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AHL Playoffs: Wilkes bounced in Game 2 for second year in a row

The Wilkes-Barre Penguins season is over after a 3-2 loss last night to Lehigh Valley. Tough ending all around, the Phantoms scored the game winning goal with 2:00 left in the third period past rookie goalie Sergei Murashov. Murashov was needed to replace Joel Blomqvist, injured in Game 1. Wilkes’ main goalie this season, Filip Larsson, was also out with an injury of his own.

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Catch the action on AHLTV on FloHockey: https://t.co/CrNDVVHuPj pic.twitter.com/nKpvluKEUx— x - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (@WBSPenguins) April 25, 2025

On the other side of the ice, Parker Gahagen, a 31-year old journeyman goalie with more ECHL games than AHL games in the last four seasons largely authored WBS’s early exit by allowing four total goals in the two games and putting up a .