AHL-Contract Forward Gabe Klassen Breaks Scoring Drought With Two-Goal Night
After going seven games without a goal for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Gabe Klassen scored twice in a 5-1 win over the Hershey Bears on Saturday night. The undrafted forward added a secondary assist on the opening goal of a 4-3 shootout loss to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms the next afternoon.
Klassen signed with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton last season but spent most of the year with the Wheeling Nailers, finishing fourth on the team with 43 points in 65 games. Prior to turning professional, Klassen recorded 265 points in 248 WHL games over parts of five seasons with the Portland Winterhawks, captaining the team for two seasons and finishing seventh in the entire league with 106 points and third with a +50 plus/minus rating in the 2023-24 season. Klassen currently ranks 13th on Wilkes-Barre/Scranton with nine points in 24 games, but seems to be finding some offensive consistency and settling into elevated roles while the organization deals with frequent roster movement.
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Kirill Tankov found the scoresheet again in the KHL after injury interrupted a hot start, Gabe Klassen continues to carve out a larger role with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, and Vasily Ponomarev scores twice, including a clutch overtime winner, for Avangard Omsk, plus Wilkes-Barre/Scranton earned three of four points over the weekend while the Wheeling Nailers postponed three games due to a player strike.
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