Wednesday November 29, 2006 vs Manitoba (Posted Thursday 4:12 P.M EST)

 

Moose defeat Bears in OT, 5-4

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

Making their initial appearance in Chocolatetown, the Manitoba Moose skated away with a 5-4 overtime win before a sellout crowd of 10,615 Wednesday night at Giant Center. Dustin Wood ended the tennis-like, back-and-forth match by firing a shot over the right shoulder of Bears goaltender Maxime Daigneault with 7.5 seconds left in the extra frame, giving the Winnipeg-based club their first-ever victory over Hershey. Manitoba (9-8-3-2, 23 points) also saw goals from Patrick Coulombe, Lee Goren, Yannick Tremblay and Jannik Hansen, while receiving 23 saves from goalie Drew MacIntyre (3-4-2). The Bears (13-2-2-3, 31 points), who have earned points in 18 of 20 contests this season, received goals from Dave Steckel (power play), Chris Bourque (short-handed), Jamie Hunt (power play) and Alexandre Giroux, who extended his point streak to nine games. Daigneault (5-1-0) suffered his first loss of the season with 23 saves.

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	OT	Total
Manitoba	1	1	2	1	5
Hershey	1	2	1	0	4

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, MTB, Coulombe 1 (Reid, Keane), 5:54. 2, HER, Steckel 5 (power play) (Wiseman, Nycholat), 17:31. Penalties: Giroux, HER (boarding), 1:34; Keefe, MTB (fighting major), 5:27; Helbling, HER (fighting major), 5:27; Hansen, MTB (roughing), 8:30; Vandermeer, HER (roughing), 8:30; Keane, MTB (interference), 15:19; McIver, MTB (cross-checking), 16:23; Jaffray, MTB (roughing), 16:23; Giroux, HER (roughing), 16:23; Schultz, HER (hooking), 19:19.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 3, MTB, Goren 5 (Ryan, Jaffray), 3:19. 4, HER, Bourque 6 (short-handed) (unassisted), 4:27. 5, HER, Hunt 2 (power play) (Fehr, Steckel), 11:39. Penalties: Nycholat, HER (unsportsmanlike conduct), 3:40; Bernier, MTB (high-sticking major), 7:46; Brown, MTB (boarding), 8:04; McIver, MTB (fighting major), 8:04; Nycholat, HER (roughing, fighting major), 8:04; Ryan, MTB (unsportsmanlike conduct, misconduct), 9:43; Robitaille, HER (unsportsmanlike conduct), 9:43; MTB bench, served by Moran (unsportsmanlike conduct), 11:39; Bourque, HER (tripping), 15:22; Bourque, HER (interference), 19:36.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 6, MTB, Tremblay 2 (power play) (Coulombe, Goren), :51. 7, MTB, Hansen 4 (power play) (Smith, Reid), 2:01. 8, HER, Giroux 16 (Tenute), 8:09. Penalties: Arsene, HER (tripping), :20; Ryan, MTB (cross checking), 9:25.

 

OVERTIME -- Scoring: 9, MTB, Wood 1 (game-winner) (Moran, Fortunus), 4:52. Penalty: Schultz, HER (holding), 1:58.

 

Game Factoids: Face-offs won (unofficial): Hershey: 39, Manitoba: 30 … Hershey finished 2-6 on the power-play, while Manitoba ended at 2-7 … The Moose outshot the Bears 28-27 … RW Eric Fehr extended his point streak to 16 games with an assist on Hunt's 2nd period power play score … Giroux also has a 4-game goal-scoring streak … Bears captain Lawrence Nycholat responded immediately following a big hit on Joey Tenute during the 2nd period, dropping the gloves with Manitoba's Nathan McIver at 8:04 … The Moose, down 3-2 at the start of the 3rd period, scored twice within 70 seconds to take a 4-3 lead at 2:01 … The Bears lead the league with 9 short-handed markers this season … Hershey has lost five of six games this season that have gone to overtime or a shootout … RW Matt Stefanishion, recalled from South Carolina (ECHL) earlier in the week, made his Bears and AHL debut. The rookie out of Ferris State was injured during the preseason with Hershey … The Bears sported retro-style jerseys reminiscent of their 1979-80 Calder cup Championship season. In a post-game auction, the following sweaters fetched the highest bids: Steckel ($1,800), Daigneault ($1,400) and Bourque and Louis Robitaille ($1,300) … Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Dean Arsene and Timo Helbling on defense, with Robitaille, Steckel and Stefanishion at forward … Scratched from Hershey: D Trevor Byrne, LW Tomas Fleischmann, C Matt Hendricks, C Matt Koalska, LW Quintin Laing, D Sasha Pokulok and D Tyler Sloan … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Wood, (2) Steckel, (3) Goren … Referee: Chris Brown … Former Bears D Martin Wilde (2004-2006) signed with SG Cortina in Italy.

 

Coming Up: Before a weekend set of games at Giant Center, the Bears travel to Wilkes-Barre for a 7 PM faceoff against the Penguins on Friday. Hershey is 1-0-0-1 versus the Pens this season, including a 7-4 win in their last visit to the Wachovia Arena on October 7.

 

The Bears Timo Helbling and Manitoba's Adam Keefe trade blows and set the tone early in the 1st period.

 

Hershey's Dave Steckel ties the contest at 1 with his break-away power-play goal beating Moose netminder Drew MacIntyre.

 

Chris Bourque prepares to lift a backhanded shot past MacIntyre to tie the match 2-2.

 

Bears Captain Lawrence Nycholat lands a right over the top on Manitoba's Nathan McIver during their 2nd period fight.

 

Manitoba's Yannick Tremblay knots the contest at 3 with his 3rd period goal.

 

Little over a minute later, the Moose Jannik Hansen puts Manitoba ahead with a quick wrist shot from one knee.

 

Alexandre Giroux ties it up with a one timer at 8:09 of the 3rd.

 

Dustin Wood puts the Moose in the win column with his overtime chip in.

