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Saturday, May 2, 2015

Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Game 4: Hershey Bears 10, Worcester Sharks 4 (Hershey wins 3-1) (5/1/15)

Box Score


#2 Hershey vs. #7 Worcester
Giant Center: Hershey, PA
Goalies: Grubauer, Copley (2-1-0, 1.68) vs. Grosenick (1-0-0, 1.00), Dell (0-2-0, 3.06)


1st Period
Scoring
0:24- HER Goal: Brown (2), Gazley & Newbury
3:44- HER Goal (SHG): Gazley (1)
10:40- HER Goal: Vrana (1), Wellman & Schilling
12:17- WOR Goal: DeMelo (1), Carpenter & Hayes
16:10- HER Goal (PPG): Wellman (1), Schmidt & Vrana


Penalties
2:32- HER Penalty: Wellman for Slashing (2:00)
12:47- WOR Penalty: DeMelo for Elbowing (2:00)
14:45- WOR Penalty: Carpenter for Roughing (2:00)
14:45- WOR Penalty: Goodrow for Roughing (2:00)
14:45- WOR Penalty: Stollery for Hooking (2:00)
14:45- HER Penalty: Carrick for Roughing (2:00)
14:45- HER Penalty: Kennedy for Slashing (2:00)
15:29- WOR Penalty: DeMelo for Delay of Game (2:00)
19:37- WOR Penalty: Goodrow for Roughing (2:00)


2nd Period
Scoring
4:07- WOR Goal (PPG): Stollery (1), Tierney & DeMelo
9:05- HER Goal: Schilling (2), Conner & Kennedy
19:32- HER Goal (PPG): Kennedy (1), Carrick & Conner


Penalties
3:40- HER Penalty: Oleksy for Slashing (2:00)
6:01- HER Penalty: L. O'Brien for Elbowing (2:00)
12:21- WOR Penalty: Stollery for Delay of Game (2:00)
17:55- WOR Penalty: Trupp for Slashing (Major) (5:00)
17:55- WOR Penalty: Trupp Game Misconduct for Slashing (10:00)


3rd Period
Scoring
0:19- HER Goal (PPG): Wellman (2), J. O'Brien & Schmidt
1:28- HER Goal (PPG): L. O'Brien (2), Schmidt & Kennedy
2:09- HER Goal: Wellman (3), Vrana & Schilling
8:06- HER Goal: Brown (3), Carrick & Newbury
11:05- WOR Goal: Schwartz (1), Lerg & Tarasov
15:07- WOR Goal: Taomina (1), Oleksuk & Langlois


Penalties
1:54- HER Penalty: Carrick for Hooking (2:00)
12:30- HER Penalty: Moore for Hooking (2:00)


Shots
HER: 11-20-17=48
WOR: 11-10-13=34


Recap


I don't think I've seen a bigger statement win in a playoff series than this one. This was a huge statement to the rest of the league, and the Bears won their first playoff series since 2010! The Bears started off early, and never stopped from there. 24 seconds in, the Bears would get on the board. Chris Brown scored his 2nd of the playoffs, from Dustin Gazley & Kris Newbury. At the 3:44 mark, on the penalty kill, the Bears made it 2-0. Dustin Gazley scored his 1st of the playoffs. Later on in the period, at the 10:40 mark, the lead would stretch to 3. Jakub Vrana scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Casey Wellman & Cameron Schilling. The Sharks would try to start a comeback, getting a goal at the 12:17 mark. Dylan DeMelo scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Ryan Carpenter & Eriah Hayes. However, the Bears would get that 3-goal lead right back at the 16:10 mark (on the power play). Casey Wellman scored his 1st of the playoffs (2nd point of night), from Nate Schmidt & Jakub Vrana (2nd point of night). After the 1st, the shot advantage was tied at 11.


In the 2nd, the scoring would continue, and it would begin with the Sharks making it 4-2 on the power play. Karl Stollery scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Chris Tierney & Dylan DeMelo (2nd point of night). At the 8:09 mark of the period, the Sharks would switch from Troy Grosenick to Aaron Dell in goal. The switch would not work, as at the 9:05 mark, the Bears lead was back to 3. Cameron Schilling scored his 2nd of the playoffs (2nd point of night), from Chris Conner & Tim Kennedy. At the 17:55 mark, Worcester's Evan Trupp would receive a major penalty and a game misconduct for slashing. The Bears would take advantage of this, as they got a goal with 28 seconds left in the period. Tim Kennedy scored his 1st of the playoffs (2nd point of night), from Connor Carrick & Chris Conner (2nd point of night). After the 2nd, the Bears had the 31-21 shot advantage.


