Hershey Bears 3, Albany Devils 2 (2/14/14)

Box Score

Hershey (26-16-3-3) at Albany (25-16-3-4)
Boardwalk Hall: Atlantic City, NJ
Goalies: Grubauer (9-5-1, 2.23) vs. Wedgewood (7-10-2, 2.71)

1st Period
Scoring
8:12- ALB Goal (PPG): Boucher (12), Sestito & Timmins
19:48- HER Goal: Watkins (8), Byers

Penalties
2:22- HER Penalty: Oleksy for Tripping (2:00)
8:04- HER Penalty: Schilling for Holding (2:00)
12:02- ALB Penalty: Kelly for Holding (2:00)

2nd Period
Scoring
15:34- ALB Goal: Matteau (9), Timmins & Hoeffel

Penalties
1:24- ALB Penalty: McPherson for Holding (2:00)
18:36- HER Penalty: Strachan for Tripping (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring
9:23- HER Goal: Latta (7), LeBlanc & Deschamps

Penalties
No Penalties

Overtime
Scoring
No Goals

Penalties
No Penalties

Shootout
1st Round- ALB: Boucher (No Goal), HER: Stoa (Goal)
2nd Round- ALB: Tedenby (No Goal), HER: Wellman (Goal)
3rd Round- ALB: Sislo (No Goal), HER: Potulny (No Goal)
4th Round- ALB: Matteau (Goal), HER: Gazley (No Goal)
5th Round- ALB: Timmins (No Goal)
Hershey wins shootout 2-1

Shots
HER: 9-7-5-1=22
ALB: 14-9-9-3=35

Recap

Another victory at Boardwalk Hall! The Bears seem to really enjoy playing in that place. Overall, this game didn't have a whole bunch happening. The most happened in the 1st period. At the 2:22 mark, Hershey's Steve Oleksy was charged with tripping. At the 8:04 mark, Hershey's Cameron Schilling was charged with holding. Albany took advantage of this power play 8 seconds in. Reid Boucher scored his 12th of the season, from Tim Sestito & Scott Timmins, to give Albany the 1-0 lead. Around 4 minutes later, Albany's Dan Kelly was charged with holding, but the Bears couldn't take advantage. However, with 12 seconds left in the period, Hershey tied it up again. Matt Watkins scored his 8th of the year, from Dane Byers. Albany had the 14-9 shot advantage at the 1st intermission.

The 2nd period had a little less going on than the 1st period did. At the 1:24 mark, Albany's Corbin McPherson was charged with hooking. At the 15:34 mark, the scoreless tie was broken. The Devils' Stefan Matteau scored his 9th of the season, from Scott Timmins & Mike Hoeffel, to make it 2-1. As the Bears were trying to tie it, Tyson Strachan was charged with tripping at the 18:36 mark. Albany continued their shot advantage, now at 23-16.

The 3rd period had only one happening in the stat books, but it was a big one. At the 9:23 mark, Hershey's Michael Latta scored his 7th of the year, from Peter LeBlanc & Nicolas Deschamps, to make it 2-2. After that period, Albany had the shot advantage at 32-21. In the overtime period, Albany had most of the chances, but couldn't score one. They finished with the shot advantage at 35-22. In the shootout, Hershey scored on its first two shots, from Ryan Stoa & Casey Wellman. Philipp Grubauer stood tall until the 4th round, where Stefan Matteau scored to make it 2-1 in the shootout. No one would score after that, as Grubauer stood in the 5th and final round (and also finished with 33 saves), and the Bears came out with the victory! The Bears return home tomorrow night to try to increase their home winning streak to 12 games. It's against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, and game time is at 7.