Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Defeat Philadelphia Phantoms to Break Phantoms Home Winning Streak - AHL

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MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - PHILADELPHIA - Jonathan Filewich scored two goals to lead the 
 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins over the Philadelphia Phantoms on Sunday evening 
 at the Wachovia Spectrum.  Denis Tolpeko and John Slaney scored for the 
 Phantoms, who saw a four-game home winning streak come to an end. 
 
  
 
 Tolpeko opened the scoring with a goal on his first shift back from an injury 
 suffered on March 16.  He took the puck down the left wing and wristed a shot 
 past the short side of goaltender Jeff Deslauriers.  Darroll Powe picked up his 
 first professional point with an assist on the goal just 1:12 into the game.  
 
  
 
 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton tied the game at 8:22 of the second period.  There was a 
 scramble in front of the Phantoms net, and Joe Jensen arrived behind the play to 
 clean up the rebound of a shot by Kurtis McLean and make the score 1-1. 
 
  
 
 Shortly afterwards, at 12:25, the Penguins took a 2-1 lead.  Filewich gained 
 control of the puck following a faceoff in the Phantoms end and snapped a shot 
 perfectly into the upper  short-side corner. 
 
  
 
 Then at 13:08, the Wilkes-Barre advantage became 3-1 on Filewich's second. This 
 one came from the right circle off a feed from Kyle Brodziak and beat Munroe to 
 the glove side.  
 
  
 
 The Phantoms drew within a goal 3:59 into the third period with a power play 
 tally.  The teams were scrambling around the Wilkes-Barre net when a puck 
 bounced to the feet of Slaney off to the left side of the low slot.  He batted 
 it past Deslauriers to make it 3-2.  But the Phantoms could not score again, and 
 Brodziak finished it off with a late empty-netter. 
 
  
 
 Munroe shouldered the loss with 29 saves on 31 of Wilkes-Barre's 32 shots, while 
 Deslauriers took home the win with 24 saves on 26 Phantoms attemps.  
 Philadelphia remains eight points behind fourth-place Bridgeport in the race for 
 the final playoff spot after the Sound Tigers lost to Portland.  Albany, which 
 was idle, remains six points ahead of the Phantoms.