The Bears would switch from Philipp Grubauer to Pheonix Copley in the 3rd. In this period, the Bears would continue to take advantage of that major penalty with a couple more goals. The first would come 19 seconds into the period. Casey Wellman scored his 2nd of the night (2nd of playoffs, 3rd point of night), from Jim O'Brien & Nate Schmidt (2nd assist of night). 1:09 later, the Bears made it 8-2 on the same power play. Liam O'Brien scored his 2nd of the playoffs, from Nate Schmidt (3rd assist of night) & Tim Kennedy (2nd assist, 3rd point of night). 41 seconds later, after a penalty on the Bears cancelled out the rest of their power play, they got their 9th goal. Casey Wellman finished off his hat trick (3rd of playoffs, 4th point of night), from Jakub Vrana (2nd assist, 3rd point of night) & Cameron Schilling (2nd assist, 3rd point of night). At the 8:06 mark, the Bears reached double-digits! Chris Brown scored his 2nd of the night (3rd of playoffs), from Connor Carrick & Kris Newbury (both 2nd assists of night). The Sharks would score a couple goals late in the game for some pride. The first was Rylan Schwartz's 1st of the playoffs, from Bryan Lerg & Daniil Tarasov. The 2nd was Matt Taormina's 1st of the playoffs, from Travis Oleksuk & Jeremy Langlois. The Bears finished with the 48-34 shot advantage.


Note: The Bears will either play Hartford or Portland in the next round, depending on the outcome of the Manchester-Portland series. I will post the next round's schedule when it is released!

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Game 3: Worcester Sharks 4, Hershey Bears 1 (Hershey leads 2-1) (4/29/15)

Box Score


#2 Hershey vs. #7 Worcester
Giant Center: Hershey, PA
Goalies: Copley (2-0-0, 1.00) vs. Grosenick




1st Period
Scoring
3:13- HER Goal: L. O'Brien (1), Mitchell & Stephenson


Penalties
3:29- WOR Penalty: Taomina for Roughing (2:00)
7:06- HER Penalty: L. O'Brien for Hooking (2:00)
11:29- HER Penalty: Carrick for Cross-Checking (2:00)


2nd Period
Scoring
1:01- WOR Goal (PPG): Tierney (1), Tarasov & DeMelo
3:55- WOR Goal: Carpenter (1), Hayes & Haley


Penalties
0:53- HER Penalty: Moore for Tripping (2:00)
6:14- HER Penalty: Newbury for Slashing (2:00)
6:18- WOR Penalty: Haley for Tripping (2:00)
9:20- WOR Penalty: Trupp for Hooking (2:00)
13:54- WOR Penalty: Oleksuk for Interference (2:00)


3rd Period
Scoring
5:37- WOR Goal (PPG): Fedun (1), Tierney & Stollery
19:53- WOR Goal (EN): Haley (2)


Penalties
4:43- HER Penalty: J. O'Brien for Tripping (2:00)
5:22- HER Penalty: Newbury for Cross-Checking (2:00)


Shots
HER: 8-8-12=28
WOR: 9-19-5=33


Recap


We knew the Sharks would put up a fight in this game to try to climb back, and they did just that. Even with another strong performance from Pheonix Copley, the Sharks were able to force a Game 4. With how the game started, however, it was looking like the Bears could have been on their way to a victory. The goals started off early, with the Bears getting on the board first at the 3:13 mark. Liam O'Brien scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Garrett Mitchell & Chandler Stephenson. Penalties would come in the period, but the penalty kills and goalies stopped those. After the 1st, the Sharks had the 9-8 shot advantage.


In the 2nd, the referees would get a little whistle happy, as this felt like a longer period than most. With a penalty coming against Hershey less than a minute in, Worcester would get on the board 8 seconds into that power play. Chris Tierney scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Daniil Tarasov & Dylan DeMelo. At the 3:55 mark, only around 3 minutes after the tying goal, the Sharks would take the lead. Ryan Carpenter scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Eriah Hayes & Micheal Haley. A few power play chances would come for the Bears, but they couldn't get anything out of them. After the 2nd, the Sharks had the 28-16 shot advantage.


In the 3rd, the game would go from bad to worse for the Bears. Worcester would score on a 5-on-3 power play to increase the lead to 2. Taylor Fedun scored his 1st of the season, from Chris Tierney (2nd point of night) & Karl Stollery. The Bears would get a few chances the rest of the period to come back, but nothing that the Sharks couldn't stop. Worcester would finish the game off with an empty-net goal with 7 seconds left. Micheal Haley scored his 2nd of the playoffs (2nd point of night). The Sharks finished with the 33-28 shot advantage.


