Sunday October 30, 2005 (Posted Sunday 11:04 P.M. EST.)

 

Current Bears Statistical Leaders (through 10-30-05)

 

Sunday October 30, 2005 (Posted Sunday 9:32 P.M. EST.)

 

Bears leash Bulldogs, 4-2

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

The headlines will read that the Hershey Bears defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs, 4-2. The bigger news, though, is that the visitors played half of the game minus two players, as Louis Robitaille (17:32 of 1st period) and Chris Bourque (6:09 of 2nd period) left the game with injuries. In fact, Bourque---hit by Hamilton's Johnathan Aitken---was stretchered from the Copps Coliseum ice, but flashed the "Thumbs up" as he exited the playing surface. Tomas Fleischmann (1 goal, 1 assist) extended his scoring streak to 8 games, while Graham Mink pocketed 2 scores, and goaltender Frederic Cassivi (4-3-1) turned aside 28 of 30 shots faced for the victorious Bears (5-3-0-2, 12 points). Corey Locke and J.F. Jacques paced the Bulldogs (3-6-0, 6 points) with a goal apiece, while netminder Alfie Michaud (2-4-0) suffered the defeat with 35 saves.

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	TOTAL
Hershey	1	1	2	4
Hamilton	1	1	0	2

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, HER, Mink 7 (Gordon, Fleischmann), 10:40. 2, HAM, Locke 3 (power play) (Hainsey, Benoit), 19:02. Penalties: Klepis, HER (hooking), 7:23; Arsene, HER (fighting major), 9:25; Jacques, HAM (fighting major), 9:25; Nycholat, HER (interference), 13:11; Robitaille, HER (roughing), 17:32; Vandermeer, HAM (roughing), 17:32; Fleischmann, HER (hooking), 18:03.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 3, HAM, Jacques 5 (power play) (Hainsey, Kostitsyn), 3:09. 4, HER, Fleischmann 4 (Tenute, Fehr), 7:44. Penalties: Smith, HAM (roughing), :34; Wotton, HER (hooking), 2:25; Tenute, HER (hooking), 3:48; Aitken, HAM (attempt to injure match), 6:09; Cutta, HER (holding), 13:36; Yonkman, HER (fighting major), 13:36; Vandermeer, HAM (unsportsmanlike conduct, fighting major), 13:36.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 5, HER, Kane 1 (game-winner) (power play) (Aulin, Klepis), 6:03. 6, HER, Mink 8 (power play) (Wotton, Klepis), 16:05. Penalties: Wilde, HER (tripping), 1:15; Archer, HAM (holding), 5:10; Fehr, HER (roughing), 7:45; Hainsey, HAM (roughing), 13:28; Archer, HAM (cross-checking), 14:08; Kane, HER (high-sticking), 16:12; Cassivi, HER (delay of game), 17:48.

 

Game Factoids: Hershey finished 3-6 on the power-play, while Hamilton ended at 2-9 … the Bears outshot the Bulldogs 39-30 … Aitken was assessed an attempt to injure match penalty, and likely faces further discipline by the AHL … with an assist on Fleischmann's 2nd period power play marker, Hamilton native Joey Tenute stretched his point streak to 7 games (4G, 4A) for Hershey … during his 8-game scoring spree, Fleischmann has collected 4 goals and 8 assists … over the last 6 contests, Bears RW Jakub Klepis has posted 1G, 6A … in the first 10 games of the 05/06 season, Mink has rang up 3 multi-goal games for the Bears … Hershey ran its mark to 10 straight games with at least one man advantage score … Robitaille left the game after receiving a hit from Bulldogs enforcer Peter Vandermeer. Vandermeer later fought Hershey's Nolan Yonkman at the 13:36 mark of the 2nd period, suffering the loss to the 6-6, 247 lb Bears d-man … with a helper on Mink's 1st period tally, Boyd Gordon registered his first point in a Bears jersey … Ron Hainsey, the 13th overall pick in the 2000 NHL draft, finished with 2 assists for Hamilton … time of game was 2 hours, 47 minutes … Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Lawrence Nycholat and Mark Wotton on defense, with Fleischmann, Gordon, and Mink at forward … after missing Saturday's game in Toronto with a groin pull, D Martin Wilde returned to the Bears lineup … Healthy scratches from Hershey included LW Owen Fussey and RW Jonas Johansson. D J.F. Fortin (groin), G Maxime Ouellet (healthy), D Dwayne Zinger (groin) were also scratched, and did not accompany the team on the trip … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Mink , (2) Hainsey, (3) Fleischmann … referee Francois St. Laurent.

 

6 Degrees of Separation: Bulldogs D Dan Smith played in Hershey from 1997-2001, joining the Bears in the spring of '97 en route to their Calder Cup Championship Series victory over Hamilton. Smith was a teammate of Bears captain Boyd Kane with Springfield in 02/03 … Hamilton D Jeff Paul played with Hershey from 2001-2003 … during his 4 seasons with the Montreal Rocket (QMJHL), Bears D Louis Robitaille played alongside the Bulldogs' Michael Lambert, Maxim Lapierre, and Cory Urquhart … Hamilton LW Peter Vandermeer played with Kane during the 03/04 season in Philadelphia, where he led the AHL with 398 penalty minutes … during his portions of 2 seasons with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, Bulldogs LW Ryan Barnes was a teammate of injured Bears d-man Dwayne Zinger … while a member of the Quebec Ramparts (QMJHL), Hamilton D Jean-Philippe Cote played with Bears goalie Maxime Ouellet … Bulldogs RW Duncan Milroy was a teammate of Hershey D Lawrence Nycholat for 2 seasons with the Swift Current Broncos (WHL). Nycholat also played alongside Hamilton C Garth Murray with the Hartford Wolf Pack.

 

Coming Up: The Bears continue their 5-game road swing with a 7:05 PM match-up against the Cleveland Barons on Tuesday at the Quicken Loans Arena. Hershey last played Cleveland during the 2003/04 season, and owns a 7-1-0-0 all-time record against the Barons. It will be the only Tuesday contest Hershey plays in the 2005/06 campaign.

 

Saturday October 29, 2005 (Posted Saturday 10:27 P.M. EST.)

