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With a handful of injuries and coach's decisions shaking up the lineup, a handful of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players will fill different roles this weekend.

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Defenseman Chris Lee has yet to play a regular season game for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, but he knows the organization as well as anyone.

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The Penguins have made it through the first four days of free agency without suffering any irreparable damage to their lineup.

Ruslan Fedotenko celebrates a goal against the Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference final.

Penguins left winger Ruslan Fedotenko is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent today at noon.

Jordan Staal was easily one of the most important Penguins in the Stanley Cup finals.

When the Penguins signed Finnish winger Janne Pesonen as a free agent in July, they spoke of the possibility of him becoming a top-six forward in the NHL as early as this season.

Usually, such a designation means the chance for a player to shop his services to any team and sign a lucrative contract.

BARRE TWP. As the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins packed up their bags in the locker room on Thursday and prepared to leave for the summer, they moved around a bit gingerly.

If the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are trying to emulate their parent club in Pittsburgh, they picked a good time to start.

What started as a best-of-seven series is suddenly a best-of-three. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins jumped out to a four-goal lead through the first half of the game, then held off a determined comeback effort by the Hershey Bears in the second half to pull out a 6-3 victory Friday at Wachovia Arena.

A week ago, the Hershey Bears had four games to win two. That cushion completely disappeared last night, and now the Bears have to win their next two games.

Injured forward might return to lineup tonight against Hershey. WILKES-BARRE TWP.

Four times in the 10 seasons the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have been a part of the American Hockey League, the Penguins and the Hershey Bears have squared off in the playoffs.

Their penalty kill is no longer perfect but last night, the power-play nearly was, and that made all the difference in the world as the Hershey Bears skated to a 5-3 victory over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at Giant Center.

Look for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to take long series from Hershey. It seems rather appropriate that the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are facing the Hershey Bears in the East Division Final.

There is something significant in the two goals that defenseman Reid Cashman scored during his 18 games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins this season.

As the Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins prepared for tonight's Game 4 of their East Division semifinal series, both teams appeared on the verge of getting key players back in the lineup, while big scorers remained out.