{"id":180136,"date":"2026-04-30T10:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/180136\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T10:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:45:13","slug":"ahl-playoff-preview-hershey-bears-at-wilkes-barre-scranton-penguins-with-projected-lines-04-30-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/180136\/","title":{"rendered":"AHL Playoff Preview: Hershey Bears at Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins with Projected Lines 04\/30\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hershey Bears (2-0) at Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins (0-0) <\/p>\n

Venue: Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza
Date: Thursday, April 30
Time: 7:05 PM EST
TV: FLO Sports<\/p>\n

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Hershey Bears News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Bears swept the Islanders to advance to the second round of the Calder Cup Playoffs. They averaged 3.5 goals per game while allowing one goal per game. They went 3-5-1-1 against the Penguins during the season, averaging 2.9 goals per game. <\/p>\n

Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins New & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Penguins come into the playoffs as the two-seed and haven\u2019t played in almost two weeks. They went 7-3-0-0 against the Bears this season, averaging 3.5 goals per game. <\/p>\n

Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

Harvey Pinard-Koppanen-Hayes
McGroarty-Broz-Koivunen
McDonough-Klassen-Ilyin
Imama-Calvert-Howe <\/p>\n

Kemp-Brunicke
Pickering-Pietila
Aho-Harding<\/p>\n

Murashov
Blomqvist<\/p>\n

Hershey Bears Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

Cristall-Protas-Trineyev
Miroschnichenko-Rybinski-Suzdalev
Milano-Luypen-Leason
Bitten-Cruikshank-Strome<\/p>\n

Gucciardi-Schueneman
Ness-Webb
McDonald-Belpedio<\/p>\n

Stevenson
Gibson<\/p>\n

Players To Watch:<\/p>\n

Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins<\/p>\n

Aidan McDonough led the Penguins in points with 44. Avery Hayes led the team in goals with 24. Ville Koivunen led in assists with 28. Finn Harding\u00a0led the team in plus\/minus as a rookie with a +32.<\/p>\n

Hershey Bears<\/p>\n

Bogdan Trinieyev leads the Bears with three points in the playoffs. Andrew Cristall leads the team in goals with two. Trinieyev and Grant Cruikshank are tied for the team lead in assists with two each. Louie Belpedio, Jon McDonald, and Ilya Protas lead in plus\/minus with a plus-four.<\/p>\n

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Game 2: Saturday, May 2, at Mohegan Arena at 6:05 PM EST. <\/p>\n

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Chicago Wolves (0-1) at Texas Stars (1-0)Venue: H-E-B Center at Cedar ParkDate: Thursday, April 30Time: 8:00 PM CSTTV: FLO SportsPurchase tickets via Ticketmaster Chicago Wolves News & Notes: The Wolves were shut out in their first game of the Calder Cup Playoffs. They\u2019re 1-7-0-1 against Texas this season, including the playoffs, averaging 2.3 goals per [\u2026]<\/p>\n


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