 

Monday November 27, 2006 (Posted Monday 9:13 P.M EST)

 

Current Bears Statistical Leaders (through 11-26-06)

 

 

Sunday November 26, 2006 vs Wilkes-Barre (Posted Sunday 10:12 P.M EST)

 

Penguins spoil Giroux hat trick

WBS mounts comeback in 4-3 shootout win

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins sure know how to ruin a Hershey Bears hat trick at Giant Center, don't they? Last season, it was J.F. Fortin's trio of lamp-lighters on October 9; Sunday night, it was Alexandre Giroux's three different goals (short-handed, power play, even-strength) that weren't enough, as the Pens rallied with a Marc-Andre Pouliot marker at 18:15 of the 3rd period to force overtime. After neither team could cross the goal line in the allotted five minutes, a shootout commenced, with Giroux missing the initial breakaway for Hershey. Chad Wiseman and Joey Tenute would convert Hershey's only scores during the second and fifth rounds, respectively, while Tyler Kennedy (2nd rd) and Pouliot (4th & 8th rds) pocketed tallies for a 4-3 Penguins (15-3-1-1, 32 points) victory. Jeff Deslauriers (8-2-0) earned the win for WBS, stopping 18 of 21 shots in regulation and overtime, and 6 of 8 shootout attempts. Frederic Cassivi (8-3-3) suffered his third shootout loss this season for Hershey (13-2-1-3, 30 points), saving 29 shots in 65 minutes, and another 5 in the breakaway competition.

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	OT	SO	Total
Wilkes-Barre	0	1	2	0	1	4
Hershey	0	2	1	0	0	3

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: None. Penalties: Bonvie, WBS (holding), 3:40; Kennedy, WBS (cross-checking), 5:42; Arsene, HER (cross-checking), 7:48; Mikhnov, WBS (tripping), 8:06; Helbling, HER (charging), 9:33; Helbling, HER (interference), 12:14; DuPont, WBS (tripping), 16:55.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 1, WBS, Filewich 10 (Brodziak, Mikhnov), 4:32. 2, HER, Giroux 13 (short-handed) (Sloan, Arsene), 8:08. 3, HER, Giroux 14 (power play) (Nycholat, Fehr), 19:08. Penalties: Hunt, HER (interference), 7:47; Robitaille, HER (roughing), 10:32; Tenute, HER (hooking), 14:35; Nycholat, HER (hooking), 14:53; Gilbert, WBS (interference), 17:58.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 4, WBS, Kennedy 5 (DuPont, Pouliot), :22. 5, HER, Giroux 15 (Klepis, Fehr), 6:14. 6, WBS, Pouliot 8 (Kennedy, Jacques), 18:15. Penalties: Steckel, HER (hooking), :48; DuPont, WBS (holding), 10:52; Gilbert, WBS (slashing), 15:29.

 

OVERTIME -- Scoring: None. Penalties: Kennedy, WBS (roughing), 4:42; Carcillo, WBS (roughing), 4:42; Fehr, HER (roughing), 4:42; Arsene, HER (roughing), 4:42.

 

SHOOTOUT

 

Shooter Name	Team	Result
Alexandre Giroux	HER	No Goal
Rob Schremp	WBS	No Goal
Chad Wiseman	HER	Goal
Tyler Kennedy	WBS	Goal
Eric Fehr	HER	No Goal
Alexei Mikhnov	WBS	No Goal
Jakub Klepis	HER	No Goal
Marc-Andre Pouliot	WBS	Goal
Joey Tenute	HER	Goal
Kyle Brodziak	WBS	No Goal
Alexandre Giroux	HER	No Goal
Rob Schremp	WBS	No Goal
Chad Wiseman	HER	No Goal
Tyler Kennedy	WBS	No Goal
Jakub Klepis	HER	No Goal
Marc-Andre Pouliot	WBS	Goal

 

Game Factoids: Face-offs won (unofficial): Hershey: 37, Wilkes-Barre: 25 … Hershey finished 1-6 on the power-play, while Wilkes-Barre ended at 0-9 … The Penguins outshot the Bears 33-21 … Giroux, who now leads the AHL with 3 short-handed markers, stretched his scoring streak to 8 contests (9 goals, 3 assists) … RW Eric Fehr, assigned to Hershey earlier in the day by the parent Washington Capitals, collected 2 assists to extend his point streak to 15 games … RW Jakub Kelpis, also sent down on Sunday by the Caps, earned an assist but failed on two shootout attempts. It was his first game in a Bears jersey since Game 6 of the Calder Cup Finals last June 15 … The Bears, who quashed a 5-on-3 WBS power play for 1:42 in the 2nd, have killed off 29 of their last 30 man-down situations (96.6%) … WBS entered the day with the AHL's top-ranked power play (25.8%) … Hershey shooters are 3-16 (18.6%) this season in shootouts … The Bears mustered just 4 shots in the 1st period … Ironically, Fortin's hat trick last year came during a 4-3 shootout loss … The father/son duo of Kerry Fraser and Ryan Fraser refereed the game … Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Timo Helbling and Jeff Schultz on defense, with Jonas Johansson, Matt Koalska and Wiseman at forward … Scratched from Hershey: D Marc Busenburg, D Trevor Byrne, LW Tomas Fleischmann, C Matt Hendricks, D Sasha Pokulok, LW Peter Vandermeer and RW Stephen Werner … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Giroux, (2) Pouliot, (3) Kennedy … Attendance: 6,726.

 

Coming Up: Hershey wraps up the November portion of its 06/07 schedule with a Wednesday home game against the Manitoba Moose at 7 PM. It will be the first-ever appearance at Giant Center for the Moose, who lost to the Bears on November 10 & 11 in Winnipeg.

 

Veteran NHL referee Kerry Fraser co-refereed the game with son Ryan.

 

The Bears Alexandre Giroux picks up his first goal of the night (shorthanded) at 8:08 of the 2nd period.

 

Giroux's second of the night came at 19:08 of the 2nd period.

 

The Bears celebrate after Giroux picked up the Hat Trick at 6:14 of the 3rd period.

 

The Penguins Tyler Kennedy evens the shootout at 1-1.

