Luca Caputi
The Penguins opened the preseason with a 2-1 victory over the host Binghamton Senators on Friday night on goals from Nino Musitelli and Luca Caputi (pictured). Yep, the Senators got a little tour of Italy with tonight’s game. Goalie Adam Berkhoel looked excellent in net tonight, making some key saves and also not faltering on the ones he’s expected to make. He’ll certainly push David Brown a little bit.
The Pens penalty kill was also very well excecuted, killing off multiple two-man advantages. The fight category was filled out nicely with scraps featuring Aaron Boogaard, Kevin Harvey, and the small, yet feisty Mitch Woods. Woods, who was clearly outmatched, got an early advantage and never gave up control of the fight, punching former Penguins prospect Moises Gutierrez to the ice.
In an interesting development from the Pittsburgh camp, defenseman Hal Gill will join Rob Scuderi, Sergei Gonchar, and Ryan Whitney on the ‘hobbled’ list. Gill took a shot in the first period and has a bruised knee. It isn’t serious, but could hamper him for a week or so, just enough to justify bringing Paul Bissonnette to Sweden. I suppose only time will tell. We’ll see who gets a look during tomorrow’s game against Binghamton at 7:05 in Wilkes-Barre to fill the void.
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