 

Bears claw back to earn point…

...but lose 4-3 in shootout to Marlies

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

The good news is that the Hershey Bears earned a point on Saturday, coming back from 2 goals down to tie the game in the later stages of the 3rd period. Unfortunately, even after Hershey took a 2-0 lead in the shootout, three straight Toronto Marlies shooters would beat goaltender Kirk Daubenspeck, giving the home team a 4-3 win before 4,875 fans Saturday night at the Ricoh Coliseum. Ben Ondrus, Andy Wozniewski, and Brad Leeb posted goals for the Marlies (3-5-0, 6 points), while goaltender J.F. Racine (1-2-0) turned aside 30 of 33 shots faced as Toronto snapped a 4-game losing streak. Eric Fehr, Graham Mink, and Joey Tenute lit the lamp for Hershey (4-3-0-2, 10 points), with Daubenspeck (1-0-1) finishing with 29 saves.

 

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

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, HER, Fehr 3 (Tenute, Wotton), 3:24. 2, TOR, Ondrus 4 (power play) (Wozniewski, Engelhardt), 9:07. 3, TOR, Wozniewski 1 (power play) (Harrison), 11:53. 4, TOR, Leeb 3 (Harrison), 15:39. 5, HER, Mink 6 (Aulin, Nycholat), 15:59. Penalties: Nycholat, HER (holding), 7:51; Robitaille, HER (high-sticking), 10:25; Yonkman, HER (cross-checking), 10:55; Robitaille, HER (unsportsmanlike conduct), 13:36; Brown, TOR (unsportsmanlike conduct), 13:36.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: None. Penalties: Tenute, HER (high-sticking), 5:24; Cutta, HER (cross-checking, roughing), 5:51; Robitaille, HER (roughing), 5:51; Harrison, TOR (roughing), 5:51; Williams, TOR (roughing), 5:51; Arsene, HER (roughing), 8:37; Ondrus, TOR (roughing), 8:37; Aulin, HER (tripping), 9:01; Mink, HER (hooking), 14:46; Wozniewski, TOR (tripping), 15:35; Klepis, HER (high-sticking), 15:46; Mink, HER (holding the stick), 17:06.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 6, HER, Tenute 4 (power play) (Fleischmann, Nycholat), 16:09. Penalties: White, TOR (hooking), 1:43; Moro, TOR (holding), 5:08; Engelhardt, HER (holding the stick), 6:30; Fussey, HER (interference), 9:24; Kane, HER (misconduct), 9:24; Harrison, TOR (hooking), 15:40; Bell, TOR (holding), 18:48.

 

SHOOTOUT

 

Shooter Name	Team	Result
Eric Fehr	HER	Yes
Jeremy Williams	TOR	No
Jared Aulin	HER	Yes
Bates Battaglia	TOR	No
Chris Bourque	HER	No
Colin Murphy	TOR	No
Tomas Fleischmann	HER	No
John Pohl	TOR	Yes
Joey Tenute	HER	No
Brad Leeb	TOR	Yes

 

Game Factoids: Hershey finished 1-7 on the power-play, while Toronto ended at 2-10 … the Bears outshot the Marlies 33-32 … Tenute has registered points in 6 consecutive games, and goals in 4 of the last 5 … with an assist on Tenute's 3rd period tally, LW Tomas Fleischmann extended his point streak to 7 games … the Bears have recorded at least 1 power play goal in all 9 games this season … Hershey mustered only 12 shots through the first two periods, including just 4 in the 2nd frame. In the 3rd period, the Bears outgunned the Marlies 19-4 … Hershey had only 1 power play opportunity through the first 40 minutes of action … Murphy finished with a game-high 8 shots for Toronto … Bears D/F Louis Robitaille, who was assessed a boarding major and game misconduct for a hit on Wilkes-Barre's Chris Kelleher on Friday, was back in the lineup. Kelleher, who supposedly suffered a concussion from the Robitaille hit, was back in the Penguins lineup on Saturday … The Bears are 0-2 in shootouts this season. In the 04/05 campaign, Hershey had a mark of 7-2 in shootouts … Daubenspeck was making just his 2nd start in goal for Hershey this season … Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Jakub Cutta and Nolan Yonkman on defense, with Jared Aulin, Tomas Fleischmann, and Graham Mink at forward … scratched from Hershey were: D J.F. Fortin (groin), RW Jonas Johansson (healthy), D Martin Wilde (healthy), and D Dwayne Zinger (groin) … Marlies Assistant Coach Joe Paterson was LW with Hershey from 1984-1986 … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Wozniewski , (2) Racine, (3) Tenute … referee Bob Langdon.

 

Coming Up: On, Sunday, Hershey finishes its Canadian tour with a 4 PM stop at the Copps Coliseum to take on the Hamilton Bulldogs. The Bears, who haven't played the Bulldogs since the 2001/02 season (2/6/02 to be exact, 1-0 Bears win at Hershey Park Arena), have a 9-6-3 lead in the all-time regular season series.

 

Friday October 28, 2005 (Posted Friday 10:45 P.M. EST.)

 

Bears drop third straight to Penguins, 5-2

Robitaille boarding major deflates Hershey momentum

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins continued their winning (and unbeaten) ways, dropping the Hershey Bears 5-2 before 8,023 fans Friday night at the Wachovia Arena. Only 12 seconds after Hershey tied the game at 1-1 in the 2nd period, Louis Robitaille was assessed a boarding major and game misconduct for a hit on Penguins D Chris Kelleher, draining any energy the Bears had after evening the score moments beforehand. Michel Ouellet (3 assists), Tomas Surovy (2 goals), and Erik Christensen (1G, 1A) led the way on offense for Wilkes-Barre (8-0-0-0, 16 points), while goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (5-0-0) turned aside 25 of 27 shots faced. Joey Tenute and Jakub Klepis paced the Hershey (4-3-0-1, 9 points) offense with a goal apiece, with goalie Frederic Cassivi (3-3-0) suffering the loss in net with 24 saves.

