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Grand Rapids 6, Penguins 5

Grand Rapids

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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

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First Period—1. Grand Rapids, Campbell 2 (Ellis, Ericsson), :24. 2. Grand Rapids, Himelfarb 5 (Bootland), 8:24. 3. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Kennedy 8 (Thoresen), 10:07 (pp). 4. Grand Rapids, Brooks 7 (Bootland), 10:14. 5. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, DuPont 7 (Welch), 14:09 (pp). 6. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Thoresen 1 (Kennedy, Welch), 14:40 (pp). 7. Grand Rapids, Campell 3 (Hussey, Ellis), 16:32. Penalties—Bootland, GR (hooking), 8:36; Oulahen, GR (hooking), 12:54; Quincey, GR (slashing), 13:13; Mikhnov, WBS (hooking), 18:34.

Second Period—8. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Carcillo 15 (unassisted), 7:27. 9. Grand Rapids, Hussey 8 (Ellis, Campbell), 7:51. 10. Grand Rapids, Keller 6 (Ellis, Miller), 15:50 (pp). 11. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Brookbank 1 (Thoresen, Dixon), 18:10. Penalties—Welch, WBS (interference), 12:55; Gilbert, WBS (goaltender interference), 15:33; Filewich, WBS (holding), 18:52.

Third Period—No scoring. Penalties—Miller, GR (interference), 4:37; Brookbank, WBS (interference), 6:45; Mikhnov, WBS (hooking), 14:45; Norton, GR (interference), 17:04.

Shots on goal—Grand Rapids 8-12-7—27. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 12-12-12—36.

Power-play Opportunities—Grand Rapids 1 of 6; Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 3 of 5.

Goalies—Grand Rapids, Liv 4-7-1 (36 shots-31 saves). Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Penner (12-7), Deslauriers 11-6-1 (7:51 second 15-14).

A—8,104. T—2:19.

Referee—Nygel Pelletier. Linesmen—Chris Allman, Chris Woodworth.
SLAP SHOTS

Three stars: 1. Grand Rapids, Jeff Campbell (2 goals, 1 assist, +2). 2. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Patrick Thoresen (1 goal, 2 assists). 3. Grand Rapids, Matt Ellis (4 assists, +3).

Key stat: The Penguins are now 8-1-1-1 in games where they score five or more goals. The losses were to Binghamton (6-5 SOL), Toronto (6-5 OT) and Grand Rapids (6-5).

Snapped: G Andrew Penner saw his six-game winning streak snapped but was saved from being tagged with the loss by Wade Brookbank’s second-period goal – the fifth of the night for the Penguins. Jeff Deslauriers, who came in when the score was 5-4, was credited with his third straight loss despite stopping 14 of 15 shots.

Days of Auld Lang Syne: The Penguins were 48-21-5-7 in the calendar year 2006.

Starters: Grand Rapids—G Stefan Liv, D Brad Norton, D Jonathan Ericsson, LW Matt Hussey, C Matt Ellis, RW Jeff Campbell. Penguins—G Andrew Penner, D Ryan Lannon, D Micki DuPont, LW Tyler Kennedy, C Kyle Brodziak, RW Jonathan Filewich.

Scratches: Grand Rapids—G Jimmy Howard, D Jon Insana, RW Scott Barney. Penguins—C Kurtis McLean, D Matt Carkner, LW Ryan Stone, RW Dennis Bonvie.

Up next: Hershey at Penguins, 7:05 p.m., today.