Deryk Engelland News

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.

The offensively challenged Adirondack Phantoms are averaging just a little more than two goals per game this season.

BARRE TWP. Andy Chiodo flashed some of the skills that made him one of the most beloved players in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins history.

Players continue program to buy gifts for underprivileged children. WILKES-BARRE TWP.

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.

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

Now that they've spent some extended time in the NHL, returning to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins should feel about as pleasant to Ben Lovejoy and Deryk Engelland as a as a high stick to the jaw.

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.

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

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.

Jordan Staal is not, by nature, a fighter. But he is not one to stand by when he believes a teammate has been the victim of a suspect hit, either, which is why Staal went after Islanders enforcer Nate Thompson at 2:10 of the third period in the Penguins' 3-2 loss against the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum yesterday.

Deryk Engelland, left, of the Pittsburgh Penguins tussles with New York's Tim Jackman on Friday.

On Wednesday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Montreal Canadiens by a score of 3-1 at the Mellon Arena in Pittsbugh.

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

Sidney Crosby scored during a power play at 3:07 of overtime to give the Penguins a 3-2 victory over Florida at the BankAtlantic Center tonight.

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.

Defenseman Sergei Gonchar will play tonight for the Penguins at Ottawa. Gonchar has been out since his left wrist was broken Oct.

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.

Penguins defenseman Jay McKee is dealing with an infected finger. Penguins coach Dan Bylsma could not help but notice Max Talbot when the fireball of a forward reported to the Mellon Arena locker-room complex yesterday.