Game 4: Friday in Hershey, 7:00

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Game 2: Hershey Bears 3, Worcester Sharks 1 (Hershey leads 2-0) (4/25/15)

Box Score


#2 Hershey at #7 Worcester
DCU Center: Worcester, MA
Goalies: Copley (1-0-0, 1.00) vs. Dell (0-1-0, 3.03)




1st Period
Scoring
No Goals


Penalties
1:19- WOR Penalty: Tarasov for High-Sticking (2:00)
6:03- HER Penalty: Kennedy for High-Sticking (2:00)
6:03- WOR Penalty: Fedun for Roughing (2:00)
14:45- HER Penalty: Brown for Slashing (2:00)




2nd Period
Scoring
1:03- HER Goal: J. O'Brien (1), Vrana
2:46- WOR Goal: Hayes (1), Carpenter
3:34- HER Goal: Conner (1), Kennedy
13:58- HER Goal: Schilling (1), L. O'Brien


Penalties
14:41- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Roughing (2:00)
14:41- WOR Penalty: DeMelo for Roughing (2:00)
16:18- WOR Penalty: Fedun for Tripping (2:00)




3rd Period
Scoring
No Goals


Penalties
8:46- HER Penalty: J. O'Brien for Slashing (2:00)
13:44- HER Penalty: Brown for Tripping (2:00)




Shots
HER: 9-13-7=29
WOR: 13-10-11=34




Recap


Another great performance by Pheonix Copley gives the Bears the 2-0 lead in the series! The Bears will go back home with only needing one more win to advance. In the 1st period, the Sharks continued their dominate early play, but Copley stayed strong and kept all shots out. Aaron Dell did the same for the Sharks, so it was scoreless. After the 1st, the Sharks had the 13-9 shot advantage. In the 2nd, the scoring started off quick. 1:03 into the period, the Bears got on the board first. Jim O'Brien scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Jakub Vrana. Only 1:43 later, the Sharks would tie the game up. Eriah Hayes scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Ryan Carpenter.




48 seconds later, the Bears would take the lead right back to make it 2-1. Chris Conner scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Tim Kennedy. At the 13:58 mark, the Bears would take a 3-1 lead. Cameron Schilling scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Liam O'Brien. After the 2nd, the Sharks had the 23-22 shot advantage. In the 3rd, the Sharks would have a slight edge in play, helped by two penalties against the Bears. The great penalty kill and Copley would make sure that the lead stayed at two for the rest of the game. Copley finished with a 33 save performance for his 2nd playoff win (Bears finished with 29 shots).




Game #3: Wednesday in Hershey, 7:00

Friday, April 24, 2015

Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Game 1: Hershey Bears 4, Worcester Sharks 1 (Hershey leads 1-0) (4/24/15)

Box Score


#2 Hershey (46-22-5-3) vs. #7 Worcester (41-29-4-2)
DCU Center: Worcester, MA
Goalies: Copley (17-4-3, 2.17) vs. Dell (15-8-2, 2.06)


1st Period
Scoring
19:46- WOR Goal (PPG): Haley (1), Goodrow & Tarasov


Penalties
2:37- HER Penalty: L. O'Brien for Hooking (2:00)
16:36- HER Penalty: Stephenson for Hooking (2:00)
18:20- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Hooking (2:00)


2nd Period
Scoring
18:31- HER Goal: Carrick (1), Stephenson & L. O'Brien


Penalties
1:29- HER Penalty: Carrick for Tripping (2:00)
8:56- WOR Penalty: Stollery for Tripping (2:00)


3rd Period
Scoring
17:39- HER Goal (PPG): Schmidt (1)
19:03- HER Goal (PPG): Galiev (1), Schilling & Kennedy
19:30- HER Goal (PPG) (EN): Brown (1), Gazley & Newbury


Penalties
17:17- WOR Penalty: Langlois for Checking from Behind (Major) (5:00)
17:17- WOR Penalty: Langlois Game Misconduct for Checking from Behind (10:00)


Shots
HER: 5-10-9=24
WOR: 14-17-11=42


Recap


The way this game was going, it looked like it was going to overtime with the performance of Pheonix Copley and the play becoming more even than the beginning of the game. The Sharks, specifically Jeremy Langlois, might come to regret that penalty that led the Bears to the Game 1 victory. In the 1st, if it wasn't for Copley, the Bears would have been trailing by much more. The shots became too much by the end of the period, and the Sharks scored on the power play with 14 seconds left in the period. Michael Haley got his 1st of the playoffs, from Barclay Goodrow & Dylan DeMelo. After the 1st, the Sharks had the 14-5 shot advantage.


