2008-09 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Statistics
Team Record: 49-25-3 (SO: 0-3) - 104 points
in the AHL's East Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Dan Bylsma (35-16-1, 2 OTL)
Coach: Todd Reirden (14-9-2, 1 OTL)
Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 279,347, Avg. 6,984 in 40 home dates
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 49 wins and 25 losses (and 3 overtime losses), with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 104 points in the AHL's East Division.
The Penguins scored 274 goals and allowed 212. Chris Minard netted 34 goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, while Janne Pesonen tallied 30 or more, too. Jeff Taffe and Janne Pesonen each recorded 50 assists. John Curry earned 33 wins for the squad, and Adam Berkhoel added 15 or more wins, too. John Curry recorded a 2.38 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Dan Bylsma and Todd Reirden coached the team. The 2008-09 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janne Pesonen | L | 70 | 32 | 50 | 82 | 33 | +13 | 14 | 0 | 229 | 14.0 |
| Jeff Taffe | C | 74 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 65 | +14 | 7 | 1 | 224 | 11.2 |
| Mark Letestu | C | 73 | 24 | 37 | 61 | 6 | +12 | 7 | 0 | 182 | 13.2 |
| Chris Minard | L | 54 | 34 | 23 | 57 | 38 | +6 | 21 | 0 | 209 | 16.3 |
| Connor James | L | 76 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 24 | +13 | 2 | 4 | 181 | 10.5 |
| Luca Caputi | L | 66 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 124 | 14.5 |
| Dustin Jeffrey | C | 63 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 31 | +7 | 4 | 1 | 123 | 8.9 |
| Nick Johnson | R | 56 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 30 | +14 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 12.8 |
| Ben Lovejoy | D | 76 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 84 | +42 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 5.8 |
| Jean-Michel Daoust | RW | 58 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 24 | +10 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 13.2 |
| Ryan Stone | C | 38 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 53 | +2 | 5 | 0 | 67 | 13.4 |
| Jon D'Aversa | D | 68 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 36 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 0.8 |
| Tim Wallace | R | 58 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 51 | +7 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 13.8 |
| Bill Thomas | R | 39 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 24 | +1 | 3 | 1 | 82 | 9.8 |
| Alex Goligoski | D | 26 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 16 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 3.7 |
| Danny Richmond | D | 55 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 108 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 5.8 |
| Paul Bissonnette | L | 57 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 176 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 14.3 |
| Deryk Engelland | D | 80 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 143 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 3.7 |
| Tommy Goebel | F | 25 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | +11 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 10.8 |
| Jean-Philippe Cote | D | 50 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 74 | +16 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4.8 |
| Adam Henrich | LW | 37 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 34 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 5.9 |
| Joey Mormina | D | 70 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 71 | +37 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 3.3 |
| Miroslav Satan | L | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 |
| T.J. Kemp | D | 22 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 22 | +5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Reid Cashman | D | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Joe Vitale | C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Jonathan Filewich | R | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 |
| Andy Wozniewski | D | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 26 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 |
| David Gove | C | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | +3 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 8.3 |
| Aaron Boogaard | RW | 41 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 112 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
| John Curry | G | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jordan Morrison | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Lane Caffaro | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Whitney | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adam Berkhoel | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Brown | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Ewing | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1599 | 268 | 473 | 741 | 1422 | 208 | 77 | 9 | 2595 | 10.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Curry | 50 | 2996 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 119 | 2.38 | 1416 | 1297 | .916 |
| Adam Berkhoel | 28 | 1635 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 69 | 2.53 | 768 | 699 | .910 |
| David Brown | 4 | 198 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3.94 | 82 | 69 | .841 |
| Totals | 82 | 4829 | 49 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 201 | 2.50 | 2266 | 2065 | .911 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janne Pesonen | L | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Taffe | C | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Letestu | C | 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Minard | L | 12 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Connor James | L | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luca Caputi | L | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dustin Jeffrey | C | 12 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Johnson | R | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Lovejoy | D | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean-Michel Daoust | RW | 12 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon D'Aversa | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Wallace | R | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Thomas | R | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Goligoski | D | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Bissonnette | L | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deryk Engelland | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Goebel | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean-Philippe Cote | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adam Henrich | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Mormina | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reid Cashman | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Vitale | C | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Wozniewski | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Boogaard | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Curry | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adam Berkhoel | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 229 | 35 | 65 | 100 | 173 | -33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Curry | 7 | 393 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3.36 | 214 | 192 | .897 |
| Adam Berkhoel | 6 | 340 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.12 | 201 | 189 | .940 |
| Totals | 13 | 733 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.78 | 415 | 381 | .918 |
