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The 10 Penguins prospects with the greatest potential to contribute in the NHL someday, with comments from Penguins assistant to the general manager Tom Fitzgerald or assistant general manager Jason Botterill.

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It's safe to say injuries have been a problem for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins this season.

The Toronto Marlies lead the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 3-2, after two periods of their American Hockey League game.

Dustin Jeffrey, Nick Johnson and Mark Letestu each had three points and John Curry stopped 24 of 26 shots as the Crunch fell to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins by a 5-2 count and dropped their third straight game Friday night at the War Memorial at Oncenter.

The scoreboard at the Glens Falls Civic Center isn't one of the fanciest in the AHL.

On paper, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton looked like the favorite in Saturday night's AHL game against the Adirondack Phantoms at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 11:15PM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - GLENS FALLS , NY Stefan Legein, Jason Ward and Jon Matsumoto each lit the lamp twice to lead the Adirondack Phantoms to a 7-4 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Saturday night at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

There are a lot of gratifying moments available to an AHL hockey player. Scoring a goal.

Just a few months ago, there were two popular opinions on where the NHL's salary-cap ceiling would be in 2010-11. Some people believed it would drop precipitously, falling millions of dollars and causing unprecedented chaos in front offices around North America.

Little-know fact: Konstantin Pushkarev set the Iowa Stars franchise record for longest scoring streak when he posted points in nine straight games two seasons ago.

A recently concluded call-up to the NHL was literally a positive experience for defenseman Ben Lovejoy.

It'll be a big moment for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins goalie John Curry at the Wachovia Arena tonight.

Defenseman Jay McKee missed his sixth game in a row last night when the Penguins played the New York Rangers at Mellon Arena.

If a bookmaker had looked at the stretch of four games in five nights that the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are in the middle of, he would not have had a hard time handicapping the weekend.

After enduring a number of injuries, the Penguins defensive corps is finally getting healthy.

The Penguins have reassigned defensemen Deryk Engelland and Ben Lovejoy to their Wilkes-Barre/Scranton farm club, meaning it is likely injured regular defensemen Kris Letang and Alex Goligoski will be available to play tonight against the New York Rangers at Mellon Arena.

Mark Eaton has been the Penguins' ironman on defense this season. Mark Eaton gets it.

Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent after the season.

Maxime Talbot, right, and Sergei Gonchar played key roles in Pittsburgh's Stanley Cup championship run last season.