Regular Season Game 67: Hershey Bears 3, Albany Devils 2 (F/SO) (3/26/16)

Box Score

Hershey (37-18-4-7) vs. Albany (39-17-8-1)

Giant Center: Hershey, PA

Goalies: Ellis (23-9-4, 2.27) vs. Appleby (3-3-1, 2.71)

1st Period

Scoring

9:30- HER Goal: Boyd (20), Vrana & Bowey

Penalties

14:47- ALB Penalty: Novak for Hooking (2:00)
18:12- ALB Penalty: Thompson for Roughing (2:00)
18:12- ALB Penalty: Thompson for Fighting (5:00)
18:12- HER Penalty: Walker for Fighting (5:00)
19:51- HER Penalty: C. Bourque for Hooking (2:00)

2nd Period

Scoring

2:14- ALB Goal: McPherson (2), Novak & Geiger
8:36- HER Goal: Barber (23), Stephenson & C. Bourque
9:14- ALB Goal: O'Brien (17), Scarlett & Johnson

Penalties

11:14- ALB Penalty: Scarlett for Roughing (2:00)
11:14- HER Penalty: O'Brien for Spearing (Double Minor) (4:00)
18:01- HER Penalty: Bowey for Cross-Checking (2:00)
19:28- HER Penalty: Stanton for Slashing (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

No Goals

Penalties

No Penalties

Overtime
Scoring
No Goals

Penalties
No Penalties

Shootout
Round 1: HER- Djoos (No Goal), ALB- Lorito (No Goal)
Round 2: HER- Vrana (Goal), ALB- O'Brien (No Goal)
Round 3: HER- C. Bourque (No Goal), ALB- O'Neill (Goal)
Round 4: HER- Boyd (No Goal), ALB- Thompson (No Goal)
Round 5: HER- Barber (Goal), ALB- Johnson (No Goal)
Hershey wins shootout 2-1

Shots

HER: 6-5-6-6=23

ALB: 7-12-6-3=28

Next Game: Friday at Hartford, 7:15

Regular Season Game 66: Hershey Bears 2, Utica Comets 1 (F/OT) (3/25/16)

Box Score

Hershey (36-18-4-7) at Utica (31-23-6-4)

Utica Memorial Auditorium: Utica, NY

Goalies: Peters (13-8-7, 3.21) vs. Bachman (13-11-4, 2.73)

1st Period

Scoring

No Goals

Penalties

3:14- HER Penalty: Siegenthaler for Holding (2:00)
5:50- UTI Penalty: Cassels for Holding (2:00)
8:17- UTI Penalty: Fedun for Slashing (2:00)
13:57- HER Penalty: Stephenson for Slashing (2:00)
17:23- HER Penalty: Collins for Tripping (2:00)

2nd Period

Scoring

3:03- HER Goal: Ness (5), Gazley & Walker

Penalties

3:39- UTI Penalty: Marino for Hooking (2:00)
8:48- HER Penalty: Siegenthaler for Hooking (2:00)
17:30- HER Penalty:  Bowey for Hooking (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

5:03- UTI Goal (PPG): Subban (11), Bancks & Hensick

Penalties

4:25- HER Penalty: C. Bourque for Hooking (2:00)
4:50- HER Penalty: R. Bourque for Tripping (2:00)
8:07- HER Penalty: Bowey for Cross-Checking (2:00)
9:56- HER Penalty: Mitchell for Cross-Checking (2:00)
10:21- UTI Penalty: Hensick for Tripping (2:00)
15:40- UTI Penalty: Shields for Hooking (2:00)

Overtime
Scoring

1:50- HER Goal: Vrana (12), Stanton & Walker

Penalties

No Penalties

Shots

HER: 11-10-9-1=31
UTI: 7-7-13-0=27

Recap

A big win to stay tied in points percentage with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for the division lead. Justin Peters had his first strong performance in a long time in this game. The 1st period would have some power play chances, but nothing would come from them. After the 1st, the Bears had the 11-7 shot advantage. In the 2nd, 3:03 in, the Bears would get on the scoreboard. Aaron Ness scored his 5th of the season, from Dustin Gazley & Nathan Walker. After that period, the Bears had the 21-14 shot advantage.