In the 2nd, the Bears' play got stronger, but Worcester continued to have the most pressure. Copley would stand strong in net, and keep the Bears to within a goal. The Bears would finally get on the board with 1:29 left in the period. Connor Carrick scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Chandler Stephenson & Liam O'Brien. After the 2nd, the Sharks would have the 31-15 shot advantage. In the 3rd, the play was much more even. Each team had a good number of chances, and it looked like it would head to overtime. In an ironic twist, the least penalized team in the regular season would get a penalty that would come to haunt them.


Worcester's Jeremy Langlois was charged with a major and a game misconduct for checking from behind. 22 seconds into that power play, the Bears would take the lead. Nate Schmidt scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Casey Wellman & Jakub Vrana. At the 19:03 mark, the Bears would score once again on that power play to make it 3-1. Stanislav Galiev got his 1st of the playoffs, from Cameron Schilling & Chris Conner. With 30 seconds left, the Bears would get their 3rd power play goal (an empty-netter) to finish the scoring at 4-1. Chris Brown scored his 1st of the playoffs, from Dustin Gazley & Kris Newbury. Pheonix Copley finished with a great 41-save performance (Hershey finished with 24 shots).


Game 2: Tomorrow in Worcester, 7:00

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Bears Regular Season Statistic Leaders

Skaters


Points
Tim Kennedy 59
Casey Wellman 54
Chris Conner 52
Kris Newbury 48
Stanislav Galiev 45




Goals
Casey Wellman 25
Stanislav Galiev 25
Chris Conner 19
Kris Newbury 18
Dustin Gazley 18




Assists
Tim Kennedy 48
Connor Carrick 34
Chris Conner 33
Kris Newbury 30
Casey Wellman 29




Plus/Minus
Jon Landry +24
Cameron Schilling +14
Jim O'Brien +13
Steve Oleksy +13
Mike Moore +12




Power Play Goals
Stanislav Galiev 15
Casey Wellman 6
Chris Conner 6
Chris Brown 5
3 tied at 4




Penalty Minutes
Kris Newbury 171
Steve Oleksy 147
Connor Carrick 132
Liam O'Brien 121
Garrett Mitchell 121




Shots on Goal
Casey Wellman 182
Chris Brown 177
Stanislav Galiev 172
Chris Conner 146
Kris Newbury 146




Goalies


Wins
Philipp Grubauer 27
Pheonix Copley 17
Brandon Anderson 1
Justin Peters 1




Goals Against Average
Pheonix Copley 2.17
Philipp Grubauer 2.30




Saves
Philipp Grubauer 1310
Pheonix Copley 677




Save Percentage
Pheonix Copley .925
Philipp Grubauer .921




Shutouts
Philipp Grubauer 6
Pheonix Copley 3
Justin Peters 1

Sunday, April 19, 2015

2015 Calder Cup Playoffs Schedule

Eastern Conference


(1) Manchester Monarchs vs. (8) Portland Pirates
Game 1: Thursday, April 23rd
Game 2: Saturday, April 25th
Game 3: Sunday, April 26th
Game 4: Thursday, April 30th*
Game 5: Saturday, May 2nd*


(2) Hershey Bears vs. (7) Worcester Sharks
Game 1: Friday, April 24th, 7:00
Game 2: Saturday, April 25th, 7:00
Game 3: Wednesday, April 29th, 7:00
Game 4: Friday, May 1st, 7:00*
Game 5: Sunday, May 3rd, 5:00*


(3) Hartford Wolf Pack vs. (6) Providence Bruins
Game 1: Wednesday, April 22nd
Game 2: Saturday, April 25th
Game 3: Sunday, April 26th
Game 4: Tuesday, April 28th*
Game 5: Friday, May 1st*


(4) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. (5) Syracuse Crunch
Game 1: Friday, April 24th
Game 2: Saturday, April 25th
Game 3: Wednesday, April 29th
Game 4: Thursday, April 30th*
Game 5: Saturday, May 2nd*


Western Conference


(1) Utica Comets vs. (8) Chicago Wolves
Game 1: Wednesday, April 22nd
Game 2: Friday, April 24th
Game 3: Wednesday, April 29th
Game 4: Friday, May 1st*
Game 5: Saturday, May 2nd*


(2) Grand Rapids Griffins vs. (7) Toronto Marlies
Game 1: Saturday, April 25th
Game 2: Sunday, April 26th
Game 3: Wednesday, April 29th
Game 4: Saturday, May 2nd*
Game 5: Sunday, May 3rd*


