PENGUINS WEEKLY RELEASE

Issue #15 January 26, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 26, 2015

Contact: Mike OBrien

(570) 208-7367

Penguins Head Into All-Star Break On A Three-Game Winning

Streak

Home win against St. Johns and road sweep at Norfolk has W-B/Scranton hot heading
into break
Ice Chips

Weekly Rewind
Wed., Jan 21 PENGUINS 5 vs. St. Johns 1
Conor Sheary scored two goals as the Penguins
defeated the IceCaps at Mohegan Sun Arena at
Casey Plaza, 5-1. Tom Kostopoulos and Bobby
Farnham struck 1:27 apart early in the first period
to give W-B/Scranton a 2-0 lead.
Sheary
converted at 4:20 of the second and :59 of the
third period.
Fri., Jan 23 Penguins 4 at NORFOLK 2
Scott Wilson netted the tiebreaking goal with
9:50 left in regulation as the Penguins skated
past Norfolk, 4-2. Andrew Ebbett scored twice in
his first game with W-B/Scranton since Nov. 26.
His first goal tied the score, 2-2, with 38 seconds
left in the second period, and his empty-net goal
iced the contest. Conor Sheary scored at 4:19 of
the first period for his third goal in two games.
Sat., Jan 24 Penguins 3 at NORFOLK 2 (OT)
Tom Kostopoulos scored 3:08 into overtime as the
Penguins completed the two-game sweep with a
3-2 win over the Admirals. Scott Wilson scored in
his fourth straight game to give the Penguins a
brief 2-1 lead with 9:05 left in regulation.

- Conor Shearys two-goal performance on

Wednesday vs. St. Johns was his first multi-goal
game as a professional.
- Sheary leads the Penguins and sits fourth
among rookies with 13 goals.
- Matt Murray leads rookie goaltenders and is
third in the league in goals against average
(1.98).
- Scott Wilson is tied for the rookie lead in plusminus with a +14 rating.
- After not giving up a shorthanded goal in its first
21 home games of the season, W-B/Scranton has
surrendered such goals in each of its last two
home games.
- Wilson has scored goals in four straight games
and also totaled seven points over that span (5G,
2A).

STANDINGS
TEAM
GP
1. Hershey
41
2. PENGUINS 44
3. Lehigh Valley
4. Binghamton
5. Norfolk
43

W
23
23
41
41
16

L
OTL SOL
13 4
1
17 1
3
20 16
4
17 19
4
22 3
2

PTS
51
50
1 45
1 39
37

TEAM LEADERS

The Week Ahead

Fri., Jan 30 Penguins at SPRINGFIELD
The Falcons (26-14-4-0) sit in second place in the
Northeast Division, one point behind Syracuse.
Kerby Rychel (12G-14A) and T.J. Tynan (5G-21A)
are tied for seventh among AHL rookies with 26
points, while Tynan is third among rookies in
assists (21).

PLAYERS
Tom Kostopoulos
Derrick Pouliot
Conor Sheary
Andrew Ebbett
Jean-Sebastien Dea
Scott Wilson

Sat., Jan 31 PENGUINS vs. Lehigh Valley

PLAYER

DATE

DATE
LOCATION
TIME
Wed, Jan. 21
Pre-game
Mohegan Sun Arena
10:00am
Game Penguins vs. St. Johns
7:05pm
Thu, Jan. 22
Practice
Norfolk
Scope
TBA
Fri, Jan. 23 Pre-game
Norfolk
Scope
11:15am
Game Penguins at Norfolk7:30pm
Sat, Jan. 24 Pre-game
Norfolk
Scope
11:15am
Game Penguins at Norfolk7:15pm

UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE

OPPONENT
LOCATION TIME
Fri., Jan 30 Springfield MassMutual Center
7:00pm
Sat., Jan 31 Lehigh Valley
Mohegan Sun Arena
7:05pm

TRANSACTIONS
Jan.
PIT
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.

20 DEL LW Bobby Farnham

Recalled by

16 DEL D Scott Harrington Recalled by PIT

16 ADD LW Scott Wilson
Returned by PIT
15 DEL LW Sahir Gill
Released from

GP
41
27
35
19
37
26

GP W-L-T

G
8
7
13
7
9
8

A
14
15
7
13
10
11

GAA SO

PRACTICE SCHEDULE

PTS
22
22
20
20
19
19
SV%