Steve MacIntyre News

The 2011-12 season for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will be best remembered for ending with the most closely contested playoff series in franchise history.

Greetings from St. John's, hours before the most dramatic situation in professional sports - a Game 7 of a playoff series.

As recently as one year ago, only the most tech savvy of professional hockey players dipped their toes into the waters of social media.

In the second period of Sunday's Game 4 matchup against the St. John's IceCaps, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins saw their two-goal lead erased.

Second period - 1, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, O'Reilly 3 , 17:31. 2, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Sill 2 , 17:38. Penalties - Brouillette, Her , 5:29; Tangradi, WBS , 7:14; Greentree, Her, double minor , 15:08. "When both teams are playing as hard as they did, there's that extra juice you get from your crowd.