Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins sign two, lose head coach
The Wilkes-Barre have had some changes almost instantly into the off-season. Their seasoned head coach, John Hynes, has left to take up a post with the New Jersey Devils behind his old hand, Ray Shero. Hynes was a key part of the Penguins system and is the fifth coach currently in the league to have coached Wilkes-Barre at some point. The others being Bylsma (Sabres), Therrien (Canadiens), Yeo (Wild) & Richards (Blue Jackets).
It is likely that his assistant coach, Alain Nasreddine will join him in New Jersey, as mentioned by Highland Park hockey on twitter. Losing two key parts of the team that have been around for years will make it a challenge to replace but based on the teams previous success in replacing coaches means I think that they will be fine.
In other news the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins signed two players to AHL contracts for next season. The two players are Adam Krause and Ty Loney. Loney is an old team-mate of Beau Bennett's and has been a consistent scorer for the University of Denver in his time there. His family have links to the Penguins with his dad, Troy Loney, won two Stanley Cup's with Pittsburgh.
Krause spent most of last season in the NCAA, appearing 31 times for Minnesota-Duluth. He has been in the Penguins system since leaving there in March after signing for the Wheeling Nailers on April 3rd. With the Nailers he had 2G 2A in 6 games in the regular season and 1G & 3A in seven play-off matches.
Both will be a breath of fresh air in the organisation, as any new player is when he joins. If they match what the coaching staff is expecting of them then they should be decent AHL players able to make an impact.
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