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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Regular Season Game 50: Hershey Bears 5, Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1 (2/15/15)

Box Score


Hershey (29-13-5-2) at Bridgeport (21-23-5-1)
Webster Bank Arena: Bridgeport, CT
Goalies: Copley (8-3-3, 2.18) vs. Leggio (7-10-0, 3.73)


1st Period
Scoring
No Goals


Penalties
17:07- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Cross-Checking (2:00)
17:07- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Roughing (2:00)
17:07- BRI Penalty: Gallant for Slashing (2:00)
18:07- HER Penalty: Newbury for Slashing (2:00)
18:07- BRI Penalty: Persson for Slashing (2:00)


2nd Period
Scoring
2:02- HER Goal: Gazley (9), Newbury & Burgdoerfer
12:27- HER Goal (PPG): Conner (14), Carrick & Galiev
15:20- HER Goal: Gazley (10), Brown


Penalties
6:40- BRI Penalty: Graham for Hooking (2:00)
6:50- HER Penalty: Brown for Boarding (2:00)
8:36- HER Penalty: Gazley for Tripping (2:00)
10:45- BRI Penalty: Conacher for Hooking (2:00)
11:27- BRI Penalty: Langkow for Slashing (2:00)
17:23- BRI Penalty: Mouillierat for Cross-Checking (2:00)
19:43- BRI Penalty: Ness for Tripping (2:00)


3rd Period
Scoring
9:22- BRI Goal (PPG): Gonacher (5), Mouillierat & Ness
12:21- HER Goal: Wellman (15), J. O'Brien & Schilling
17:04- HER Goal: Wellman (16), Cornet


Penalties
2:16- HER Penalty: Carrick for Tripping (2:00)
7:40- HER Penalty: Landry for Hooking (2:00)
13:57- BRI Penalty: Lashoff for Holding (2:00)


Shots
HER: 12-11-9=32
BRI: 8-8-12=28


Recap


13-game point streak! This team has been on fire lately, and it continues with another dominate win. The 1st period, however, didn't have any scoring. The penalties did not affect the game too much. After the 1st, the Bears had the 12-8 shot advantage. In the 2nd, at the 2:02 mark, the Bears got the first goal of the game. Dustin Gazley scored his 9th of the season, from Kris Newbury & Erik Burgdoerfer. The Bears penalty kill would once again come forth in this period. However, the Sound Tigers' penalty kill would struggle, as the Bears would score at the 12:27 mark on a 5-on-3 power play. Chris Conner scored his 14th of the season, from Connor Carrick & Stanislav Galiev. Less than 3 minutes later, the lead would increase to 3. Dustin Gazley scored his 2nd of the night (10th of season), from Chris Brown. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 23-16 shot advantage.


In the 3rd, the penalties would decrease, but the goals would continue to come. At the 9:22 mark, the Sound Tigers would get on the board on a power play. Cory Gonacher scored his 5th of the season, from Kael Mouillierat & Aaron Ness. 3 minutes later, the Bears would get the 3-goal lead back. Casey Wellman scored his 15th of the season, from Jim O'Brien & Cameron Schilling. As the game was heading to its close, the Bears matched their goal output from last night. Casey Wellman would score again (16th of the season), from Philippe Cornet. Pheonix Copley put forth a strong performance with 27 saves (Bears finished with 32 shots).


Next Game: Friday at Binghamton, 7:05

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Regular Season Game 49: Hershey Bears 5, Portland Pirates 2 (2/14/15)

Box Score


Hershey (28-13-5-2) vs. Portland (26-20-3-0)
Giant Center: Hershey, PA
Goalies: Grubauer (18-9-4, 1.99) vs. Domingue (8-4-1, 2.40)


1st Period
Scoring
13:09- HER Goal: Gazley (7), Newbury
18:30- POR Goal: Dziurzynski (11), Reese & Summers


Penalties
2:52- HER Penalty: Bench Minor for Too Many Men (Served by Brown) (2:00)
8:31- HER Penalty: Carrick for Interference (2:00)


2nd Period
Scoring
2:35- HER Goal: Gazley (8), Moore
5:14- HER Goal (PPG): Galiev (18), Carrick & Kennedy
17:14- HER Goal: Galiev (19), Kennedy & Conner


Penalties
4:35- POR Penalty: Oberg for Interference (2:00)
10:47- HER Penalty: Burgdoerfer for Tripping (2:00)
11:58- POR Penalty: Hanley for Holding (2:00)
17:57- POR Penalty: Hanley for Broken Stick (2:00)


