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<p>The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins opened practice on Tuesday the same way they ended Saturday&#8217;s game against the Hershey Bears: minus Sam Miletic.</p><p>The high-scoring rookie forward was injured in the beginning of the second period on Saturday and a seemingly harmless hit along the boards.</p><p>After the game, head coach Clark Donatelli said Miletic is week-to-week with an upper body injury, and that prognosis didn&#8217;t change after Tuesday&#8217;s practice.</p><p>Still, Donatelli left the door open for a possible return this weekend.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure if he&#8217;s going to be available this weekend,&#8221; Donatelli said when asked how he would juggle line combinations with Miletic&#8217;s absence.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to take a look at different line combinations and we might have other guys coming back.&#8221;</p><p>At the time of his injury, Miletic was second on the team with six points and tied for first with three goals while skating with Zach Aston-Reese and Sam Lafferty.</p><p>If Miletic is unable to play this weekend, Donatelli could re-unite Anthony Angelo with Aston-Reese and Lafferty. Angello played with the pair for the first four games before moving to a line with Garrett Wilson and Adam Johnson.</p><p>Angello said he feels comfortable on either line but admitted the loss of Miletic leaves a void.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s definitely tough. It just seemed like such a harmless hit but the impact was big,&#8221; he said.</p><p>On the plus side, Donatelli has two more practices this week to look at other line combinations before the first three-in-three set this weekend.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll have some options. Jarrett Burton could be back this weekend. We have a lot of extra bodies that can jump in if Burton and Miletic can&#8217;t go,&#8221; Donatelli said.</p><p><strong>NOTES</strong></p><p>While Donatelli said several of his young players let their games drop while playing in Hershey on Saturday, Angello said he felt fine skating at the Giant Center. He finished the game with an assist and a plus-2 rating.</p><p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t think it was that tough. A bunch of our fans made the trip down. It&#8217;s an easy drive,&#8221; Angello said. &#8220;I kind of thrive off the other team and their fans. It suits my game well. I thought it was just another building to play in and another good experience.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Tom Venesky</p><p>tvenesky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

WBS Penguins dealing with loss of injured rookie forwad Sam Miletic