Minor league report: Penguins fall to Phantoms in overtime
Defenseman Owen Pickering scored his first career professional goal for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 overtime loss to the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Wednesday.
Forwards Emil Bemstrom and Marc Johnstone also scored goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (8-3-1-0) while goaltender Filip Larsson made 35 saves on 39 shots as his record fell to 2-2-1.
Phantoms forward Olle Lycksell scored the winning goal at 1:06 of overtime.
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The Penguins’ next game is a home contest against the Bridgeport Islanders on Saturday, 6:05 p.m.
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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