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Penguins prospect watch: Kasper Bjorkqvist scores 1st goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

Seth Rorabaugh
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A weekly look at how Penguins prospects and minor leaguers have fared over the past seven days:

• In the American Hockey League (AHL), forward Kasper Bjorkqvist scored his first goal of the season in overtime for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 2-1 road win against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Saturday.

A second-round pick (No. 61 overall) in 2016, Bjorkqvist, 23, is in the second year of a two-year entry-level contract with the Penguins.

• On Sunday, defenseman Cam Lee had a goal and an assist in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s season finale, a 5-2 road loss to the Hershey Bears.

An undrafted free agent signing in 2020, Lee is in the first year of a two-year entry-level contract.

• In the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) postseason, forwards Nathan Legare and Sam Poulin each had two goals and an assist for the Val-d’Or Foreurs during a series-clinching 8-2 road win against the Rimouski Oceanic in Game 3 of a quarterfinal round on March 11. Val-D’Or swept the series, 3-0.

Legare’s first goal:

Poulin’s first goal:

Moving on to the semifinal round, Legare recorded the game-winning goal and an assist while Poulin scored a goal for Val-D’Or in a 5-2 home win against the Chicoutimi Sagueneens in Game 1 on Monday.

Legare’s goal:

Poulin’s goal:

Each drafted in 2019, Legare (third round, No. 74 overall) and Poulin (first-round, No. 21 overall), each 20, are both signed to three-year entry-level contracts that have yet to begin.

• For the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation (IIH) World Championship tournament, forward Valtteri Puustinen was selected for Finland’s roster. The tournament is scheduled to begin on Friday.

A seventh-round pick in 2019 (No. 203 overall), Puustinen, 21, is signed to a two-year entry-level contract scheduled to begin in 2021-22.

Statistics

(Players currently on the NHL roster are excluded.)

Forwards and defensemen

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Goaltenders

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*-Current team

(All figures are through Monday.)

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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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