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Baby Penguins Update: November 10, 2017

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, coached by Clark Donatelli, are presently in third place in the AHL Atlantic Division with a record of 8-2-1 and 17 points. The Baby Pens have scored 44 goals (fourth most in the league) and allowed 30 (eighth fewest).

Rookie right wing Daniel Sprong leads Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in scoring with eight goals and 12 points. He’s currently tied for second in the American Hockey League in goals. Ryan Haggerty has five goals; Jean-Sebastien Dea, Thomas DiPauli and Gage Quinney have four apiece.

Third-year pro Dominik Simon ranks second among the Baby Pens with 10 points. Simon and defenseman Lukas Bengtsson are tied for the club lead with eight assists, one ahead of defenseman Kevin Czuczman.

Haggerty and Czuczman pace the team in plus/minus (plus-7), followed by Zach Aston-Reese and defenseman Andrey Pedan (plus-6).  Reese and Pedan top the Baby Pens in penalty minutes with 17 and 16 respectively.

Casey DeSmith leads the team’s goalies in all major categories, including games (6), minutes (374), goals against average (1.92), save percentage (.934), shutouts (1) and wins (5).

SCORING
Player Age Pos GP G A PTS PIM +/-
Daniel Sprong 20 RW 11 8 4 12 6 0
Dominik Simon 23 C 11 2 8 10 8 0
Lukas Bengtsson 23 D 11 0 8 8 4 4
Jean-Sebastien Dea 23 C 11 4 3 7 12 4
Christian Thomas 25 LW 9 3 4 7 4 -4
Kevin Czuczman 26 D 11 0 7 7 4 7
Thomas DiPauli 23 C 10 4 2 6 4 2
Gage Quinney 22 LW 7 4 2 6 0 2
Tom Sestito 29 LW 11 2 4 6 11 3
Garrett Wilson 26 LW 11 2 4 6 8 3
Ryan Haggerty 24 RW 4 5 0 5 2 7
Teddy Blueger 23 C 11 2 3 5 2 3
Adam Johnson 23 C 10 1 4 5 4 -2
Andrey Pedan 24 D 11 1 3 4 16 6
Zach Aston-Reese 23 RW 9 1 2 3 17 6
Tom Kostopoulos 38 RW 7 1 2 3 12 -1
Frank Corrado 24 D 6 1 1 2 4 4
Chris Summers 29 D 8 0 2 2 4 -1
Zach Trotman 27 D 5 0 2 2 2 1
Jarrett Burton 26 C 5 1 0 1 2 3
Casey DeSmith 26 G 6 0 1 1 0 0
Tristan Jarry 22 G 5 0 1 1 0 0
Colin Smith 24 C 2 0 1 1 2 2
Jarred Tinordi 25 D 2 0 1 1 2 1
Dylan Zink 24 D 5 0 1 1 2 1
Ethan Prow 24 D 4 0 0 0 2 -3
Frederik Tiffels 22 LW 3 0 0 0 2 0
Kevin Spinozzi 21 D 3 0 0 0 2 3
GOALTENDING
Player Pos GP MIN GA SH AVE SVPCT W-L-OT
Casey DeSmith G 6 374 12 1 1.92 0.934 5-0-1
Tristan Jarry G 5 302 16 0 3.18 0.897 3-2-0

 

Rick Buker

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