(3) San Antonio Rampage vs. (6) Oklahoma City Barons
Game 1: Thursday, April 23rd
Game 2: Saturday, April 25th
Game 3: Wednesday, April 29th
Game 4: Friday, May 1st*
Game 5: Saturday, May 2nd*


(4) Rockford IceHogs vs. (5) Texas Stars
Game 1: Friday, April 24th
Game 2: Saturday, April 25th
Game 3: Wednesday, April 29th
Game 4: Friday, May 1st*
Game 5: Saturday, May 2nd*


*if necessary

Regular Season Game 76: Hershey Bears 5, Lehigh Valley Phantoms 1 (4/18/15)

Box Score


Hershey (45-22-5-3) vs. Lehigh Valley (33-33-7-1)
Giant Center: Hershey, PA
Goalies: Copley (16-4-3, 2.22) vs. Stolarz (9-12-4, 3.21)




1st Period
Scoring
2:07- HER Goal: Landry (3), Vrana
19:12- HER Goal: Kundratek (5), Newbury & Mitchell


Penalties
19:37- LV Penalty: Stortini for Boarding (2:00)




2nd Period
Scoring
1:19- LV Goal (SHG): Hextall (6), Goumas
7:13- HER Goal: Stephenson (7), Broda & L. O'Brien


Penalties
2:45- HER Penalty: L. O'Brien for Slashing (2:00)
3:40- LV Penalty: Cousins for Holding (2:00)
7:28- LV Penalty: Mathers for Fighting (5:00)
7:28- HER Penalty: L. O'Brien for Fighting (5:00)
11:43- LV Penalty: Hextall for Tripping (2:00)
20:00- LV Penalty: Bench Minor for Disputing Decision (Served by Straka) (2:00)




3rd Period
Scoring
0:27- HER Goal (PPG): Cornet (9), Vrana & Boyd
11:19- HER Goal (PPG): Boyd (1), Djoos & Vrana


Penalties
1:56- HER Penalty: Kennedy for Interference (2:00)
10:32- HER Penalty: L. O'Brien Misconduct for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (10:00)
10:55- LV Penalty: Stortini for Delay of Game (2:00)
11:19- LV Penalty: Bench Game Misconduct for Abuse of Officials (10:00)
11:19- LV Penalty: Stortini Misconduct for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (10:00)
14:22- HER Penalty: Newbury for Slashing (2:00)
14:22- HER Penalty: Newbury Misconduct for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (10:00)
15:28- LV Penalty: Akeson for Tripping (2:00)




Shots
HER: 8-20-16=44
LV: 7-8-7=22




Recap


What a way to end the regular season! Great performances by the Caps' recent draft picks led the Bears to a dominating win. The Bears started it off early, with their first goal coming at the 2:07 mark of the 1st. Jon Landry scored his 3rd of the season, from Jakub Vrana. With only 48 seconds left in the period, the Bears would make it 2-0. Tomas Kundratek scored his 5th of the season, from Kris Newbury & Garrett Mitchell. After the 1st, the Bears had the 8-7 shot advantage.




In the 2nd, the penalties would pick up, and would include one for the Phantoms coach. 27 seconds into the period, the Phantoms would get within one. Brett Hextall scored his 6th of the season, from Kevin Goumas. At the 7:13 mark of the period, the Bears would make it 3-1. Chandler Stephenson scored his 7th of the season, from Joel Broda & Liam O'Brien. 15 seconds after that goal, a fight would break out between Hershey's Liam O'Brien & Lehigh Valley's Derek Mathers. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 28-15 shot advantage.




In the 3rd, the game would go crazy with penalties, and the Bears would continue to score goals. 27 seconds into the 3rd, the Bears made it 4-1 on the power play. Philippe Cornet scored his 9th of the season, from Jakub Vrana (2nd assist of night) & Travis Boyd (1st AHL assist/point). The Bears would score again on the power play, this time at the 11:19 mark. Travis Boyd scored his 1st AHL goal (2nd point of night), from Christian Djoos (1st AHL assist/point) & Jakub Vrana (3rd assist of night). With this goal, a game misconduct would come for the Phantoms coach, so he would be ejected from the game. The Bears finished with the 44-22 shot advantage.




Notes: The Bears finish with a record of 46-22-5-3 for an 100 point season. It is not known yet who they will play against in the 1st round of the playoffs. A few posts will be coming before the playoffs begin. One will be the final regular season statistics for the team, one will be the playoff bracket, and the other will be a post on the playoff roster for the team. Look for those in the next few days!