In the 3rd, the power play chances would come for Utica. 13 seconds after the start of a 5-on-3 for them, they tied the game at one. Jordan Subban scored his 11th of the season, from Carter Bancks & T.J. Hansick. Justin Peters and Richard Bachman would stay strong throughout the rest of the period to send it to overtime. In that overtime period, the Bears would be able to get the goal on Bachman to win 2-1. Jakub Vrana scored his 12th of the season, from Ryan Stanton & Nathan Walker (2nd assist of night). Hershey finished with the 31-27 shot advantage.

Next Game: Tonight vs. Albany, 7:00

Regular Season Game 65: Hershey Bears 8, Lehigh Valley Phantoms 0 (3/23/16)

Box Score

Hershey (35-18-4-7) at Lehigh Valley (27-31-4-3)

PPL Center: Allentown, PA

Goalies: Ellis (22-9-4, 2.34) vs. Ouellette (0-2-0, 4.50), Knapp (1-0-0, 4.62)

1st Period

Scoring

6:19- HER Goal (PPG): C. Bourque (27), Boyd & Walker
9:44- HER Goal: Moore (5), C. Bourque & Barber
12:00- HER Goal: Gazley (14), R. Bourque & Walker

Penalties

5:09- LV Penalty: Morin for Tripping (2:00)
13:42- HER Penalty: Stanton for Fighting (5:00)
13:42- LV Penalty: McDonald for Fighting (5:00)

2nd Period

Scoring

15:21- HER Goal: Boyd (19), Barber & Burgdoerfer
17:00- HER Goal: Burgdoerfer (6), Sill & Siegenthaler
17:19- HER Goal: Walker (16), R. Bourque & Bowey
18:59- HER Goal: C. Bourque (28), Bowey & Stanton

Penalties

1:47- LV Penalty: McDonald for Interference (2:00)
11:46- HER Penalty: Siegenthaler for Interference (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

4:51- HER Goal: Vrana (11)

Penalties

8:43- LV Penalty: Padakin for Slashing (2:00)
8:43- LV Penalty: Padakin Misconduct for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (10:00)
10:33- LV Penalty: Goulbourne for Tripping (2:00)
18:16- HER Penalty: Moore for Holding (2:00)

Shots

HER: 13-13-7=33
LV: 7-9-4=20

Next Game: Friday at Utica, 7:00

Note: Starting tonight, I will be going through all the posts and making sure that each one has some sort of recap. I apologize for all the posts that haven't had recaps. I've gotten increasingly busy as the season has gone on.

Regular Season Game 64: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 6, Hershey Bears 5 (F/OT) (3/20/16)

Box Score

Hershey (35-18-3-7) vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (37-21-4-1)

Giant Center: Hershey, PA

Goalies: Peters (13-8-6, 3.12) vs. Jarry (13-9-3, 2.39)

1st Period

Scoring

1:51- WBS Goal: Mouillierat (16), Jeffrey
4:09- HER Goal: Bowey (4), Walker
9:59- HER Goal (PPG): Collins (15), Djoos & Stephenson

Penalties

2:05- HER Penalty: Lewington for Roughing (2:00)
8:25- WBS Penalty: Rowney for Slashing (2:00)
11:17- HER Penalty: R. Bourque for Hooking (2:00)
14:05- WBS Penalty: Burton for Roughing (2:00)
14:05- HER Penalty: C. Bourque for Roughing (2:00)
19:10- HER Penalty: Bowey for High-Sticking (2:00)

2nd Period

Scoring

12:35- WBS Goal: Jeffrey (17), Krause & Oleksy
16:57- HER Goal (PPG): Vrana (10), Boyd & C. Bourque
18:26- WBS Goal (SHG): Krause (1), Rowney