 

Saturday November 25, 2006 vs Manchester (Posted Saturday 11:57 P.M EST)

 

Bears overthrow Monarchs 5-4

Hershey withstands late rally for third straight win

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

For the third straight contest, the Hershey Bears jumped out to a multi-goal lead in the first period. And for the third consecutive game, the Bears went on to win. This time, though, the Manchester Monarchs made it interesting, scoring two, late-third period goals to close the gap to a 5-4 Bears advantage. Despite their late charge, however, Manchester was unable to light the lamp one more time, giving Hershey (13-2-1-2, 29 points) its third straight win before 8,895 Saturday night at Giant Center. Alexandre Giroux would extend his scoring streak to 7 games, notching two goals (short-handed and power play) - including the game-winner - while second-year pro Chris Bourque added a goal and two assists as the Bears improved to 8-1-0-1 versus non-division teams this season. Dave Steckel and Matt Koalska would also pocket markers, with Steckel beating his former Monarchs club at 8:22 of the 1st. Maxime Daigneault would improve to 5-0-0 for Hershey, stopping 27 of 31 shots. After Manchester starting goalie Jason LaBarbera was shelled for 3 goals on 10 shots, Barry Brust (1-4-0) would enter the game with just over eight minutes left in the opening period. Brust ended with 26 saves on 28 shots for the Monarchs (8-7-4-1, 21 points), while teammate Shay Stephenson earned 3rd star of the game honors with a goal and an assist. Gabe Gauthier, Petr Kanko and Patrick O'Sullivan also potted goals for Manchester.

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	Total
Manchester	0	2	2	4
Hershey	3	2	0	5

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, HER, Bourque (unassisted), 1:39. 2, HER, Giroux 11 (short handed) (Steckel, Nycholat), 2:32. 3, HER, Steckel 4 (Vandermeer, Hunt), 8:22. Penalties: Werner, HER (hooking), 1:55; Giroux, HER (hooking), 10:43; Schultz, HER (tripping), 13:05; Giuliano, MAN (hooking), 14:55; Pushkarev, MAN (hooking), 17:26; Nolan, MAN (fighting major), 17:26; Vandermeer, HER (interference, fighting major), 17:26; Werner, HER (holding), 17:30.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 4, MAN, Stephenson 2 (Nolan), 7:20. 5, HER, Koalska 3 (power play) (Bourque, Hunt), 10:42. 6, MAN, Gauthier 4 (Moulson, Zeiler), 11:52. 7, HER, Giroux 12 (game-winner) (power play) (Bourque, Johansson), 18:09. Penalties: Kemp, MAN (unsportsmanlike conduct - diving), 5:01; Bourque, HER (hooking), 5:01; Giuliano, MAN (hooking), 8:47; Schmidt, MAN (hooking), 17:03.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 8, MAN, Kanko 4 (Stephenson, Jackman), 17:18. 9, MAN, O'Sullivan 6 (Giuliano), 18:19. Penalties: Gauthier, MAN (hooking), 3:50; Vandermeer, HER (interference), 6:57; HER bench, served by Robitaille (too many men), 11:28.

 

Game Factoids: Face-offs won (unofficial): Hershey: 39, Manchester: 31 … Hershey finished 2-4 on the power-play, while Manchester ended at 0-6 … The Bears outshot the Monarchs 38-31 … Giroux is the eighth different player this season to register a game-winning goal for Hershey … With 2 assists, rookie d-man Jamie Hunt recorded his first career multi-point game … LW Peter Vandermeer fell a goal shy of a "Gordie Howe Hat Trick," earning a fighting major and an assist on Steckel's marker in the 1st period … D Lawrence Nycholat has collected 6 points in the last 3 contests … Hershey is 5-0-1-2 in one-goal games this season … Manchester did not register their first shot on goal until the 12:08 mark of the 1st period … The Bears have allowed only 1 power play goal in their last 21 penalty kill situations (95.2%) … Facing the team he last coached, Hershey bench boss Bruce Boudreau started Dean Arsene and Tyler Sloan on defense, with Jonas Johansson, Joey Tenute and Giroux at forward … Scratched from Hershey: D Trevor Byrne, D Timo Helbling, C Matt Hendricks and D Sasha Pokulok … LW Tomas Fleischmann was scratched due to what was termed a "body injury" … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Bourque, (2) Giroux, (3) Stephenson … Referee: Chris Ciamaga.

 

Coming Up: The Bears close out a stretch of four games in five nights with a 5 PM Sunday matinee against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at Giant Center. It will be the first appearance in Chocolatetown this season for the 1st place Pens, who won the 2005/06 season series 6-1-2-1 versus Hershey.

 

Hershey's Alexandre Giroux crashes in Manchester's netminder Jason LaBarbera and puts the Bears up 2-0 early with his short-handed 1st period goal.

 

The Bears Peter Vandermeer gets a few licks on Manchester's Doug Nolan during their 1st period fiight.

 

The Monarch's Shay Stephenson picks up Manchester's 1st goal of the night during second period action.

 

Giroux picks up his second goal of the night, slipping this shot past a flailing Barry Brust.

 

The Monarchs Petr Kanko continues the rally by beating Hershey's Maxime Daigneault with this 3rd period wrist shot.

 

Manarchs D-man Eric Werner gets airborn in attempt to avoid a Dean Arsene hit.

 

Thursday November 23, 2006 at Binghamton (Posted Thursday 9:37 P.M EST)

 

Bears carve, stuff Senators 5-3

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

In the only American Hockey League contest on Thanksgiving Day, the Hershey Bears downed the Binghamton Senators 5-3 in front of 3,944 fans Thursday evening at the Broome County Veteran Memorial Arena. For the second straight game, Hershey jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the 1st period, with Jonas Johansson (power play goal at 8:42) and Matt Koalska (12:33) potting goals for the visitors. Binghamton would strike hard and quick in the 2nd stanza, though, with Andrew Ebbett and Jeff Heerema (2 goals) registering a trio of markers less than four minutes apart to give the Sens a 3-2 advantage heading into the second intermission. Alexandre Giroux (PPG at 4:16), Louis Robitaille (game-winner at 13:50) and Chad Wiseman (PPG at 15:28) would reel off three consecutive tallies in the 3rd frame, however, sending the Bears (12-2-1-2, 27 points) to another come-from-behind win. Frederic Cassivi (8-3-2) earned the win in net for Hershey, stopping 30 of 33 shots. Kelly Guard (4-6-1) suffered the loss with 22 saves for Binghamton (4-12-0-2, 10 points), currently residing in last place in the East Division.

