Conor Sheary. Scott Wilson. Bryan Rust. Kevin Porter. Tom Kuhnhackl. Oskar Sundqvist. Derrick Pouliot. David Warsofsky. Steve Oleksy. Matt Murray. Mike Sullivan.
All of these individuals started the 2015-16 season in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. All of these individuals have, as of this writing, played varying amounts of games and minutes with the Pittsburgh Penguins or, in the case of Sullivan, become head coach. It is not coincidence, then, that after this past week's four games in six days, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have seen their once-dominating division lead vanish.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton vs. Hershey Bears, Feb. 23rd
It doesn't help matters for WBS that their longtime rivals, the Hershey Bears, have compiled a 20-9-2-2 record from December 12, 2015, the date on which Mike Sullivan was promoted to Pittsburgh head coach, to February 28, 2016.