According to Jonathan Bombulie of the Citizens Voice in Wilkes-Barre, the Penguins have recalled defenseman Deryk Engelland (right) from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. In 10 games this season with the AHL Penguins, Engelland has two assists and 18 penalty minutes. He has never played in the NHL.
EN Says: According to Shelly Anderson, Alex Goligoski was held out of practice yesterday due to undisclosed reasons. Dan Bylsma said, "Just worn down, a little bit tired and wanted to give him a day off to get healthy."
So draw your own conclusions.
Frankly, if the team does need a replacement from the AHL on defense, we're a little surprised it's Engelland. Engelland was in a three-way battle for the team's seventh defenseman spot with Nate Guenin and Ben Lovejoy in training camp and Guenin appeared to have the best camp out of the three before Martin Skoula was brought in.
That said, it has been over a month since training camp and we'd be lying if we knew how Engelland or anyone else is doing doing at the AHL level.
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Posted
Nov 07 2009, 05:29 AM
by
Seth Rorabaugh