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	Total
Hershey	2	0	2	5
Binghamton	0	3	0	3

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, HER, Johansson 4 (power play) (Fleischmann, Nycholat), 8:42. 2, HER, Koalska 2 (Wiseman, Nycholat), 12:33. Penalties: Schultz, HER (hooking), 5:50; Heerema, BIN (tripping), 6:58; Pecker, BIN (holding stick), 7:56; Pecker, BIN (high-sticking), 10:27; Potulny, BIN (boarding), 10:31; Arsene, HER (holding), 14:13; Robins, BIN (hooking), 17:11; Petruic, BIN (hooking), 17:20.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 3, BIN, Ebbett 6 (Barinka, Bois), 9:11. 4, BIN, Heerema 10 (Pecker, Vesce), 11:21. 5, BIN, Heerema 11 (Hennessy, Luttinen), 12:58. Penalties: Giroux, HER (interference), 1:35; Robitaille, HER (fighting major), 12:59; Robins, BIN (fighting major), 12:59; Ebbett, BIN (holding), 15:45; Laing, HER (goaltender interference), 18:08; Heerema, BIN (tripping), 19:12; Steckel, HER (interference), 19:31.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 6, HER, Giroux 10 (power play) (Fleischmann, Johansson), 4:16. 7, HER, Robitaille 3 (game-winner) (Nycholat, Koalska), 13:50. 8, HER, Wiseman 5 (power play) (Koalska, Nycholat), 15:28. Penalties: Nycholat, HER (hooking), 1:15; Malec, BIN (slashing), 2:55; Arsene, HER (cross checking), 5:43; Maloney, BIN (hooking), 9:16; Hedlund, BIN (tripping), 15:10; Helbling, HER (hooking), 19:35.

 

Game Factoids: Hershey finished 3-10 on the power-play, while Binghamton ended at 0-8 … The Senators outshot the Bears 33-27 … Nycholat's 4 assists were the most in one game for Hershey since Chris Bourque collected 4 helpers in the Bears' 7-3 victory over Portland on 1/21/06. His 17 points are tops among AHL blueliners … Koalska ended with 3 points (1 goal, 2 assists) … Johansson (1G, 1A), Wiseman (1G, 1A) and Tomas Fleischmann (2A) also finished with multi-point games … The Bears are 7-0 this season when outshot by their opponent … Hershey improved to an Eastern Conference-best 9-1-0-1 on the road … In the wake of suspensions to Donald Brashear and Brian Sutherby, RW Eric Fehr was recalled to the Washington Capitals on Thursday … Heerema amassed 10 points (5G, 5A) versus Hershey last season … The Bears enjoyed three, minute-plus-long 5-on-3 power play opportunities in the 1st period (1:03, 1:56, 1:51) … Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Timo Helbling and Jeff Schultz on defense, with Bourque, Quintin Laing and Dave Steckel at forward … Scratched from Hershey: D Trevor Byrne, C Matt Hendricks, D Sasha Pokulok, LW Peter Vandermeer and RW Stephen Werner … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Nycholat, (2) Koalska, (3) Heerema … Referees: Kerry Fraser, Dean Morton.

 

6 Degrees of Separation: Cassivi played with Binghamton's Tomas Malec and Cory Pecker with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks during the 2004/05 season … Laing was teammates with Senators D Michal Barinka for three years in Norfolk … Heerema played on a 03/04 Hartford Wolf Pack club that included the Giroux, Wiseman and Nycholat … Koalska and Binghamton's Grant Potulny spent four seasons together at the University of Minnesota.

 

Coming Up: The Bears head back to Hershey for a pair of weekend games at Giant Center, starting Saturday with the Manchester Monarchs making their only appearance of the 2006/07 campaign in Chocolatetown.

 

Wednesday November 22, 2006 vs Lowell (Posted Thursday 10:50 A.M EST)

 

No sympathy for the Devils

Bears edge Lowell 3-2

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

The Hershey Bears snapped their longest losing streak in two seasons by holding on to defeat the Lowell Devils 3-2 before 8,008 fans Wednesday night at Giant Center. Lawrence Nycholat and Jonas Johansson collected power play goals less than two minutes apart in the first period to give the Bears a 2-0 lead heading into the first intermission. Barry Tallackson's man advantage marker for Lowell cut the lead to 2-1 at 9:29 of the 2nd, but Eric Fehr's short-handed score less than a minute later (at 10:16) would seal the Devils' fate. Goaltender Maxime Daigneault (4-0-0) earned the win for Hershey (11-2-1-2, 25 points), stopping 27 of 29 shots while his counterpart, Frank Doyle (5-6-1) suffered the loss for Lowell (9-6-1-1, 20 points), ending with 35 saves.

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	Total
Lowell	0	2	0	2
Hershey	2	1	0	3

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, HER, Nycholat 3 (power play) (Giroux), 16:42. 2, HER, Johansson 3 (power play) (Tenute, Giroux), 18:22. Penalties: Tenute, HER (holding), 7:59; LOW bench, served by Minard (too many men), 15:53; Papineau, LOW (holding), 17:17; Fahey, LOW (roughing), 19:25.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 3, LOW, Tallackson 3 (power play) (Clarkson, Minard), 9:29. 4, HER, Fehr 10 (game-winner) (short-handed) (Steckel), 10:16. 5, LOW, Vrana 2 (Fahey), 11:23. Penalties: Clarkson, LOW (fighting major), 3:05; Robitaille, HER (fighting major), 3:05; Sloan, HER (hooking), 8:45; Helbling, HER (high-sticking), 9:29; Minard, LOW (hooking), 11:02; Pelley, LOW (cross-checking), 13:02; Tallackson, LOW (roughing), 15:50; Vandermeer, HER (roughing), 15:50; Sloan, HER (interference), 17:56; Giroux, HER (hooking), 18:53.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: None. Penalties: Nycholat, HER (hooking), 6:10; Hunt, HER (interference), 9:26; Davis, LOW (interference), 12:01.

