Regular Season Game 1: Norfolk Admirals 5, Hershey Bears 4 (10/11/14)

Box Score


Hershey (0-0-0-0) at Norfolk (0-0-0-0)
Norfolk Scope: Norfolk, VA
Goalies: Grubauer vs. Labarbera


1st Period
Scoring
3:23- HER Goal: Newbury (1), Kundratek & Byers
4:30- NOR Goal (SHG): Wagner (1)
5:22- HER Goal (PPG): Cornet (1), Schilling & Newbury
9:07- NOR Goal (SHG): Wagner (2), Winchester
9:33- HER Goal (PPG): Byers (1), Cornet & Newbury
16:35- NOR Goal: O'Brien (1), McIver & Leblanc


Penalties
3:50- NOR Penalty: Manson for Cross-Checking (2:00)
8:50- NOR Penalty: Laganiere for Slashing (2:00)
13:59- NOR Penalty: Kerdiles for Tripping (2:00)
18:30- HER Penalty: Moore for Roughing (2:00)
18:30- NOR Penalty: O'Brien for Roughing (2:00)


2nd Period
Scoring
4:40- NOR Goal (PPG): Leblanc (1), Noesen & Kerdiles
8:53- HER Goal: Oleksy (1), Schilling


Penalties
2:42- HER Penalty: Oleksy for Hooking (2:00)
10:51- HER Penalty: Carrick for Roughing (2:00)
10:51- NOR Penalty: Kerdiles for Roughing (2:00)
17:22- HER Penalty: Walker for Slashing (2:00)
19:01- HER Penalty: Moore for High-Sticking (2:00)
19:01- NOR Penalty: McIver for Hooking (2:00)
19:40- NOR Penalty: Kurtz for Cross-Checking (2:00)
19:51- HER Penalty: Byers for Roughing (2:00)
19:51- HER Penalty: Byers for Interference (2:00)
19:51- NOR Penalty: Winchester for Roughing (2:00)


3rd Period
Scoring
10:39- NOR Goal: Wagner (3), Clark & Winchester


Penalties
No Penalties


Shots
HER: 17-9-11=37
NOR: 10-8-5=23


Recap


What a crazy way to start off the new season. The first two periods were filled with goals and penalties. Hershey started off early with a goal at the 3:23 mark from Kris Newbury, with assists from Tomas Kundratek and Dane Byers. A few seconds later, a penalty against Norfolk led to two goals. Norfolk tied it up with a shorthanded goal by Chris Wagner. Less than a minute later, Hershey took the lead back with a power play goal. Philippe Cornet scored his 1st goal as a Bear, with assists to Cameron Schilling and Kris Newbury (2nd point of the game). Another penalty against the Admirals at the 8:50 mark led to another two goals. Chris Wagner scored another shorthanded goal, with an assist from Brad Winchester. 26 seconds after that goal, Hershey scored another power play goal. Dane Byers got the goal, with assists from Philippe Cornet (2nd point of the game) and Kris Newbury (2nd assist of the game, 3rd point of the game). At the 16:35 mark, with some penalties around it, Norfolk tied the game at 3. Andrew O'Brien scored the goal, with assists from Nathan McIver and Louis Leblanc. After the 1st, the Bears had the 17-10 shot advantage.


In the 2nd, the goals were less, but the penalties were still going. At the end of a power play, at the 4:40 mark, Norfolk took the 4-3 lead. Louis Leblanc scored the goal, with the assists from Stefan Noesen and Nic Kerdiles. 4 minutes later, Hershey tied the game back up. Steve Oleksy got the goal, with the assist from Cameron Schilling (2nd assist of the game). 9 penalties followed that goal throughout the period, leading to 15 penalties in the game. Hershey had the shot advantage still at 26-18. In the 3rd period, the only event was the game-winning goal for Norfolk at the 10:39 mark. Chris Wagner got a hat trick with the goal, with the assists from Mat Clark and Brad Winchester (2nd assist of the game). Hershey finished with the shot advantage at 37-23.


