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The Syracuse Crunch have the second-most fighting majors in the AHL this season.

For the record, the names of the Wilkes-Barre/Penguins forwards who sunk the Syracuse Crunch on Friday night were Nick Johnson, Dustin Jeffrey and Mark Letestu.

The game was less than eight minutes old the night before Thanksgiving when Joe Vitale went crashing into the boards in front of the penalty boxes at the Wachovia Arena, a victim of a check by Norfolk's Martin Karsums.

Dustin Jeffrey's breakaway goal 28 seconds into overtime Friday night lifted the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 3-2 victory over the Binghamton Senators.

Jeff Taffe says he'll always be grateful for the opportunity he was given by the Pittsburgh Penguins organization the past two seasons.

Injuries to their top six defensemen have made it seem like a dark cloud is following the Penguins these days, but there could be a silver lining down the road.

The team gets a boost from parent club as Letestu rejoins squad. By Tom Robinson Scranton Edition sports correspondent The injury-riddled Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins lineup picked up a little help from above and below this week as it prepared for two games in the next three nights.

By the time the first period came to a close Thursday against the Wolf Pack, the Penguins found themselves in position all too familiar during the past two weeks - down and out.

Nothing says, "I love you, man," like punching some other dude in the face. That's the way Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins center Zach Sill sees it, anyway.

In professional hockey, injuries are like bananas. They come in bunches, and if you're not careful, they can cause a major slip-up in the standings.

Already shut out by the Hershey Bears once this season, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins aren't the offensive force they were in 2008-09 when they ranked second in AHL goals.

It's natural for a junior hockey star to be disappointed when he's told he has to start the season not in the AHL in Wilkes-Barre but in the ECHL in Wheeling.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins winger Eric Tangradi admits he was a little concerned about how his recently-healed shoulder would respond to contact.

IF it's the Manitoba Moose, it must be overtime. For the third straight game, the Moose played in overtime Thursday night.

Ryan Bayda scored the only goal of the game 39 seconds into overtime and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins beat the Manitoba Moose 1-0 in American Hockey League action Thursday.

BARRE TWP. Two nights, two games and two rivals. Weekends don't get much bigger for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins than the upcoming matchups against the Hershey Bears tonight followed by the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Saturday.

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins accomplished a lot of firsts during Friday's AHL game against the Binghamton Senators.

Wednesday 21 Oct 2009 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Weekly Release Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 12:25AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -OFFENSE EXPLODES, PENS RIDE TWO-GAME STREAK INTO WEEKEND LAST WEEK'S RESULTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16: PENGUINS 6, Senators 3 The Penguins took their first short road trip of 2009-2010 up Interstate 81 to face ...

Saturday 17 Oct 2009 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Defeat Binghamton Senators 6-3 - AHL Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 11:54AM BINGHAMTON, NY Near-perfect special teams, goals from six different players, and a superb outing by goaltender John Curry helped the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins shake off two tough home outings last weekend and earn ...

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins did not look like a team that had lost its last two games coming into Friday's contest against the Binghamton Senators .