 

Game Factoids: Face-offs won (unofficial): Hershey: 35, Lowell: 24 … Hershey finished 2-6 on the power-play, while Lowell ended at 1-7 … The Bears outshot the Devils 38-29 … Fehr extended his scoring streak to 14 games, during which he's amassed 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) … C Alexandre Giroux, who earned 2 assists in the contest, has notched points in 8 of the last 9 games … LW Peter Vandermeer played his first home game of the season … Hershey has outshot their opponent in 7 straight contests … NHL veterans Scott Lachance, Dan LaCouture and Grant Marshall were scratched from the Lowell lineup … Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Jamie Hunt and Nycholat on defense, with Fleischmann, Johansson and Joey Tenute at forward … Scratched from Hershey: LW Chris Bourque, D Marc Busenburg, D Trevor Byrne, C Matt Hendricks, D Sasha Pokulok, and LW Chad Wiseman … Bourque and Hendricks each missed their first games of the season … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Fehr, (2) Giroux, (3) Daigneault … Referee: Nygel Pelletier.

 

Coming Up: The Bears play a rare Thanksgiving Day game, heading up I-81 North for a 6 PM face-off against the Binghamton Senators. It will be the first meeting of the season for the East Division rivals.

 

The Bears Tomas Fleischmann watches as Lawrence Nycholat's one-timer puts Hershey up 1-0.

 

Less than 2 minutes later, Hershey's Jonas Johansson swoops in for a 2-0 lead.

 

The Bears Louis Robitaille peels David Clarkson's helmet off with a right cross during their 2nd period bout.

 

The Devils Petr Vrana continues the comeback attempt by beating Hershey's Maxime Daigneault on the gloveside. The goal would prove to be Lowell's 2nd and final of the night.

 

Daigneault preserves the lead with this save on a 3rd period break-away attempt by Lowell's Chris Minard.

 

Sunday November 19, 2006 at Providence (Posted Sunday 10:31 P.M EST)

 

Providence wins the 'Battle of the Bears'

Hershey drops second straight, 6-3

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	Total
Hershey	2	1	0	3
Providence	1	2	3	6

 

Scoring

 

1. PRO Lashoff, (2) (Versteeg, Pelletier), 1:19

1. HER Bourque, (4) (Steckel, Laing), 12:18

1. HER Giroux, (9) (Fehr, Hunt), 14:07 (PP)

2. PRO Walter, (7) (Kalus, Lashoff), 2:30 (PP)

2. HER Steckel, (3) (Vandermeer), 4:21

2. PRO Versteeg, (7) (Pelletier, Krejci), 10:43

3. PRO Kalus, (2) (Sigalet, Packard), 2:20

3. PRO Walter, (8) (Stastny, Sigalet), 4:16 (PP)

3. PRO Krejci, (5) (Walter, Reich), 19:09 (EN)

 

Penalties

 

1 - HER Steckel, 3:12 - Interference , 2 min (PP)

1 - PRO Stastny, 8:25 - Tripping , 2 min (PP)

1 - PRO Walter, 13:17 - High-sticking , 2 min (PP)

2 - HER Giroux, 0:59 - High-sticking , 2 min (PP)

2 - HER Vandermeer, 11:16 - Cross-checking , 2 min (PP)

2 - PRO Leach, 17:07 - Tripping , 2 min (PP)

2 - HER Tenute, 19:17 - Holding , 2 min (PP)

3 - HER Arsene, 4:01 - Holding , 2 min (PP)

3 - PRO Stastny, 7:04 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)

 

Three Stars

 

1. PRO - 9 Ben Walter

2. PRO - 10 Kris Versteeg

3. PRO - 56 Jonathan Sigalet

 

Coming Up: The Bears return home and will faceoff against the Lowell Devils Wednesday evening at 7pm.

 

Saturday November 18, 2006 vs Bridgeport (Posted Sunday 12:01 P.M EST)

 

Bears rally, fall to Sound Tigers in OT 4-3

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

The Hershey Bears continue to collect points, even if the end result is unsuccessful. After rallying from a two-goal deficit in the 3rd period, Hershey was ineffective in overtime, dropping a 4-3 decision to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers Saturday night at Giant Center. Joey Tenute (11:42) and Quintin Laing (17:53) potted goals to bring Hershey even with Bridgeport, but Blake Comeau's breakaway goal at 2:57 of OT stymied the chocolate and white's valiant comeback. Billy Thompson provided plenty of help in net for Bridgeport (8-5-0-3, 19 points), turning aside 41 of 44 shots faced, while Robert Nilsson earned 1st star of the game honors with two goals and an assist. Meanwhile, Eric Fehr extended his point streak to 11 games, collecting a power play marker and an assist as Hershey (10-1-1-2, 23 points) lost their second straight contest to Bridgeport this season. Frederic Cassivi (7-2-2) suffered the defeat with 24 saves.

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	OT	Total
Bridgeport	1	1	1	1	4
Hershey	1	0	2	0	3

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, HER, Fehr 9 (power play) (Nycholat, Tenute), 16:04. 2, BRI, Nilsson 6 (power play) (Bouchard, Regier), 18:42. Penalties: Berry, BRI (holding), 5:36; Hendricks, HER (hooking), 6:33; Aquino, BRI (unsportsmanlike conduct - diving), 8:55; Tenute, HER (hooking), 8:55; Marjamaki, BRI (holding), 14:18; Comeau, BRI (cross-checking), 15:20; Steckel, HER (holding), 18:02; Arsene (kneeing), 18:23.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 3, BRI, Regier 5 (power play) (Bouchard, Tambellini), 17:22. Penalties: Aquino, BRI (hooking), 9:45; Fehr, HER (tripping), 10:11; Colliton, BRI (hooking), 11:20; Johansson, HER (tripping), 15:40; Wiseman, HER (hooking), 16:58; Nokelainen, BRI (hooking), 17:40.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 4, BRI, Nilsson 7 (Pitton), 4:40. 5, HER, Tenute 5 (power play) (Fehr, Giroux), 11:42. 6, HER, Laing 2 (Sloan, Steckel), 17:53. Penalties: Wiseman, HER (hooking), 1:13; Fata, BRI (holding), 10:08; Colliton, BRI (tripping), 19:17.

 

OVERTIME -- Scoring: 7, BRI, Comeau 5 (game-winner), 2:57. Penalties: None.

