Regular Season Game 14: Bridgeport Sound Tigers 5, Hershey Bears 0 (11/14/15)

Box Score

Hershey (6-4-0-3) vs. Bridgeport (11-4-0-0)

Giant Center: Hershey, PA

Goalies: Peters (3-1-2, 2.27), Ellis (3-3-1, 3.32) vs. Gibson (6-2-0, 2.28)

1st Period

Scoring

0:31- BRI Goal: Kearns (10), Czuczman & Whitney

16:33- BRI Goal: Finn (1), Holmstrom & Florek

Penalties

3:52- BRI Penalty: Graham for High-Sticking (2:00)

6:31- BRI Penalty: Holmstrom for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (2:00)

8:55- BRI Penalty: Bench Minor for Too Many Men (Served by Halmo) (2:00)

13:51- HER Penalty: Walker for Tripping (2:00)

2nd Period

Scoring

2:48- BRI Goal: Quine (7), Strome & Gibson
3:31- BRI Goal: Pulock (4)

Penalties

1:43- BRI Penalty: Vaive for Roughing (2:00)
1:43- HER Penalty: Brown for Roughing (2:00)
4:30- BRI Penalty: Finn for Tripping (2:00)
4:35- HER Penalty: Carey for Hooking (2:00)
9:17- BRI Penalty: Strome for Hooking (2:00)
11:43- HER Penalty: Boyd for Tripping (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring

13:17- BRI Goal: Czuczman (2), Florek & Whitney

Penalties

18:10- BRI Penalty: Vaive for Tripping (2:00)

Shots

HER: 4-14-9=27

BRI: 7-8-7=22

Recap

This weekend has been a rough one for the Bears. They have been outscored 12-0 this weekend, and there's still one game to go. From the beginning, the Sound Tigers had the mental edge, as they got their first goal 31 seconds into the game. Bracken Kearns scored his 10th of the season, from Kevin Czuczman & Joe Whitney. Later in the period, shortly after a missed opportunity on a power play, the Sound Tigers made it 2-0. Matt Finn scored his 1st of the season, from Ben Holmstrom & Justin Florek. After the 1st, the Sound Tigers had the 7-4 shot advantage.

In the 2nd, based on the shot advantage, you would think the Bears would have stopped the meltdown. It didn't happen, as 2:48 into the period, the lead increased to 3-0. Alan Quine scored his 7th of the season, from Ryan Strome & Christopher Gibson. 43 seconds later, they made it 4-0. Ryan Pulock scored his 4th of the season. Dan Ellis would come in and have the goaltending duties for the rest of the game. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 18-15 shot advantage.

In the 3rd, not much happened except for the Bears trying to break their scoreless streak. It wouldn't happen, as Bridgeport's Christopher Gibson would get a shutout. However, the Sound Tigers would get one more goal to make it 5-0. Kevin Czuczman scored his 2nd of the season (2nd point of night), from Justin Florek & Joe Whitney (both 2nd assists of night). The Bears finished with the 27-22 shot advantage.

Next Game: Tomorrow vs. Rochester, 5:00

Note: For tomorrow's game, I have previously planned events that could either cause me to post about the game later than normal for a 5:00 game, or cause me to just post a box score. Apologies in advance!