There's not much time to let this one sink in.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Brad Thiessen spent most of the final two months of the regular season watching Jeff Zatkoff command the net for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

PROVIDENCE, R.I.— It would be easy to forgive Penguins head coach John Hynes if the enormity of his team's latest accomplishment had not yet sunk in.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — For Brad Thiessen and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the old adage that 'less is more' came to the forefront last night at the Dunkin ' Donuts Center.

WILKES-BARRE TWP. – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have seen a lot of things change in their Eastern Conference semifinals matchup against the Providence Bruins.

WILKES-BARRE TWP. –Joey Mormina ate his grandmother's lasagna for lunch and then went out and assisted on all three Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguin goals in the second period of Friday's 3-1 win over the Providence Bruins.

After dropping Wednesday's Game 3 to the Providence Bruins 2-1 in overtime, captain Joey Mormina outlined his team's approach as they attempt to climb out of a 3-0 series deficit in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

WILKES-BARRE TWP. – After dropping the first two games of the Eastern Conference semifinals by a combined score of 12-7, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins battled the Providence Bruins to a 1-1 defensive stalemate through three periods.

After leading the AHL with a regular season goals against average of 1.93, nobody expected Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguin netminder Jeff Zatkoff to allow 12 goals in four periods in the first two games against the Providence Bruins.

After leading the AHL with a regular season goals against average of 1.93, nobody expected Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguin netminder Jeff Zatkoff to allow 12 goals in four periods in the first two games against the Providence Bruins.

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Providence Bruins rode a four-goal first period to a 4-2 win over the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins in Game Two of their Calder Cup playoff series.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Providence Bruins survived a delayed rush by the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, completing an 8-5 win in the opening game of their best-of-seven Calder Cup Playoff series Friday night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.

Although the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Providence Bruins have only faced each other eight times over the last five years, there is no shortage of storylines just waiting to play out when the two teams open their Eastern Conference Semifinals series...

Riley Holzapfel set career highs in goals, assists, points, penalty minutes and games played during the regular season.And now, none of it matters.

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton still don't know who they will face in the second round of the Calder Up playoffs, but they do know when they will them.The Maerican Hockey League announced the potential schedules for the best-of-seven

Reid McNeill wasn't a familiar face with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins this season. He spent a few weeks with the team in training camp, came back for a game in February and two more a the end of the season.

WILKES-BARRE — The Jeff Zatkoff mystery has been solved. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins starting netminder was noticeably absent from the pregame skate before Thursday's Game 3 against Binghamton.

During the first two games of the series against the Binghamton Senators, Jeff Zatkoff stopped 69 of 73 shots to guide the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a pair of wins.For Thursday's Game 3, however, Zatkoff was a late scratch.

WILKES-BARRE TWP. – Zach Sill's shorthanded goal in the third period of Thursday's Game 3 against the Binghamton Senators gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a boost.

Zach Sill took a couple of big risks in each of the first two games of the playoff series against the Binghamton Senators.

Philip Samuelsson had just allowed a turnover that led to a game-tying goal by the Binghamton Senators during the second period of the opening game of the playoff series on Saturday.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – Chris Collins had just been slammed hard to the ice by the 6-foot-6, 231-pound Hugh Jessiman, but he wasn't fazed.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins goaltender Jeff Zatkoff was the only reason why Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the Binghamton Senators didn't end in a regulation loss.

Derek Nesbitt played in Binghamton only once during his AHL career, and that was more than four years ago. He posted one shot on net and didn't record a point, yet the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins winger did come away with a memory.

Thursday's 7 p.m. practice at Coal Street would never happen during the regular season.But with the playoffs only two days away, sometimes special circumstances are warranted.