 

Game Factoids: Face-offs won (unofficial): Hershey: 36, Bridgeport: 39 … Hershey finished 2-9 on the power-play, while Bridgeport ended at 2-6 … The Bears outshot the Sound Tigers 44-28 … It was the Bears' first loss this season when scoring the game's first goal … It also marked Hershey's first loss in 06/07 when scoring at least 3 goals … … The 44 shots were a season-high for Hershey … D Marc Busenburg, recalled from South Carolina (ECHL) on Wednesday, played his first game with Hershey since the 2003/04 season … Busenburg was the only Bears skater to not register a shot on goal … LW Tomas Fleischmann, assigned to the Bears on Friday, was promptly recalled from Hershey on Saturday … Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Busenburg and Lawrence Nycholat on defense, with Fehr, Tenute, and Alexandre Giroux at forward … Scratched from Hershey: D Trevor Byrne, D Jamie Hunt, D Sasha Pokulok, LW Peter Vandermeer, and RW Stephen Werner … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Nilsson, (2) Fehr, (3) Thompson … Referee: David Banfield.

 

Coming Up: The Bears close out the weekend with a Sunday matinee in Providence against the Bruins at 4:05 PM. It will mark the only trip to the Dunkin' Donuts Center this season for Hershey, who has lost five straight to the PBruins. Dating back to the 2001/02 campaign, the Bears have won only 2 of their last 11 contests versus Providence.

 

Bridgeport's Robert Nilsson ties the contest 1-1 with this 1st period power-play goal.

 

Nilsson picks up his second goal of the night at the 4:40 mark of the 3rd period.

 

The Bear's Joey Tenute pulls Hershey within 1 as he coaxes the loose puck into the net during 3rd period play.

 

Wednesday November 15, 2006 at Springfield (Posted Wednesday 10:11 P.M EST)

 

Shootout dooms Bears, 3-2

Springfield ends Hershey road win streak

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

The Hershey Bears saw their 8-game road winning streak come to an end on Wednesday, dropping a 3-2 shootout decision to the Springfield Falcons before 2,157 at the Mass Mutual Center. Justin Keller would give the Falcons a 1-0 lead heading into the first intermission before Matt Hendricks and Alexandre Giroux potted goals to give the visitors a 2-1 advantage at 13:43 of the 3rd period. Less than three minutes after Giroux's go-ahead marker, though, Andy Delmore would even the contest at 2-2, blasting a blueline shot past Bears goalie Frederic Cassivi (7-1-2). In the shootout, Daniel Corso and David Spina would light the lamp for Springfield, while Eric Fehr netted Hershey's only breakaway tally. Rookie Karri Ramo (5-3) turned aside 37 of 39 shots in 65 minutes, and another four in the shootout session as Springfield (7-8-0-0, 14 points) won for just the second time in their last eight tries against Hershey (10-1-0-2, 22 points).

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	OT	SO	Total
Hershey	0	1	1	0	0	2
Springfield	1	0	1	0	1	3

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, SPR, Keller 5 (Corso, Smaby), 16:52. Penalties: Dufresne, SPR (interference), 7:32; Hendricks, HER (goaltender interference), 8:31; Giroux, HER (unsportsmanlike conduct - diving), 17:57; Lascek, SPR (hooking), 17:57; Sloan, HER (interference), 18:47; Nycholat, HER (roughing), 19:26; Kvapil, SPR (roughing), 19:26.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 2, HER, Hendricks 6 (Arsene), 9:14. Penalties: Adams, SPR (interference), 3:29; Egener, SPR (slashing), 13:16; Robitaille, HER (fighting major), 16:30; Waugh, SPR (instigator, fighting major, misconduct), 16:30.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 3, HER, Giroux 7 (Fehr, Hendricks), 13:43. 4, SPR, Delmore 4 (Ramo), 16:05. Penalties: Sloan, HER (interference, roughing), 14:49; Egener, SPR (double roughing minor), 14:49; Robitaille, HER (interference), 18:19.

 

OVERTIME -- Scoring: None. Penalties: None.

 

SHOOTOUT

 

Shooter Name	Team	Result
Matt Hendricks	HER	No Goal
Eric Healey	SPR	No Goal
Jonas Johansson	HER	No Goal
Daniel Corso	SPR	Goal
Alexandre Giroux	HER	No Goal
Norm Milley	SPR	No Goal
Eric Fehr	HER	Goal
David Spina	SPR	Goal
Matt Koalska	HER	No Goal

 

Game Factoids: Hershey finished 0-4 on the power-play, while Springfield ended at 0-3 … The Bears outshot the Falcons 39-24 … With an assist on Giroux's goal, Fehr extended his scoring streak to 11 games … Cassivi finished with 21 saves in regulation and overtime, and 2 stops in the shootout … Hershey rang up 20 shots on net during the 2nd period … The Bears fell to 0-2 in shootouts this season … Hendricks has recorded goals in 3 straight contests … Louis Robitaille and Springfield's Geoff Waugh earned fighting majors at 16:30 of the 2nd … Spina attended Bears training camp in 2005 … Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started former Falcon Timo Helbling and Jeff Schultz on defense, with Chris Bourque, Hendricks, and Robitaille at forward … LW Peter Vandermeer saw his first action since Oct 29 … Scratched from Hershey: D Trevor Byrne, D Sasha Pokulok, RW Matt Stefanishion, C Joey Tenute, and LW Chad Wiseman … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Ramo, (2) Hendricks, (3) Delmore … Former Bear Jared Aulin (05/06) was released from Springfield on Tuesday … The Falcons make their lone 06/07 appearance in Hershey on March 21 … Referee: Conrad Hache.

 

Coming Up: Hershey returns to Giant Center for a Saturday night affair against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at 7 PM. In their only other meeting this season, Bridgeport defeated the Bears 3-2 in a shootout on October 21 at Giant Center.

