Minor league report: Penguins, Taylor Gauthier shut out Monsters
In his first game of the season at the American Hockey League level, goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 32 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in their regular season finale, a 3-0 win against the Cleveland Monsters at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday.
Defenseman Dan Renouf had a goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (40-24-7-1, 88 points) while forward Tristan Broz recorded two assists.
Highlights:
The Penguins finished in fourth place of the Atlantic Division and will face the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms in a first-round best-of-three series. That series schedule:
April 23 – at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 7:05 p.m.
April 25 – at Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m.
April 27 - at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 6:05 p.m.-*
*-If necessary
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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