Brian Waksmunski – Inside The Rink
The Pittsburgh Penguins face the Ottawa Senators tonight. The Penguins are coming off a 5-4 loss to the Mammoth on Monday. They’ve lost four straight and seven of their last eight games, averaging 2.5 goals per game while allowing 4.1 goals per game during that eight-game stretch. Today they placed forward Ben Kindel and Bryan Rust on injured reserve. Kindel comes after a scary experience aboard the team plane following their loss to Utah. The Penguins announced today they have recalled forward Rutger McGroarty and defenseman Chase Pietila from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the AHL.
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McGroarty in six for the Penguins this season has nine points on four goals and five assists. He’s a plus-three with three power-play goals and a game-winning goal. He’s appeared in 32 career games for Pittsburgh recording nine points on four goals and five assists; he’s a minus-three. McGroarty has appeared in 96 career AHL regular season games recording 82 points on 28 goals and 54 assists. He’s a plus-three with ten power-play goals, two shorthanded goals, and five game-winning goals. He had nine points in the Calder Cup Playoffs last season.
Pietila in five games this season has two assists and is a plus-one. He’s appeared in 74 games for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton recording 18 points on two goals and 16 assists. He’s a +29 with a game-winning goal. In 14 games during last season Playoffs, he had a goal and an assist; he was a minus-two. He has appeared in nine games in the ECHL where he had three assists and was a plus-three.
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