Regular Season Game 15: Hershey Bears 3, Rochester Americans 1 (11/15/15)

Box Score

Hershey (6-5-0-3) vs. Rochester (6-7-0-0)

Giant Center: Hershey, PA

Goalies: Ellis (3-3-1) vs. Lieuwen (4-2-0)

1st Period

Scoring

No Goals

Penalties

5:43- RCH Penalty: Kea for Fighting (5:00)

5:43- HER Penalty: Moore for Fighting (5:00)

7:13- RCH Penalty: Dupuy for Tripping (2:00)

7:13- HER Penalty: Barber for Closing Hand on Puck (2:00)

15:04- HER Penalty: Bowey for High-Sticking (Double Minor) (4:00)

2nd Period

Scoring

9:07- HER Goal: Carey (5), Ness

Penalties

0:22- HER Penalty: Moore for Holding (2:00)

3:12- HER Penalty: Ness for Cross-Checking (2:00)

6:56- HER Penalty: Ness for Cross-Checking (2:00)

14:06- RCH Penalty: Donovan for Hooking (2:00)

16:41- RCH Penalty: Robak for Holding (2:00)

19:02- RCH Penalty: Donovan for Delay of Game (2:00)

19:29- HER Penalty: Carey for Interference (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

6:54- RCH Goal: Carrier (2), Sanguinetti

16:13- HER Goal: Mitchell (3)

19:14- HER Goal (EN): Sill (2), Walker

Penalties

9:29- HER Penalty: Camper for Hooking (2:00)

Shots

HER: 12-9-10=31

RCH: 2-11-13=26

Next Game: Friday vs. Portland, 7:00

Note: The recaps will return with the next game.

Regular Season Game 14: Bridgeport Sound Tigers 5, Hershey Bears 0 (11/14/15)

Box Score

Hershey (6-4-0-3) vs. Bridgeport (11-4-0-0)

Giant Center: Hershey, PA

Goalies: Peters (3-1-2, 2.27), Ellis (3-3-1, 3.32) vs. Gibson (6-2-0, 2.28)

1st Period

Scoring

0:31- BRI Goal: Kearns (10), Czuczman & Whitney

16:33- BRI Goal: Finn (1), Holmstrom & Florek

Penalties

3:52- BRI Penalty: Graham for High-Sticking (2:00)

6:31- BRI Penalty: Holmstrom for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (2:00)

8:55- BRI Penalty: Bench Minor for Too Many Men (Served by Halmo) (2:00)

13:51- HER Penalty: Walker for Tripping (2:00)

2nd Period

Scoring

2:48- BRI Goal: Quine (7), Strome & Gibson
3:31- BRI Goal: Pulock (4)

Penalties

1:43- BRI Penalty: Vaive for Roughing (2:00)
1:43- HER Penalty: Brown for Roughing (2:00)
4:30- BRI Penalty: Finn for Tripping (2:00)
4:35- HER Penalty: Carey for Hooking (2:00)
9:17- BRI Penalty: Strome for Hooking (2:00)
11:43- HER Penalty: Boyd for Tripping (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring

13:17- BRI Goal: Czuczman (2), Florek & Whitney

Penalties

18:10- BRI Penalty: Vaive for Tripping (2:00)

Shots

HER: 4-14-9=27

BRI: 7-8-7=22

Recap

This weekend has been a rough one for the Bears. They have been outscored 12-0 this weekend, and there's still one game to go. From the beginning, the Sound Tigers had the mental edge, as they got their first goal 31 seconds into the game. Bracken Kearns scored his 10th of the season, from Kevin Czuczman & Joe Whitney. Later in the period, shortly after a missed opportunity on a power play, the Sound Tigers made it 2-0. Matt Finn scored his 1st of the season, from Ben Holmstrom & Justin Florek. After the 1st, the Sound Tigers had the 7-4 shot advantage.

