Syracuse Crunch 5, Hershey Bears 0 (2/22/14)

Box Score

Hershey (29-16-3-3) vs. Syracuse (18-23-4-5)
Giant Center: Hershey, PA
Goalies: Grubauer (11-5-1, 2.31) vs. York (3-4-3, 2.90)

1st Period
Scoring
3:53- SYR Goal: Witkowski (1), Korobov & DiSalvatore
9:26- SYR Goal: DiSalvatore (7), Angelidis & Tyrell

Penalties
4:50- HER Penalty: Brouillette for Roughing (2:00)
5:05- SYR Penalty: Mormina for Tripping (2:00)
5:29- HER Penalty: Latta for High-Sticking (2:00)
15:15- HER Penalty: Bench Minor for Too Many Men (Served by Stoa) (2:00)
15:33- SYR Penalty: Rankin for Fighting (5:00)
15:33- HER Penalty: Byers for Fighting (5:00)
17:34- SYR Penalty: Angelidis for Fighting (5:00)
17:34- HER Penalty: Latta for Fighting (5:00)

2nd Period
Scoring
11:39- SYR Goal (PPG): Panik (1), Namestnikov & Sergeev

Penalties
4:26- HER Penalty: Wey for High-Sticking (2:00)
6:41- SYR Penalty: Labrie for Interference (2:00)
11:20- HER Penalty: Kolomatis for Hooking (2:00)
12:08- SYR Penalty: Paradis for Hooking (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring
7:07- SYR Goal: Namestnikov (14), Landry & Mormina
12:54- SYR Goal: Langelier-Parent (1), Richard & Rankin

Penalties
2:33- SYR Penalty: Mormina for Tripping (2:00)
16:10- SYR Penalty: Taormina for Roughing (2:00)
16:10- HER Penalty: Segal for Boarding (2:00)
16:10- HER Penalty: Segal for Roughing (2:00)
18:01- SYR Penalty: Mormina Misconduct for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (10:00)

Shots
HER: 6-20-13=39
SYR: 8-13-8=29

Recap

That was one rough game. At the 3:53 mark, Syracuse's Luke Witkowski scored his 1st of the season, from Dmitry Korobov & Jon DiSalvatore, to take a 1-0 lead. Within a 39 second window, three penalties were given out. For Syracuse, it was Joey Mormina for tripping. For Hershey, it was Julien Brouillette for rough and Michael Latta for high-sticking. 4 minutes after these penalties, Syracuse's Jon DiSalvatore (who is a former Bear) scored his 7th of the season, from Mike Angelidis & Dana Tyrell, to give the Crunch a 2-0 lead. 6 minutes later, Hershey continued their rough period with a bench minor for too many men. To finish out the period, there were two fights within a couple minutes of each other. The first fight was Syracuse's Evan Rankin and Hershey's Dane Byers. The second fight was Syracuse's Mike Angelidis and Hershey's Michael Latta. Syracuse held the shot advantage at the intermission by 8-6.

The 2nd period was not as action packed as the 1st, and Hershey did much more, but Syracuse's Allen York stopped everything in his way. At the 4:26 mark, Hershey's Patrick Wey was charged with high-sticking. At the 6:41 mark, Syracuse's Pierre-Cedric Labrie was charged with interference. At the 11:20 mark, Hershey's David Kolomatis was charged with hooking. 19 seconds later, Syracuse took advantage. Richard Panik scored his 1st of the season, from Vladislav Namestnikov & Artem Sergeev, to give the Crunch a 3-0 lead. To end the period's actions, at the 12:08 mark, Syracuse's Philippe Paradis was charged with hooking. Hershey had TWENTY shots in the period, to take the shot advantage 26-21.

The 3rd period brought even more struggles for the Bears. At the 2:33 mark, Syracuse's Joey Mormina was charged for tripping. Within 6 minutes, Syracuse increased their lead to 5-0. Vladislav Namestnikov scored his 14th of the season, from Charles Landry & Joey Mormina. The next goal was the 1st of the season for Maxime Langelier-Parent, from Tanner Richard & Evan Rankin. Within 2 minutes (16:10-18:01), there were 4 penalties issued. For Hershey, Brandon Segal was charged with boarding and roughing. For Syracuse, Matt Taormina was charged with roughing, and Joey Mormina was charged with a misconduct for unsportsmanlike conduct. Hershey won the shot advantage 39-29, but couldn't get a shot past Syracuse's Allen York. Hershey plays again tomorrow, this time at Verizon Center in Washington D.C. It's against the Syracuse Crunch again, and game time is at 5.