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Wilkes Barre/Scranton season ended earlier than it had in 17 years. But icing a lineup with few veterans and an eye toward the future on Sunday, the Penguins ended it on a canada goose store winning note.
Emerging first liner Sam Lafferty racked up three points and ECHL call up Cedric Lacroix scored twice in his canada goose outlet store uk AHL debut to help the Penguins tally five straight goals in a 5 2 win over Binghamton at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Short on firepower for much of cheap canada goose the season, the Penguins finished the 2018 19 campaign at 36 30 7 3 for 83 points, putting them sixth in the eight team Atlantic Division, five points behind Canada Goose Online Providence for the final playoff spot. It was the first time since 2001 02 that they missed the canada goose uk shop postseason and only the third miss in the franchise 20 year history.
Wilkes Barre/Scranton had lost four straight games before canada goose outlet shop Sunday, seeing their AHL leading streak of consecutive years in the playoffs end on Friday night.
With nothing to lose, the team got a closer look at a handful of players on tryout contracts as well as some promoted from ECHL Wheeling, like Lacroix.
The Canada Goose Jackets 24 year old winger finishing his first pro season gave canada goose outlet store the Penguins Canada Goose sale the lead for good in the second period as they erased a 1 0 lead with three goals in a span of 3:16 of game time midway through the frame.
Lafferty had initially tied the game and then, after Lacroix first goal, set up Sam Miletic for a 3 canada goose outlet uk sale 1 lead after two. Lafferty picked up another assist on Jake Lucchini score early in the third to give him a team best 36 assists on the canada goose factory outlet season.
Lafferty three point day gave him 49 on the season, one behind Ethan Prow for the team lead. Prow became the first defenseman to lead the Penguins in regular season scoring since John Slaney had 60 in the inaugural 1999 2000 campaign.
On Sunday, though, Prow and goal leader Ryan Haggerty (23) weren on the ice. Lacroix, Yushiroh Hirano and Dane Birks played their canada goose black friday sale first game with the team this season. Pittsburgh prospects Jordy Bellerive, Calen Addison and Jan Drozg were also in the lineup.
Goalie Matt O started, making 31 saves on 33 shots and was backed by Alex D canada goose outlet uk canada goose outlet Macoy Erkamps capped off a fight filled season for the Penguins by dropping the gloves twice and earning a game misconduct for doing so. His 22 total penalty minutes gave Wilkes Barre/Scranton 1,248 for the season, a full 120 more than any other team cheap canada goose in canada goose outlet reviews the AHL.
After 17 years, the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins postseason streak has finally been broken.
For the first time since the 2001 02 season, the Penguins will not be headed to the AHL playoffs. A roster made thin by injuries, call ups and multiple years of traded draft picks by parent club Pittsburgh ultimately caught up with the team, culminating in Friday crushing 8 1 loss at Utica.
Everything fell apart in the second period as the Penguins allowed six goals and took canada goose outlet toronto factory nine penalties five of them for fighting. Jarrett Burton scored canada goose black friday sale the https://www.chinese-sharpei.de lone canada goose coats goal in the defeat.
Had the Penguins beaten the Comets, it would have kept them alive in the race for at least another day, as Providence also lost on Friday, falling 4 3 to Lehigh Valley. Wilkes Barre/Scranton trails the Bruins by five points but can only earn four at most when they close out their year at home this weekend against Bridgeport on Saturday and Binghamton on Sunday.
The Penguins would have had to win all three games in three straight games over the weekend while also needing Providence to lose all three of their games in regulation. Even one point for the Bruins by reaching overtime would have been enough to eliminate Wilkes Barre/Scranton.
The path was made tougher during the week when starting goalie Tristan Jarry was recalled to Pittsburgh to serve as the No. 3 goalie for the NHL playoff run.
That left John Muse as the starter for Wilkes Barre/Scranton with official canada goose outlet Matt O recently added to the roster on a tryout deal, serving as the backup.
Muse would end up surrendering the first goal when Jonah Gadjovich got off a backhander in the slot with less canada goose jacket outlet than three minutes off the clock. Utica outshot the Penguins 14 8 in the first period and pounced even earlier in the second on a Boucher wrist shot just 1:38 into the frame to make it 2 0.
Tom Pyatt scored on the power play just a few minutes later, and Boucher picked up his second of the game at the 10:58 mark to make it 4 0.