The Penguins have assigned rookie goalie Joel Blomqvist to their Wilkes-Barre/Scranton farm club. In a pair of corresponding moves, they recalled forwards Vasily Ponomarev and Matt Nieto from the Baby Pens.
Although he endured a rocky outing in his last start, IMHO the 22-year-old Blomqvist was by far the most effective of the Pens’ three goalies this season. He won three of his seven starts and posted the best save percentage (.904) and quality starts percentage (.571) of the bunch. At times, the youngster was borderline brilliant. No easy feat given the ramshackle state of our team defense.