3rd Period
Scoring
0:31- HER Goal: Broda (4), L. O'Brien & Kundratek
5:00- POR Goal: Trivino (2), H. Samuelsson & Miller


Penalties
6:21- HER Penalty: Schilling for Holding (2:00)
11:20- HER Penalty: Burgdoerfer for Slashing (2:00)


Shots
HER: 9-9-10=28
POR: 11-9-10=30


Recap


That makes it a 12-game point streak for the Bears (10-0-1-1)! The team has been on fire through these games, and Philipp Grubauer continues his hot streak as well. The 1st period was played pretty evenly, even with the two penalties against the Bears (the penalty kill continues to be extraordinary). At the 13:09 mark, the Bears would be able to get on the board first. Dustin Gazley scored his 7th of the season, from Kris Newbury. At the 18:30 mark, the Pirates would get the tying goal. Darian Dziurzynski scored his 11th of the season, from Dylan Reese & Chris Summers. After the 1st, the Pirates had the 11-9 shot advantage.


In the 2nd, even though the shots would be even, the Bears would take over the game. It started off early in the period with a goal at the 2:35 mark for the Bears. Dustin Gazley scored his 2nd of the night (8th of season), from Mike Moore. 2 minutes later, the Pirates would be charged a penalty. On that power play, the power-play master would strike to make it 3-1. Stanislav Galiev scored his 18th of the season, from Connor Carrick & Tim Kennedy. Later on in the period, at the 17:14 mark, the lead would be increased to 3. Stanislav Galiev scored his 2nd of the night (19th of season), from Tim Kennedy (2nd assist of the night) & Chris Conner. After the 2nd, the Pirates had the 20-18 shot advantage.


In the 3rd, the Bears didn't waste much time to increase their lead to 4 (the 0:31 mark). Joel Broda scored his 4th of the season, from Liam O'Brien & Tomas Kundratek. At the 5:00 mark, the Pirates would stop the bleeding with a goal to make it 5-2. Corey Trivino scored his 2nd of the season, from Henrik Samuelsson & Greg Miller. The Pirates would get a couple power-play chances to get it closer, but Philipp Grubauer and the penalty kill did their job as always. The Pirates finished with the 30-28 shot advantage.


Next Game: Tomorrow at Bridgeport, 3:00

Friday, February 13, 2015

Regular Season Game 48: Hershey Bears 1, Albany Devils 0 (2/13/15)

Box Score


Hershey (27-13-5-2) at Albany (22-17-4-5)
Times Union Center: Albany, NY
Goalies: Grubauer (17-9-4, 2.06) vs. Wedgewood (7-9-5, 2.91)


1st Period
Scoring
No Goals


Penalties
4:16- HER Penalty: Burgdoerfer for Holding (2:00)
11:42- ALB Penalty: Wohlberg for High-Sticking (2:00)
13:00- ALB Penalty: Sestito for Tripping (2:00)


2nd Period
Scoring
13:14- HER Goal: Galiev (17), Conner & Kennedy


Penalties
1:31- HER Penalty: Brown for Hooking (2:00)
1:31- HER Penalty: Newbury for Elbowing (2:00)


3rd Period
Scoring
No Goals


Penalties
No Penalties


Shots
HER: 8-12-7=27
ALB: 12-15-8=35


Recap


Philipp Grubauer has just been on fire this season. That's his 5th shutout of this season, and this has to be one of the more impressive ones. Scott Wedgewood put forth a great performance as well, but it wasn't enough. The Bears had a 5-on-3 in the 1st, but couldn't capitalize on it. After the 1st, the Devils had the 12-8 shot advantage. In the 2nd, the Bears penalty kill showed why it's the best in the league by killing off a 5-on-3 power play for a full 2 minutes. At the 13:14 mark of the period, the Bears would get that 1st goal. Stanislav Galiev scored his 17th of the season, from Chris Conner & Tim Kennedy. After the 2nd, the Devils had the 27-20 shot advantage. The 3rd period had barely any stoppages, which led this game to be one of the quickest of the season. The Devils would have a few shots with under a minute left, but Grubauer stood tall to get the 35-save shutout (Bears finished with 27 shots).


Next Game: Tomorrow vs. Portland, 7:00


Note: It was announced a couple days ago that Dane Byers would miss the rest of the season and the playoffs. He will be undergoing shoulder surgery.

