Season 20 for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins opened on Saturday night against the Springfield Thunderbirds. Starting lines, defense pairings, and goalies for the Penguins’ season opener were as follows, per WBS play-by-play broadcaster Nick Hart:
#WBSPens lines tonight...
Wilson / Johnson / Hayes
Aston-Reese / Lafferty / Angello
Di Pauli / Blueger / Haggerty
Lindberg / Ölund / Miletic— Nick Hart (@_NickHart) October 6, 2018Starting goalie match-up for tonight...
WBS - Anthony Peters, 2.71 GAA, .907sv%
SPR - Michael Hutchinson, 2.08, .935sv%
^2017-18 AHL statistics— Nick Hart (@_NickHart) October 6, 2018After an extensive pregame ceremony introducing coaches, scratches, and the current night’s roster (loudest cheers among the paid attendance of 6,294 reserved for Penguins goalie coach Andy Chiodo), Springfield wasted no time crashing the party.