 

Tuesday November 14, 2006 (Posted Tuesday 9:03 P.M EST)

 

Current Bears Statistical Leaders (through 11-12-06)

 

 

Saturday November 11, 2006 at Manitoba (Posted Saturday 10:50 P.M. EST)

 

Hershey still perfect on the road

Manhandle the Moose 7-3

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	Total
Hershey	1	3	3	7
Manitoba	1	1	1	3

 

Scoring

 

1. HER Koalska, (1) (Werner), 11:06

1. MTB Jaffray, (11) (Schultz, Moran), 15:51

2. HER Giroux, (6) , 9:11 (SH)

2. HER Hendricks, (5) , 9:37 (SH)

2. MTB Reid, (3) (Moran, Rullier), 16:03 (PP)

2. HER Fehr, (8) (Steckel, Sloan), 17:11

3. HER Johansson, (1) , 10:18 (PP)

3. HER Fehr, (9) (Steckel), 11:51

3. HER Laing, (2) (Johansson), 17:38

3. MTB Hansen, (3) (Bouck), 18:21

 

Penalties

 

1 - MTB Schultz, 7:51 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)

1 - MTB Schultz, 17:47 - Tripping , 2 min (PP)

2 - HER Fehr, 5:22 - Goaltender interference , 2 min (PP)

2 - HER Tenute, 8:41 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)

2 - MTB Bolduc, 10:11 - Holding , 2 min (PP)

2 - HER Werner, 12:36 - Tripping , 2 min (PP)

2 - HER Werner, 14:50 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)

2 - MTB Rullier, 17:48 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)

3 - MTB Goren, 9:24 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)

 

Three Stars

 

1. HER - 11 Eric Fehr

2. HER - 12 Alexandre Giroux

3. HER - 19 Matt Hendricks

 

Coming Up: Hershey returns to the States to face the Falcons Wednesday night in Springfield.

 

Friday November 10, 2006 at Manitoba (Posted Friday 10:53 P.M. EST)

 

Hershey holds on to beat the Moose 4-2

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	Total
Hershey	1	1	2	4
Manitoba	0	1	1	2

 

Scoring

 

1. HER Hendricks, (4) (Helbling, Fehr), 19:13

2. HER Steckel, (2) (Fehr), 0:30

2. MTB Goren, (3) (Fortunus, Flaherty), 16:01 (PP)

3. HER Nycholat, (2) (Tenute, Wiseman), 7:01 (PP)

3. MTB Reid, (2) (Goren, Rome), 9:57

3. HER Wiseman, (4) , 19:54 (EN)

 

Penalties

 

1 - HER Hunt, 1:54 - Interference , 2 min (PP)

1 - HER Tenute, 5:25 - Goaltender interference , 2 min (PP)

1 - MTB Schultz, 6:19 - High-sticking , 2 min (PP)

1 - HER Hunt, 8:20 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)

1 - HER Wiseman, 15:43 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)

2 - HER Hendricks, 1:45 - Goaltender interference , 2 min (PP)

2 - MTB Heshka, 2:19 - Tripping , 2 min

2 - HER Cassivi, 2:41 - Diving (64.2), 2 min

2 - MTB Reid, 2:41 - Goaltender interference , 2 min

2 - HER Giroux, 3:27 - Holding , 2 min (PP)

2 - MTB Wood, 9:09 - Holding , 2 min (PP)

2 - HER Helbling, 13:06 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)

2 - HER Wiseman, 14:45 - Slashing , 2 min (PP)

2 - HER Steckel, 18:31 - Roughing , 2 min

2 - MTB Moran, 18:31 - Hooking , 2 min

2 - MTB Rypien, 19:03 - Goaltender interference , 2 min (PP)

3 - MTB Wood, 6:31 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)

3 - HER Bourque, 11:33 - Hooking , 2 min (PP)

 

Three Stars

 

1. HER - 35 Frederic Cassivi

2. MTB - 10 Brandon Reid

3. HER - 28 Lawrence Nycholat

 

Coming Up: The Bears continue their road trip in Manitoba Saturday night.

 

Sunday November 5, 2006 vs Philadelphia (Posted Sunday 11:09 P.M. EST)

 

Phantoms burst Bears bubble, 4-1

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

It took ten games, but the Hershey Bears finally lost in regulation, dropping a 4-1 decision to the Philadelphia Phantoms Sunday evening at Giant Center. Jussi Timonen would get the visitors on the scoreboard first, taking a Petr Nedved pass and pocketing a power play goal at 8:43 of the 1st period. Eric Fehr would answer for Hershey less than four minutes later, though, blasting a left circle shot past Phantoms goaltender Scott Munroe at 12:31. Philadelphia (5-6-1-0, 11 points) would run off three consecutive scores, however, with Daniel Corso (game-winner), Don Morrison (first professional goal), and Matt Davis potting markers to end Hershey's point streak at nine contests. Even with a season-high 42 shots, Hershey (8-1-0-1, 17 points) was unable to solve Munroe (1-3-0, 41 saves) after the 1st. Frederic Cassivi (6-1-1), back in net for the Bears after Saturday's 33-save shutout over Syracuse, finished with 19 saves in defeat.

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	Total
Philadelphia	1	2	1	4
Hershey	1	0	0	1

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, PHI, Timonen 1 (power play) (Nedved, Murray), 8:43. 2, HER, Fehr 7 (Tenute, Giroux), 12:31. Penalties: Engelland, HER (cross-checking), 7:03; Grant, PHI (fighting major), 12:17; Engelland, HER (fighting major), 12:17; Printz, PHI (tripping), 12:42.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 3, PHI, Corso 2 (game-winner) (Picard, Grant), 2:16. 4, PHI, Morrison 1 (Corso, Voce), 14:43. Penalties: Nedved, PHI (tripping), 3:33; Giroux, HER (unsportsmanlike conduct - diving), 3:33; Nedved, PHI (hooking), 10:31; Giroux, HER (tripping), 13:41; Picard, PHI (tripping), 14:01; Printz, PHI (holding), 14:57

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 5, PHI, Davis 2 (Cabana), 15:39. Penalties: Steckel, HER (tripping, unsportsmanlike conduct), 4:01; Corso, PHI (unsportsmanlike conduct), 12:00; Jonsson, PHI (holding), 16:25.

