Yahoo Sports reports that Things did not go well for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Friday night, dropping Game 5 of their Eastern Conference Finals series to the Toronto Marlies by a 5-1 margin.
It was close game into the third period before the Marlies erupted late in the game to take over.
It sends the series back to Northeast Pennsylvania on Sunday night for Game 6 with the Penguins facing elimination in a 3-2 series hole.
The series is by no means over, but it is going to take back-to-back wins to get through to the Calder Cup Finals.
Whether they pull that off or not there have been some big developments for the Penguins prospect pool during this playoff run.
First, there’s been the play of the young forwards that are in that “NHL Tweener” category in Ville Koivunen and Rutger McGroarty.