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Baby Penguins Update: March 13, 2017

Coached by Clark Donatelli, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins presently are in first place in the AHL Atlantic Division with a record of 41-17-3 and 85 points—best in the league. The Baby Pens have scored 205 goals (fifth most in the league) and allowed 146 (third fewest).

Tom Kostopoulos leads the Baby Pens with 45 points. The veteran captain is tied with rookie Jake Guentzel for the club goal-scoring lead with 21 apiece. Defenseman David Warsofsky is second in assists and points, with 29 and 43 respectively. Kevin Porter leads the team with 30 assists. He’s fourth on the scoring list (40 points), two points behind Guentzel.

With 13 points (3+10) in his last 13 games, Porter has been the hottest Baby Pen of late. Dominik Simon has 12 points in his last 13 games, including six goals. Warsofsky has six goals and 11 points in his past 14 games. The Massachusetts native is fifth among AHL defensemen in points and tied for second in the league in plus/minus (+28). Josh Archibald ranks fourth in the circuit at plus-26.

Tom Sestito (121) tops the Baby Pens in penalty minutes—fifth most in the league.

Tristan Jarry continues to pace the team’s goalies in all major categories, including games (38), minutes (2286), goals against average (2.28), save percentage (.921), shutouts (1) and wins (24).

SCORING
Player	Age	Pos	GP	G		A		PTS		PIM		+/-
Tom Kostopoulos	37	RW	61	21		24		45		37		5
David Warsofsky	26	D	46	14		29		43		28		28
Jake Guentzel	21	LW	33	21		21		42		12		21
Kevin Porter	30	C	57	10		30		40		46		0
Oskar Sundqvist	22	C	53	16		23		39		44		11
Dominik Simon	22	C	58	11		26		37		16		4
Jean-Sebastien Dea	22	C	59	16		13		29		47		11
Garrett Wilson	25	LW	51	11		18		29		74		16
Josh Archibald	23	RW	57	14		13		27		37		26
Teddy Blueger	22	C	39	5		17		22		16		18
Carter Rowney	27	RW	26	10		11		21		15		6
Derrick Pouliot	22	D	35	6		12		18		22		12
Sahir Gill	24	C	38	5		12		17		6		4
Tom Sestito	28	LW	33	6		10		16		121		4
Chad Ruhwedel	26	D	28	4		12		16		12		0
Cameron Gaunce	26	D	49	2		11		13		38		15
Ryan Haggerty	23	RW	43	7		6		13		37		0
Tim Erixon	25	D	40	3		10		13		18		4
Ethan Prow	23	D	46	1		11		12		20		-3
Danny Kristo	26	RW	32	6		5		11		10		2
Bobby Goers	30	D	28	3		6		9		6		7
Stuart Percy	23	D	37	1		7		8		18		6
Jarrett Burton	25	C	25	4		2		6		27		-3
Reid Gardiner	20	RW	23	3		3		6		4		-4
Lukas Bengtsson	22	D	16	1		5		6		6		14
Steve Oleksy	30	D	16	1		4		5		16		4
Reid McNeill	24	D	14	1		1		2		21		2
Patrick McGrath	23	RW	24	0		2		2		85		0
Thomas DiPauli	22	C	12	1		0		1		10		1
Casey DeSmith	25	G	22	0		1		1		0		0
Tristan Jarry	21	G	38	0		1		1		2		0
Adam Krause	24	C	3	0		1		1		0		3
Doug Carr	27	G	2	0		0		0		0		0
Frankie Corrado	23	D	5	0		0		0		4		-1
Christian Hilbrich	24	LW	5	0		0		0		0		-1
Brett Stern	24	D	6	0		0		0		0		-1
GOALTENDING
Player	Pos	GP	MIN	GA	SH		AVE		SVPCT		W-L-OT
Tristan Jarry	G	38	2286	87	1		2.28		0.921		24-13-1
Casey DeSmith	G	22	1307	50	0		2.29		0.912		16-4-2
Doug Carr	G	2	80	4	0		3.00		0.897		1-0-0