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	TOTAL
Hershey	0	1	1	2
Wilkes-Barre	1	2	2	5

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, WBS, Surovy 3 (power play) (Eaves, Hussey), 15:25. Penalties: Koci, WBS (hooking), 3:11; Kane, HER (high-sticking), 4:01; Carcillo, WBS (interference), 6:14; Yonkman, HER (cross-checking), 9:51; Hussey, WBS (high-sticking), 10:09; Wotton, HER (hooking), 10:33; Johansson, HER (tripping), 14:01; Dixon, WBS (hooking), 19:19.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 2, HER, Tenute 3 (power play) (Bourque, Fleischmann), 13:45. 3, WBS, Christensen 8 (power play) (Ouellet, Welch), 17:22. 4, WBS, Carcillo 3 (game-winner) (Nasreddine, Ouellet), 19:23. Penalties: Christensen, WBS (hooking), 3:46; Yonkman, HER (roughing), 9:29; Carcillo, WBS (roughing), 9:29; Welch, WBS (holding), 10:52; Koci, WBS (holding), 13:06; Robitaille, HER (boarding major, game misconduct), 13:57; Tenute, HER (interference), 16:19; Dixon, WBS (holding), 19:45.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 5, WBS, Lannon 1 (short-handed) (Christensen, Ouellet), 1:08. 6, HER, Klepis 1 (Johansson, Fehr), 4:48. 7, WBS, Surovy 2 (empty net) (Hussey), 19:11. Penalties: Armstrong, WBS (hooking), 2:15; WBS bench, served by Filewich (too many men on the ice), 7:07; Tenute, HER (hooking), 14:59.

 

Game Factoids: Hershey finished 1-9 on the power-play, while Wilkes-Barre ended at 2-7 … the Bears were outshot by the Penguins 29-27 … Tenute has now registered points in 5 straight games, and has scored goals in 3 of the last 4 contests … with an assist on Tenute's 2nd period tally, Bears LW Tomas Fleischmann extended his point streak to 6 games … RW Jonas Johansson earned his first point of the 05/06 campaign on Klepis' first goal of the season … Kelleher did not return to the game … the Bears have netted power play goals in all 8 games this season … with WBS' Ryan Lannon pocketing a short-handed score early in the 3rd period, Hershey has now allowed 3 short-handed goals this season, 2 of which have been given up in games at Wilkes-Barre this season. The Bears allowed only 7 "Shorties" during the 04/05 campaign … Christensen (17 points) currently sits 3rd in the AHL scoring race, while teammate Ouellet (15 points) stands tied for 4th … D Martin Wilde was the only Hershey skater to not register a shot on goal in the game … Fleischmann and RW Graham Mink both finished a game-low -3 … newly-assigned RW Boyd Gordon made his Bears debut, donning jersey #13 … G Kirk Daubenspeck served as backup to Cassivi … Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Lawrence Nycholat and Mark Wotton on defense, with Chris Bourque, Eric Fehr, and Gordon at forward … scratched from Hershey were: C Jared Aulin (groin), D J.F. Fortin (groin), LW Owen Fussey (healthy), C Brooks Laich (NHL recall), G Maxime Ouellet (healthy), and D Dwayne Zinger (groin) … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Ouellet , (2) Christensen , (3) Lannon … referee Jeff Smith.

 

Coming Up: From Wilkes-Barre, Hershey next heads to Toronto, where they'll make their inaugural visit to the Ricoh Coliseum to take on the Marlies at 7 PM on Saturday. The Marlies relocated to "TO" from St. John's, New Foundland this past off-season, having spent the previous 14 seasons as the Maple Leafs American Hockey League affiliate on "The Rock."

 

Tuesday October 25, 2005 (Posted Sunday 11:45 P.M. EST.)

 

Coming and going…

Laich recalled to Washington; Gordon assigned to Hershey

 

 

Sunday October 23, 2005 (Posted Sunday 10:25 P.M. EST.)

 

Current Bears Statistical Leaders (through 10-23-05)

 

 

Sunday October 23, 2005 vs. Binghamton (Posted Sunday 10:25 P.M. EST.)

 

Once again, power plays propel Bears to victory

Four man advantage scores give Hershey 5-2 win over Bingo

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

Even strength scores have been scarce at times, but the power play is working just fine, as the Hershey Bears capitalized on four occasions to drop the visiting Binghamton Senators 5-2 before 5,391 fans Sunday night at the Giant Center. Chris Bourque (2G, 1A), Lawrence Nycholat (1G, 2A), and former B-Sen Brooks Laich (2 goals) led the way on offense for Hershey (4-2-0-1, 9 points), while goaltender Frederic Cassivi (3-2-1) turned aside 17 of 19 shots faced in the victory. Greg Watson and Jeff Heerema provided the goal scoring, with goalie Billy Thompson (0-3-1) finishing with 41 saves in the loss for last-place Binghamton (0-4-1-0, 1 point).

 

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

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, HER, Laich 5 (power play) (Klepis, Wotton), 7:16. Penalties: Tenute, HER (hooking), 2:47; Stephens, BIN (holding), 5:43; Evans, BIN (holding), 11:27; Evans, BIN (hooking), 18:59.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 2, HER, Nycholat 2 (power play) (Fleischmann, Bourque), 5:59. 3, HER, Bourque 1 (game-winner) (power play) (Mink, Nycholat), 8:14. 4, BIN, Watson 3 (power play) (Komadoski, Platil), 12:33. 5, HER, Laich 6 (power play) (Klepis, Nycholat), 18:08. 6, BIN, Heerema 3 (power play) (Hamel, Martins), 19:09. Penalties: Ward, BIN (roughing), 1:37; Ward, BIN (interference), 5:48; Potulny, BIN (hooking), 6:36; Fehr, HER (hooking), 11:17; Cullen, BIN (cross-checking), 12:53; Malec, BIN (slashing), 16:58; Yonkman, HER (delay of game---closing hand on puck), 18:56.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 7, HER, Bourque 2 (Tenute, Cassivi), 1:58. Penalties: Mink, HER (holding the stick), 3:07; Ward, BIN (roughing), 10:50.

 

Game Factoids: Face-offs won (unofficial): Hershey: 30, Binghamton: 30 … Hershey finished 4-9 on the power-play, while Binghamton ended at 2-4 … the Bears outshot the Senators 46-19. The 46 shots ties a season high, while the 19 shots allowed were a season low … Laich and Fleischmann extended their point streaks to 5 games … Laich has registered multi-point games in 4 of the last 5 contests; and haunted his former team with 4 goals in 2 games this weekend … Bourque has notched 3, multi-point games this season … C Joey Tenute has points in 4 consecutive contests (2G, 2A) … RW Jakub Klepis has assists in 3 straight games … Cassivi earned an assist on Bourque's second goal of the game … G Kirk Daubenspeck returned to the lineup as back-up to Cassivi … Binghamton did not register their first shot on goal in the 2nd period until the 10:00 mark … the Bears have scored at least one power play goal in each of their first seven games this season … Hershey rang up a season-high 20 shots on goal in the 1st period … all 17 Hershey skaters finished with at least one shot on goal in the game … the Bears improved to 4-0-0-1 when leading after the 1st period … Hershey's 17 power play goals lead the AHL, while their 24.6% rate on the man advantage ranks 4th … the Bears allowed a season low 4 power play opportunities … Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Lawrence Nycholat and Mark Wotton on defense, with Tomas Fleischmann, Laich, and Graham Mink at forward … scratched from Hershey were: C Jared Aulin (groin), D J.F. Fortin (groin), LW Owen Fussey (healthy), G Maxime Ouellet (healthy), and D Dwayne Zinger (groin) … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Bourque , (2) Laich , (3) Nycholat … referee Bob Langdon.

 

Coming Up: Hershey hits the road for five games, starting Friday evening at the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre at 7 PM. The Bears are 0-1-0-1 against the 1st place Penguins this season, dropping one-goal losses to their division rivals to start the 2005/06 campaign.

 

This Brooks Laich shot finds its way past Binghamton goalie Billy Thompson, giving the Bears a 1-0 lead 7:16 into the 1st period.

 

Bears D Lawrence Nycholat pockets this 2nd period power play score to give Hershey a 2-0 advantage.

 

Bears goalie Frederic Cassivi turns aside this 2nd period attempt by Steve Martins (#37).

 

Cassivi and Bears d-man Jakub Cutta react as Greg Watson's power play strike cuts the Hershey lead to 3-1 at the 12:33 mark of the 2nd period.

 

Hershey would reassume a three goal lead when this Brooks Laich right circle blast found its way past Billy Thompson with 1:52 remaining in the 2nd period.

 

Binghamton captain Denis Hamel (left) is at the doorstep, but Jeff Heerema's (not pictured) power play shot would get past Cassivi with 51 seconds left in the 2nd period.

 

Bears rookie Chris Bourque nets his second goal of the game at 1:58 of the 3rd period, getting the puck past Senators D Filip Novak (#4) and Thompson to give Hershey a 5-2 lead that would stand the final 18 minutes. Bourque, who finished with 2 goals and an assist, earned 1st star of the game honors.

 

Saturday October 22, 2005 vs. Hartford (Posted Sunday 10:22 A.M. EST.)

 

Wolf Pack take wild one over Bears 6-5

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

They may have been down, but the Hershey Bears certainly were not out on Saturday evening. Even after Hartford saddled the Bears with a 6-2 deficit, Hershey rallied with three scores in the later stages of the 3rd period, but couldn't net the equalizer as the Wolf Pack left Chocolatetown with a 6-5 win before 6,116 at the Giant Center. Graham Mink (2 goals), Tomas Fleischmann and Lawrence Nycholat (1G, 1A), and Chris Bourque (2 assists) led the way on offense for Hershey (3-2-0-1, 7 points), while goaltender Frederic Cassivi (2-2-0-1)---who replaced starter Maxime Ouellet early in the 3rd period---suffered the hard-luck loss, allowing only the game-winning tally in his near-20 minutes of action. Dwight Helminen and Nigel Dawes each registered a goal and an assist, while Thomas Pock collected 2 assists and Chris Holt (1-2-0) turned aside 41 shots as Hartford (2-2-1-0, 5 points) snapped a 3-game losing streak; and in turn, ended Hershey's 3-game winning streak.

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	TOTAL
Hartford	2	1	3	6
Hershey	1	1	3	5

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, HAR, Helminen 1 (Rullier, Grenier), 10:24. 2, HER, Fleischmann 3 (Laich), 14:30. 3, HAR, Dawes 1 (Fedorov, Pock), 16:03. Penalties: Genoway, HAR (cross-checking), :14; Steckel, HER (hooking), 8:21; Taylor, HAR (slashing), 11:51; Fussey, HER (tripping), 13:59; Wiseman, HAR (hooking), 14:16; Arsene, HER (high-sticking), 14:52; Hollweg, HAR (unsportsmanlike conduct), 20:00; Robitaille, HER (unsportsmanlike conduct), 20:00; Grenier, HAR (fighting major), 20:00; Zinger, HER (fighting major), 20:00.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 4, HAR, Genoway 1 (Wiseman), 10:10. 5, HER, Mink 4 (power play) (Fleischmann, Bourque), 18:14. Penalties: Liffiton, HAR (cross-checking), 1:55; Rullier, HAR (tripping), 4:23; Nycholat, HER (interference), 4:55; HAR bench, served by Jessiman (too many men on the ice), 6:32; Giroux, HAR (cross-checking, double minor), 8:36; Robitaille, HER (roughing), 8:36; Nycholat, HER (slashing), 10:00; HAR bench, served by Dawes (too many men on the ice), 14:30; Wiseman, HAR (holding, misconduct), 16:17; Fedorov, HAR (hooking), 18:00.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 6, HAR, Taylor 1 (unassisted), :23. 7, HAR, Immonen 4 (Dawes, Pock), :43. 8, HAR, Hollweg 1 (game-winner) (Helminen), 13:39. 9, HER, Tenute 2 (Fehr, Bourque), 13:59. 10, HER, Nycholat 1 (power play) (Klepis), 18:50. 11, HER, Mink 5 (Wotton, Nycholat), 19:45. Penalties: Weller, HAR (instigator, fighting major, misconduct), 2:51; Robitaille, HER (fighting major), 2:51; Steckel, HER (hooking), 5:05; Pock, WBS (interference), 6:18; Arsene, HER (holding), 9:07; Rullier, HAR (fighting major, game misconduct), 13:16; Arsene, HER (fighting major), 13:16; Fedorov, HAR (interference), 18:37.

