Pittsburgh trimmed its roster today to 37 players Wednesday afternoon. Should be an interesting camp and an interesting next couple of weeks as the walk up to the October 11 opener with Lehigh Valley.ĭon’t forget to vote Chirps from Center Ice “Sports Blog of the Year.” Voting ends Sunday night. No surprises up front other than Tyler Murovich, who we knew was getting an invite to camp last weekend. The other names are two young defensemen, Kevin Ryan and Jonathan Narbonne, who both played in the ECHL last season. tweeted in this article about Schaefer’s desire to play in Switzerland which I found interesting, to say the least. As I was putting the finishing touches to this blog entry, reader Jason L. I’ll take a tandem of Zatkoff-Schaefer right now. ![]() One thing may be for certain, the Penguins have found their safety net in case Jeff Zatkoff or Thomas Greiss don’t make it through waivers. Now will Schaefer be more like he was last year or the year prior, where he had a 3.45 GAA and a 0.895 SV%? Who knows. Depending on what site you want to believe on games played (my go to’s are Elite Prospects and / or HockeyDB) Schaefer played either 27 or 50 games and had a 2.11 goals against and a 0.938 save percentage. NOLAN SCHAEFER was invited as the third goalie to WBS camp. Wilkes-Barre hosts Utica Wednesday.Ĭ'mon Coal Street, I thought we were done with the nostalgia. The first preseason pucks hit the ice across the AHL this week. Tonight is the last chance to vote Chirps from Center Ice NEPA Blog Con’s “Sports Blog of the Year” make sure you vote if you haven’t and vote some more if you have.Įnjoy the rest of the weekend. It shouldn’t be a long stay for Megna, provided he continues to do all the things necessary that got him his first NHL game action last year. While surprising to some, Megna’s presence will certainly aid the Wilkes-Barre offense. ![]() Here’s Jonathan’s take.Ī note, Jayson Megna, Dominik Uher and Reid McNeill were re-assigned by Pittsburgh Saturday night.Īll of those signings Pittsburgh made this offseason bumped a guy like Megna back to Wilkes-Barre. Here are the the recaps from the Penguins website on Day 1 and Day 2. This team made it to the Eastern Conference Finals in back-to-back years but none of that matters in late September when every AHL team is 0-0 and every single one has their eye on the Calder Cup, currently residing in Cedar Park, Texas. So you would expect the first weekend of camp to be intense. It’s a camp comprised of guys that will likely be significant contributors to the Penguins success in 2014-15. ![]() Different from this year is the lack of long shot names to make the roster for the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins. The first weekend of training camp is in the books on Coal Street.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |