John Curry News

Rats defenseman Brett Bellemore handles the puck on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, at Times Union Center.

Jerome Samson scored with 11:43 remaining to lift the Albany River Rats to break a tie and spur a three-goal third period as the Albany River Rats defeated the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4-1 today at Times Union Center.

There's nothing like a summer vacation, two knee surgeries and a difficult rehabilitation process to kill some perfectly good momentum.

Alex Grant came back to the Nailers at just the right time. The rookie defenseman crashed the net and scored with just three seconds left in regulation to dramatically tie the game at 4-4 and the Nailers went on to win in a shootout for a 5-4 final at Johnstown Wednesday night.

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

The losses to the lineup continued to mount for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Wednesday night, but the team also continued to avoid losses in the standings.

The line of Tim Wallace, Wyatt Smith and Luca Caputi produced all three goals Wednesday night as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins downed the Norfolk Admirals, 3-1, in an American Hockey League game.

The first period was a learning experience of sorts, with the team falling behind 4-1 on two Hartford power-play goals.

Dustin Jeffrey hit for a cycle of sorts for the Penguins on Saturday night at the Wachovia Arena.

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.

Despite the fact the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins played Thursday night at Hartford without six key players, and they spotted the Wolf Pack a three-goal lead in the first period, the game still was a tossup midway through the third period.

The highlight of the three-game set was a 6-3 win over the Rochester Americas at HSBC Arena in Buffalo on Thursday.

Given the way his veteran partner has been playing, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton rookie goaltender Brad Thiessen hasn't had much opportunity to get in the net early this season other than inpractice.

It wasn't necessarily a thing of beauty, but it was definitely a joy, if not forever, at least for now.

BARRE TOWNSHIP, Pa. Brian Strait opened up an offensive onslaught on Wednesday night, tallying his first AHL goal en route to a 6-1 rout of the Portland Pirates at Wachovia Arena.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA Chris Lee scored a goal and two assists to lead the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins to a 6-1 win over the Portland Pirates in an American Hockey League game played tonight at the Wachovia Arena.

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.

For the first time all season the Worcester Sharks were totally outplayed by an opponent, but some key saves by rookie netminder Alex Stalock kept the WorSharks in the game all night.

Believe it or not, but the Wilkes-Barre Penguins finally scored a power-play goal.

Dustin Tokarski made 30 saves as the Norfolk Admirals won their fourth straight road game for the first time in nearly five years, and evened their season record at 6-6-0-0 with a 2-1 victory Friday over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza.