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.
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TEAM
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1ST
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2ND
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3RD
|
OT
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SO
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Total
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Wilkes-Barre
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0
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1
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2
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0
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1
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4
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Hershey
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0
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2
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1
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0
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0
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3
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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
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Shooter Name
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Team
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Result
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Alexandre Giroux
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HER
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No Goal
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Rob Schremp
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WBS
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No Goal
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Chad Wiseman
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HER
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Goal
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Tyler Kennedy
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WBS
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Goal
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Eric Fehr
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HER
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No Goal
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Alexei Mikhnov
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WBS
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No Goal
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Jakub Klepis
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HER
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No Goal
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Marc-Andre Pouliot
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WBS
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Goal
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Joey Tenute
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HER
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Goal
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Kyle Brodziak
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WBS
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No Goal
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Alexandre Giroux
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HER
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No Goal
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Rob Schremp
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WBS
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No Goal
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Chad Wiseman
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HER
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No Goal
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Tyler Kennedy
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WBS
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No Goal
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Jakub Klepis
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HER
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No Goal
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Marc-Andre Pouliot
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WBS
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Goal
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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.
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TEAM
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1ST
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2ND
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3RD
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Total
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|
Manchester
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0
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2
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2
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4
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Hershey
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3
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2
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0
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5
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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.
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TEAM
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1ST
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2ND
|
3RD
|
Total
|
|
Hershey
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2
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0
|
2
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5
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Binghamton
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0
|
3
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0
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3
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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.
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TEAM
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1ST
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2ND
|
3RD
|
Total
|
|
Lowell
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0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
|
Hershey
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
3
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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
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TEAM
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1ST
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2ND
|
3RD
|
Total
|
|
Hershey
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
|
Providence
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
6
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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.
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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).
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TEAM
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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
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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)