 

Game Factoids: Face-offs won (unofficial): Hershey: 47, Hartford: 33 … Hershey finished 2-12 on the power-play, while Hartford ended at 0-7 … the Bears outshot the Wolf Pack 46-24. The 46 shots taken were a season high, while the 24 shots allowed were a season low … seeing his first action of the 05/06 regular season, Ouellet stopped 14 of 19 shots faced in just over two periods worth of duty … with an assist on Fleischmann's goal, C Brooks Laich ran his scoring streak to 4 games (4G, 3A). Fleischmann has a 4-game point streak of his own intact (3G, 4A) … 5 of 6 Hershey games this season have been decided by one goal (2-2-0-1) … Bears C Dave Steckel finished a game-low -3 … earlier in the day, the Washington Capitals reassigned D Nolan Yonkman to Hershey. The 6-6, 235 lb d-man made his Bears debut, wearing jersey #33 … Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Nycholat and Mark Wotton on defense, with Eric Fehr, Boyd Kane, and Jakub Klepis at forward … scratched from Hershey were: C Jared Aulin (groin), G Kirk Daubenspeck (healthy), D J.F. Fortin (groin), RW Jonas Johansson (healthy), and D Martin Wilde (healthy) … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Pock, (2) Dawes, (3) Mink … Hartford LW Fedor Fedorov is the younger brother of NHL superstar Sergei Fedorov … Wolf Pack rookie RW Hugh Jessiman, the 12th overall pick in the 2003 NHL Draft out of Dartmouth, has yet to register a point this season … referee Chris Brown worked his second Bears game in as many nights … The Bears sported turn-back-the-clock-style 1973/74 jerseys, a season in which they captured their 5th Calder Cup Championship. Total bids in the post-game auction fetched $34,300 for charity, with the Dean Arsene ($6100), Chris Bourque ($2700), and Louis Robitaille ($2000) garnering the highest bids. In terms of record bids, the $6100 for Arsene's sweater stands second only to Evgeny Lazarev's retro 1935/36 Bears throwback jersey, which topped out at a whopping $8000 back on 12/1/01

 

Saturday's alright for fighting: The game featured 3 fights, beginning with Dwayne Zinger and Martin Grenier exchanging blows at the end of the 1st period. The donnybrook occurred after Hartford's Ryan Hollweg leveled Robitaille near the Hershey bench, resulting in a scrum involving several players on both sides. Grenier looked strong in the first half, throwing several unanswered lefts that found their mark. Zinger came on in the second half, landing a few rights. Decision: Grenier … Louis Robitaille and Craig Weller went at the 2:51 mark of the 3rd, with Weller getting the takedown in a quasi-wrestling match. Weller also earned instigator and 10-minute misconduct penalties … Arsene and Joe Rullier finished the evening's extracurricular activities at 13:16 of the 3rd. Moments before, Arsene had dropped his gloves in attempt to go with Wolf Pack C Alexandre Giroux, who did not oblige. Arsene did not get whistled for the glove-drop, but during the lull in action, found a willing partner in Rullier near the Hershey blueline. The Bears d-man got his mitts off quickly, catching the 'Pack defender with a couple of shots before Rullier landed on top of Arsene, hitting the defenseman several times as he was on the ice.

 

6 Degrees of Separation: Nycholat played all or parts of the last 2 seasons in Hartford … Arsene patrolled the blueline for Hartford during the 2002/03 campaign … Giroux was teammates with Ouellet in the QMJHL (with Rouyn-Noranda in 00/01), and with Laich in Binghamton (03/04) … Hartford D Bryce Lampman spent time with the Kamloops Blazers (WHL) in 02/03, a team that also featured Bears RW Jonas Johansson … Hartford's Craig Weller was a defense partner with Arsene during the 00/01 campaign with Kootenay (WHL) … Grenier, a former 2nd round pick in 1999 by Colorado, played with Ouellet for 3 seasons in the QMJHL with Quebec, and with Bears captain Boyd Kane in Springfield in 02/03 … Rullier played 5 straight seasons for Bruce Boudreau teams in Lowell (2000/01) and Manchester (2001-2005).

 

Coming Up: Hershey wraps up its first "3 in 3" (3 games in 3 days) with a Sunday 5 PM face-off against the Binghamton Senators at the Giant Center. The Bears defeated the B-Sens 4-3 on Friday night in Binghamton, and lead the season series 1-0-0.

 

Hershey's Tomas Fleischmann (center) nets this 4-on-4, even-strength goal at the 14:30 mark of the 1st period, beating Hartford goalie Chris Holt.

 

Hartford's Nigel Dawes (top left) celebrates as his stick-side attempt beats Hershey goaltender Maxime Ouellet, giving the Wolf Pack a 2-1 lead at 16:03 of the 1st. It was the first professional goal and point for Dawes.

 

Ouellet loses his mask during action in front of the Hershey net in the 1st period.

 

Hershey's Dwayne Zinger (left) and Hartford's Martin Grenier grapple during their fight at the conclusion of the 1st period.

 

Graham Mink (left) pockets this power play goal at 18:14 of the 2nd period, pulling the Bears closer with a 3-2 score in favor of Hartford.

 

Hershey's Dean Arsene (left) throws a left during a tussle with Hartford's Joe Rullier at the 13:16 mark of the 3rd period.

 

Chris Bourque and Maxime Ouellet throwback 1973/74 Bears game worn jerseys from Saturday's contest.

 

Friday October 21, 2005 at Binghamton (Posted Friday 10:22 P.M. EST.)

 

Special teams rule the roost

Bears bag 4 PP goals en route to 4-3 win in Binghamton

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

For the second straight game, the Hershey Bears surrendered a 3-0 lead, as the Binghamton Senators stormed back to tie the game on a Joe Cullen short-handed score from 150 feet away during the 3rd period. Only 17 seconds later though, Hershey would silence the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena crowd, with Tomas Fleischmann pocketing a power play score to give the visiting Bears a 4-3 lead that would hold for the final 5 ½ minutes of the game. Hershey (3-1-0-1, 7 points) has now won three consecutive contests, something they did not accomplish last season until late December. Former B-Sen Brooks Laich led the way on offense for Hershey, potting 2 man advantage scores against his former team, while goaltender Frederic Cassivi (2-1-0-1) turned aside 28 of 31 shots faced. Filip Novak paced the Senators (0-2-1-0, 1 point) with a goal and an assist, while goalie Billy Thompson (0-2-1) finished with 25 saves.

