Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

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Franchise history
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

City:	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
League:	American Hockey League
Conference:	Eastern Conference
Division:	East Division
Founded:	1999
Home Arena:	Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza
Colors:	Black, Gold, Red, White
Owner(s):	Ron Burkle Mario Lemieux
General Manager:	Ray Shero
Head Coach:	Dan Bylsma
Media:	Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Scranton Times-Tribune 102.3 The Mountain WDMT-FM
Affiliates:	Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)
1981 to 1988:	Fredericton Express
1988 to 1993:	Halifax Citadels
1993 to 1996:	Cornwall Aces
1999 to present:	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Championships
Division Championships:	2 (2005–06, 2007–08)
Conference Championships:	3 (2000–01, 2003–04, 2007–08)

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are the American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins. They play in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza.

1 History
2 Season-by-season results
- 2.1 Regular Season
- 2.2 Playoffs
3 Current Roster
4 Team Records
- 4.1 Single Season
- 4.2 Career
5 AHL Records
6 AHL awards and trophies
7 In Popular Culture
8 Notable Penguins
9 External links

History

The Pittsburgh Penguins' top minor league affiliate throughout the 1990s had been the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the IHL. However, in the mid 1990s, the IHL began moving away from being a developmental league and more towards being a top independent minor league. For this reason, the Penguins wanted their top minor league affiliate in the AHL. The Penguins purchased the dormant Cornwall Aces AHL franchise from the Colorado Avalanche in 1996, but left the team inactive until the 1999–2000 season when it was placed in Wilkes-Barre. The team is affectionately referred to as "The Baby Penguins" by fans. The WBS Pens have gone to the Calder Cup Final three times in their nine year existence, most recently in 2008 by way of beating the Portland Pirates in a thrilling seven games series in the Eastern Conference finals; the Penguins took game seven by a score of 3-2 after being down in the series three games to two. They went on to play the Chicago Wolves in the final, but lost the series 4-2. Their mascot is Tux the penguin, who wears number #99 in reference to the first year the Pens played.

Season-by-season results

Regular Season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing
1999–00	80	23	43	9	5	—	60	236	306	5th, Empire State
2000–01	80	36	33	9	2	—	83	252	248	2nd, Mid-Atlantic
2001–02	80	20	44	13	3	—	56	201	274	4th, South
2002–03	80	36	32	7	5	—	84	245	248	3rd, South
2003–04	80	34	28	10	8	—	86	197	197	3rd, East
2004–05	80	39	27	—	7	7	92	227	219	4th, East
2005–06	80	51	18	—	5	6	113	249	178	1st, East
2006–07	80	51	23	—	2	4	108	276	221	2nd, East
2007–08	80	47	26	—	3	4	101	223	187	1st, East

Playoffs

Season	Prelim	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
1999–00	Out of Playoffs
2000–01	—	W, 3–2, SYR	W, 4–2, PHIL	W, 4–0, HER	L, 2–4,SJNB
2001–02	Out of Playoffs
2002–03	W, 2–0, UT	L, 1–3, GR	—	—	—
2003–04	—	W, 4–3, BRI	W, 4–2, PHIL	W, 4–3, HART	L, 0–4,MIL
2004–05	—	W, 4–2, BING	L, 1–4, PHIL	—	—
2005–06	—	W, 4–3, BRI	L, 0–4, HER	—	—
2006–07	—	W, 4–2, NOR	L, 1–4, HER	—	—
2007–08	—	W, 4–1, HER	W, 4–1, PHIL	W, 4-3 PORT	L, 2-4, CHI

Current Roster

As of August 23, 2008.

Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Place of Birth
30	David Brown	L	Stoney Creek, Ontario
1	John Curry	L	Shorewood, Minnesota
—	Adam Berkhoel	L	Woodbury, Minnesota

Defensemen
#	Player	Shoots	Place of Birth
4	Jon D'Aversa	L	Richmond Hill, Ontario
5	Deryk Engelland	R	Chetwynd, British Columbia
13	Alex Goligoski	R	Grand Rapids, Minnesota
6	Ben Lovejoy	R	Canaan, New Hampshire
—	Reid Cashman	L	Red Wing, Minnesota
—	T. J. Kemp	L	Pickering, Ontario
—	Joey Mormina	L	Montreal, Quebec
—	Danny Richmond	L	Chicago, Illinois

Forwards
#	Player	Position	Shoots	Place of Birth
20	Paul Bissonnette	LW/D	L	Welland, Ontario
36	Aaron Boogaard	RW	R	Regina, Saskatchewan
19	Luca Caputi	LW	R	Toronto, Ontario
26	Jean-Michel Daoust	RW	R	Valleyfield, Quebec
18	Jonathan Filewich	RW	R	Kelowna, British Columbia
15	David Gove	C	L	Centerville, Massachusetts
16	Ned Havern	LW	L	Arlington, Massachusetts
9	Connor James	C	R	Calgary, Alberta
21	Dustin Jeffrey	C	L	Sarnia, Ontario
28	Nick Johnson	RW	L	Calgary, Alberta
10	Mark Letestu	C	R	Elk Point, Alberta
14	Chris Minard	C	L	Owen Sound, Ontario
33	Kyle Rank	RW	R	Elmira, Ontario
23	Ryan Stone	C	L	Calgary, Alberta
22	Jeff Taffe	C	L	Hastings, Minnesota
24	Tim Wallace	LW	R	Anchorage, Alaska
—	Kris Beech	C	L	Salmon Arm, British Columbia
-	Tommy Goebel	RW	R	Parma, OH
—	Adam Henrich	LW	L	Thornhill, Ontario
—	Janne Pesonen	LW	L	Suomussalmi, Finland
-	Bill Thomas	RW	R	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
—	Keven Veilleux	C	R	Saint-Georges, Quebec

Team Records

Single Season

Goals: 31 Michel Ouellet (2004–05)

Assists: 48 Kris Beech (2004–05)

Points: 67 Toby Petersen (2000–01)

Penalty Minutes: 431 Dennis Bonvie (2005–06)

GAA: 2.26 Dany Sabourin (2005–06)

SV%: .922 Rich Parent (2000–01) and Dany Sabourin (2005–06)

Career

Career Goals: 97 Tom Kostopoulos

Career Assists: 149 Tom Kostopoulos

Career Points: 246 Tom Kostopoulos

Career Penalty Minutes: 1081 Dennis Bonvie

Career Goaltending Wins: 45 Sebastien Caron

Career Shutouts: 8 Sebastien Caron

Career Games: 318 Tom Kostopoulos

AHL Records

As of the 2006–07 AHL Season. Data from the AHL Hall of Fame Website. [1]

Team

Longest Road Winning Streak (one season): 13 (October 9, 2005 December 3, 2005) (tied)

Other Team Logos

10th Anivsary Logo http://apps.wbspenguins.com/messageboards/logo.gif Team Logo( 1999-2002) http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n98/ENGCAPT 2006/Wilkes-barre scranton penguins 200x.png

Player

Most Points by a Defenceman, Career: 486 John Slaney (Baltimore, Portland, Cornwall, W.B./Scr., Phila.)

Most Goals by a Defenceman, Career: 157 John Slaney (Baltimore, Portland, Cornwall, W.B./Scr., Phila.)

Most Goals by a Defenceman, Season: 30 John Slaney Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (1999–2000)

Most PIM, Career: 4,104 Dennis Bonvie (Cape Breton, Hamilton, Portland, Phila., W.B./Scr., Providence, Binghamton, Hershey)

Most PIM, Game: 64 Steve Parsons (March 17, 2002 vs. Syracuse)

AHL awards and trophies

As of the 2007–08 AHL Season. Data from the AHL Hall of Fame Website. [2]

In Popular Culture

In the hit television show, "The Office", Dwight gives Michael a Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins jersey with "FROM DWIGHT" embroidered on the back of the jersey.
On "The Office", Michael Scott, portrayed by actor Steve Carrel, is a fan of the WB/S Penguins.

