Regular Season Game 22: Hershey Bears 2, Lehigh Valley Phantoms 1 (12/5/15)

Box Score

Hershey (10-6-0-5) vs. Lehigh Valley (11-11-1-0)

Giant Center: Hershey, PA

Goalies: Ellis (5-3-2, 3.01) vs. Stolarz (9-4-1, 1.82)

1st Period
Scoring
14:57- LV Goal: Cousins (6), Morin & MacDonald

Penalties
1:55- LV Penalty: Cousins for Cross-Checking (2:00)
4:15- HER Penalty: Fyten for Tripping (2:00)
9:39- HER Penalty: Walker for Delay of Game (2:00)
19:24- HER Penalty: Bench Minor for Too Many Men (Served by Stephenson) (2:00)

2nd Period
Scoring

No Goals

Penalties

3:17- HER Penalty: Camper for Delay of Game (2:00)

8:12- LV Penalty: Brent for Fighting (5:00)

8:12- HER Penalty: Lewington for Fighting (5:00)

10:02- LV Penalty: Cousins for Holding (2:00)

10:39- HER Penalty: Carey for Slashing (2:00)

11:55- LV Penalty: Leier for Holding (2:00)

16:48- LV Penalty: Alderson for Slashing (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

10:23- HER Goal: Gazley (5), Carey & Camper

19:39- HER Goal: Bourque (7), Boyd & Stephenson

Penalties

15:11- LV Penalty: Morin for Hooking (2:00)

Shots

HER: 14-13-17=44

LV: 5-5-5=15

Recap

Anthony Stolarz is probably not too happy with his team right now. He finished with 42 saves, but it wasn't enough as the Bears were able to pull out the victory. From the puck drop, the Bears had complete control of this game. The shot differential was never close, but unfortunately for them, Stolarz showed up to play. With 5:13 left in the period, the Phantoms would get on the board first. Nick Cousins scored his 6th of the season, from Samuel Morin & Colin McDonald. After the 1st, the Bears had the 14-5 shot advantage.

The shots continued to come for the Bears in the 2nd, but the only big event was a fight between Lehigh Valley's Tim Brent & Hershey's Tyler Lewington. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 27-10 shot advantage. It would take until the 10:23 mark for a shot to finally get past Stolarz. Dustin Gazley scored his 5th of the season, from Paul Carey & Carter Camper. With 21 seconds left, the Bears would be able to get another one past him to take the 2-1 victory. Chris Bourque scored his 7th of the season, from Travis Boyd & Chandler Stephenson. The Bears finished with the 44-15 shot advantage.

Next Game: Tomorrow vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 5:00

Regular Season Game 21: Hartford Wolf Pack 4, Hershey Bears 3 (F/SO) (12/4/15)

Box Score

Hershey (10-6-0-4) at Hartford (8-11-2-0)

XL Center: Hartford, CT

Goalies: Peters (5-3-2, 2.49) vs. Skapski (1-4-0, 3.30)

1st Period

Scoring

1:24- HER Goal: Walker (4), Carrick & Sill

3:10- HFD Goal: Skjei (2), Nehring & Bourque

7:10- HFD Goal: Nehring (6), Brown & Summers

Penalties

8:49- HER Penalty: Carrick for Interference (2:00)

2nd Period

Scoring

7:30- HER Goal: Carrick (4), Djoos & Stephenson

17:18- HFD Goal: Tamasky (6), McCarthy

Penalties

2:54- HER Penalty: Bowey for Holding (2:00)

9:24- HFD Penalty: Gibbons for Interference (2:00)

13:04- HFD Penalty: Summers for Tripping (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

19:17- HER Goal (PPG): Stephenson (1), Carrick & Bourque

Penalties

0:40- HER Penalty: Bourque for Closing Hand on Puck (2:00)

3:28- HFD Penalty: Brown for Slashing (2:00)

8:16- HFD Penalty: Hughes for Kneeing (2:00)

19:00- HFD Penalty: Oleksuk for Delay of Game (2:00)

Overtime

Scoring

No Goals

Penalties

No Penalties

Shootout

1st Round: HER- Gazley (Goal), HFD- Gibbons (Goal)

2nd Round: HER- Bourque (No Goal), HFD- Tambellini (Goal)