In the 2nd, based on the shot advantage, you would think the Bears would have stopped the meltdown. It didn't happen, as 2:48 into the period, the lead increased to 3-0. Alan Quine scored his 7th of the season, from Ryan Strome & Christopher Gibson. 43 seconds later, they made it 4-0. Ryan Pulock scored his 4th of the season. Dan Ellis would come in and have the goaltending duties for the rest of the game. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 18-15 shot advantage.

In the 3rd, not much happened except for the Bears trying to break their scoreless streak. It wouldn't happen, as Bridgeport's Christopher Gibson would get a shutout. However, the Sound Tigers would get one more goal to make it 5-0. Kevin Czuczman scored his 2nd of the season (2nd point of night), from Justin Florek & Joe Whitney (both 2nd assists of night). The Bears finished with the 27-22 shot advantage.

Next Game: Tomorrow vs. Rochester, 5:00

Note: For tomorrow's game, I have previously planned events that could either cause me to post about the game later than normal for a 5:00 game, or cause me to just post a box score. Apologies in advance!

Regular Season Game 13: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 7, Hershey Bears 0 (11/13/15)

Box Score

Hershey (6-3-0-3) at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (9-1-0-0)

Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza: Wilkes-Barre, PA

Goalies: Ellis (3-2-1, 2.94), Peters (3-1-2, 1.96) vs. Murray (7-1-0, 1.75)

1st Period

Scoring

4:59- WBS Goal (PPG): Mouillierat (3), Sheary & Pouliot

Penalties

4:31- HER Penalty: Carrick for Delay of Game (2:00)
5:50- HER Penalty: Bourque for Slashing (2:00)

2nd Period
Scoring

0:19- WBS Goal: Simon (5), Rowney & Erixon

7:39- WBS Goal: Sheary (2), Simon

10:34- WBS Goal (PPG): Wilson (7), Mouillierat & Sheary

Penalties

7:53- WBS Penalty: Kostopoulos for Holding (2:00)

9:49- HER Penalty: Brown for Interference (2:00)

10:44- HER Penalty: Bourque for Cross-Checking (2:00)

10:44- WBS Penalty: Kostopoulos for Roughing (2:00)

10:44- WBS Penalty: Sundqvist for Charging (2:00)

11:09- HER Penalty: Boyd for Hooking (2:00)

11:31- HER Penalty: Galiev for High-Sticking (2:00)

15:04- WBS Penalty: Warsofsky for Hooking (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

9:25- WBS Goal: Dea (4), Sheary

18:21- WBS Goal (PPG): Sundqvist (3), Erixon & Oleksy

18:46- WBS Goal: Kuhnhackl (4), Warsofsky & Archibald

Penalties

5:49- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Roughing (2:00)

5:49- WBS Penalty: Mouillierat for Roughing (Double Minor) (4:00)

13:01- WBS Penalty: Wilson for Slashing (2:00)

13:10- HER Penalty: Bourque for Holding the Stick (2:00)

15:38- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Boarding (2:00)

15:38- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Fighting (5:00)

15:38- WBS Penalty: Kostopoulos for Roughing (2:00)

15:38- WBS Penalty: Kostopoulos for Fighting (5:00)

17:51- HER Penalty: Collins for High-Sticking (2:00)

18:58- WBS Penalty: Oleksy for Interference (2:00)

Shots

HER: 7-13-4=24

WBS: 10-9-13=32

Recap

This was definitely the roughest game to watch this season. Even though the Bears didn't struggle too badly in the shot advantage battle (until the 3rd period), they struggled in just about everything else. The 1st period wasn't too bad for the Bears, but they once again gave up the first goal of the game (on a penalty kill). Kael Mouillierat scored his 3rd of the season, from Conor Sheary & Derrick Pouliot. After the 1st, the Penguins had the 10-7 shot advantage.

