![]() Reilly appeared in 26 of WB/S’s 32 games, scoring total three goals (no defender on the team had more goals) and adding total six points. But maybe he would have been ready or been able to harness some adrenaline, Reilly scored a goal on Wilkes-Barre’s opening night on 2/8, just a week after his close brush with the NHL. Couldn’t imagine making that up if ya tried.ĭespite going through the tempest of an uneven and uncertain season, Reilly did take some strides in the AHL in his first pro season. ![]() Reilly was also a call-up to the Pens’ taxi squad briefly from April 3-5 as Pittsburgh dealt with more injuries.Īs we’ve already seen, nothing has been normal in the COVID season of 2020-21, but the idea that Reilly was one pulled groin or puck hitting someone in the face away in pregame warmup from making his NHL debut in February before he even played in the AHL is just.Tough to put into words. But it also illustrates that just about any and every player in the organization might have to be called upon just around the bend from the next unexpected development. That story speaks more to the absolute gongshow of injuries to see five of the eight top defensemen on the team get hurt - in just the first nine games of the season! That has to be some sort of macabre record. Not just his NHL debut, but his very first pro game. Had the Pens not opted to sign Weber earlier in the week (who only appeared in two total games), or had one more injury, one of the most unexpected things would have happened: Will Reilly would have been pressed into duty to make his professional debut in the NHL. By the next Pens game that was played (2/6), Letang and Matheson were able to return, and Reilly was sent back to the AHL for the start of Wilkes-Barre’s season. The Pens needed that break at that moment, but for a non-virus related reason. Pittsburgh lost that game 3-1, but got a fortunate development soon after with the news their next upcoming opponent, the Devils, had too many positive COVID tests and the games were postponed. ![]() (Dumoulin, Matheson, Riikola and Pettersson all on the IR and not even needing to be scratched). The scratches for this game? Letang (injured), and.Will Reilly. The Pens defensive playing lineup on 2/1? P.O Joseph + John Marino, Chad Ruhwedel + Cody Ceci, and Kevin Czuczman + a newly signed Yannick Weber. Marcus Pettersson has already been out for a while, as has Mike Matheson. Kris Letang just got hurt, just after Brian Dumoulin was injured. The NHL Penguins are only a few weeks into the season, but their defense is in shambles. ![]() Turning pro this season after a very successful NCAA career at RPI, Reilly actually came closer than you might remember to playing in the NHL last season.įlash back to February 1st. Irrelevant” tag that Reilly will carry for the rest of his playing days (but hey, it worked out pretty OK for 2005 Mr. What’s so special about being picked 217th back in 2017? There was no pick 218, granting the “Mr. In the lead up to this point of his career, Will Reilly was probably most notable for his draft position. Catch up with these links:Ģ021 Pensburgh Top 25 Under 25: Graduates and Departed A major shot of the water tank featured in the first episode of the season showcases the striking similarity between Vernon and Vinci.Welcome to our 2021 countdown of the top young players in the Pittsburgh organization that are under the age of 25.Vinci takes a semblance of inspiration from the real city of Vernon, California.Vernon is an establishment of transmission lines, power plants, sweatshops, meatpacking warehouses, refineries and vast freeways adjoined with spreads of housing establishments. The previous city mayor was Austin Chessani, who was murdered, probably by one of Tony's men. The current mayor of Vinci is Tony Chessani. California Central Rail Corridor - a $68bn central high-speed railroad is the talk of the town but it get scandalous with the advent of Los Angeles Times leading an eight part investigative series labeling the city as "the most corrupt district in LA County" in its Tuesday edition on 27th November 2015. The city is the worst air polluter in California, annually emitting or processing 27 million pounds of toxic waste. It went industrial in the 1920s and the residents were pushed out from manufacturing zones. Vinci started out as a vice haven in the early 1900s. Massive cases of land-grabbing, countless acts of extortion, heavenly salary hikes for Vinci City Council authorities and dubious police interferences has put heat on the city. Although 70,000 people work in the city, only 95 people live there. Vinci is a tiny, fictional California city, with no sense of identifiable qualities or features, set on the sprawling edges of Los Angeles County. An industrial money making machine, Vinci was built and shared by mutual parties.
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