Minor league report: Penguins' winning streak snapped; Nailers' playoff schedule set
Goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 21 saves on 24 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-1 road loss to the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Sunday.
The result dropped Blomqvist’s record to 25-11-6 as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (38-23-8-1) had a seven-game winning streak snapped.
Forward Vinnie Hinostroza scored the lone goal for the Penguins.
Highlights:
The Penguins’ next game is a road contest against the Hartford Wolf Pack on Friday, 7 p.m.
The Wheeling Nailers will face the Indy Fuel in a Central Division semifinal series of the ECHL’s Kelly Cup playoffs. On Sunday, the schedule for that series was released.
Game 1 - April 19 at Indy, 7 p.m.
Game 2 - April 20 at Indy, 7 p.m.
Game 3 - April 22 at Wheeling, 7:10 p.m.
Game 4 - April 23 at Wheeling, 7:10 p.m.
*-Game 5 - April 27 at Wheeling (at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry), 7:10 p.m.
*-Game 6 - April 29 at Indy, 7 p.m.
*-Game 7 - April 30 at Indy, 7, p.m.
*-If necessary.
Additionally, the Nailers’ regular season home game against the Toledo Walleye originally scheduled for Friday has been formally canceled. Due to flooding in Wheeling, W.Va., the contest was initially postponed indefinitely.
Seth Rorabaugh is a TribLive reporter covering the Pittsburgh Penguins. A North Huntingdon native, he joined the Trib in 2019 and has covered the Penguins since 2007. He can be reached at srorabaugh@triblive.com.
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