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	TOTAL
Hershey	2	1	1	4
Binghamton	0	2	1	3

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, HER, Laich 3 (power play) (Nycholat, Mink), 9:30. 2, HER, Tenute 1 (power play) (Wilde, Kane), 16:35. Penalties: HER bench, served by Fussey (too many men on the ice), 2:17; Johansson, HER (slashing), 5:56; Cullen, BIN (cross-checking), 8:17; Evans, BIN (holding), 9:56; Mink, HER (hooking), 11:09; Evans, BIN (hooking), 13:39; Ward, BIN (hooking), 14:59; Nycholat, HER (hooking), 18:23; Thompson, BIN (elbowing), 19:32.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 3, HER, Laich 4 (power play) (Mink, Laich), 1:12. 4, BIN, Novak 2 (power play) (Malec, Stephens), 9:27. 5, BIN, Watson 1 (power play) (), 19:34. Penalties: Robitaille, HER (fighting major), 1:14; Evans, BIN (fighting major), 1:14; Fussey, HER (fighting major), 1:17; Bois, BIN (fighting major), 1:17; Petruic, BIN (interference), 1:54; Tenute, HER (hooking), 3:23; Zinger, HER (interference), 8:06; Zinger, HER (roughing), 13:19; Laich, HER (hooking), 14:53; Cutta, HER (interference), 18:14.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 6, BIN, Cullen 1 (short-handed) (Komadoski), 14:13. 7, HER, Fleischmann 2 (power play) (Klepis, Robitaille), 14:30. Penalties: Stephens, BIN (delay of game), 7:04; Klepis, HER (hooking), 10:06; Kane, HER (hooking), 10:45; Evans, BIN (interference), 13:05; Kane, HER (unsportsmanlike conduct), 15:00; Ward, BIN (unsportsmanlike conduct), 15:00; BIN bench, served by Bois (too many men on the ice), 17:13.

 

Game Factoids: Hershey finished 4-9 on the power-play, while Binghamton ended at 2-11 … the Bears were outshot by the Sens 31-29. It was the fourth straight game Hershey has been outshot … Binghamton had two, 5-on-3 power play advantages in the game, but were unable to convert on the :26 and 1:21-long opportunities … Laich has now recorded multiple points in three consecutive games (4G, 2A) … Joey Tenute's 1st period power play goal---which was redirected off a Martin Wilde center point shot---was his 1st career AHL marker … RW Jakub Klepis, D Lawrence Nycholat, D Louis Robitaille each recorded their first point of the season (assists) … Binghamton C Charlie Stephens, who spent 1 ½ seasons in Hershey from 2002-2004, finished the game with 2 assists … the Bears last scored 4 power play goals in a game during a 6-4 win on 1/21/01 against the Syracuse Crunch at Hershey Park Arena … after the Bears went up 3-0, Louis Robitaille and Brennan Evans had a quick fight on the ensuing face-off. Three seconds later, Owen Fussey and Danny Bois tangled, with Fussey earning the decision … D Dwayne Zinger is the only Bears skater who has yet to register a shot on goal this season ...Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Dean Arsene and Jakub Cutta on defense, with Eric Fehr, Laich, and Dave Steckel at forward … scratched from Hershey were: C Jared Aulin (groin), G Kirk Daubenspeck, D J.F. Fortin (groin), D Mark Wotton (ill) … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Laich, (2) Fleischmann , (3) Novak … referee Chris Brown … attendance: 3,796.

 

6 Degrees of Separation: Bears C Brooks Laich began his pro career with the Senators in 2003/04 before a trade with Washington sent him to Portland … Daubenspeck was a teammate of Sens LW Denis Hamel with Rochester in 99/00 … Binghamton RW Jeff Heerema skated with Nycholat in Hartford during the 03/04 campaign … Fehr played alongside Senators LW Greg Watson during the 2002/03 season with Brandon (WHL) … Binghamton's Brennan Evans was a blueline partner with Arsene during the 2001/01 season in Kootenay (WHL) … Senators D Jan Platil, a healthy scratch in Friday's contest, was teammates with Tenute for two seasons with the Barrie Colts (OHL).

 

Coming Up: The Bears return to the Giant Center for a pair of weekend games, starting with a 7 PM face-off against the Hartford Wolf Pack on Saturday. Hershey will be wearing 1973/74 throwback jerseys, which will then be auctioned off for charity after the game. It will mark the only time this season that Hartford comes to Chocolatetown, with G Maxime Ouellet expected to get the nod in net for the Bears. Last season, Hershey went 1-1 against the 'Pack. Binghamton will then make their first of four appearances this season in Hershey on Sunday, taking on the Bears in a 5 PM matinee.

 

Sunday October 16, 2005 (Posted Sunday 7:21 P.M. EST.)

 

Current Bears Statistical Leaders (through 10-16-05)

 

• Games: Nine Players tied at 4
• Goals: 3 (J.F. Fortin & Graham Mink)
• Assists: 3 (Jared Aulin, Chris Bourque, Brooks Laich)
• Points: 5 (J.F. Fortin & Brooks Laich)
• PIMs: 12 (J.F. Fortin)
• +/-: +3 (Jakub Cutta & Tomas Fleischmann)
• PPGs: 3 (J.F. Fortin) SHGs: 1 (Tomas Fleischmann)
• GWGs: 1 (Eric Fehr & Graham Mink)
• Shots: 12 (J.F. Fortin & Graham Mink

 

Saturday October 15, 2005 vs. Norfolk (Posted Sunday 12:15 A.M. EST.)

 

Fehr Factor

Rookie has hand in all 3 goals to lead Hershey to 3-2 win

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

On the strength of a three goal cushion, the Hershey Bears held on to defeat the Norfolk Admirals 3-2 before 6,316 fans Saturday night at the Giant Center. First-year pro Eric Fehr led the way on offense for Hershey, bagging two scores---including the game-winner---and assisting on the third as the Bears (2-1-0-1, 5 points) made it two straight victories this weekend. Goaltender Kirk Daubenspeck (1-0-0), making his first start of the season for Hershey, turned aside 32 of 34 shots faced for the win. Nick Kuiper paced the Ads with 2 assists, while goalie Corey Crawford (0-2-0) suffered the loss in net for Norfolk (1-3-0-0, 2 points).

