Ville Koivunen drew headlines last month with a four-goal game for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 9-0 beatdown of the defending Calder Cup champion Hershey Bears.

The Pittsburgh Penguins knew Ville Koivunen could score. He was putting on a clinic Wednesday night in an American Hockey League. Koivunen had four goals, and that was just through the first two periods,

Pittsburgh sent winger Jesse Puljujarvi back to the AHL on Wednesday, to a lot less fanfare than last month. Timing is everything, every day Puljujarvi spent on the NHL roster ticked off one more day until he would have to be placed on waivers again.

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins finished January with a 6-4-2 record, partly thanks to Ville Koivunen, the AHL Rookie of the Month. The 21-year-old forward had nine goals and 14 points in 12 games,