Charlotte Checkers 4, Hershey Bears 1 (3/1/14)

Box Score

Hershey (29-19-3-4) vs. Charlotte (24-26-1-2)
Giant Center: Hershey, PA
Goalies: Grubauer (11-7-1, 2.59), Leggio (15-14-3, 2.72) vs. Peters (1-1-1, 2.28)

1st Period
Scoring
3:00- CHA Goal: Boychuk (24), Rask & Staal

Penalties
5:18- CHA Penalty: Flood for Cross-Checking (2:00)
5:21- CHA Penalty: Jordan for Delay of Game (2:00)

2nd Period
Scoring
6:15- HER Goal: Stoa (11), Taffe & Gazley
8:41- CHA Goal: Bro. Sutter (6), Biega & Jordan
13:22- CHA Goal: Bre. Sutter (8), Terry & Rissanen
18:02- CHA Goal: Rask (10), Murphy

Penalties
1:51- CHA Penalty: Boychuk for Slashing (2:00)
14:43- CHA Penalty: Terry for High-Sticking (Double Minor) (4:00)
17:04- HER Penalty: Latta for Hooking (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring
No Goals

Penalties
0:35- CHA Penalty: Biega for Hooking (2:00)
12:16- HER Penalty: Potulny for Boarding (2:00)
14:22- CHA Penalty: Flood for Delay of Game (2:00)
15:57- HER Penalty: Brouillette for Slashing (2:00)

Shots
HER: 16-7-7=30
CHA: 7-13-12=32

Recap

5 losses in a row. 0-for-6 on the power play. This has been a rough couple weeks for this team. Charlotte started their scoring early. At the 3:00 mark, Zach Boychuk scored his 24th of the season, from Victor Rask & Jared Staal. A couple minutes later, two penalties were given to Charlotte. Mark Flood was charged with cross-checking, and Michal Jordan was charged with delay of game. Hershey couldn't take advantage. Hershey had a 16-7 shot advantage after the 1st.

At the 1:51 mark of the 2nd period, Charlotte's Zach Boychuk was charged with slashing. Around 4 and a half minutes later, Hershey tied it up. Ryan Stoa scored his 11th of the season, from Jeff Taffe and Dustin Gazley. Around 2 and a half minutes later, Charlotte took the lead again. Brody Sutter scored his 6th of the season, from Dan Biega & Michal Jordan. At the 13:22 mark, Charlotte increased their lead to 2. Brett Sutter scored his 8th of the season, from Chris Terry & Rasmus Rissanen. Around a minute later, Charlotte's Chris Terry was charged with a double minor for high-sticking. Hershey couldn't take advantage, and the power play was taken away at the 17:04 mark when Michael Latta was charged with hooking. To finish the period, at the 18:02 mark, Charlotte made it 4-1. Victor Rask scored his 10th of the season, from Ryan Murphy. Philipp Grubauer was taken out for David Leggio at this point. Hershey still had the shot advantage at 23-20.

The 3rd period had only penalties. 35 seconds in, Charlotte's Dan Biega was charged with hooking. At the 12:16 mark, Hershey's Ryan Potulny was charged with boarding. 2 minutes later, Charlotte's Mark Flood was charged with delay of game. To finish the game, at the 15:57 mark, Hershey's Julien Brouillette was charged with slashing. Charlotte finished with the 32-30 shot advantage. Hershey will look to try to break their losing streak once again against Charlotte tomorrow. Game time is at 4.