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	TOTAL
Hershey	2	1	0	3
Norfolk	0	2	0	2

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, HER, Fehr 1 (Kane, Steckel), 8:10. 2, HER, Laich 2 (Fehr, Fleischmann), 15:23. Penalties: Fleischmann, HER (hooking), 2:41; Wotton, HER (tripping), 3:46; Kuiper, NOR (unsportsmanlike conduct-diving), 10:27; Tenute, HER (hooking), 10:27; Kuiper, NOR (holding), 13:11; Cullen, NOR (hooking), 17:55; Lee, NOR (cross-checking), 19:06.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 3, HER, Fehr 2 (game winner) (power play) (Tenute, Aulin), 1:03. 4, NOR, Henkel 1 (Lee, Kuiper), 11:30. 5. NOR, St. Pierre 2 (Kuiper, Laing), 18:50. Penalties: Bartovic, NOR (holding), :45; Aulin, HER (tripping), 5:19; Babchuk, NOR (holding), 6:59; Laich, HER (tripping), 8:54; Thornton, NOR (interference), 12:28; Kane, HER (unsportsmanlike conduct), 12:28; Cutta, HER (holding the stick), 13:47.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: None. Penalties: Kuiper, NOR (cross-checking), 3:30; Babchuk, NOR (interference), 7:49; Brown, NOR (high-sticking), 10:23; Wilde, HER (interference), 15:23; Wisniewski, NOR (misconduct-10 min), 16:11.

 

Game Factoids: Face-offs won (unofficial): Hershey: 30, Norfolk: 32 … Hershey finished 1-8 on the power-play, while Norfolk ended at 0-8 … the Bears were outshot by the Admirals 34-25. It was the third straight game the Bears have been bested in the shot department … after killing all 6 Norfolk power plays in the contest, the Bears' PK unit now stands at 90% this season (28-31) … C Brooks Laich, who has now recorded back-to-back multi-point games, has 4 points in the last 2 contests (2G, 2A) … Hershey mustered just 3 shots in the 2nd period … Fehr's power play score came on a Hershey 2-man advantage … LW Tomas Fleischmann nearly notched his 2nd short-handed goal of the season almost 5 minutes into the 1st period. After exiting the Hershey penalty box following his hooking minor, he picked off a Norfolk pass in the Bears zone and raced to the Admirals end, where he was stopped by rookie netminder Corey Crawford … Hershey successfully stymied a :55 Norfolk 2-man advantage in the 1st period … Norfolk came within inches of tying the contest, but an Ads' shot hit the crossbar in the game's final second … Bears D Martin Wilde made his 05/06 debut after being a healthy scratch in the first 3 games … Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Lawrence Nycholat and Dwayne Zinger on defense, with Chris Bourque, Owen Fussey, and Laich at forward … scratched from Hershey were: D Dean Arsene, RW Jakub Klepis, RW Eric Labelle, and LW/D Louis Robitaille … 2 members of the US Army Repel Team zoomed down ropes from the top of Giant Center to deliver the game puck … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Fehr, (2) Daubenspeck, (3) Laich … referee Ryan Fraser.

 

6 Degrees of Separation: Admirals C Mark Cullen was a teammate of Bears D Lawrence Nycholat during the 2002/03 season with the Houston Aeros … Norfolk D Dustin Byfuglien played alongside Hershey LW Eric Fehr for 11 games over two seasons with the Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) … Bears C Jared Aulin teamed with Ads captain Ajay Baines, as well as LW Mike Brown with Kamloops (WHL) in 98/99. Brown would go on to play with Hershey's Brooks Laich in Bingamton during the 03/04 campaign. Norfolk RW Steve Crampton was a teammate of Laich for 2 seasons with the Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) … Norfolk G Adam Munro (#29) was selected one spot ahead of Hershey C Dave Steckel (#30) in the 1st round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

 

Coming Up: The Bears are off until next Friday, when they travel to the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena to take on the Binghamton Senators at 7:05 PM. Last season, Hershey went 3-3-0 against the Ottawa affiliate.

 

Norfolk's Nathan Barrett (left) has this attempt stopped by Bears goalie Kirk Daubenspeck during 1st period action.

 

Bears C Dave Steckel attempts a 1st period wrap-around on Admirals goalie Corey Crawford. Although Steckel's shot was stopped.....

 

...Eric Fehr would pick up the rebound, depositing his 1st professional goal.

 

Norfolk's Jim Henkel gets this shot past Daubenspeck at 11:30 of the 2nd period, making it a 3-1 score in favor of Hershey.

 

Norfolk rookie goaltender Corey Crawford reaches out to make this impossible save on Chris Bourque during the 3rd period.

 

This Norfolk shot would find its way past goaltender Kirk Daubenspeck in the game's final second. Unfortunately, the puck hit iron---and not mesh---resulting in Hershey's 3-2 win.

 

 

Friday October 14, 2005 at Rochester (Posted Friday 10:58 P.M. EST.)

 

Bears get 1st win of season

Hershey drops Rochester 5-3 on road

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

The Hershey Bears (1-1-0-1, 3 points) snapped an 8-game losing streak in a big way, topping their longtime AHL rivals, the Rochester Americans (2-1-0, 4 points) 5-3 before 7,522 fans Friday night at the Blue Cross Arena. Brooks Laich led the way on offense for Hershey, finishing with 3 points (1G, 2A), while Frederic Cassivi (1-2-0) was steady in goal, turning aside 34 of 37 shots faced. Derek Roy paced the Americans (1G, 1A) on the scoresheet, with former Norfolk Admirals netminder Michael Leighton (2-1-0) stopping 20 shots in the loss.