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Regular Season Game 47: Lehigh Valley Phantoms 5, Hershey Bears 4 (F/OT) (2/8/15)

Box Score


Hershey (27-13-4-2) vs. Lehigh Valley (21-20-4-1)
Giant Center: Hershey, PA
Goalies: Copley (8-3-2, 1.98) vs. Stolarz (6-10-1, 2.99)


1st Period
Scoring
12:01- LV Goal: Rosehill (4), Hextall & Fyten
19:09- HER Goal (SHG): Byers (7), J. O'Brien & Cajkovsky
19:29- LV Goal: Rosehill (5), Hagg & Delisle


Penalties
3:02- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Holding (2:00)
8:35- LV Penalty: Stortini for Roughing (2:00)
8:35- LV Penalty: Stortini Game Misconduct for Abuse of Officials (10:00)-
8:35- HER Penalty: Carrick for Roughing (2:00)
9:43- LV Penalty: Manning for Holding (2:00)
12:53- LV Penalty: Hextall for Roughing (2:00)
12:53- LV Penalty: Hextall for Fighting (5:00)
12:53- HER Penalty: Burgdoerfer for Kneeing (2:00)
12:53- HER Penalty: Burgdoerfer for Fighting (5:00)
16:29- LV Penalty: Delisle for Interference (2:00)
17:24- HER Penalty: Kennedy for Tripping (2:00)


2nd Period
Scoring
0:23- HER Goal: Galiev (16), Conner & Kennedy
11:08- LV Goal: Cousins (15), Alderson & Straka
17:45- HER Goal: Kundratek (2), J. O'Brien & Landry


Penalties
1:08- HER Penalty: Landry for High-Sticking (2:00)
7:05- LV Penalty: Hextall for Holding the Stick (2:00)
8:22- LV Penalty: Gordon for Tripping (2:00)
12:02- HER Penalty: Burgdoerfer for Holding (2:00)
14:41- LV Penalty: Pettersson for Holding (2:00)
19:01- HER Penalty: Oleksy for Tripping (2:00)


3rd Period
Scoring
1:01- LV Goal (PPG): Akeson (12), Gordon & Manning
10:27- HER Goal: Brown (12), Landry & Byers


Penalties
12:36- HER Penalty: Kennedy for Cross-Checking (2:00)
14:58- LV Penalty: Bench Minor for Too Many Men (Served by Rosehill) (2:00)


Overtime
Scoring
2:40- LV Goal: Goumas (4), Cousins & Hagg


Penalties
No Penalties


Shots
HER: 12-13-12-3=40
LV: 12-18-7-2=39


Recap


Another crazy game. Even though they didn't win this one, the Bears get 5 out of 6 points on the weekend from East Division rivals. This game would go back and forth from the beginning. The 1st period was filled with penalties, but the first goal would come at even strength for Lehigh Valley at the 12:01 mark. Jay Rosehill scored his 4th of the season, from Brett Hextall & Austin Fyten. 52 seconds later, a fight would occur between Hershey's Erik Burgdoerfer & Lehigh Valley's Brett Hextall. With 51 seconds left, on a penalty kill, the Bears tied it with a shorthanded goal. Dane Byers scored his 7th of the season, from Jim O'Brien & Michal Cajkovsky. 20 seconds later, the Phantoms took back the lead. Jay Rosehill scored his 2nd of the night (5th of the season), from Robert Hagg & Steven Delisle. After the 1st, the shots were tied as 12.


The Bears tied it back up quick in the 2nd, as they got the goal 23 seconds in. Stanislav Galiev scored his 16th of the season, from Chris Conner & Tim Kennedy. Neither team would take advantage of the penalties, but at the 11:08 mark, the Phantoms would get an even-strength goal to make it 3-2. Nick Cousins scored his 15th of the season, from Brandon Alderson & Petr Straka. With 2:15 left in the period, the Bears would tie it up again. Tomas Kundratek scored his 2nd of the season, from Jim O'Brien (2nd assist of the night) & Jon Landry. After the 2nd, the Phantoms had the 30-25 shot advantage.


In the 3rd, the play would slow down a bit. However, the first goal would come 1:01 into the period, and it would give Lehigh Valley the 4-3 lead (on the power play). Jason Akeson scored his 12th of the season, from Andrew Gordon & Brandon Manning. At the 10:27 mark, after a few good chances, the Bears would tie it up at 4. Chris Brown scored his 12th of the season, from Jon Landry (2nd assist of the night) & Dane Byers (2nd point of the night). The scoring would stop until overtime, in which Lehigh Valley would get the goal to win it. Kevin Goumas scored his 4th of the season, from Nick Cousins (2nd point of the night) & Robert Hagg (2nd assist of the night). The Bears finished with the 40-39 shot advantage.