Next Game: Monday at Norfolk, 6:05

Bears Announce Team Captains

The Hershey Bears have announced their team captains for the 2014-15 season. Forward Dane Byers, the captain last season, will once again don the "C" for the Bears. Forward Garrett Mitchell, who was an alternate captain up until his injury last season, will once again don the "A" for the Bears. Defenseman Mike Moore, who is one of the new Bears this season, will don the other "A" for the team. More info about each player can be found in the article on the Bears' website: http://www.hersheybears.com/news/detail.php?id=4454

Bears Preseason

Game 1 (Wednesday): Hershey Bears 3, Lehigh Valley Phantoms 1
HER Goals: Broda (3:22, 2nd), Galiev (11:11, 3rd), Pimm (13:52, 3rd)
LV Goals: Hextall (10:43, 1st)

Game 2 (Friday): Hershey Bears 3, Lehigh Valley Phantoms 1
HER Goals: Gazley (19:22, 2nd), Galiev (0:24, 3rd), Mitchell (18:39, 3rd)
LV Goals: Gordon (12:50, 2nd)

Game 3 (Yesterday): Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4, Hershey Bears 2
HER Goals: Walker (7:39, 1st), Herbert (11:31, 3rd)
WBS Goals: Archibald (1:49, 2nd), Dea (13:48, 2nd), Wilson (6:23, 3rd), Rust (8:53, 3rd)

Game 4 (Today): Hershey Bears 6, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 1
HER Goals: Galiev (6:53, 1st), Broda (10:13, 1st), Conner (1:41, 2nd), Broda (11:49, 2nd), Mitchell (0:26, 3rd), Burgdoerfer (6:06, 3rd)
WBS Goals: Rust (9:22, 3rd)
Note about this game: You usually won't see a game with this many penalty minutes. It reached the 220 minute mark.

Note: The normal routine of games (box score and recap) will return when the regular season begins. First game is in 6 days!

Plan for Preseason Games

Hello everyone! The Bears will start their preseason tonight against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. The preseason games will not be broadcasted anywhere, so I will try my best to somehow get the full info on each game as it happens. If I'm able to do that, my plan will be just to do the box score for each game (no recaps, they will return when the regular season begins). If I can not, I will try my best to find the statistics so that I will make one big post at the end of the preseason (ends on Sunday). If you don't see a post sometime late tonight, you will know to look for one late Sunday night that will talk about the entire preseason and how it went for the Bears. Thank you for your understanding, and GO BEARS!

Bears Announce Hall of Fame Class

The Bears have announced who will be in the 3rd Hershey Bears Hall of Fame class. They are Nick Damore, Dunc Fisher, Jeannot "Gil" Gilbert, Brent Hancock, and Arthur Whiteman. They will be honored before the game against the Springfield Falcons on December 20th. If you would like to find out more about the class, follow the link to the article on the Bears' website about them: http://www.hersheybears.com/news/detail.php?id=4443

Caps/Bears Free Agent Signing News #5

After what seemed to be quite the long time, the Caps have announced that they signed defenseman Cameron Schilling to a one year, two-way deal. Schilling has been a big part of the Bears in the past couple seasons. He played in 70 games for them last season, and had 16 points (3 goals, 13 assists) to his credit. He played in one game with the Caps last season, but this year there is certainly the possibility of him playing in more games for them.

Bears Free Agent Signing News #6

It was announced today that the Bears have signed forward Joe Diamond to a one year deal. Diamond played in his 1st full professional season this past season, as he played mostly with the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers. In 37 games with them, he had 12 points (7 goals, 5 assists) to his credit. He also played 11 games with the ECHL's Stockton Thunder, and he had 9 points (1 goal, 8 assists) to his credit there. In his four years playing for the University of Maine, he had 104 points (59 goals, 45 assists) for them. He was the captain of the team in his senior season.