{"id":102613,"date":"2026-02-02T01:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T01:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/102613\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T01:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T01:12:08","slug":"penguins-beat-phantoms-in-tanner-howes-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/102613\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins beat Phantoms in Tanner Howe\u2019s debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defenseman Matt Dumba recorded four assists for the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins in <a href=\"https:\/\/theahl.com\/stats\/game-center\/1028453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a 6-2 win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms<\/a> at Mohegan Arena in Allentown on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton (29-12-2-2) got goals from forwards Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Avery Hayes, Boko Imama, Aidan McDonough, Nolan Renwick, as well as defenseman Owen Pickering.<\/p>\n<p>Goaltender Sergei Murashov made 23 saves on 25 shots, boosting his record to 7-4-3.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Tanner Howe made his professional debut, opening the contest on the left wing of Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton\u2019s second line. He recorded an assist and two penalty minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Howe had been sidelined since April after suffering a right knee injury with the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League. He was a second-round draft pick (No. 46 overall) in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights:<\/p>\n<p>Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton\u2019s next game is a home contest against the Hershey Bears on Wednesday, 7:05 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 17 saves on 18 shots for the Wheeling Nailers in <a href=\"https:\/\/echl.com\/games\/2026\/02\/01\/worcester-railers-vs-wheeling-nailers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a 1-0 loss to the Worcester Railers<\/a> at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>The result dropped Gauthier\u2019s record to 7-4-1.<\/p>\n<p>Wheeling (26-12-2-1) was shut out for the second time this season as its season-worst losing streak was extended to six games (0-4-1-1).<\/p>\n<p>The Nailers\u2019 next game is a home contest against the Fort Wayne Komets on Wednesday, 7:10 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Defenseman Matt Dumba recorded four assists for the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins in a 6-2 win against the rival Lehigh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-102613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}