Regular Season Game 33: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 2, Hershey Bears 0 (12/31/14)

Box Score


Hershey (16-11-4-1) at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (18-12-1-2)
Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Goalies: Grubauer (11-8-4, 2.11), Copley (5-3-1, 2.08) vs. Zatkoff (10-6-1, 1.85)


1st Period
Scoring
No Goals


Penalties
1:48- HER Penalty: Byers for Roughing (2:00)
8:28- HER Penalty: Conner for Hooking (2:00)
13:33- HER Penalty: Oleksy for Slashing (2:00)


2nd Period
Scoring
19:31- WBS Goal (PPG): Kostopoulos (6), Dumoulin & Sheary


Penalties
8:10- WBS Penalty: Archibald for Interference (2:00)
14:17- WBS Penalty: Letourneau-Leblond for Roughing (2:00)
19:25- HER Penalty: Schilling for Interference (2:00)


3rd Period
Scoring
19:12- WBS Goal: Uher (5), Rowney & Kuhnhackl


Penalties
3:45- HER Penalty: Newbury for Roughing (2:00)
5:05- HER Penalty: Byers for Roughing (2:00)
5:05- HER Penalty: Byers for Fighting (5:00)
5:05- WBS Penalty: Kostopoulos for Roughing (2:00)
5:05- WBS Penalty: Kostopoulos for Fighting (5:00)
6:22- WBS Penalty: Zatkoff for Holding (Served by Torquato) (2:00)
9:09- WBS Penalty: Letourneau-Leblond for Holding (2:00)
11:53- HER Penalty: Landry for Tripping (2:00)


Shots
HER: 8-9-6=23
WBS: 9-6-11=26


Recap


A disappointing outcome to this one. Philipp Grubauer continued his great play, and Pheonix Copley played well in relief. The Bears just couldn't buy a goal, as seems to be the pattern for this season thus far. In the 1st period, the Penguins were given all the power play chances. The Bears were able to survive three power plays. After the 1st, the Penguins had the 9-8 shot advantage. The Penguins would get penalties called them in this 2nd (2 of them), but the Bears couldn't get one past Jeff Zatkoff.  The Bears would take a costly penalty with 35 seconds left in the period. 6 seconds later, the Penguins got one past Grubauer. Tom Kostopoulos scored his 6th of the season, from Brian Dumoulin & Conor Sheary. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 17-15 shot advantage.


In the 3rd, right before a 8 minute period where 6 penalties were given out, Philipp Grubauer came up slow after a great save. Pheonix Copley would have to come on in relief. No goals came from the power plays that were given out during that 8 minute window. The Penguins would get the insurance goal off a Bears turnover with 48 seconds left. Dominik Uher scored his 5th of the season, from Carter Rowney & Tom Kunhhackl. Jeff Zatkoff would finish with a 26-save shutout (Penguins got 23 shots on goal).


Next Game: Saturday vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 7:00