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<p>WILKES-BARRE - Last season when after Matt Murray was called up to Pittsburgh for good in late February, Tristan Jarry was pressed into a heavy workload as a rookie for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.</p><p>With Murray gone, Jarry started 15 of the next 17 games last season, including a run of 11 consecutive starts. He said the workload shift was an adjustment, but it helped prepare him for his current role as the starting netminder this season.</p><p>&#8220;Last year it was different for me going from the backup spot to playing every game consecutively,&#8221; Jarry said. I had to adapt quickly, and it taught me how hard you have to work and the shape you have to be in to handle that.&#8221;</p><p>This season Jarry has started 16 of the team&#8217;s first 24 games, and he is tied for second in the AHL with 10 wins. Jarry also has a respectable 2.12 goals against average and a .921 save percentage, proving the adjustment to being a starter has been a little bit easier this season.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s fun,&#8221; Jarry said of being handed a heavy workload. &#8220;That&#8217;s why everyone plays the game.</p><p>&#8220;But I want to be consistent with it and string together good games. That will help me in the long run.&#8221;</p><p>Head coach Clark Donatelli hasn&#8217;t been afraid to give Jarry two or three consecutive starts or even play him on back-to-back nights. Backup Casey DeSmith has proven equally dependable filling in, and Donatelli said he&#8217;ll stick with the formula until something changes.</p><p>&#8220;Until it falters,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;Right now (Jarry) is getting double duty and we like what we see. He&#8217;s focused. His confidence is there.&#8221;</p><p><strong>Eye on Hartford</strong></p><p>The Penguins have beaten the Hartford Wolf Pack in two meetings this season and have outscored them 10-3. The Wolf Pack is in last place in the Atlantic Division and have allowed a league-high 94 goals.</p><p>But that doesn&#8217;t mean the Penguins are taking them for granted when they face the Wolf Pack in Hartford on Wednesday.</p><p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t look at their record. They&#8217;re a good team and they play us hard,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;That&#8217;s the way we look at it.&#8221;</p><p><strong>Busy stretch</strong></p><p>The Penguins are in the middle of a stretch of six games in nine days, winning two of the first three. Donatelli said his players are holding up well with three more games before Christmas break on Sunday.</p><p>&#8220;It can be tough mentally, and it is a tough stretch, but right now our mindset is right and the guys are rejuvenated,&#8221; he said.</p><p><strong>Double the toughness</strong></p><p>With Tom Sestito down from Pittsburgh and Patrick McGrath on the roster, Donatelli has two players to handle the physical element every night.</p><p>&#8220;You can really change the lineup if you put both of them in,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s good to have those options.&#8221;</p><p><strong>Injury news</strong></p><p>Carter Rowney may not return before the Christmas break and is considered week-to-week.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Tristan Jarry said he has adjusted to a heavy workload as the starting goaltender for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins this season. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_Jarry1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Tristan Jarry said he has adjusted to a heavy workload as the starting goaltender for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins this season. </caption0><photoCredit0>Fred Adams|for Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Tom Venesky</p><p>tvenesky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Tristan Jarry fine with heavy workload as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ top goaltender