Regular Season Game 69: Worcester Sharks 3, Hershey Bears 2 (F/SO) (4/1/15)

Box Score


Hershey (42-19-5-2) vs. Worcester (37-23-4-2)
Giant Center: Hershey, PA
Goalies: Grubauer (26-15-4, 2.27) vs. Dell (12-5-2, 1.89)




1st Period
Scoring
7:01- HER Goal: Wellman (23), Carrick & J. O'Brien


Penalties
1:24- WOR Penalty: Coetzee for Tripping (2:00)




2nd Period
Scoring
4:28- HER Goal: L. O'Brien (3), Carrick & Stephenson
5:50- WOR Goal: Oleksuk (9), Haley & Stollery


Penalties
10:00- HER Penalty: Brown for Tripping (2:00)
13:05- WOR Penalty: Carpenter for Holding (2:00)
13:10- HER Penalty: Wellman for Hooking (2:00)




3rd Period
Scoring
2:23- WOR Goal: Willows (3), Taomina


Penalties
3:29- HER Penalty: Carrick for Interference (2:00)
16:11- HER Penalty: Brown for Kneeing (2:00)


Overtime
Scoring
No Goals


Penalties
No Penalties


Shootout
1st Round: HER- Stephenson (No Goal), WOR- Ciampini (Goal)
2nd Round: HER- Burakovsky (Goal), WOR- Lerg (No Goal)
3rd Round: HER- Mitchell (No Goal), WOR- Tarasov (No Goal)
4th Round: HER- Brown (No Goal), WOR- Trupp (No Goal)
5th Round: HER- Carrick (No Goal), WOR- Oleksuk (No Goal)
6th Round: HER- Wellman (No Goal), WOR- Coetzee (No Goal)
7th Round: HER- Gazley (No Goal), WOR- McCarthy (Goal)
Worcester wins shootout 2-1


Shots
HER: 20-6-9-3=38
WOR: 10-10-7-5=32


Recap


A tough one to lose. Both teams played well (Hershey at the beginning, Worcester towards the end), so it's good to get a point out of it. The 1st period was fast-paced, and didn't feel that long at all. The Bears would get the only goal of the period. Casey Wellman scored his 23rd of the season, from Connor Carrick & Jim O'Brien. After the 1st, the Bears had the 20-10 shot advantage. In the 2nd, a little more would happen, including a goal for each. At the 4:28 mark, the Bears would make it 2-0. Liam O'Brien scored his 3rd of the season, from Connor Carrick (2nd assist of night) & Chandler Stephenson.


Only 1:22 after that, Worcester would get on the board to make it 2-1. Travis Oleksuk scored his 9th of the season, from Micheal Haley & Karl Stollery. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 26-20 shot advantage. In the 3rd, the Sharks wouldn't take long to tie the game at 2 (2:23 into the period). Matt Willows scored his 3rd of the season, from Matt Taomina. The Bears penalty kill would be clutch with two important penalty kill situations. In the overtime period, the play was fast-paced and each team had great chances, but the goalies stood strong. In the shootout, Daniel Ciampini would score in the 1st round for the Sharks, but Hershey's Andre Burakovsky would score in the 2nd. The tie would last until the 7th round, where Worcester's John McCarthy would get the puck past Philipp Grubauer to win the game. The Bears finished with the 38-32 shot advantage.


Next Game: Friday at Norfolk, 7:30