3rd Round: HER- Carrick (No Goal)

Hartford wins shootout 2-1

Shots

HER: 10-9-14-3=36

HFD: 11-2-9-3=25

Recap

Once again, the shootout is the Bears' kryptonite. They are now 0-for-5 in shootouts. However, they did get a point in a game where it looked like they wouldn't. The Bears started off strong, as they scored 1:24 into the game. Nathan Walker scored his 4th of the season, from Connor Carrick & Zach Sill. However, the game would turn quickly in favor of the home team, as almost two minutes later, the Wolf Pack tied it. Brady Skjei scored his 2nd of the season, from Chad Nehring & Ryan Bourque. At the 7:10 mark, Hartford took the lead. Chad Nehring scored his 6th of the season (2nd point of night), from Tyler Brown & Chris Summers. After the 1st, the Wolf Pack had the 11-10 shot advantage.

In the 2nd, the Bears would have a large advantage in shots. That paid off at the 7:30 mark, as they would tie the game at two. Connor Carrick scored his 4th of the season, from Christian Djoos & Chandler Stephenson. With 2:48 left in the period, the Wolf Pack would get one of their two shots in the period past Justin Peters. Nick Tamasky scored his 6th of the season, from Chris McCarthy. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 19-13 shot advantage.

In the 3rd, the Bears didn't stop the shots. They had some good chances against Mackenzie Skapski, but it would take a power play with less than a minute left for the Bears to get their best chance. With 43 seconds left in regulation, the Bears would get the tying goal. Chandler Stephenson scored his 1st of the season, from Connor Carrick (3rd point/2nd assist of night) & Chris Bourque. In the overtime, the Wolf Pack would get a penalty shot. Jayson Megna, who has always scored big goals against the Bears, was stopped by Peters. Going into the shootout, the Bears finished with the 36-25 shot advantage. Dustin Gazley would start the Bears off right with a goal in the 1st round, but no Bears would score again. Both of Hartford's players scored, so they took the shootout 2-1.

Next Game: Tomorrow vs. Lehigh Valley, 7:00

Regular Season Game 20: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3, Hershey Bears 2 (11/28/15)

Box Score

Hershey (10-5-0-4) at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (15-2-0-0)

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

Goalies: Peters (5-2-2, 2.43) vs. Jarry (5-0-0, 1.93)

1st Period

Scoring

No Goals

Penalties

16:51- HER Penalty: Djoos for Hooking (2:00)

16:51- WBS Penalty: Archibald for Embellishment (2:00)

2nd Period

Scoring

0:26- WBS Goal: Porter (3), O'Neill & Erixon

9:24- WBS Goal: Andersen (2), Sundqvist

14:19- WBS Goal (PPG): Dea (7), Erixon & Simon

19:46- HER Goal: Burgdoerfer (1), Collins & Walker

Penalties

1:09- WBS Penalty: Mouillierat for Tripping (2:00)

6:21- HER Penalty: Lewington for High-Sticking (2:00)

13:08- HER Penalty: Carrick for Interference (2:00)

14:35- HER Penalty: Boyd for High-Sticking (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

5:39- HER Goal: Barber (4)

Penalties

6:22- HER Penalty: Carey for High-Sticking (Double Minor) (4:00)

11:25- HER Penalty: Bourque for Slashing (2:00)

17:34- WBS Penalty: Bench Minor for Too Many Men (Served by Simon) (2:00)

Shots

HER: 9-4-14=27

WBS: 8-14-11=33

Recap

This game looked like it would be another blowout for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, but Hershey held strong and made this a good game. The Pens are scary good. The 1st period included nothing of note, as the refs let them play for most of the period except for offsetting penalties. After the 1st, the Bears had the 9-8 shot advantage.

In the 2nd, the goals would come. 26 seconds into the period, the Penguins got on the board. Kevin Porter scored his 3rd of the season, from Will O'Neill & Tim Erixon. At the 9:24 mark, the lead increased to two. Niclas Andersen scored his 2nd of the season, from Oskar Sundqvist. On a power play for the Penguins (14:19 mark), the lead went to three. Jean-Sebastien Dea scored his 7th of the season, from Tim Erixon (2nd assist of night) & Dominik Simon. With 14 seconds left in the period, the Bears would get on the board. Erik Burgdoerfer scored his 1st of the season, from Sean Collins & Nathan Walker. After the 2nd, the Penguins had the 22-13 shot advantage.

