Hershey Bears 5, Adirondack Phantoms 3 (1/31/14)

Box Score

Hershey (22-14-3-3) at Adirondack (21-19-0-2)
Glens Falls Civic Center: Glens Falls, NY
Goalies: Leggio (13-12-2, 2.71) vs. Danis (6-4-2, 2.50)

1st Period
Scoring
10:37- HER Goal: Taffe (11), Gazley & Latta
17:10- ADK Goal: Bordson (9), VandeVelde & Gervais

Penalties
18:02- HER Penalty: Kolomatis for Hooking (2:00)

2nd Period
Scoring
5:08- HER Goal (PPG): Brouillette (7), Deschamps & Latta
6:05- HER Goal: Byers (5), Watkins & Walker
15:43- HER Goal: LeBlanc (9), Watkins & Kolomatis

Penalties
3:50- ADK Penalty: Flanagan for High-Sticking (2:00)
7:13- ADK Penalty: Holmstrom for Slashing (2:00)
18:26- HER Penalty: Brouillette for Delay of Game (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring
7:34- ADK Goal: Alt (2), Lauridsen
15:34- ADK Goal (PPG): Gervais (7), Newbury & Akeson
18:46- HER Goal (EN PPG): Brouillette (8)

Penalties
14:12- HER Penalty: Latta for Holding the Stick (2:00)
15:04- HER Penalty: Schilling for Tripping (2:00)
18:32- ADK Penalty: Bordson for Holding (2:00)
20:00- ADK Penalty: McGinn Misconduct for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (10:00)

Shots
HER: 9-8-6=23
ADK: 10-9-13=32

Recap

6 in a row! With how this team started, it's amazing to see how they've done in the new year. Hershey started off the contest with a distinct advantage in play, and it paid off with Jeff Taffe's 11th goal of the season, from Dustin Gazley & Michael Latta. However, Adirondack took control after that point, and it paid off for them with Rob Bordson's 9th goal of the season, from Chris VandeVelde & Bruno Gervais, to tie it at one a piece. The period ended with David Kolomatis getting the 1st penalty of the game, a hooking call with 1:58 left. After Hershey's outburst in the 1st half of the period, Adirondack was able to storm back to have a 10-9 lead in shots at the end of the 1st.

The 2nd period was dominated by the Bears in everything but shots. Adirondack's Kyle Flanagan got penalized for high-sticking, which lead to Hershey's improving power play unit to take advantage. Julien Brouillette's 7th goal of the season, from Nicolas Deschamps & Michael Latta (2nd assist of the game), gave the Bears a 2-1 lead with 14:22 left in the 2nd. Only 57 seconds later, Dane Byers scored his 5th goal of the season, from Matt Watkins and Nathan Walker. A minute or so later, Adirondack's Ben Holmstrom got caught for slashing. With almost 4 minutes left, Peter LeBlanc scored his 9th goal of the season, from Matt Watkins (2nd assist of the game) & David Kolomatis. With only a couple minutes remaining, Julien Brouillette got a penalty for delay of game. Adirondack had one more shot than the Bears in the period to give them a 19-17 advantage going into the final period.

In the 3rd period, Adirondack tried to make a comeback. A third of the way through the period, Mark Alt scored his 2nd goal of the season, from Oliver Lauridsen, to make it 4-2 in favor of the Bears.  With around 6 minutes left, Hershey got two penalties within 52 seconds: Michael Latta for holding the stick, and Cameron Schilling for tripping. 30 seconds after Schilling's penalty, and during a 5-on-3 power play, Adirondack's Bruno Gervais scored his 7th goal of the season, from Kris Newbury & Jason Akeson. As Adirondack tried to tie the game up, Rob Bordson got penalized for holding. 14 seconds later, Julien Brouillette got a power play goal on the empty net (his 2nd goal of the game) to give the Bears a 5-3 victory! At the end of the game, Adirondack's Tye McGinn got a misconduct penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. David Leggio once again had a strong showing, with 29 saves on the night. The Bears push their win streak to six games, and they try to push it to 7 as they once again play the Phantoms tomorrow, this time at Wells Fargo Center. Game time is at 1.

Introduction

Hello everyone! As this is my first post, I would like to welcome you all to my blog about the Hershey Bears! The posts of this blog will mostly be recaps of each game the Bears have. Occasionally, I might post if a number of transactions occur between the Bears and their affiliates (the Caps and the Royals), and also some postings of statistics of the team. Thank you for reading my blog, and go Bears!