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Sunday, February 7, 2016

Regular Season Game 49: Hershey Bears 6, Binghamton Senators 1 (2/7/16)

Box Score

Hershey (26-13-3-6) vs. Binghamton (17-25-3-0)
Giant Center: Hershey, PA
Goalies: Ellis (15-6-4, 2.51) vs. O'Connor (3-11-2, 3.79)

1st Period
Scoring
3:36- HER Goal: Vrana (5), Leach
8:33- BNG Goal (PPG): Carlisle (3), Kostka & O'Dell
15:21- HER Goal (PPG): Djoos (6), Stephenson & Ness

Penalties
0:02- BNG Penalty: Lepine for Fighting (5:00)
0:02- HER Penalty: O'Brien for Fighting (5:00)
6:39- HER Penalty: Stephenson for Boarding (2:00)
13:22- BNG Penalty: Greening for Slashing (2:00)
15:52- BNG Penalty: Stortini for Tripping (2:00)
18:45- HER Penalty: O'Brien for Holding the Stick (2:00)

2nd Period
Scoring
8:31- HER Goal (PPG): Barber (13), Bourque & Gomez
17:22- HER Goal (PPG): Barber (14), Bourque & Boyd

Penalties
3:21- BNG Penalty: Dunn for Interference (2:00)
7:25- BNG Penalty: Tuzzolino for Roughing (2:00)
13:32- BNG Penalty: Kostka for Slashing (2:00)
13:32- BNG Penalty: Stortini for High-Sticking (Double Minor) (4:00)
13:32- BNG Penalty: Stortini for Fighting (5:00)
13:32- HER Penalty: O'Brien for Roughing (2:00)
13:32- HER Penalty: Sill for Fighting (5:00)
16:35- BNG Penalty: Fraser for Cross-Checking (2:00)
17:06- BNG Penalty: Kostka for Cross-Checking (2:00)
18:51- BNG Penalty: O'Connor for Slashing (2:00)
18:51- BNG Penalty: O'Connor for Roughing (2:00)
18:51- BNG Penalty: Bench Minor for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Served by O'Dell) (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring
1:12- HER Goal (PPG): Gomez (3), Bourque & Vrana
4:16- HER Goal: Walker (10), Gomez & Barber

Penalties
7:22- HER Penalty: Sill for Tripping (2:00)

Shots
HER: 7-14-9=30
BNG: 8-5-5=18

Recap

This was one of the strangest games I've ever blogged. Binghamton has struggled this season, but this was a complete meltdown. The 1st period was an exciting one with penalties and goals galore. It all started very quickly, as two seconds into the game, there was a fight between Hershey's Liam O'Brien & Binghamton's Guillaume Lepine. 3:36 into the period, the Bears got on the board first. Jakub Vrana scored his 5th of the season, from Joey Leach. Towards the middle of the period, the Senators would tie the game up. Chris Carlisle scored his 3rd of the season, from Michael Kostka & Eric O'Dell. At the 15:21 mark, the Bears would take the lead back on the power play. Christian Djoos scored his 6th of the season, from Chandler Stephenson & Aaron Ness. After the 1st, the Senators had the 8-7 shot advantage.

This is where the meltdown happened. In this period, the Senators had 10 penalties (25 minutes), and it led to most of the period being dominated by Bears' power plays. Towards the beginning of all the penalties (8:31 mark), the Bears got a power play goal to make it 3-1. Riley Barber scored his 13th of the season, from Chris Bourque & Scott Gomez. The Senators would fall apart at the 13:32 mark, as their captain (Zach Stortini) would be called for 9 minutes worth of penalties, including a fight against Hershey's Zach Sill. During a 5-on-3 power play a bit later (17:22 mark), the Bears made it 4-1. Riley Barber scored his 2nd of the day (14th of season), from Chris Bourque (2nd assist of day) & Travis Boyd. After the hectic 2nd period, the Bears had the 20-13 shot advantage.

In the 3rd period, the remaining penalties on the Senators would give the Bears another power play goal 1:12 in. Scott Gomez scored his 3rd of the season (2nd point of day), from Chris Bourque (3rd assist of day) & Jakub Vrana (2nd point of day). During what seemed to be the first 5-on-5 play in hours (4:16 mark), Hershey made it 6-1. Nathan Walker scored his 10th of the season, from Scott Gomez (2nd assist/3rd point of day) & Riley Barber (3rd point of day). Hershey finished with the 30-18 shot advantage.

Next Game: Wednesday vs. Bridgeport, 7:00

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