Minor league Penguins win in overtime thriller

A goal by defenseman Jake Livanavage at two minutes and fifty-nine seconds of overtime gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a four to three comeback win against the Charlotte Checkers at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, with a record of six wins, four losses, one overtime loss, and zero shootout losses, overcame a three-goal deficit to claim victory. Livanavage also recorded two assists, while Penguins forwards Rafael Harvey-Pinard and Rutger McGroarty each contributed a goal and an assist.

Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made twenty-nine saves on thirty-three shots, boosting his record to five wins and one loss. Former Penguins forward Sam Lafferty, a native of Hollidaysburg, recorded two assists for Charlotte.

Highlights include that Penguins forward David Gustafsson was scratched due to an undisclosed injury that will keep him sidelined on a week-to-week basis, according to the team's radio broadcast. The Penguins' next game is a road contest against the Checkers on Saturday at six p.m.