WBS Weekly: Penguins split weekend series with Hershey, Rockford

Photo by WBS PenguinsThe WBS Penguins opened the week as the Facebook Live AHL Game of the Week, hosting the red-hot Hershey Bears, who were looking to set a franchise record with their 16th-straight game without a regulation loss. After a scoreless first period, WBS put itself behind a considerably large 8-ball when Zach Trotman and Joseph Blandisi took penalties 30 seconds apart early in the second, giving Hershey a 5-on-3 power play, which they promptly converted through Riley Barber’s 22nd goal of the year.

WBS recovered a few minutes later, as Ryan Haggerty scored his 14th and 15th goals of the year, which were also his fourth and fifth goals in the last four games, to put WBS up 2-1…