Worcester Sharks 4, Hershey Bears 2 (3/22/14)

Box Score

Hershey (32-23-4-4) at Worcester (30-28-3-1)
DCU Center: Worcester, MA
Goalies: Leggio (18-16-3, 2.65) vs. Sateri (16-20-1, 2.94)

1st Period
Scoring
10:40- HER Goal: Wellman (16), Deschamps & Stoa

Penalties
12:05- HER Penalty: Watkins for Tripping (2:00)
13:29- HER Penalty: Newbury for Slashing (2:00)
19:02- WOR Penalty: Oleksuk for Slashing (2:00)
20:00- HER Penalty: Kolomatis for Hooking (2:00)

2nd Period
Scoring
18:47- WOR Goal: Hamilton (19), Tarasov & Davison

Penalties
1:36- WOR Penalty: Kearns for Hooking (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring
9:36- HER Goal: Deschamps (14), Wellman
14:04- WOR Goal: DaSilva (15), McCarthy & Kearns
15:10- WOR Goal: Doherty (4), Viedensky & Hayes
17:19- WOR Goal: Oleksuk (14), Hamilton & Abeltshauser

Penalties
6:50- HER Penalty: Latta for Cross-Checking (2:00)
9:52- HER Penalty: Newbury for High-Sticking (2:00)

Shots
HER: 10-8-9=27
WOR: 16-6-18=40

Recap

This is easily the most disappointing game of the season. With how David Leggio played tonight, he deserved much better. Halfway into the 1st period, Hershey got on the board. Casey Wellman scored his 16th of the season, from Nicolas Deschamps & Ryan Stoa. At the 12:05 mark, Hershey's Matt Watkins got charged for tripping. Close to a minute and a half later, Hershey's Kris Newbury got charged with slashing. At the 19:02 mark, Worcester's Travis Oleksuk was charged with slashing. At the end of the period, Hershey's David Kolomatis was charged with hooking. After the 1st, Worcester had the 16-10 shot advantage.

The 2nd period only had a couple things going on. At the 1:36 mark, Worcester's Bracken Kearns was charged with hooking. At the 18:47 mark, Worcester tied the game up. Freddie Hamilton scored his 19th of the season, from Daniil Tarasov & Rob Davison. After the 2nd, Worcester had the 22-18 shot advantage.

To start the 3rd period, at the 6:50 mark, Hershey's Michael Latta was charged with cross-checking. At the 9:36 mark, Hershey took the 2-1 lead. Nicolas Deschamps scored his 14th of the season, from Casey Wellman. 16 seconds later, Hershey's Kris Newbury was charged with high-sticking. This is where the defense fell apart in front of David Leggio. At the 14:04 mark, Worcester tied it up. Dan DaSilva scored his 15th of the season, from John McCarthy & Bracken Kearns. A little over a minute later, Worcester took the lead. Taylor Doherty scored his 4th of the season, from Marek Viedensky & Eriah Hayes. 2 minutes later, Worcester got the insurance goal to make it 4-2. Travis Oleksuk scored his 14th of the season, from Freddie Hamilton (2nd point of the night) & Konrad Abeltshauser. Worcester finished with the 40-27 shot advantage. David Leggio got 36 saves in the loss. Hershey finishes up the weekend tomorrow on the road, this time against the Manchester Monarchs. Game time is at 3.