Notable Penguins

External links

v • d • e American Hockey League

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Trophies & awards	Calder Cup · Les Cunningham Award · John B. Sollenberger Trophy · Willie Marshall Award · Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award · Eddie Shore Award · Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award · Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award · Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award · Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award · Yanick Dupre Memorial Award · Jack A. Butterfield Trophy · Richard F. Canning Trophy · Robert W. Clarke Trophy · Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy · Frank Mathers Trophy · Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy · Emile Francis Trophy · F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy · Sam Pollock Trophy · John D. Chick Trophy · James C. Hendy Memorial Award · Thomas Ebright Memorial Award · James H. Ellery Memorial Awards · Ken McKenzie Award · Michael Condon Memorial Award

Related articles: List of AHL seasons · Other Professional Hockey leagues

v • d • e

Pittsburgh Penguins

Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Franchise

Seasons • Records • Owners • Players • Coaches • GMs • Team MVPs • Draft picks

Arenas

Mellon Arena • Unnamed New Pittsburgh Arena

Culture / Lore

Iceburgh • Winter Classic • The Save • 1967 Expansion

Important Figures

Players: Tom Barrasso • Les Binkley • Dave Burrows • Paul Coffey • Sidney Crosby • Marc-André Fleury • Ron Francis • Sergei Gonchar • Jaromír Jágr • Rick Kehoe • Mario Lemieux • Evgeni Malkin • Joe Mullen • Larry Murphy • Jean Pronovost • Ulf Samuelsson • Kevin Stevens • Bryan Trottier • Builders: Scotty Bowman • Herb Brooks • "Badger" Bob Johnson • Eddie Johnston • Craig Patrick • Media: Mike Lange

Retired Numbers

21 • 66 • 99

Affiliates

AHL: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins • ECHL: Wheeling Nailers

Stanley Cup
Championships

1991, 1992

Conference
Championships

1991, 1992, 2008

Presidents Trophy

1992–93

Division Championships

Patrick: 1990–91 • 1992–93 • Northeast: 1993–94 • 1995–96 • 1997–98 • Atlantic: 2007–08

Pittsburgh Penguins Seasons (41)

1960s	1967–68 • 1968–69

1970s	1969–70 • 1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79

1980s	1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89

1990s	1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99

2000s	1999–2000 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09

v • d • e Sports teams based in Pennsylvania

Baseball	MLB: Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates; IL: Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees; EL: Altoona Curve, Erie SeaWolves, Harrisburg Senators, Reading Phillies; NYPL: State College Spikes, Williamsport Crosscutters; ALPB: Lancaster Barnstormers, York Revolution; FL: Washington Wild Things

Basketball	NBA: Philadelphia 76ers; D-League: Erie BayHawks; CBA: Pittsburgh Xplosion; PBL: Reading Railers; ABA: Philadelphia Sounds

Football	NFL: Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers; IWFL: Pittsburgh Passion; NWFA: Erie Illusion; AFL: Philadelphia Soul; af2: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers; AIFA: Erie RiverRats, Harrisburg Stampede, Reading Express; NAFL: Central Penn Piranha, Lancaster Lightning, Pittsburgh Colts

Hockey	NHL: Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins; AHL: Hershey Bears, Philadelphia Phantoms, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins; ECHL: Johnstown Chiefs, Reading Royals; MAHL: Indiana Ice Miners, Pittsburgh Iron; OHL: Erie Otters

Lacrosse	MLL: Philadelphia Barrage; NLL: Philadelphia Wings

Soccer	MLS: Philadelphia; WPS: Philadelphia; USL II: Harrisburg City Islanders, Pittsburgh Riverhounds; NPSL: Lancaster Inferno, Pennsylvania Stoners; PDL: Reading Rage; WPSL: Lancaster Inferno, Northampton Laurels FC, Philadelphia Liberty FC, Steel City Sparks

Softball	NPF: Philadelphia Force

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