 

Game Factoids: Hershey finished 0-6 on the power-play, while Philadelphia ended at 1-4 … The Bears outshot the Phantoms 42-23 … Fehr extended his point streak to 8 games, and has also netted goals in 4 straight contests … C Alexandre Giroux has collected 5 points in the last 3 games (1 goal, 4 assists) … Triston Grant and Bears D Deryk Engelland drew fighting majors at 12:17 of the 1st, with Engelland earning the decision with a couple rights that found their mark … Prior to Timonen's 1st period lamp-lighter, Hershey hadn't allowed a score on home ice in 153:18 … D Tyler Sloan was the only skater to not register a shot on goal for Hershey … Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Trevor Byrne and Lawrence Nycholat on defense, with Fehr, Giroux, and Joey Tenute at forward … Scratched from Hershey: D Dean Arsene, D Jamie Hunt, LW Quintin Laing, D Sasha Pokulok, RW Matt Stefanishion, and LW Peter Vandermeer … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Munroe, (2) Corso, (3) Giroux … Referee: Terry Koharski.

 

Coming Up: The Bears hit the road for three straight, starting with back-to-back games in Manitoba Friday and Saturday night. It marks Hershey's first-ever trip to the Canadian province, as well as their initial meeting against the Moose.

 

Hershey honored the armed forces as the puck is delivered from the rafters.

 

The Phantoms Jussi Timonen puts Philadelphia up 1-0 at 8:43 of the 1st period with this powerplay goal.

 

Hershey's Deryk Engelland and the Phantoms Triston Grant mix it up during 1st period action.

 

The Bears Alexandre Giroux celebrates Hershey's lone goal of the night. The goal was scored by Eric Fehr.

 

Philadelphia's Daniel Corso picks up a loose puck and puts the Phantoms up 2-1 at the 2:16 mark of the 2nd period.

 

Saturday November 4, 2006 vs Syracuse (Posted Sunday 1:09 A.M. EST)

 

Bears roar to 5-0 shutout over Crunch

Hershey off to best start in team history

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

Same story, different day. The Hershey Bears continued their torrid beginning to the 2006/07 campaign by tossing their second-straight home shutout, blanking the Syracuse Crunch 5-0 before 7,543 Saturday night at Giant Center. Eric Fehr netted two goals, including the game-winner, while Alexandre Giroux collected a game-high three points (1 goal, 2 assists) as Hershey (8-0-0-1, 17 points) marched to their ninth consecutive game without a regulation loss. Frederic Cassivi (6-0-1) pitched a perfect game, turning aside all 33 shots faced for his 7th career shutout in a Bears uniform. Ty Conklin (0-4-1) ended with 25 saves for Syracuse (2-8-0-1, 5 points), who are still winless on the road this season (0-6-0-1).

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	Total
Syracuse	0	0	0	0
Hershey	0	1	0	1

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, HER, Fehr 5 (game-winner) (Giroux), 2:28. Penalties: Fehr, HER (high-sticking), 4:49; Sloan, HER (slashing), 6:07; Hartigan, SYR (tripping), 9:51; Caldwell, SYR (holding stick), 12:57; Giroux, HER (hooking), 14:46; Erskine, HER (high-sticking), 15:33; Goertzen, SYR (fighting major), 17:41; Robitaille, HER (fighting major), 17:41; Labelle, SYR (slashing), 19:39.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 2, HER, Wiseman 3 (Hendricks, Johansson), 6:07. Penalties: Byrne, HER (holding), 9:12; Murray, SYR (interference), 12:28; Kloucek, SYR (unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:07; Robitaille, HER (unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:07.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 3, HER, Fehr 6 (Giroux, Nycholat), :57. 4, HER, Hendricks 3 (power play) (unassisted), 3:07. 5, HER, Giroux 5 (Hunt, Cassivi), 10:11. Penalties: Flood, SYR (hooking), 1:48; Steckel, HER (tripping), 10:38; Goertzen, SYR (slashing), 18:14; Hunt, HER (slashing), 18:14.

 

Game Factoids: Face-offs won (unofficial): Hershey: 32, Syracuse: 35 … Hershey finished 1-5 on the power-play, while Syracuse ended at 0-6 … The Crunch outshot the Bears 33-30 … Fehr extended his point streak to 7 games (6G, 4A) … Chad Wiseman (6:07 of the 2nd) and Matt Hendricks (PPG at 3:07 of the 3rd) also potted goals for Hershey … The Bears staved off two, five-on-three Crunch power plays in the 1st period (:42 & 1:13) … Cassivi earned his second assist of the season on Giroux' 3rd period marker … Louis Robitaille and Crunch RW Steven Goertzen dropped the gloves at 17:41 of the 1st, with each landing a decent shot as Goertzen took the decision based on points … Hershey won both games of the 06/07 season series, and have taken 5 of the last 6 against Syracuse … The Bears have successfully killed 37 of their last 39 penalties (94.8%) … Crunch enforcer Brandon Sugden, limited to a handful of shifts in the game, was the only Syracuse skater to not register a shot on goal …Hershey has surrendered a league-low 20 goals this season … Syracuse has allowed an AHL-high 32 road goals … Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Trevor Byrne and John Erskine on defense, with Hendricks, Wiseman, and Jonas Johansson at forward … Earlier in the day, LW Tomas Fleischmann was recalled from Hershey by the parent Washington Capitals. Making his second stint with the Caps this season, Fleischmann earned an assist in Washington's 5-3 win over Philadelphia … Scratched from Hershey: D Dean Arsene (healthy), D Deryk Engelland (healthy), D Timo Helbling (veteran), D Sasha Pokulok (concussion symptoms), RW Matt Stefanishion (injury), and LW Peter Vandermeer (veteran) … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Cassivi, (2) Fehr, (3) Giroux … Referee: Terry Koharski.

 

Coming Up: The Bears close out their first week in November with a 5 PM face-off against the Philadelphia Phantoms Sunday evening at Giant Center. In their only other meeting this season last Sunday, Hershey defeated the Phantoms 4-1 at the Wachovia Center.

 

Same Play, different opponent. Hershey's Eric Fehr slips this shot past the Crunch;s Ty Conklin putting the Bears up 1-0 in the 1st.

 

Hershey's Louis Robitaille lands a jab on the Crunch's Steven Goertzen during their 1st period tussle.

 

The Bears Chad Wiseman banks this shot in off the back of Syracuse netminder Ty Conklin's leg pads during 2nd period play.

 

Hershey's Matt Hendricks (not shown) catches Conklin out of position and puts the Bears up 4-0.

 

Alexandre Giroux picks up the Bears 5th tally of the night.