The Penguins have recalled forward Andrew Agozzino from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Jim Rutherford announced on Monday.
In a corresponding move, forward Thomas Di Pauli has been re-assigned to Wilkes-Barre.
Agozzino, 29, is Wilkes-Barre's All-Star this season and leading scorer with 14 goals and 17 assists in 35 games. Agozzino played one very brief stint in Pittsburgh this season on an emergency recall in October against the Ducks. His line got scored on after just 1:44 of ice time, and that was the end of their night. They didn’t play another shift.
“Anytime you play you want to play a lot and contribute,” Agozzino told me in November. “But that’s how it goes sometimes, it’s nothing that you can control. … As a player, you can only control how you’re playing. The only way you can get another opportunity is by playing well, so you can’t really be focused on what is going on around you. You really have to focus on your game and how you’re going to play."
Di Pauli, 25, appeared in his first two NHL games on this last recall. He recorded one blocked shot, four hits, two shots on goal, and a minus-3 rating in 11:58 of total ice time in his two games.
