Regular Season Game 32: Hershey Bears 2, Norfolk Admirals 1 (12/30/14)

Box Score


Hershey (15-11-4-1) vs. Norfolk (12-18-0-1)
Giant Center: Hershey, PA
Goalies: Grubauer (10-8-4, 2.16) vs. Gibson (2-1-1, 2.28)


1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring


Penalties
3:55- HER Penalty: Landry for Interference (2:00)
11:07- HER Penalty: Kennedy for High-Sticking (2:00)
13:34- NOR Penalty: Cantin for Cross-Checking (2:00)
16:08- NOR Penalty: Nightingale for Fighting (5:00)
16:08- HER Penalty: Mitchell Misconduct  for Continuing Altercation (10:00)
16:08- HER Penalty: Walker for Fighting (5:00)


2nd Period
Scoring
8:50- HER Goal: Mitchell (1), Newbury
19:46- HER Goal: Wellman (9), Newbury & Kundratek


Penalties
6:33- HER Penalty: Galiev for Elbowing (2:00)
6:43- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Delay of Game (2:00)
14:29- NOR Penalty: O'Brien for Roughing (2:00)


3rd Period
Scoring
19:27- NOR Goal: Leblanc (11), Bell & Wagner


Penalties
6:08- NOR Penalty: Bell for Tripping (2:00)
7:09- NOR Penalty: Gagne for High-Sticking (2:00)


Shots
HER: 2-16-6=24
NOR: 9-8-4=21


Recap


33 seconds away from a shutout. Philipp Grubauer has been playing well this season, and he was that close to another shutout. The way the 1st period started, it looked like it could be a rough game. Norfolk dominated for most of the period, but didn't come away with anything. After the 1st, the Admirals had the 9-2 shot advantage. In the 2nd, the fortunes turned in the Bears direction. After getting through a 5-on-3 penalty kill, the Bears were able to get on the board first. Garrett Mitchell scored his 1st of the season, from Kris Newbury.


Even though they couldn't capitalize on a power play, they were able to take a 2-0 lead into intermission with 14 seconds left. Casey Wellman scored his 9th of the season, from Kris Newbury (2nd assist of the night) & Tomas Kundratek. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 18-17 shot advantage. Norfolk would do the same as the Bears in the previous period, and survive a 5-on-3 penalty kill. However, their rally would start a little too late, as they would score with 33 seconds left in the game. Louis Leblanc scored his 11th of the season, from Brendan Bell & Chris Wagner. The Bears would finished with the 24-21 shot advantage.


Next Game: Tomorrow at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 3:05