Next Game: Friday at Albany, 7:00

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Regular Season Game 46: Hershey Bears 4, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3 (F/OT) (2/7/15)

Box Score


Hershey (26-13-4-2) vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (25-18-1-3)
Giant Center: Hershey, PA
Goalies: Grubauer (16-9-4, 2.03) vs. Zatkoff (11-10-2, 2.15)


1st Period
Scoring
No Goals


Penalties
2:57- WBS Penalty: Boak for Fighting (5:00)
2:57- HER Penalty: Broda for Boarding (2:00)
2:57- HER Penalty: Broda for Fighting (5:00)
11:39- HER Penalty: J. O'Brien for High-Sticking (2:00)


2nd Period
Scoring
0:57- HER Goal: Galiev (15), Conner & Newbury
5:40- WBS Goal (SHG): Rowney (4)
8:42- WBS Goal (PPG): Drazenovic (8), Sheary & Dumoulin
18:12- WBS Goal: Kuhnhackl (5), McNeill & Ebbett


Penalties
3:40- WBS Penalty: Chorney for Cross-Checking (2:00)
7:09- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Interference (2:00)
18:42- HER Penalty: Moore for Tripping (2:00)


3rd Period
Scoring
0:17- HER Goal (SHG): Newbury (16), Gazley & Oleksy
16:30- HER Goal: Conner (13), Kennedy & Galiev


Penalties
3:09- WBS Penalty: Drazenovic for High-Sticking (2:00)
4:23- HER Penalty: Bench Minor for Too Many Men (Served by Brown) (2:00)
5:06- HER Penalty: Moore for Tripping (2:00)
6:58- WBS Penalty: Drazenovic for Charging (2:00)


Overtime
Scoring
3:24- HER Goal: Moore (1), J. O'Brien & Oleksy


Penalties
No Penalties


Shots
HER: 8-11-15-1=35
WBS: 8-11-5-2=26


Recap


Wow. What a game. The Bears had to come back from two down against their biggest rival, and they were able to do it. The 1st period didn't have any scoring, but had a fight between Hershey's Joel Broda & Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's Alex Boak. After the 1st, the shots were tied at 8. 57 seconds into the 2nd, the Bears got the 1st goal of the game. Stanislav Galiev scored his 15th of the season, from Chris Conner & Kris Newbury. Right as a power play for the Bears was ending, at the 5:40 mark, the Penguins tied it at 1 with a shorthanded goal. Carter Rowney scored his 4th of the season. Around 3 minutes later, on a power play, the Penguins took the 2-1 lead. Nick Drazenovic scored his 8th of the season, from Conor Sheary & Brian Dumoulin.


1:48 before the end of the 2nd, the Penguins got the 3-1 lead. Tom Kuhnhackl scored his 5th of the season, from Reid McNeill & Andrew Ebbett. After the 2nd, the shots were tied at 19. 17 seconds into the 3rd, on a penalty kill, the Bears got a shorthanded goal to get within 1. Kris Newbury scored his 16th of the season, from Dustin Gazley & Steve Oleksy. Hershey had all the chances in the period, and with 3:30 left, the Bears tied the game at 3. Chris Conner scored his 13th of the season (2nd point of the game), from Tim Kennedy & Stanislav Galiev (2nd point of the night). In overtime, the Bears would finish the amazing comeback at the 3:24 mark. Mike Moore scored his 1st goal as a Bear, from Jim O'Brien & Steve Oleksy. The Bears finished with the 35-26 shot advantage.


Next Game: Tomorrow vs. Lehigh Valley, 5:00

Regular Season Game 45: Hershey Bears 3, Binghamton Senators 2 (2/6/15)

Box Score


Hershey (25-13-4-2) at Binghamton (17-20-5-1)
Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena: Binghamton, NY
Goalies: Copley (7-3-2, 1.98) vs. Greenham (7-4-2, 2.34)




1st Period
Scoring
6:53- BNG Goal: Thompson (3), Robinson & Dziurzynski
8:43- HER Goal: Wellman (14), J. O'Brien & Kundratek
16:11- HER Goal: Conner (11), Stephenson & Galiev


Penalties
13:02- BNG Penalty: Tuzzolino for Hooking (2:00)




2nd Period
Scoring
No Goals




Penalties
5:30- HER Penalty: Stephenson for Interference (2:00)
11:22- BNG Penalty: Wideman for Roughing (2:00)




3rd Period
Scoring
2:33- HER Goal: Conner (12), Galiev & Carrick
9:25- BNG Goal: Greening (1), Schneider