The 2nd period is where the game fell apart. Hershey would actually have more shots than the Penguins, but the good chances were few and far between. 19 seconds into the period, the Penguins made it 2-0. Dominik Simon scored his 5th of the season, from Carter Rowney & Tim Erixon. At the 7:39 mark, the Pens widened their lead to three. Conor Sheary scored his 2nd of the season (2nd point of night), from Dominik Simon (2nd point of night). On a power play around three minutes later, it became 4-0. Scott Wilson scored his 7th of the season, from Kael Mouillierat (2nd point of night) & Conor Sheary (2nd assist/3rd point of night). Justin Peters would come in to have the Bears' goaltending duties for the rest of the evening. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 20-19 shot advantage.

The 3rd period would bring more goals for the Penguins. At the 9:25 mark, the lead became 5-0. Jean-Sebastien Dea scored his 5th of the season, from Conor Sheary (3rd assist/4th point of night). The rest of the game would get chippy, as the penalties would continue to come for both teams. A fight did occur between the captains of the teams: Hershey's Garrett Mitchell & Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's Tom Kostopoulos. At the 18:21 mark, on a power play, the Penguins got their sixth goal. Oskar Sundqvist scored his 3rd of the season, from Tim Erixon (2nd assist of night) & Steve Oleksy. 25 seconds later, the Penguins finished the game up by a touchdown. Tom Kuhnhackl scored his 4th of the season, from David Warsofsky & Josh Archibald. The Penguins finished with the 32-24 shot advantage.

Next Game: Tomorrow vs. Bridgeport, 7:00

Regular Season Game 12: St. John's IceCaps 4, Hershey Bears 3 (F/SO) (11/7/15)

Box Score

Hershey (6-3-0-2) vs. St. John's (6-5-1-1)

Giant Center: Hershey, PA

Goalies: Peters (3-1-1, 1.79) vs. Fucale (4-2-0, 3.16)

1st Period
Scoring
2:05- HER Goal: Galiev (2), Camper & Carrick
11:57- HER Goal: Galiev (3), Collins & Camper
14:53- HER Goal: Collins (2), Camper & Carrick

Penalties
4:15- STJ Penalty: Dumont for High-Sticking (2:00)
12:50- STJ Penalty: Neilson for Boarding (2:00)
17:09- STJ Penalty: Dumont for Delay of Game (2:00)
17:09- HER Penalty: Carrick for Delay of Game (2:00)
20:00- STJ Penalty: Ellis for Roughing (2:00)
20:00- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Roughing (Double Minor) (4:00)

2nd Period
Scoring

7:54- STJ Goal: Lernout (1), Eisenschmid

13:38- STJ Goal: Ellis (2), McCarron & Carr

Penalties

15:00- HER Penalty: Moore for Interference (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

17:04- STJ Goal: Carr (5), Bennett & Dumont

Penalties

1:01- STJ Penalty: Carr for Holding the Stick (2:00)

Overtime
Scoring
No Goals

Penalties
No Penalties

Shootout
1st Round: HER- Barber (No Goal), STJ- Carr (No Goal)
2nd Round: HER- Bourque (No Goal), STJ- Hudon (Goal)
3rd Round: HER- Galiev (Goal), STJ- Halloway (No Goal)
4th Round: HER- Collins (No Goal), STJ- Dumont (Goal)

Shots
HER: 16-11-7-4=38
STJ: 9-15-12-1=37

Recap

A heartbreaking game to lose. The Bears had a dominating first period and overtime periods, but those 2nd and 3rd periods were all IceCaps. That's another shootout loss. As I said, the Bears dominated that first period. The first goal of the period for them was at the 2:05 mark. Stanislav Galiev scored his 2nd of the season, from Carter Camper & Connor Carrick. At the 11:57 mark, Hershey made it 2-0. Stanislav Galiev scored another one, from Sean Collins & Carter Camper (2nd assist of night). St. John's looked to have made it 2-1, but before the refs could look at the goal, Hershey scored one themselves. The refs said the St. John's chance was a no goal, so the score became 3-0. Sean Collins scored his 2nd of the season (2nd point of night), from Carter Camper (3rd assist of night) & Connor Carrick (2nd assist of night). After the 1st, the Bears had the 16-9 shot advantage.

