Hershey Bears 1, Binghamton Senators 0 (4/13/14)

Box Score

Hershey (37-25-5-5) vs. Binghamton (42-24-1-5)
Giant Center: Hershey, PA
Goalies: Grubauer (12-11-2, 2.67) vs. Hammond (24-17-3, 2.77)

1st Period
Scoring
No Goals

Penalties
2:58- BNG Penalty: Bench Minor for Too Many Men (Served by Peumpel) (2:00)
11:27- BNG Penalty: Kramer for Roughing (2:00)
17:34- HER Penalty: Wellar for Holding (2:00)
18:11- HER Penalty: Oleksy for Cross-Checking (2:00)

2nd Period
Scoring
No Goals

Penalties
9:22- BNG Penalty: Kramer for Roughing (2:00)
9:22- HER Penalty: Newbury for Roughing (2:00)
12:41- BNG Penalty: Sdao for Holding (2:00)
14:21- HER Penalty: Newbury for Interference (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring
No Goals

Penalties
No Penalties

Overtime
Scoring
2:24- HER Goal: Byers (15), Kolomatis & Schmidt

Penalties
No Penalties

Shots
HER: 10-12-11-6=39
BNG: 13-10-18-0=41

Recap

WHAT A GAME. The amount of chances each team had made this one of the most exciting games of the season, and what a big win it was for the Bears. The 1st period started off early. At the 2:58 mark, Binghamton received a bench minor for too many men on the ice. At the 11:27 mark, Binghamton's Darren Kramer was charged with roughing. At the 17:34 mark, Hershey's Patrick Wellar was charged with holding. 37 seconds later, Hershey's Steve Oleksy was charged with cross-checking. After the 1st, Binghamton had a 13-10 shot advantage.

At the 9:22 mark of the 2nd, each team received a penalty. Binghamton's Darren Kramer and Hershey's Kris Newbury were both charged with roughing. At the 12:41 mark, Binghamton's Michael Sdao was charged with holding. At the 14:21 mark, Hershey's Kris Newbury was charged with interference. After the 2nd, Binghamton had the 23-22 shot advantage.

The 3rd period didn't have any goals or penalties, but had plenty of shots. Hershey's Philipp Grubauer and Binghamton's Andrew Hammond stayed solid and kept the score at zero. Binghamton had the 41-33 shot advantage going into the overtime. The overtime period was dominated by Hershey, and after a couple chances, Hershey was finally able to get a puck past Hammond to win 1-0. Dane Byers scored his 15th of the season, from David Kolomatis & Nate Schmidt. Binghamton finished with the 41-39 shot advantage. Andrew Hammond finished with 38 saves in the loss, and Philipp Grubauer got the shutout with 41 saves. Hershey has 3 games left in the season, and the first one is Wednesday night against the Norfolk Admirals. Game time is at 7:15.

Standings Update

Here is the updated playoff race standings after today's games:

6. Albany  89 points
7. Providence  89 points
8. Hershey  86 points
9. Norfolk  86 points