In the 3rd, the play would be a little more even than the 2nd. At the 5:39 mark, the Bears got within one. Riley Barber scored his 4th of the season. The Bears' penalty kill kept them in this game with two huge stops, but the power play late in the period wouldn't be able to tie the game up. The Penguins finished with the 33-27 shot advantage.

Next Game: Friday at Hartford, 7:15

Regular Season Game 19: Lehigh Valley Phantoms 6, Hershey Bears 5 (F/SO) (11/27/15)

Box Score

Hershey (10-5-0-3) at Lehigh Valley (8-10-1-0)

PPL Center: Allentown, PA

Goalies: Ellis (5-3-1, 2.81) vs. Knapp (1st Game)

1st Period

Scoring

1:22- LV Goal: Goulbourne (5), Goumas & Hagg
8:38- HER Goal: Moore (1), Carrick & Boyd
12:24- HER Goal: Lewington (1), Collins & Walker
14:09- LV Goal (PPG): Leier (5), Conner & MacDonald

Penalties

13:18- HER Penalty: Carrick for Slashing (2:00)

2nd Period
Scoring

4:35- HER Goal: Boyd (3), Fyten

10:51- LV Goal (PPG): Straka (13), Leier & Conner

16:58- LV Goal: Straka (14), Brent & Drewiske

Penalties

9:42- HER Penalty: Moore for High-Sticking (2:00)

11:16- HER Penalty: Lewington for Fighting (5:00)

11:16- LV Penalty: Goulbourne for Fighting (5:00)

17:34- LV Penalty: Morin for Interference (2:00)

17:47- HER Penalty: Ness for Cross-Checking (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

12:08- HER Goal: Walker (3), Sill & Collins

16:13- LV Goal: Goulbourne (6), Rankin & Goumas

16:33- HER Goal: Carey (9), Barber & Camper

Penalties

1:12- LV Penalty: Brent for Roughing (2:00)

7:17- HER Penalty: Bourque for Tripping (2:00)

12:35- HER Penalty: Gazley for Goaltender Interference (2:00)

Overtime

Scoring

No Goals

Penalties

No Penalties

Shootout

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

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

3rd Round: LV- Goulbourne (No Goal), HER- Bourque (No Goal)

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

5th Round: LV- Brent (Goal), HER- Collins (No Goal)

LV wins shootout 1-0

Shots

HER: 8-8-10-2=28

LV: 9-16-4-4=33

Recap

The Bears need to figure out a way to win a shootout. It's been their kryptonite all season. This was one crazy game from beginning to end. The scoring started off quick in the 1st, as the first goal for Lehigh Valley was scored 1:22 into the game. Tyrell Goulbourne scored his 5th of the season, from Kevin Goumas & Robert Hagg. Around 7 minutes later, the Bears tied it at one. Mike Moore scored his 1st of the season, from Connor Carrick & Travis Boyd. At the 12:24 mark, the Bears would take the lead. Tyler Lewington scored his 1st AHL goal (in his 1st AHL game), from Sean Collins & Nathan Walker. A little more than a minute and a half later, on the power play, the Phantoms tied it at two. Taylor Leier scored his 5th of the season, from Chris Conner & Andrew MacDonald. After the 1st, the Phantoms had the 9-8 shot advantage.

In the 2nd, the scoring continued. At the 4:35 mark, the Bears took the 3-2 lead. Travis Boyd scored his 3rd of the season (2nd point of night), from Austin Fyten. At the 10:51 mark, the Phantoms would get another power play goal to tie it at three. Petr Straka scored his 13th of the season, from Taylor Leier (2nd point of night) & Chris Conner (2nd assist of night). Around 6 minutes later, the Phantoms took the 4-3 lead. Petr Straka scored his 2nd of the night (14th of season), from Tim Brent & David Drewiske. Between those two goals, a fight occurred between Hershey's Tyler Lewington & Lehigh Valley's Tyrell Goulbourne. After the 2nd, the Phantoms had the 25-16 shot advantage.