In the 2nd, the momentum started to go towards St. John's. At the 7:54 mark, the IceCaps would start their comeback. Brett Lernout scored his 1st of the season, from Markus Eisenschmid. At the 13:38 mark, the lead was trimmed to one. Morgan Ellis scored his 2nd of the season, from Michael McCarron & Daniel Carr. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 27-24 shot advantage.

In the 3rd, the IceCaps dominated a good amount of the play. Justin Peters did his part by saving a good amount of shots, but with 2:56 left in the period, St. John's tied the game at 3. Daniel Carr scored his 5th of the season (2nd point of night), from Mac Bennett & Gabriel Dumont. In the overtime period, the Bears dominated most of the play. Stanislav Galiev's breakaway was a point that could be looked back on, as he was taken down on the play but no call came for a penalty or penalty shot. Going into the shootout, the Bears finished with the 38-37 shot advantage. In said shootout, the IceCaps would get on the board first in the 2nd round. However, Galiev would tie it up to take it to the extra rounds. It would only go one more round, as Dumont would score to give the IceCaps the victory.

Next Game: Friday at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 7:05

Regular Season Game 11: Hershey Bears 4, Lehigh Valley Phantoms 2 (11/6/15)

Box Score

Hershey (5-3-0-2) at Lehigh Valley (4-5-0-0)

PPL Center: Allentown, PA

Goalies: Ellis (2-2-1, 3.12) vs. LaBarbera (1-3-0, 4.46)

1st Period
Scoring
7:58- LV Goal: Palushaj (4), Gostisbehere & Brent
11:17- HER Goal: Galiev (1), Camper & Collins

Penalties
7:14- LV Penalty: Straka for Hooking (2:00)
7:52- HER Penalty: Bourque for Tripping (2:00)
12:42- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Roughing (2:00)
12:42- LV Penalty: Martel for Interference (2:00)
18:07- LV Penalty: MacDonald for Interference (2:00)
18:07- LV Penalty: MacDonald for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (2:00)

2nd Period
Scoring
18:41- HER Goal: Walker (2), Carrick

Penalties
1:12- LV Penalty: Lashoff for Hooking (2:00)
7:37- HER Penalty: Collins for Tripping (2:00)
8:41- HER Penalty: Carrick for Tripping (2:00)
15:14- LV Penalty: Martel for Tripping (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring
1:03- HER Goal: Camper (2), Stanton & Collins
4:28- LV Goal: Goulbourne (3), Alt & Sundher
19:08- HER Goal (EN): Bourque (4)

Penalties
9:41- HER Penalty: Stanton for Delay of Game (2:00)
11:23- LV Penalty: Lashoff for Holding (2:00)
11:23- LV Penalty: Lashoff Misconduct for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (10:00)

Shots
HER: 12-9-7=28
LV: 8-11-3=22

Recap

A good road game for the Bears in this one. A conditioning stint for a player familiar to Bears' fans gave some spark to the team in this game. In the 1st, as it seems to happen quite often this season, the opponents got on the board first. Aaron Palushaj scored his 4th of the season, from Shayne Gostisbehere & Tim Brent. At the 11:17 mark, that conditioning stint player tied the game at one. Stanislav Galiev scored his 1st of the season, from Carter Camper & Sean Collins. The penalties would come in the period, but no one could score on those power plays. After the 1st, the Bears had the 12-8 shot advantage.

In the 2nd, there would once again be opportunities for each team to get power play goals, but neither team could do it. However, a goal would come with 1:19 left in the period, and it gave the Bears the lead. Nathan Walker scored his 2nd of the season, from Connor Carrick. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 21-19 shot advantage.

In the 3rd, the Bears would get that important insurance goal only 1:03 in. Carter Camper scored his 2nd of the season (2nd point of night), from Ryan Stanton & Sean Collins (2nd assist of night). The importance of that goal was huge, as the Phantoms would get a goal just 3:25 later to make it 3-2. Tyrell Goulbourne scored his 3rd of the season, from Mark Alt & Kevin Sundher. Lehigh Valley would struggle to get shots on the net, and with 52 seconds left, the Bears put it away with an empty-net goal. Chris Bourque scored his 4th of the season. Hershey finished with the 28-22 shot advantage.

