Ville Koivunen scored his 15th goal of the season in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's 3-2 loss to the Charlotte Checkers at Bojangles Coliseum on Friday night.
Koivunen now has 36 points in 38 games, a two-point lead for the position of top scorer among the AHL's rookies. He's now one goal shy of tying for the goal lead among rookies.
Wilkes-Barre's other goal was a power-play goal from Sam Poulin, his ninth of the year. Vasily Ponomarev assisted on both goals. Tristan Jarry stopped 25 of 28 shots faced. Between his two AHL stints this season, Jarry is 5-3 with a 2.37 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage
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Taylor Haase
2:58 am - 02.01.2025DowntownAHL: Koivunen scores another
Ville Koivunen scored his 15th goal of the season in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's 3-2 loss to the Charlotte Checkers at Bojangles Coliseum on Friday night.
Koivunen now has 36 points in 38 games, a two-point lead for the position of top scorer among the AHL's rookies. He's now one goal shy of tying for the goal lead among rookies.
Wilkes-Barre's other goal was a power-play goal from Sam Poulin, his ninth of the year. Vasily Ponomarev assisted on both goals. Tristan Jarry stopped 25 of 28 shots faced. Between his two AHL stints this season, Jarry is 5-3 with a 2.37 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage
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