Penalties

3:30- WBS Penalty: Rowney for Slashing (2:00)
5:18- WBS Penalty: Oleksy for Delay of Game (2:00)
6:18- WBS Penalty: Rowney for High-Sticking (2:00)
13:52- WBS Penalty: Archibald for Fighting (5:00)
13:52- WBS Penalty: Archibald Game Misconduct for Secondary Altercation (10:00)
13:52- WBS Penalty: McNeill for Boarding (2:00)
13:52- WBS Penalty: McNeill for Cross-Checking (2:00)
13:52- WBS Penalty: McNeill for Fighting (5:00)
13:52- HER Penalty: Collins for Fighting (5:00)
13:52- HER Penalty: Collins Game Misconduct for Secondary Altercation (10:00)
13:52- HER Penalty: Lewington for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (2:00)
13:52- HER Penalty: Lewington for Fighting (5:00)
16:15- WBS Penalty: Sestito for Tripping (2:00)
17:26- WBS Penalty: O'Neill for Delay of Game (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

3:15- HER Goal: Stanton (4), C. Bourque & Stephenson
3:47- HER Goal: Sill (7), O'Brien & Bowey
5:02- WBS Goal: Dea (17), Sestito & Mouillierat
13:59- WBS Goal: Kostopoulos (17), Oleksy & Rowney

Penalties

6:55- HER Penalty: Bowey for Elbowing (2:00)

Overtime
Scoring
3:07- WBS Goal: O'Neill (8), Kostopoulos & Rowney

Penalties
No Penalties

Shots

HER: 6-13-6-2=27

WBS: 10-5-14=2=31

Next Game: Wednesday at Lehigh Valley, 7:05

Regular Season Game 63: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4, Hershey Bears 1 (3/19/16)

Box Score

Hershey (35-17-3-7) at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (36-21-4-1)

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

Goalies: Ellis (22-8-4, 2.35) vs. Jarry (12-9-3, 2.45)

1st Period
Scoring

17:32- WBS Goal (PPG): Kostopoulos (16), Rowney & Erixon
18:41- HER Goal: Barber (22), Boyd & Camper

Penalties

6:44- WBS Penalty: Krause for Tripping (2:00)
7:57- HER Penalty: C. Bourque for Cross-Checking (2:00)
15:38- HER Penalty: Collins for Checking to the Head (2:00)
15:38- HER Penalty: Sill for Hooking (2:00)
16:38- HER Penalty: Stephenson for Slashing (2:00)
16:38- WBS Penalty: O'Neill for Embellishment (2:00)
16:38- WBS Penalty: O'Neill for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (2:00)
18:41- HER Penalty: O'Brien for Fighting (5:00)
18:41- WBS Penalty: Sestito for Fighting (5:00)
18:41- WBS Penalty: Sestito Misconduct for Continuing Altercation (10:00)
19:43- HER Penalty: Gazley for Holding (2:00)

2nd Period

Scoring

7:38- WBS Goal: Jeffrey (15), Goers & Plachta

Penalties

5:27- HER Penalty: Walker for Roughing (2:00)
5:27- WBS Penalty: Oleksy for Roughing (2:00)
10:02- WBS Penalty: McNeill for Cross-Checking (2:00)
14:46- WBS Penalty: Bench Minor for Too Many Men (Served by Simon) (2:00)
18:24- HER Penalty: Lewington for Tripping (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

19:13- WBS Goal (EN): Jeffrey (16), McNeill
19:54- WBS Goal (EN): Sestito (4), Archibald & Oleksy

Penalties

10:42- HER Penalty: Gazley for High-Sticking (2:00)
12:31- WBS Penalty: Parent for Roughing (2:00)
19:54- HER Penalty: C. Bourque Misconduct (10:00)

