett Wilson (11 apiece) and Carter Rowney (10) also have reached double figures in goals.

Defenseman David Warsofsky paces the defense with 35 points, including 10 goals and a team-best 25 assists. Warsofsky heads the AHL with a plus-30, followed by Archibald at plus-24.

Tom Sestito (97), Wilson (74) and Wilkes-Barre native Patrick McGrath (61) lead the Baby Pens in penalty minutes.

Tristan Jarry tops the team’s goalies in all major categories, including games (30), minutes (1807), goals against average (2.26), save percentage (.920), shutouts (1) and wins (21).

SCORING
Player Age Pos GP G A PTS PIM +/-
Jake Guentzel 21 LW 33 21 21 42 12 21
Tom Kostopoulos 37 RW 49 18 19 37 27 2
David Warsofsky 26 D 34 10 25 35 24 30
Oskar Sundqvist 22 C 43 14 19 33 26 15
Kevin Porter 30 C 45 8 23 31 35 0
Garrett Wilson 25 LW 49 11 18 29 74 16
Dominik Simon 22 C 46 6 20 26 16 -2
Josh Archibald 23 RW 48 11 11 22 33 24
Carter Rowney 27 RW 26 10 11 21 15 6
Jean-Sebastien Dea 22 C 47 12 8 20 29 9
Teddy Blueger 22 C 27 5 11 16 8 15
Chad Ruhwedel 26 D 28 4 12 16 12 0
Tom Sestito 28 LW 25 6 9 15 97 4
Cameron Gaunce 26 D 45 2 11 13 36 12
Ryan Haggerty 23 RW 32 7 5 12 33 2
Danny Kristo 26 RW 28 6 5 11 8 6
Tim Erixon 25 D 29 3 8 11 8 6
Derrick Pouliot 22 D 25 3 8 11 10 6
Sahir Gill 24 C 27 2 9 11 6 1
Ethan Prow 23 D 35 1 9 10 14 -2
Stuart Percy 23 D 32 1 7 8 16 6
Reid Gardiner 20 RW 23 3 3 6 4 -4
Lukas Bengtsson 22 D 16 1 5 6 6 14
Steve Oleksy 30 D 14 1 4 5 16 4
Reid McNeill 24 D 14 1 1 2 21 2
Bobby Goers 30 D 18 0 2 2 6 -2
Jarrett Burton 25 C 13 1 0 1 10 -2
Thomas DiPauli 22 C 8 1 0 1 4 1
Tristan Jarry 21 G 30 0 1 1 2 0
Patrick McGrath 23 RW 18 0 1 1 61 -1
Doug Carr 27 G 2 0 0 0 0 0
Casey DeSmith 25 G 18 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Krause 24 C 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brett Stern 24 D 4 0 0 0 0 0
GOALTENDING
Player Pos GP MIN GA SH AVE SVPCT W-L-OT
Tristan Jarry G 30 1807 68 1 2.26 0.920 21-8-1
Casey DeSmith G 18 1069 42 0 2.36 0.909 13-3-2
Doug Carr G 2 80 4 0 3.00 0.897 1-0-0
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