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WILKES-BARRE TWP. &#8212; When the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins lost two defensemen for the entire third period on Friday, that would seem to be a major factor behind the 5-4 loss to the Rochester Americans.But Head Coach Clark Donatelli said his team&#8217;s problems were apparent long before the attrition on defense occurred.&#8220;It put some stress on the other four D. But when we had all six D, for whatever reason, we didn&#8217;t have that jump,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t think we had a good game overall.&#8221;Anthony Angello scored twice for the Penguins, who lost defensemen Jeff Taylor and Matt Abt in the second half of the game and used center Jarrett Burton as a fill-in on the blueline.Burton said he&#8217;s been in a similar situation a handful of times in his career so it&#8217;s not entirely new.But it wasn&#8217;t ideal, either.Burton was playing defense with Ethan Prow in the third period when Rochester scored its fourth goal of the night.&#8220;A little different when you&#8217;re seeing all the play in front of you the whole time. It was fun but, yeah, I don&#8217;t know how often I&#8217;ll be doing that,&#8221; Burton said.Both teams established the offenses early, as Angello struck first for the Penguins less than four minutes into the opening period. After the Americans answered a minute later, Jimmy Hayes converted a nice pass from Joseph Cramarossa to finish a two-on-one rush and give the Penguins a 2-1 lead to close out the period.Rochester struck twice in the second to gain a 3-2 advantage, but Adam Johnson&#8217;s breakaway &#8212; which resulted after he stole the puck in the defensive end and pulled away from several Rochester players and put a shot under the crossbar &#8212; tied things up at 3-3.Rochester&#8217;s tallies in the period &#8212; one on the power play and the other after the Penguins botched a line change &#8212; didn&#8217;t sit well with Donatelli.&#8220;We didn&#8217;t get the puck in deep and they all changed. You can&#8217;t do that. You have to stick to it. You can&#8217;t change like that and give them a two-on-zero,&#8221; Donatelli said. &#8220;We talked about it and talked about it, but some guys just aren&#8217;t getting it.&#8221;The third period didn&#8217;t put Donatelli in a better mood, either.With Burton filling in on defense while Taylor &#8212; who was shaken up on a hit in the first period &#8212; and Abt were out, the Americans capitalized with a pair of goals from Victor Olofsson.Olofsson snuck into the zone after the puck hopped over Prow&#8217;s stick, and beat Jarry to make it 4-3.With a few minutes left to play, Olofsson struck again when he blasted a one-timer into the net for a 5-3 advantage.After Jarry was pulled for the extra attacker, Angello made it interesting when he scored his second of the game with one minute remaining, but the Penguins couldn&#8217;t connect again to force overtime.NOTES &#8212; Due to a winter storm forecast for Saturday, the Penguins game against Hershey has been changed from 7 p.m. to 3 p.m.<style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Pens lost two defensemen during second half of Friday&#8217;s game</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Tom Veneskytvenesky@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta>Penguins 4, Rochester 5Rochester`1`2`2 &#8212;`5Penguins` 2`1`1 &#8212;`4First PeriodScoring &#8211; 1. WBS, Anthony Angello 13 (Prow, Blueger) 3:29. 2. ROC, Zach Redmond 17 (Wilson) 4:42. 3. WBS, Jimmy Hayes 5 (Cramarossa, Czuczman) 9:46. Penalties - WBS, Erkamps (tripping) 6:42; ROC, Nylander (hooking) 7:15; ROC, MacWilliam (roughing) 20:00; ROC, Smith (roughing) 20:00; WBS, Cramarossa (roughing) 20:00.Second PeriodScoring &#8211; 4. ROC, Danny O&#8217;Regan 13 (Redmond) 7:48. 5. ROC, Zach Redmond 18 (Smith, Simpson) power play 12:28. 6. WBS, Adam Johnson 10 unassisted 14:27. Penalties - WBS, Taylor (holding) 11:29; ROC, MacWilliam (hooking) 13:48; WBS, Lafferty (high-sticking) 13:55.Third PeriodScoring &#8211; 7. ROC, Victor Olofsson 12 (O&#8217;Regan) 8:55. 8. ROC, Victor Olofsson 13 (Nylander) 14:31. 9. WBS, Anthony Angello 14 (Miletic, Dea) 18:58. Penalties - None.Shots on goalRochester &#8211; 14-10-14-38Penguins &#8211; 10-7-6-23Power-play OpportunitiesRochester &#8211; 1 of 3Penguins &#8211; 0 of 3GoaltendersRochester - Scott Wedgewood 15-7-1 (19 saves-23 shots)Penguins &#8211; Tristan Jarry 11-8-3 (33-38)StartersRochester &#8211; G Scott Wedgewood, D Zach Redmond, D Brendan Guhle, LW C.J. Smith, C Kevin Porter, RW Wayne SimpsonPenguins &#8211; G Tristan Jarry, D Kevin Czuczman, D Macoy Erkamps, LW Cameron Brown, C Teddy Blueger, RW Anthony AngelloThree Stars1. ROC, Zach Redmond (two goals, assist) 2. ROC, Victor Olofsson (two goals) 3. WBS, Anthony Angello (two goals)Referee &#8211; Beaudry Halkidis, Andrew Wilk. Linesmen &#8211; J.P. Waleski, Matt McNulty.Attendance &#8211; 5,296</factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Tom Venesky at 570-991-6395 or on Twitter @TLTomVenesky</shirttailMeta></div>

WBS Penguins lose defensemen, and game, to Rochester