Regular Season Game 43: Lehigh Valley Phantoms 6, Hershey Bears 5 (F/SO) (1/25/16)

Box Score

Hershey (22-13-2-5) vs. Lehigh Valley (18-21-2-1)

Giant Center: Hershey, PA

Goalies: Peters (9-6-4, 2.90) vs. Stolarz (12-10-3, 2.31)

1st Period
Scoring
19:12- LV Goal (SHG): Bardreau (3), Leier & Drewiske

Penalties
5:45- LV Penalty: Hagg for Hooking (2:00)
9:15- LV Penalty: Stolarz for High-Sticking (Served by Martel) (2:00)
11:00- HER Penalty: Bowey for Hooking (2:00)
12:32- LV Penalty: Bench Minor for Too Many Men (Served by Palushaj) (2:00)
19:00- LV Penalty: Martel for High-Sticking (2:00)

2nd Period
Scoring

7:11- HER Goal: Moore (4), Bowey & Barber
8:41- HER Goal: Bowey (3), Collins & Gomez
10:15- HER Goal: Carey (13), Gomez & Ness
13:19- LV Goal: Bardreau (4), McDonald
17:39- LV Goal: Drewiske (2), Conner & Palushaj
18:52- LV Goal (PPG): Leier (11), Conner & Comrie

Penalties

1:29- LV Penalty: Bardreau for Slashing (2:00)
4:14- HER Penalty: Sill for Delay of Game (2:00)
18:45- HER Penalty: Barber for Hooking (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring

4:14- LV Goal (PPG): McDonald (4), Conner & Leier

13:06- HER Goal: Boyd (9), Collins & Carrick

14:17- HER Goal (PPG): Bourque (20), Gomez & Barber

Penalties

1:11- HER Penalty: Mitchell for High-Sticking (Double Minor) (4:00)

3:34- LV Penalty: Martel for Roughing (2:00)

3:34- HER Penalty: Burgdoerfer for Roughing (2:00)

5:21- LV Penalty: Bardreau for High-Sticking (2:00)

8:04- LV Penalty: Alt for Delay of Game (2:00)

13:39- LV Penalty: Morin for Holding (2:00)

14:39- LV Penalty: Palushaj for Holding (2:00)

14:39- HER Penalty: Sill for Hooking (2:00)

Overtime

Scoring

No Goals

Penalties

No Penalties

Shootout

1st Round: HER- Bourque (Goal), LV- Leier (Goal)

2nd Round: HER- Djoos (No Goal), LV- Cousins (Goal)

3rd Round: HER- Boyd (No Goal)

Lehigh Valley wins shootout 2-1

Shots

HER: 9-10-8-3=31

LV: 8-11-9-4=31

Recap

This was one crazy game. As has been the issue in a good amount of games, the Hershey power play continues to struggle. This could have been a much different game, but the Phantoms stole the momentum in the 2nd and it seemed that they would never look back. However, the comeback kids would make it interesting again. The 1st period would feature 4 power play chances for the Bears, but the only goal would come shorthanded for the Phantoms. Cole Bardreau scored his 3rd of the season, from Taylor Leier & Davis Drewiske. After the 1st, the Bears had the 9-8 shot advantage.

In the 2nd, even with the power play woes, it looked like the Bears had turned a corner. At the 7:11 mark, the game was tied at one. Mike Moore scored his 4th of the season, from Madison Bowey & Riley Barber. 1:30 later, the Bears took the lead. Madison Bowey scored his 3rd of the season (2nd point of night), from Sean Collins & Scott Gomez. Once again, around 1:30 later, the Bears would get the lead to two. Paul Carey scored his 13th of the season, from Scott Gomez (2nd assist of night) & Aaron Ness. However, the momentum would go away as fast as it came. At the 13:19 mark, the Phantoms shrunk the lead to one. Cole Bardreau scored his 2nd of the night (4th of season), from Colin McDonald. With 2:21 left in the period, the game was tied at three. Davis Drewiske scored his 2nd of the season (2nd point of night), from Chris Conner & Aaron Palushaj. With 1:08 left, and on a power play, the Phantoms took the lead. Taylor Leier scored his 11th of the season (2nd point of night), from Chris Conner (2nd assist of night) & Adam Comrie. After the crazy 2nd, the shots were tied at 19.

In the 3rd, it originally looked like that the Bears power play woes would destroy their chances. At the 4:14 mark, on a power play of their own, the Phantoms made it 5-3. Colin McDonald scored his 4th of the season (2nd point of night), from Chris Conner (3rd assist of night) & Taylor Leier (2nd assist/3rd point of night). However, the comeback would happen fast. At the 13:06 mark, the Bears got it to within one. Travis Boyd scored his 9th of the season, from Sean Collins (2nd assist of night) & Connor Carrick. 1:11 later, the Bears would finally strike gold on the power play to tie the game at five. Chris Bourque scored his 20th of the season, from Scott Gomez (3rd assist of night) & Riley Barber. The overtime period would have chances on each side, with a goal review coming late that would be called no goal for the Phantoms. In the shootout, Chris Bourque would start the Bears off right, but two straight goals from the Phantoms (Taylor Leier & Nick Cousins) would prove to be enough for the victory. The shots were tied at 31.

Next Game: Wednesday at Albany, 7:00