{"id":170408,"date":"2026-04-19T23:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/170408\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T23:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:31:11","slug":"solid-victory-for-wilkes-barre-scranton-penguins-shut-out-rochester-americans-the-rink-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/170408\/","title":{"rendered":"Solid victory for Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins \u2013 shut out Rochester Americans &#8211; The Rink Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins won their game against the Rochester Americans on Saturday, April 18, 2026. The team put in a strong effort and got a shutout. The game ended 8-0.<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins opened strong, right after the puck drop with Rutger McGroarty scoring in the first minute.<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins made it 2-0 in the first period when <\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"Link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/406413\/atley-calvert\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Atley Calvert<\/a><\/p>\n<p>       struck.<\/p>\n<p>The second period ended with a 6-0 lead for the Penguins.<\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"Link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/525660\/ville-koivunen\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ville Koivunen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>       increased the lead to 7-0 with a goal early in the third period.<\/p>\n<p>In the end the 8-0 goal came from Rafael Harvey-Pinard who increased the Penguins&#8217; lead, in the middle of the third. The 8-0 goal held up as the game winner.<\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"Link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.therinklive.com\/sports\/pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more pro hockey coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scoring:<\/p>\n<p>AHL<\/p>\n<p>6th April 2026<\/p>\n<p>Rochester Americans at Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins<\/p>\n<p>8-0<\/p>\n<p>1st period:<\/p>\n<p>Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins, 0\u20131 (1:03) Rutger McGroarty<\/p>\n<p>Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins, 0\u20132 (5:39) Atley Calvert<\/p>\n<p>2nd period:<\/p>\n<p>0\u20133 (24:48) Rutger McGroarty, 0\u20134 (29:35) <\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"Link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/470024\/tristan-broz\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tristan Broz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      , 0\u20135 (34:32) <\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"Link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/580641\/owen-pickering\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Owen Pickering<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      , 0\u20136 (38:36) Rafael Harvey-Pinard<\/p>\n<p>3rd period:<\/p>\n<p>0\u20137 (47:03) Ville Koivunen, 0\u20138 (50:01) Rafael Harvey-Pinard<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therinklive.com\/the-rink-live-textbot\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"The Rink Live Textbot\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.forumcomm.com\/dims4\/default\/d4dc9a1\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1300x1300+310+0\/resize\/100x100!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum-communications-production-web.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fd0%2F91%2F14f9b4e549b9b570325c2183a9fe%2Ftrl-icon-author-page.jpg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDBweCIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                Automated articles produced by United Robots on behalf of The Rink Live.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins won their game against the Rochester Americans on Saturday, April 18, 2026. 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