The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defeated the Springfield Thunderbirds by a score of 4-1. In goal for the Penguins, making his North American debut was Sergei Murashov, who earned third-star honors by making 27 saves.
No longer under contract to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Pittsburgh invited their young prospect to North America for his first training camp in September. Last year in the MHL, he was 24-4-2 with a .930 SV% and 2.03 GAA.
