Regular Season Game 8: Hershey Bears 4, Manchester Monarchs 0 (10/31/14)

Box Score


Hershey (5-2-0-0) at Manchester (3-2-0-0)
Verizon Wireless Arena: Manchester, NH
Goalies: Grubauer (2-2-0, 2.78) vs. Berube (2-1-0, 1.76)


1st Period
Scoring
No Goals


Penalties
14:49- HER Penalty: Walker for Goaltender Interference (2:00)
18:17- HER Penalty: Gazley for Tripping (2:00)


2nd Period
Scoring
11:37- HER Goal: Byers (3), Newbury & Wellman
15:34- HER Goal (PPG): Wellman (6), Kundratek & Carrick
19:37- HER Goal: Brown (1), Wellman


Penalties
15:10- MCH Penalty: Gratton for Cross-Checking (2:00)
17:16- HER Penalty: Wellman for Slashing (2:00)


3rd Period
Scoring
19:57- HER Goal (EN): Oleksy (2), Moore


Penalties
7:52- MCH Penalty: LoVerde for Holding (2:00)
8:20- HER Penalty: Carrick for Holding (2:00)
14:49- HER Penalty: Broda for Interference (2:00)
16:54- HER Penalty: Oleksy for Roughing (2:00)


Shots
HER: 6-11-6=23
MCH: 7-9-10=26


Recap


Three in a row and two straight shutouts! This team could really be something special. Most of the action happened in the 2nd period, as the 1st period only had two penalties go against Hershey's way. After that 1st period, the Monarchs had a 7-6 shot advantage. In the 2nd period, the Bears offense came alive. At the 11:37 mark, the Bears got on the board. Dane Byers scored his 3rd of the season, from Kris Newbury & Casey Wellman. 4 minutes later, while on the power play, Hershey made it 2-0. Casey Wellman scored his 6th of the season (2nd point of the night), from Tomas Kundratek & Connor Carrick. 4 minutes after that, and 23 seconds before the end of the period, it became 3-0. Chris Brown scored his 1st of the season, from Casey Wellman (2nd assist of the night, 3rd point of the night). As the game went into the 3rd, the Bears got hit with a few more penalties, but the penalty kill went 6-for-6 on the night. 3 seconds before the end of the game, the Bears finished off the 4-0 victory. Steve Oleksy scored his 2nd of the season, from Mike Moore. The Monarchs finished with the 26-23 shot advantage (Philipp Grubauer got the shutout for the Bears).


Next Game: Tomorrow at Worcester, 7:00


Note: Due to previous scheduled events, the blog post for tomorrow night's game will either be later than normal, or will be posted on Sunday morning. Sorry for the inconvenience!