Eastern Conference Semifinal Game 6: Hartford Wolf Pack 6, Hershey Bears 3 (Hartford wins 4-2) (5/15/15)

Box Score


#2 Hershey at #3 Hartford
XL Center: Hartford, CT
Goalies: Grubauer (2-1-2, 3.03) vs. Danis (6-3-1, 1.88)




1st Period
Scoring
1:24- HER Goal: Burakovsky (1), Conner & Schilling
9:02- HFD Goal: Hrivik (1), Skjei & Bourque




Penalties
18:08- HFD Penalty: Mueller for Elbowing (2:00)




2nd Period
Scoring
1:26- HFD Goal: Hrivik (2), Bourque
5:39- HER Goal (SHG): Gazley (2), Newbury & Schilling
9:00- HFD Goal: Kostka (1), Lindberg & Crabb
16:37- HFD Goal (SHG): Crabb (4), Lindberg


Penalties
5:27- HER Penalty: Wellman for Holding (2:00)
11:02- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Roughing (2:00)
15:25- HFD Penalty: Bench Minor for Interference from Bench (Served by Kristo) (2:00)




3rd Period
Scoring
12:44- HER Goal: Schmidt (4)
14:14- HFD Goal: Klingberg (2), Haggerty & McIlrath
19:24- HFD Goal (EN): Hrivik (3), Bourque & Hughes


Penalties
0:53- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Interference (2:00)
1:50- HFD Penalty: Crabb for Interference (2:00)


Shots
HER: 7-11-8=26
HFD: 16-11-10=37


Recap


And with that, the season is over. Although the score was close at times, the gameplay itself showed that the result would never be in doubt. Hartford was the better team in this game. At first, it did look like the Bears would put up a great fight. Hershey got on the board first, only 1:24 into the 1st. Andre Burakovsky scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Chris Conner & Cameron Schilling. At the 9:02 mark of the period, the Wolf Pack would tie the game up. Marek Hrivik scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Brady Skjei & Chris Bourque. After the first, the Wolf Pack finished with a dominating 16-7 shot advantage.


In the 2nd, some mistakes by the Bears would haunt them. 1:26 into the period, Hartford took the lead. Marek Hrivik scored his 2nd of the night (2nd of playoffs), from Chris Bourque (2nd assist of night). On a penalty kill 4 minutes later, the Bears would get a shorthanded goal to tie it at two. Dustin Gazley scored his 2nd of the playoffs, from Kris Newbury & Cameron Schilling (2nd assist of night). At the 9:00 mark, the Wolf Pack would take the lead right back. Michael Kostka scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Oscar Lindberg & Joey Crabb. Later in the period, on a penalty kill, the Wolf Pack would increase their lead to two with a shorthanded goal. Joey Crabb scored his 4th of the playoffs (2nd point of night), from Oscar Lindberg (2nd assist of night). After the 2nd, the Wolf Pack had the 27-18 shot advantage.


In the 3rd, the Wolf Pack would play the careful game to make sure that the Bears couldn't come back. It would work for most of the period, but the Bears did try to make one last fight with a goal at the 12:44 mark. Nate Schmidt scored his 4th of the playoffs. However, only a minute and a half later, the Wolf Pack would put the nail in the coffin with a goal to make it 5-3. Carl Klingberg scored his 2nd of the playoffs, from Ryan Haggerty & Dylan McIlrath. With 36 seconds left, Hartford would get an empty-net goal. Marek Hrivik finished off the hat trick (3rd goal of playoffs), from Chris Bourque (3rd assist of night) & Tommy Hughes. The Wolf Pack finished with the 37-26 shot advantage.


Note: I will do like I did last season, in which I will post after each remaining round of the playoffs is over and recap it, and then preview the upcoming round.