Penguins out on the ice flow...Wolves lead the Calder Cup series 3:0

Powderhornhockey
The Wilkes Brarre -Scranton Penguins came out strong scoring the first goal in last nights game. Center Kevin McLean found the hole in Ondrej Pavelec's leather for first blood at 10:44. . It proved to be their best effort of 60 minutes. Soon afterword the parade of Chicago goals would begin. Second period, Joel Kwikowski (5:39), Jesse Schultz (8:20, 13:38), Jordan Lavalle (14:32) and at 16:38 rookies Matt Anderson and assisted by Gui Desbiens and veteran Brian Sipotz all three their first of the playoffs. Third period, saw a new WBS goalie, David Smith but no change in karma. Again a rookie, Mike Hamilton, found the net at 10:01. Leaving the final score at 6:1, there was no joy in Mudville.

Possibly the most shocking observation made about the entire game was the way the arena cleared out during the third period. By the end on the game the original crowd numbered at 6419 looked down to 1/3 it's original count. As a life long fan I know it is painful to see your team inundated in a playoff game but a bit of stamina is required of a true fan, hockey or otherwise. In other words, stand by your team!

We will see what tomorrows game will bring, a Wolves win will yield a short series of 4 games. Probably a bit of a rough one, let's hope the AHL sends it's best on ice crew to manage the fun.