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Baby Penguins Update: January 8, 2017

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are presently in first place in the AHL Atlantic Division under coach Clark Donatelli with a record of 24-7-3 and 51 points—the highest total in the league. The Baby Pens have scored 117 goals (tied for third-best in the league) and allowed 77 (second fewest).

Rookie Jake Guentzel leads the way with a league-high 19 goals and 38 points—second in the AHL behind Chicago forward and former Pens draft pick Kenneth Agostino. Oskar Sundqvist, runner-up in Baby Pens scoring with 30 points—is tied for fifth in the league with 14 goals. Ageless captain Tom Kostopoulos has 10 goals.

Defenseman David Warsofsky paces the defense with 26 points, including a team-best 21 assists. Warsofsky tops the AHL with a plus-22, followed by Guentzel (+21) and fellow left wing Garrett Wilson (+19). Speedy right wing Josh Archibald is fifth in the league in plus/minus (+17).

Wilson has the most penalty minutes (45), just ahead Wilkes-Barre native Patrick McGrath with 44.

Tristan Jarry leads the Baby Pens’ goalies in all major categories, including games (20), minutes (1204), goals against average (2.14), save percentage (.921), shutouts (1) and wins (14).

SCORING
Player Age Pos GP G A PTS PIM +/-
Jake Guentzel 21 LW 29 19 19 38 8 21
Oskar Sundqvist 22 C 32 14 16 30 18 15
David Warsofsky 26 D 23 5 21 26 18 22
Tom Kostopoulos 37 RW 34 10 13 23 19 4
Garrett Wilson 25 LW 34 8 13 21 45 19
Kevin Porter 30 C 31 6 14 20 29 2
Dominik Simon 22 C 31 4 13 17 10 -5
Josh Archibald 23 RW 34 7 9 16 23 17
Chad Ruhwedel 26 D 27 4 11 15 10 0
Carter Rowney 27 RW 18 5 8 13 9 8
Jean-Sebastien Dea 22 C 33 8 4 12 21 4
Tom Sestito 28 LW 10 4 3 7 23 1
Ryan Haggerty 23 RW 21 3 4 7 25 0
Cameron Gaunce 26 D 34 2 5 7 32 5
Sahir Gill 24 C 17 1 6 7 2 -2
Teddy Blueger 22 C 12 3 3 6 4 2
Reid Gardiner 20 RW 23 3 3 6 4 -4
Lukas Bengtsson 22 D 16 1 5 6 6 14
Tim Erixon 25 D 20 1 5 6 8 5
Stuart Percy 23 D 17 1 5 6 6 5
Danny Kristo 26 RW 15 3 2 5 4 1
Ethan Prow 23 D 22 0 5 5 4 -6
Steve Oleksy 30 D 10 1 3 4 12 1
Derrick Pouliot 22 D 12 0 3 3 4 2
Reid McNeill 24 D 14 1 1 2 21 2
Jarrett Burton 25 C 13 1 0 1 10 -2
Thomas DiPauli 22 C 8 1 0 1 4 1
Bobby Goers 30 D 9 0 1 1 2 -2
Tristan Jarry 21 G 20 0 1 1 2 0
Patrick McGrath 23 RW 12 0 1 1 44 -3
Doug Carr 27 G 2 0 0 0 0 0
Casey DeSmith 25 G 13 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Krause 24 C 1 0 0 0 0 0
GOALTENDING
Player Pos GP MIN GA SH AVE SVPCT W-L-OT
Tristan Jarry G 20 1204 43 1 2.14 0.921 14-5-1
Casey DeSmith G 13 769 29 0 2.27 0.915 9-2-2
Doug Carr G 2 80 4 0 3.00 0.897 1-0-0

 

Rick Buker

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