Hershey Bears 2, Adirondack Phantoms 1 (4/19/14)

Box Score

Hershey (38-27-5-5) vs. Adirondack (30-37-2-6)
Giant Center: Hershey, PA
Goalies: Leggio (22-18-3, 2.60) vs. Capobianco (1-1-0, 3.13)

1st Period
Scoring
9:35- HER Goal: Rechlicz (1), Brown & Wellar

Penalties
2:59- ADK Penalty: Goumas for Hooking (2:00)
11:05- ADK Penalty: Brown for Holding (2:00)

2nd Period
Scoring
16:43- HER Goal: Taffe (21), Latta & Oleksy

Penalties
8:00- HER Penalty: Byers for Hooking (2:00)
9:09- HER Penalty: Schilling for Delay of Game (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring
14:45- ADK Goal: Whitmore (9), Alt & Hagg

Penalties
No Penalties

Shots
HER: 6-12-8=26
ADK: 7-9-10=26

Recap

It was good to see the Bears finish off with a win, but you can't help but wonder what would have happened if they won either of the games at Norfolk. At the 2:59 mark of the 1st, Adirondack's Kevin Goumas was charged with hooking. At the 9:35 mark, Hershey got on the board. Joel Rechlicz scored his 1st of the season (his 3rd career goal in 7 AHL seasons), from Chris Brown & Patrick Wellar. A minute and a half later, Adirondack's Tyler Brown was charged with holding. After the 1st, the Phantoms had the 7-6 shot advantage.

In the 2nd, the Bears took a little more control of the game. At the 8:00 mark, Hershey's Dane Byers was charged with hooking. Around a minute later, Hershey's Cameron Schilling was charged with delay of game. At the 16:43 mark, the Bears took a 2-0 lead. Jeff Taffe scored his 21st of the season, from Michael Latta & Steve Oleksy. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 18-16 shot advantage.

Only one event happened in the 3rd, and it was a very ironic goal by the Phantoms. Derek Whitmore scored his 9th of the season, from Mark Alt & Robert Hagg. Whitmore was a Bear for a good amount of the season, until the trade that brought Kris Newbury. He scored the Bears' first goal of the season, and then he scores the final goal in the Bears' season as well. The shot advantage finished at 26-26, with David Leggio getting 25 saves in the win. The Bears finished the season with a record of 39-27-5-5.

Side Note: There will be more blog posts before the season is over. One post will be a final statistics post for the team, and I plan on posting after each AHL playoff round is over to recap each round.