WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — It had been no more than 30 minutes after the Penguins’ 7-4 demolition of the Capitals was complete late Friday night when Daniel Sprong ended his postgame interview at Mohegan Sun Arena with a handshake and a question.
“Hey,” Sprong said after his Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins beat the Hershey Bears — Washington’s AHL affiliate — just as handily, 4-1, “do you know what happened to [Patric] Hornqvist?”
If there’s any doubt where Sprong’s focus remains, let’s end that right here, right now. He follows Pittsburgh closely, waiting for the day he’ll get back with the big club, doing everything in his power to make that move as quickly as possible.