Next Game: Tomorrow vs. St. John's, 7:00

Regular Season Game 10: Hershey Bears 4, Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2 (11/4/15)

Box Score

Hershey (4-3-0-2) at Bridgeport (8-3-0-0)

Webster Bank Arena: Bridgeport, CT

Goalies: Peters (2-1-1, 1.74) vs. Gibson (4-1-0, 2.24)

1st Period

Scoring

7:42- BRI Goal (PPG): Kearns (7), Quine & Whitney
16:47- HER Goal: Carey (3), Bourque & Boyd

Penalties

6:13- HER Penalty: Stanton for Tripping (2:00)
6:59- HER Penalty: Sill for Tripping (2:00)
9:24- BRI Penalty: Vaive for Holding (2:00)
18:14- BRI Penalty: Johnston for Hooking (2:00)

2nd Period

Scoring

5:00- HER Goal: Carrick (2), Collins & Camper

Penalties

16:35- HER Penalty: Carey for Hooking (2:00)
18:41- BRI Penalty: Halmo for Interference (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

9:41- BRI Goal: Quine (4), Collberg & Pulock
14:25- HER Goal: Carey (4), Bourque & Burgdoerfer
15:41- HER Goal: Walker (1), Gazley

Penalties

16:28- BRI Penalty: Halmo for Holding (2:00)

Shots

HER: 7-7-6=20
BRI: 13-9-19=41

Recap

With how the shot totals were in this game, this should have been a win for Bridgeport. However, Justin Peters played out of his mind in this game. If it weren't for him, who knows how many goals Bridgeport could have had. In this 1st, during a 5-on-3 power play, the Sound Tigers got on the board. Bracken Kearns scored his 7th of the season, from Alan Quine & Joe Whitney. Later on in the period, the Bears would be able to get a goal to tie it. Paul Carey scored his 3rd of the season, from Chris Bourque & Travis Boyd. After the 1st, Bridgeport had the 13-7 shot advantage.

In the 2nd, the shots would be a little closer, due to Hershey controlling play for most of the period. That control led to a goal at the 5:00 mark for the Bears to take the lead. Connor Carrick scored his 2nd of the season, from Sean Collins & Carter Camper. After the 2nd, Bridgeport had the 22-14 shot advantage.

In the 3rd, the shots would come like crazy for Bridgeport, and Peters continued to stand strong. However, he had no chance at the 9:41 mark, as Bridgeport tied the game at 2. Alan Quine scored his 4th of the season (2nd point of game), from Sebastian Collberg & Ryan Pulock. However, even with the small shot total in the period, the Bears would come out of nowhere to score two goals in 1:16 to take the 4-2 victory. The first goal was scored by Paul Carey (2nd of game/4th of season), from Chris Bourque (2nd assist of game) & Erik Burgdoerfer. The 2nd goal was scored by Nathan Walker (1st of season), from Dustin Gazley. Justin Peters finished with 39 saves on 41 shots in a great performance (Hershey had 20 shots).

Next Game: Friday at Lehigh Valley, 7:05

Regular Season Game 9: Lehigh Valley Phantoms 5, Hershey Bears 4 (F/SO) (11/1/15)

Box Score

Hershey (4-3-0-1) vs. Lehigh Valley (3-5-0-0)

Giant Center: Hershey, PA

Goalies: Ellis (2-2-0, 2.97) vs. LaBarbara (0-3-0, 4.74)

1st Period
Scoring
9:59- LV Goal (PPG): Martel (3), Morin & Straka

Penalties
5:34- LV Penalty: Morin for Tripping (2:00)
9:05- HER Penalty: O'Brien for Tripping (2:00)
13:37- HER Penalty: Carrick for Holding (2:00)

