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The Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins \u2014 playing as the Steamtown Gandy Dancers \u2014 drove the hammer down on the Cleveland Monsters for a 4-1 win on Saturday night at Mohegan Arena.<\/p>\n
In the fourth installment of the Penguins\u2019 Community Night, the team adopted the one-night-only branding of the \u201cSteamtown Gandy Dancers\u201d as a nod to the Steamtown National Historic Site and Northeast Pennsylvania\u2019s rich and storied railroading history.<\/p>\n
The Gandy Dancers turned in an appropriately proletarian effort to outlast the Monsters and establish a season-high eight-game point streak, improving to 44-16-7-2.<\/p>\n
Daniel Russell picked up an assist for the second-straight game to start his pro career, thrusting a shot off the pads of Zach Sawchenko that careened right to Atley Calvert. Calvert stoked in the rebound at 12:29 of the opening frame for a 1-0 Gandy Dancers lead.<\/p>\n
The two clubs exchanged power plays back and forth throughout the second period, but neither side could solve the opposing netminder. Joel Blomqvist delivered a massive save at 16:49 when Tate Singleton was sprung out of the penalty box for a breakaway, only for Blomqvist to rob him with an outstretched right pad.<\/p>\n
The 1-0 score persisted past the midway mark of the third period, until Aidan McDonough provided insurance with a smoking wrist shot off the far post and in. However, Cleveland\u2019s James Malatesta responded less than a minute later, slashing Steamtown\u2019s lead back down to one.<\/p>\n
It was McDonough stepping up again with a power-play goal five seconds into a man advantage to put the Gandy Dancers up 3-1 with six minutes left in regulation.<\/p>\n
Tanner Howe tidied things up with an empty netter with 11 seconds to go.<\/p>\n
Blomqvist finished the night with 25 saves, while Monsters goalie Sawchenko had 24 stops.<\/p>\n
Steamtown will return to playing as the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins for its next game on Wednesday when Hershey comes to town for the conclusion of the season series. Game time between the Penguins and Bears is set for 7:05 p.m. at Mohegan Arena.<\/p>\n
The Penguins have three games left in their regular season before starting their run in the Calder Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n
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