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 | ||||
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