Last year the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins lost Game 1 at home of the best-of-three opening round to Lehigh Valley and were quickly bounced in Game 2, ending a promising playoff for the AHL Pens just as it started.
Sad to say, history has quickly halfway repeated itself in a hurry in the 2025 Calder Cup playoffs. WBS fell behind 5-0 against Lehigh Valley in Game 1 at home last night before scoring two goals in the last five minutes to make the score look a little more respectable, but the result is the same as last year. The Penguins now face elimination on the road and are left picking up the pieces wondering how this has happened.