Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Hershey

HERSHEY, Pa. (Interstat) — The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will visit the Hershey Bears on Sunday in a minor league hockey game. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton enters with a 4-5 record, while Hershey is 6-3. The Penguins are the visiting team, and the Bears are the home team.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s most recent result was a 4-3 loss at Utica. Bill Zonnon, Avery Hayes and Melvin Fernström scored for the Penguins. Zonnon is a player to watch for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. In his last six appearances, he has four goals and one assist, including two goals and an assist in a 7-1 win at Hartford. He also scored in a 6-2 win at Providence and in the loss at Utica. Zonnon recorded a goal, three shots on goal and two penalty minutes in the Utica game. He had one shot on goal in a win over Hartford, one shot on goal in a win at Cleveland, four shots on goal in a loss at Cleveland, a goal and three shots on goal in a win at Providence, and two goals, one assist and two shots on goal in a win at Hartford. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s other recent results include a 3-2 win over Hartford, a 7-3 loss to Belleville, a 6-3 win at Cleveland, a 4-2 loss at Cleveland, a 6-2 win at Providence, a 7-1 win at Hartford, a 3-2 loss to Hartford and a 3-2 overtime loss to Springfield.

Hershey’s most recent result was a 5-3 loss at Toronto. Josh Dunne had a goal and an assist, Spencer Smallman had a goal and an assist, and Jacob MacDonald added an assist. Dunne is a player to watch for Hershey. He has two goals and two assists over his last six appearances, including a goal and an assist in the loss at Toronto and a goal in a 5-3 win over Providence. Dunne had a goal, an assist, four shots on goal and two penalty minutes in the Toronto game. He had two shots on goal and two penalty minutes at Rochester, one shot on goal against Belleville, two shots on goal and 14 penalty minutes against Providence, a goal and two shots on goal against Providence, and an assist, two shots on goal and five penalty minutes against Texas. Hershey’s other recent results include a 3-2 win at Rochester, a 5-2 win over Belleville, a 6-1 loss to Providence, a 5-3 win over Providence, a 6-1 win over Texas, a 2-1 win over Texas, a 3-2 win over Charlotte and a 5-2 loss to Charlotte.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s next two games are at Charlotte, followed by a home game against Utica. Hershey’s next two games are at home against Hartford and at Springfield. The teams are scheduled to meet again later in the season.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Hershey 3, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 2. The ELO system projects Wilkes-Barre/Scranton with a 53.7 percent probability to win. Hershey has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5, and the over/under is 5.5.