Janne tonight in more AHL action

Tonight Janne Pesonen and the Baby Pens will be taking on the Lowell Devils in some AHL action. We will be posting post game updates and reactions, we're hoping that Janne has another break out game and finally starts to gain more recognition from higher ups...

 Pens 5       Devils 0

EDIT:
Pessi is second in scoring for Wilkes-Barre with 6 pts, Janne has also scored in all four games he has appeared in this season Baby Pens are playing their second of 7 straight road games.

First Period:

 The BP started alittle slow being outshot 17-10 with both teams have a few PP, with no scoring.

2nd Period:

Saw the Pens score 4 goals on 9 shots Jeff Taffe had 2 goals, Janne assisted on the first goal. Chris Minard scored a team leading 6th goal. and Caputi rounded out the scoring in the second stanza. Janne's assist gives him points in 5 straight games.

3rd Period:

Lowell kept on trucking, but a 9 PP 46 shot game was upstaged by Pens goalie Adam Berkhoel. Berkhoel posted his first shutout of the year. Our own hometown favorite Janne Pesonen scored the only goal of the third period. Come on Vince, let the whole Jannenation see the video. Janne has a nice game 1 goal 1 assist +3 and 2 shots on goal.

Live from Wilkes-Barre it's Pesonen Night...

Here are the pictures that I promised, also remember, my camera is like 5 years old and kinda trashy, sorry for the order, they are a little whacked out, and i don't feel like re-organizing them...












In retrospect he probably thinks i'm a stalker... Can you get a restraining order for somebody you don't know? I hope not, not being able to come withing 500 feet of him will limit my ticket purchasing ability for Pens games...

Back to business

The citizens voice in wilkes barre has a nice little article on Janne. Not too much new information other than the fact that Janne served in the Finish army and was a Grenadier...i kid you not. Anyways, it seems that Golden Boy is in this for the long haul and isn't gonna stop until he realizes his dream of playing in the NHL...

They also have an interesting analysis comparing scoring in the AHL to scoring in SM-Liiga:

Jarkko Immonen was one of the Hartford Wolf Pack’s best players in 2005-06, posting 20 goals and 46 points in 54 games. Back in Finland last year, he had 26 goals and 63 points in the same number of games.

Going the other direction, Hershey defenseman Sami Lepisto had 29 points in 56 games for Jokerit in 2005-06 and 45 points in 55 games with the Bears last season.

Slight advantage AHL.

Anyways, if you want to read the rest of the article, click here

A little bump in the road

I wasn't crazy the assigning of Pessi to our affiliate Wikes-Barre team, Tho it  has been 3 hours since I heard the news from one of our Jannics out there. We must no lose our heads and  call for the heads of Therrien  and Shero(I always had such a dislike for his father, flyers headcoach) 

So, lets think of the positives. Pes will have a chance to relax and let his european game develope into THAT North American game the Pens brass must be looking for. Second of all  anyone who comes to our blog will still  be intouch with the progress of Pesonen, hey the kid definitly has offensive skill, so he goes down for awhile to hone his defensive shortcomings. 

As we bash and criticize every miss oppertunity that Bill Thomas and Paul Bissonnette squander, just keep one thought in mind, Janne will be back, he isn't finshed by any means, his legacy isn't written yet. So stay tune to this blog and LETS GO PENS!!! FU Ray Shero and Michael Therrien!!!