In the 3rd, the scoring took a break until later in the period, and then it continued like it had. At the 12:08 mark, the Bears tied the game at four. Nathan Walker scored his 3rd of the season (2nd point of night), from Zach Sill & Sean Collins (2nd assist of night). Around 4 minutes later (16:13 mark), the Phantoms took the lead again. Tyrell Goulbourne scored his 2nd of the night (6th of season), from Evan Rankin & Kevin Goumas (2nd assist of night). Only 20 seconds later, the Bears tied the game again. Paul Carey scored his 9th of the season, from Riley Barber & Carter Camper. In the overtime period, the Phantoms had more of the chances, but couldn't get one in the net. Going into the shootout, the Phantoms finished with the 33-28 shot advantage. It would take until the 5th round for someone to score, and it was Lehigh Valley's Tim Brent who scored the only goal in the shootout in that round.

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

Regular Season Game 18: Hershey Bears 2, Providence Bruins 1 (F/OT) (11/25/15)

Box Score

Hershey (9-5-0-3) vs. Providence (4-9-3-1)

Giant Center: Hershey, PA

Goalies: Peters (4-2-2) vs. Subban (1-4-1)

1st Period

Scoring

16:36- HER Goal (PPG): Carey (7), Stephenson & Ness

19:09- PRO Goal (PPG): Acciari (3), DeFazio & Youds

Penalties

15:25- PRO Penalty: Cherniwchan for Hooking (2:00)

17:31- HER Penalty: Burgdoerfer for Interference (2:00)

2nd Period

Scoring

No Goals

Penalties

0:37- HER Penalty: Ness for Holding (2:00)

3:16- PRO Penalty: Simonelli for Holding (2:00)

10:30- PRO Penalty: Bellemore for Tripping (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

No Goals

Penalties

4:20- HER Penalty: Carey for Holding (2:00)

8:00- PRO Penalty: Bellemore for Fighting (5:00)

8:00- HER Penalty: Moore for Fighting (5:00)

11:02- PRO Penalty: Sexton for High-Sticking (2:00)

13:58- HER Penalty: Gazley for Boarding (2:00)

Overtime

Scoring

3:43- HER Goal: Carey (8), Ness & Gazley

Penalties

No Penalties

Shots

HER: 6-4-8-3=21

PRO: 16-6-6-0=28

Recap

The goalies would be the focus of this game, as each would make sure to stand their ground. It would take until the 16:36 mark of the 1st for a goal to be scored, and it would come on a Hershey power play. Paul Carey scored his 7th of the season, from Chandler Stephenson & Aaron Ness. With 51 seconds left in the period, on the power play as well, Providence would tie the game up. Noel Acciari scored his 3rd of the season, from Brandon DeFazio & Ben Youds. In the 2nd, even with some power play chances, the score would stay the same. After the 2nd, the Bruins had the 22-10 shot advantage.

In the 3rd, the power play chances would come, but the goalies would continue to stand their ground. A fight would occur in the period between Hershey's Mike Moore and Providence's Brett Bellemore. In the overtime period, it would be the Bears that would get the extra point. Paul Carey scored his 2nd of the night (8th of season), from Aaron Ness (2nd assist of night) & Dustin Gazley. Justin Peters finished with the strong 27-save performance (Hershey finished with 21 shots).

Next Game: Tomorrow at Lehigh Valley, 7:05

Regular Season Game 17: Hershey Bears 4, Portland Pirates 2 (11/21/15)

Box Score

Hershey (8-5-0-3) vs. Portland (7-7-0-0)

Giant Center: Hershey, PA

Goalies: Ellis (4-3-1, 2.91) vs. Brittain (1-2-0, 3.87), McKenna (6-5-0)

1st Period
Scoring

8:42- HER Goal: Bourque (6), Walker & Stanton
17:44- HER Goal (PPG): Boyd (2), Bourque & Ness
18:01- HER Goal (PPG): Brown (1), Barber & Collins

Penalties

3:20- HER Penalty: Carrick for Tripping (2:00)
12:33- POR Penalty: McKegg for Boarding (2:00)
12:33- POR Penalty: McKegg for Fighting (5:00)
12:33- HER Penalty: Sill for Fighting (5:00)
16:07- POR Penalty: Racine for Cross-Checking (2:00)
16:48- POR Penalty: Gaunce for Cross-Checking (2:00)
18:01- POR Penalty: Flick for Fighting (5:00)
18:01- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Fighting (5:00)