Penalties
6:28- BNG Penalty: Prince for Hooking (2:00)




Shots
HER: 12-4-9=25
BNG: 11-11-9=31




Recap


It's been a while since a Bears game had so little penalties. Even with the decreased power play chances, the Bears were able to get the victory. The Bears started off slow in the 1st, and it lead to Binghamton getting the 1-0 lead. Garrett Thompson scored his 3rd of the season, from Buddy Robinson & David Dziurzynski. Less than two minutes later, the Bears were able to tie it. Casey Wellman scored his 14th of the season, from Jim O'Brien & Tomas Kundratek. Later on in the period (at the 16:11 mark), the Bears were able to take the 2-1 lead. Chris Conner scored his 11th of the season, from Chandler Stephenson & Stanislav Galiev. After the 1st, the Bears had the 12-11 shot advantage.


The 2nd had one penalty for each team, but the Senators had most of the chances in the period. It would stay 2-1 Bears though. After the 2nd, the Senators had the 22-16 shot advantage. In the 3rd, the Bears would get that insurance goal quick (2:33 into the period). Chris Conner scored his 2nd of the night (12th of the season), from Stanislav Galiev (2nd assist of the night) & Connor Carrick. At the 9:25 mark, Binghamton would get the lead back to 1. Colin Greening scored his 1st of the season, from Cole Schneider. Pheonix Copley, put into the starting role after the callup of Philipp Grubauer, would shut them down the rest of the way and finish off a strong 29-save performance (Hershey finished with 25 shots).


Next Game: Tonight vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 7:00


Notes: A few moves were made over the past couple days. Goaltender Philipp Grubauer was called up to the Caps during the day (he ended up getting the win in goal for the Caps against the Ducks last night). In possible preparation for the move, the Bears signed goaltender Kenny Reiter to a professional tryout contract. Also, to make room for Grubauer, the Caps sent Andre Burakovsky down to Hershey. However, just before posting this, the Caps announced that they have recalled Burakovsky and sent Grubauer back to Hershey. Also, Reiter was released from that tryout contract.

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Regular Season Game 44: Hershey Bears 2, Norfolk Admirals 0 (2/1/15)

Box Score


Hershey (24-13-4-2) vs. Norfolk (18-22-3-2)
Giant Center: Hershey, PA
Goalies: Grubauer (15-9-4, 2.10) vs. LaBarbara (5-6-3, 2.38)


1st Period
Scoring
No Goals


Penalties
7:22- HER Penalty: Landry for Delay of Game (2:00)
13:13- NOR Penalty: Kurtz for Slashing (2:00)


2nd Period
Scoring
No Goals


Penalties
1:49- NOR Penalty: Steckel for Hooking (2:00)
5:04- NOR Penalty: McIver for Boarding (2:00)
5:04- NOR Penalty: McIver for Fighting (5:00)
5:04- HER Penalty: O'Brien for Roughing (2:00)
5:04- HER Penalty: O'Brien for Fighting (5:00)
12:47- HER Penalty: Oleksy for Elbowing (2:00)
16:05- NOR Penalty: Steckel for High-Sticking (2:00)
17:06- HER Penalty: Brown for Roughing (2:00)


3rd Period
Scoring
11:14- HER Goal: Stephenson (5), Wellman & Cornet
18:58- HER Goal (EN): Newbury (15), Wellman & Byers


Penalties
11:54- HER Penalty: Oleksy for Delay of Game (2:00)
14:55- NOR Penalty: McIver for Hooking (2:00)
18:58- NOR Penalty: Friberg Misconduct for Abuse of Officials (10:00)


Shots
HER: 10-10-12=32
NOR: 13-3-10=26


Recap


Philipp Grubauer's strong performance in this game leads the Bears to another strong weekend. The 1st period had plenty of shots, but only a couple penalties. After the 1st, the Admirals had the 13-10 shot advantage. In the 2nd, the penalties would become much more prevalent. It included a fight between Norfolk's Nathan McIver and Hershey's Liam O'Brien. All the penalties would lead to nothing, however. After the 2nd, the Bears would have the 20-16 shot advantage. In the 3rd, a puck would finally go into the net, and it would be for the Bears. Chandler Stephenson scored his 5th of the season, from Casey Wellman & Philippe Cornet. Norfolk wouldn't be able to get past Philipp Grubauer, and Hershey would put it out of reach with an empty-net goal. Kris Newbury scored his 15th of the season, from Casey Wellman (2nd assist of the game) & Dane Byers. The Bears finished with the 32-26 shot advantage.


Next Game: Friday at Binghamton, 7:05