2nd Period
Scoring
1:40- HER Goal: Djoos (1), Boyd & Carey
4:11- LV Goal: Straka (5), Martel & Gostisbehere
5:39- LV Goal: Palushaj (3), Brent & Drewiske
8:08- LV Goal (SHG): Straka (6), Lashoff & LaBarbara
19:52- HER Goal (PPG): Collins (1), Bourque & Ness

Penalties
6:42- LV Penalty: Drewiske for Tripping (2:00)
18:48- LV Penalty: Lashoff for Holding (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring

9:18- HER Goal (PPG): Bourque (3), Djoos & Barber

17:53- HER Goal: Sill (1), Mitchell & O'Brien

Penalties

8:17- LV Penalty: Martel for Holding (2:00)

14:54- LV Penalty: Straka for Holding (2:00)

Overtime

Scoring

No Goals

Penalties

2:54- LV Penalty: Brent for Hooking (2:00)

Shootout

1st Round: HER- Carrick (No Goal), LV- Leier (Goal)

2nd Round: HER- Bourque (No Goal), LV- Straka (No Goal)

3rd Round: HER- Barber (Goal), LV- Martel (No Goal)

4th Round: HER- Mitchell (No Goal), LV- Palushaj (No Goal)

5th Round: HER- Boyd (No Goal), LV- Gostisbehere (No Goal)

6th Round: HER- Camper (No Goal), LV- Padakin (No Goal)

7th Round: HER- Gazley (No Goal), LV- Brent (No Goal)

8th Round: HER- Collins (Goal), LV- Alderson (Goal)

9th Round: HER- Carey (No Goal), LV- Goulbourne (No Goal)

10th Round: HER- Walker (No Goal), LV- Sundler (Goal)

Phantoms win shootout 3-2

Shots

HER: 8-10-13-2=33

LV: 17-8-12-3=40

Recap

What a game. The fact that the Bears even got to overtime with how this game was going says something about this team. They'll never quit. In the 1st, the game went very similar to how last night's did: domination by the other team, and great play from the Bears' goalie (this time, Dan Ellis). At the 9:05 mark, the Phantoms got on the board. Danick Martel scored his 3rd of the season, from Samuel Morin & Petr Straka. After the 1st, the Phantoms had the 17-8 shot advantage.

In the 2nd, the goals came from everywhere. 1:40 into the period, the Bears tied it up at one. Christian Djoos scored his 1st AHL goal, from Travis Boyd & Paul Carey. 2 and a half minutes later, the Phantoms took the lead again. Petr Straka scored his 5th of the season (2nd point of night), from Danick Martel (2nd point of night) & Shayne Gostisbehere. At the 5:39 mark, Lehigh Valley increased their lead to two. Aaron Palushaj scored his 3rd of the season, from Tim Brent & Davis Drewiske. On a Bears' power play, only 2 and half minutes later, the Phantoms made it 4-1. Petr Straka scored his 2nd of the night (6th goal of season, 3rd point of night), from Matt Lashoff & Jason LaBarbara. With 8 seconds left in the period, on a power play, the Bears got a crucial goal to get within two. Sean Collins scored his 1st of the season, from Chris Bourque & Aaron Ness. After the 2nd, the Phantoms had the 25-18 shot advantage.

In the 3rd, the shots would keep coming, but only the Bears would take advantage. A penalty in the middle of the period would lead to the Bears getting to within one on the power play (at the 9:18 mark). Chris Bourque scored his 3rd of the season (2nd point of night), from Christian Djoos (2nd point of night) & Riley Barber. With 2:07 left in the game, the Bears would complete the comeback by tying the game at 4. Zach Sill scored his 1st of the season, from Garrett Mitchell & Liam O'Brien. In the overtime, the Bears would have a chance with a power play, but nothing would come of it. Going into the shootout, the Phantoms finished with the 40-33 shot advantage. The Phantoms would get a goal in the first round, but Hershey's Riley Barber would get one in the 3rd round to send it to extra rounds. Each team would get a goal in the 8th round, but it would be Lehigh Valley's Kevin Sundher who would score in the 10th round to give the Phantoms the victory.

Next Game: Wednesday at Bridgeport, 11:00am