2nd Period
Scoring
11:34- HER Goal: Carey (6), Stanton & Stephenson

Penalties
2:55- POR Penalty: McFarland for Hooking (2:00)
12:08- HER Penalty: Collins for High-Sticking (2:00)
15:57- HER Penalty: Stanton for Delay of Game (2:00)
16:41- HER Penalty: Gazley for Tripping (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring
17:16- POR Goal: Rau (7), Balisy & Gaunce
18:13- POR Goal (PPG): Shaw (7), Acolatse & McKegg

Penalties
7:27- POR Penalty: Weegar for Delay of Game (2:00)
17:44- HER Penalty: Bowey for Cross-Checking (2:00)
18:04- HER Penalty: Stanton for Slashing (2:00)

Shots
HER: 13-6-11=30
POR: 5-9-13=27

Next Game: Wednesday vs. Providence, 7:00

Note: The recaps will return either the next game or the following one.

Regular Season Game 16: Hershey Bears 3, Portland Pirates 2 (11/20/15)

Box Score

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

Giant Center: Hershey, PA

Goalies: Peters (3-2-2, 2.72) vs. McKenna (6-4-0, 2.81)

1st Period
Scoring
12:36- POR Goal: Shaw (6), McFarland & Matheson

Penalties
1:05- POR Penalty: Acolatse for Fighting (5:00)
1:05- HER Penalty: Sill for Fighting (5:00)
3:47- HER Penalty: Gazley for High-Sticking (Double Minor) (4:00)
7:40- POR Penalty: Gaunce for Hooking (2:00)
18:31- POR Penalty: Flick for Cross-Checking (2:00)
18:31- POR Penalty: Matheson for Roughing (2:00)
18:31- HER Penalty: Brown for Roughing (2:00)

2nd Period
Scoring
8:06- HER Goal (PPG): Bourque (5), Ness & Camper

Penalties
6:09- POR Penalty: Regner for Delay of Game (2:00)
10:34- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Interference (2:00)
12:32- HER Penalty: Stanton for Cross-Checking (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring

2:41- HER Goal: Gazley (4), Stanton & Brown

3:12- POR Goal: Olsen (1), Simpson

19:45- HER Goal (SHG): Carrick (3), Ness & Mitchell

Penalties

17:43- HER Penalty: Moore for High-Sticking (Double Minor) (4:00)

19:58- HER Penalty: Bench Minor for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Served by Boyd) (2:00)

Shots

HER: 9-8-15=32

POR: 8-6-10=24

Recap

What a way to end this game! The Bears played a much better game than they have in the past few games, and the effort got rewarded with a victory. In the 1st, the tension between the teams started early. 1:05 in, there was a fight between Portland's Sena Acolatse & Hershey's Zach Sill. The period was even in play and penalties, but Portland would be able to get on the board first. Logan Shaw scored his 6th of the season, from John McFarland & Michael Matheson. After the 1st, the Bears had the 9-8 shot advantage.

In the 2nd, the play would once again be pretty even. At the 8:06 mark of the period, the Bears would finally break their power play scoreless streak. Chris Bourque scored his 5th of the season, from Aaron Ness & Carter Camper. Later in the period, the Bears would have two penalty kills back-to-back, but they would be able to get past those and keep it tied. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 17-14 shot advantage.

In the 3rd, the shots would come in bunches for both teams. 2:41 into the period, the Bears would take the 2-1 lead. Dustin Gazley scored his 4th of the season, from Ryan Stanton & Chris Brown. 31 seconds later, the Pirates would tie the game up again. Dylan Olsen scored his 1st of the season, from Wayne Simpson. With 2:17 left in the period, Mike Moore took a double minor penalty for high-sticking that looked to spell doom for the Bears. However, with 15 seconds left, the Bears would get a shorthanded goal that would be the game winner. Connor Carrick scored his 3rd of the season, from Aaron Ness (2nd assist of night) & Garrett Mitchell. The Bears finished with the 32-24 shot advantage.

Next Game: Tomorrow vs. Portland, 7:00