Shots

HER: 6-6-14=26
WBS: 14-6-5=25

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

Regular Season Game 62: Hershey Bears 3, St. John's IceCaps 2 (3/13/16)

Box Score

Hershey (34-17-3-7) at St. John's (27-24-8-3)

Mile One Centre: St. John's, NL

Goalies: Peters (12-8-6) vs. Pasquale (9-7-3)

1st Period
Scoring
7:48- HER Goal: Bourque (26), Stephenson

Penalties
14:12- STJ Penalty: Miceli for Holding (2:00)

2nd Period
Scoring
2:59- STJ Goal (PPG): Dumont (17), Ellis & Holloway
11:34- HER Goal: Burgdoerfer (5), Collins & Walker

Penalties
1:14- HER Penalty: Vrana for Holding (2:00)
5:55- HER Penalty: Bench Minor for Too Many Men (Served by Burgdoerfer) (2:00)
13:44- STJ Penalty: Scott for High-Sticking (2:00)
13:44- STJ Penalty: Scott for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (2:00)
19:02- STJ Penalty: Yogan for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (2:00)
19:42- HER Penalty: Stephenson for Cross-Checking (2:00)
19:42- HER Penalty: Vrana for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (2:00)
19:42- STJ Penalty: Friberg for Unsportsmanlike Conduct (2:00)
19:57- HER Penalty: Burgdoerfer for Interference (2:00)

3rd Period
Scoring
4:04- STJ Goal: Scott (2), Lemout & Ranger
18:55- HER Goal: Sill (6), R. Bourque & Burgdoerfer

Penalties
No Penalties

Shots
HER: 11-6-12=29
STJ: 8-5-12=25

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

Regular Season Game 61: St. John's IceCaps 2, Hershey Bears 1 (3/12/16)

Box Score

Hershey (34-16-3-7) at St. John's (26-24-8-3)

Mile One Centre: St. John's, NL

Goalies: Ellis (22-7-4, 2.36) vs. Pasquale (9-6-3, 2.61)

1st Period

Scoring

17:16- HER Goal: Vrana (9), Boyd & C. Bourque

Penalties

11:55- STJ Penalty: Ranger for Tripping (2:00)

2nd Period

Scoring

4:51- STJ Goal: Friberg (10), McNally & Yogan

Penalties

17:48- HER Penalty: Vrana for Slashing (2:00)
19:39- HER Penalty: R. Bourque for Roughing (2:00)

3rd Period

Scoring

4:28- STJ Goal (PPG): Holloway (18)

Penalties

2:57- HER Penalty: Barber for High-Sticking (2:00)
6:52- STJ Penalty: Gregoire for Closing Hand on Puck (2:00)
9:34- HER Penalty: Sill for Boarding (2:00)
16:33- STJ Penalty: Pasquale for Tripping (2:00)
19:59- HER Penalty: Camper for Hooking (2:00)

Shots

HER: 11-10-3=24
STJ: 6-10-6=22

Recap

A strong first period from the Bears couldn't stop St. John's from switching the momentum in the 2nd and controlling the 3rd period to get the victory. The penalties were few and far between in the 1st two periods, but that didn't stop the Bears from scoring late in that 1st period. Jakub Vrana scored his 9th of the season, from Travis Boyd & Chris Bourque. After the 1st period, the Bears had the 11-6 shot advantage.

In the 2nd, the IceCaps would turn the momentum in their favor. At the 4:51 mark, they would be able to tie the game. Max Friberg scored his 10th of the season, from Brandon McNally & Andrew Yogan. Hershey would survive penalties late in the period to keep it tied. After the 2nd, the Bears had the 21-16 shot advantage. In the 3rd, the penalties increased but the shots decreased. The IceCaps would be the one to take advantage of a power play, as they would score at the 4:28 mark to make it 2-1. Bud Holloway scored his 18th of the season. Hershey finished with the 24-22 shot advantage.

Next Game: Tomorrow at St. John's, 2:30