Regular Season Game 6: Hershey Bears 4, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 1 (10/25/14)

Box Score


Hershey (3-2-0-0) vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (3-3-0-0)
Giant Center: Hershey, PA
Goalies: Grubauer (1-2-0, 3.39) vs. Murray (1-0-0, 0.74)


1st Period
Scoring
12:15- HER Goal (PPG): Kennedy (1), Newbury & Kundratek
12:55- HER Goal: Byers (2), Landry & Kundratek


Penalties
2:23- WBS Penalty: Drazenovic for Hooking (2:00)
9:20- HER Penalty: Newbury for Hooking (2:00)
11:41- WBS Penalty: Chorney for Interference (2:00)
13:25- WBS Penalty: Kostopoulos for Roughing (2:00)
13:25- HER Penalty: Oleksy for Roughing (2:00)
15:50- WBS Penalty: Megna for Cross-Checking (2:00)
16:37- HER Penalty: Kundratek for Interference (2:00)


2nd Period
Scoring
0:24- WBS Goal: Megna (2), Kuhnhackl & Ebbett
15:31- HER Goal (PPG): Wellman (5), Kundratek & Newbury
18:26- HER Goal: Gazley (2) (Penalty Shot)


Penalties
0:49- HER Penalty: Landry for Kneeing (2:00)
5:22- WBS Penalty: Wilson for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (2:00)
5:22- HER Penalty: Kundratek for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (2:00)
11:27- WBS Penalty: Letourneau-Leblond for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (2:00)
11:27- HER Penalty: Byers for Roughing (2:00)
11:27- HER Penalty: Oleksy for Delay of Game (2:00)
15:02- WBS Penalty: Uber for Tripping (2:00)
16:17- HER Penalty: Gazley for High-Sticking (2:00)
17:40- WBS Penalty: Pouliot for Tripping (2:00)


3rd Period
Scoring
No Goals


Penalties
3:14- WBS Penalty: Letourneau-Leblond for Roughing (2:00)
9:38- WBS Penalty: Farnham for High-Sticking (2:00)
15:01- WBS Penalty: Farnham for Hooking (2:00)
17:18- WBS Penalty: Dumoulin for Fighting (5:00)
17:18- WBS Penalty: Farnham for Instigating (2:000
17:18- WBS Penalty: Farnham for Fighting (5:00)
17:18- WBS Penalty: Farnham Game Misconduct for Instigating (10:00)
17:18- WBS Penalty: Letourneau-Leblond for Fighting (5:00)
17:18- WBS Penalty: Uher for Fighting (5:00)
17:18- HER Penalty: Broda for Fighting (5:00)
17:18- HER Penalty: Cornet for Fighting (5:00)
17:18- HER Penalty: Landry for Fighting (5:00)
17:18- HER Penalty: Oleksy for Fighting (5:00)


Recap


What a way to start the home season! If you made it past the box score to read the recap, I thank you. There was much going on in this game, especially in those final few minutes. In the 1st period, the penalties started off early, and the goals were in a short window. After one of the Penguins' penalties, the Bears power play struck once again. Tim Kennedy scored his 1st of the season, from Kris Newbury & Tomas Kundratek. 40 seconds later, the Bears doubled the lead. Dane Byers scored his 2nd of the season, from Jon Landry & Tomas Kundratek (2nd assist of the night). After the 1st, the Bears had the 14-10 shot advantage.


24 seconds into the 2nd period, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton cut the lead in half. Jayson Megna scored his 2nd of the season, from Tom Kuhnhackl & Andrew Ebbett. The penalties continued throughout the period, with 9 being handed out. In the middle of two penalties, Hershey once again struck on the power play. Casey Wellman scored his 5th of the season, from Tomas Kundratek (3rd assist of the night) & Kris Newbury (2nd assist of the night). 3 minutes later, a rare penalty shot was given to Hershey. Dustin Gazley took the shot, and capitalized on it for his 2nd goal of the season to make it 4-1. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 23-19 shot advantage.


The 3rd period didn't have any goals, but it's the period that everything got out of control. For most of the period, there were actually less penalties than in the previous periods. However, at the 17:18 mark, everything was insane. 10 penalties were given out, 8 for fighting. For Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, it was Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond, Brian Dumoulin, Bobby Farnham (who got 3 penalties), and Dominik Uher. For Hershey, it was Joel Broda, Philippe Cornet, Jon Landry, and Steve Oleksy. 29 penalties were given out during the entire game. The Bears finished with the 28-27 shot advantage (Philipp Grubauer got the win with 26 saves).


Next Game: Tomorrow vs. Lehigh Valley, 5:00