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	TOTAL
Hershey	2	1	2	5
Rochester	0	2	1	3

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, HER, Mink 2 (Fleischmann, Aulin), 11:12. 2, HER, Fleischmann 1 (short handed) (Laich, Wotton), 16:15. Penalties: Laich, HER (hooking), :36; Kane, HER (tripping), 2:30; MacArthur, ROC (interference), 7:14; Klepis, HER (hooking), 11:57; Novotny, ROC (tripping), 13:00; Robitaille, HER (interference), 15:38; Fortin, HER (tripping, unsportsmanlinke conduct), 17:22.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 3, ROC, Pominville 1 (unassisted), 6:52. 4, HER, Mink 3 (unassisted), 10:48. 5, ROC, Roy 3 (power play) (Stewart, Cullen), 13:06. Penalties: Cutta, HER (interference), 1:43; Fleischmann, HER (hooking), 7:51; Robitaille, HER (slashing), 11:08; Focht, ROC (tripping), 13:25; Smith, ROC (high-sticking), 19:11.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 6, HER, Aulin 1 (game winner) (power play) (Laich, Fortin), 6:40. 7, ROC, Ryan 3 (Thorburn, Roy), 11:05. 8, HER, Laich 1 (power play) (Bourque, Fortin), 17:42. Penalties: Thorburn, ROC (tripping), 5:08; Janik, HER (hooking), 5:27; Bourque, HER (roughing), 7:09; Fortin, HER (roughing), 7:09; MacArthur, ROC (roughing), 7:09; Paetsch, ROC (roughing), 7:09; Focht, ROC (holding), 17:11; Cullen, ROC (hooking), 18:43.

 

Game Factoids: Hershey finished 2-8 on the power-play, while Rochester ended 1-9 … the Bears were outshot by the Amerks 37-25 … in addition to an assist, LW Tomas Fleischmann registered Hershey's first short-handed score of the season, and ended with a game-high +3 … Graham Mink's 1st period tally was the Bears' first even strength goal of the 05/06 season. He is the only Bear to record points in all 3 games this year (3G, 1A) … D J.F. Fortin, who switched from jersey #7 to #19, finished with 2 assists, and now has 5 points (3G, 2 A) in his last 2 games … speedy Rochester LW Michael Ryan, who netted the Amerks' second goal of the game, ended with a game-high 7 shots … Hershey successfully killed two, 5-on-3 shorthanded situations in the 1st period … Rochester entered the game having nullified all 19 shorthanded situations faced this season … through 3 games this season, the Bears have quashed 22 of 25 man-down situations (88%) … to start the contest, Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Dean Arsene and Fortin on defense, with Chris Bourque, Jonas Johansson, and Laich at forward … Bears D Martin Wilde was scratched for the third straight game, while LW Owen Fussey, RW Eric Labelle (groin), G Maxime Ouellet, and C Joey Tenute did not make the trip … Americans Head Coach Randy Cunneyworth was seeking to become only the third coach in team history to record 200 wins behind the bench … former Rochester Head Coach Mike Keenan, who led the Amerks to the Calder Cup Championship in 82/83, attended the game … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Fleischmann, (2) Cassivi, (3) Laich … referee Dean Morton … Hershey leads the all-time series 196-170-53-3.

 

6 Degrees of Separation: Bears G Kirk Daubenspeck played 22 games for the Americans during the 1999/00 campaign … Amerks D Dan Focht played alongside the Bears' Boyd Kane and Dean Arsene with the Regina Pats in 96/97. Focht and Rochester G Jean-Marc Pelletier teamed with Kane with the Springfield Falcons in 02/03 … Rochester's Nathan Paetsch played with Hershey's Tomas Fleischmann and Owen Fussey with Moose Jaw (WHL) during the 2002/03 season … Americans D David Cullen was a defense partner of Bears D Lawrence Nycholat for 2 seasons with the Houston Aeros … Amerks LW Gregory Campbell is the son of former Bears D Colin Campbell.

 

Coming Up: The Bears return to the Giant Center for a 7 PM face-off against the divisional-rival Norfolk Admirals on Saturday. Last season, Hershey finished 4-6-0 against the Ads, including a 3-2-0 mark at home.

 

Wednesday October 12, 2005 (Posted Wednesday 11:11 P.M. EST.)

 

Boyd's Bears

Veteran Kane named captain for 05/06 season

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

On Wednesday, Bears President/General Manager Doug Yingst, as well as the Hershey coaching staff, announced that RW Boyd Kane has been named captain for the 2005/06 campaign. Kane, 27, will assume a role he's very familiar with, having served as captain the three prior seasons between the Springfield Falcons (02/03) and the Philadelphia Phantoms ('03-'05). Last season, he led his Phantoms club to the Calder Cup Championship, sweeping the Chicago Wolves in four straight games. Kane joins former defensemen Brett Clark ('03-'05) and Brent Thompson (02/03) as the only captains the Bears have known since the team moved to the Giant Center in 2002. He had worn an alternate captain's "A" in the two previous games this season, but will don the "C" for the first time when Hershey visits Rochester Friday night at 7:30 PM.

 

In addition, the Bears announced that defensemen J.F. Fortin and Lawrence Nycholat will serve as alternate captains for all home games this season, while RW Graham Mink and D Mark Wotton will sport the "A" on all road contests in 05/06. If any of the alternates would be injured or recalled, defensemen Dean Arsene and Dwayne Zinger would become alternates.

 

Tuesday October 11, 2005 (Posted Tuesday 10:57 P.M. EST.)

 

Green-lighted

Rookie d-man gets recalled to Capitals

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

On Tuesday, the Washington Capitals announced that they have recalled rookie defenseman Mike Green from the Bears. Green, who will turn 20 on Wednesday, was summoned to the nation's capital after RW Stephen Peat went down with an upper body injury. After a strong training camp, he was one of the last cuts before the Capitals opened the regular season against Columbus on October 5th. In two games in Hershey this season, he registered zero points and two penalty minutes. The former 1st round pick is expected to make his NHL regular season debut when the Capitals travel to Carolina to take on the Hurricanes Wednesday at 7 PM.

 

Bears on the move: Former Bears captain Brad Larsen ('97-'01, '02-'04) was sent down to the Chicago Wolves on Tuesday … Chris Bala ('03-'05), who most recently spent time in this year's Bears camp before getting reassigned to the Reading Royals (ECHL) last week, has signed a PTO with the Milwaukee Admirals … Brad Norton (01/02), who was cut recently from the LA Kings, has signed with Jokerit in Finland … Nicolas Corbeil, who joined Hershey late last season, was released from his PTO with the Houston Aeros.

 

Sunday October 9, 2005 vs. Wilkes-Barre (Posted Monday 12:18 A.M. EST.)

 

Fortin's 'Trick not enough

Bears drop second straight with 4-3 shootout loss to Wilkes-Barre

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

First, the good news: the Hershey Bears scored 3 power play goals, all by defenseman J.F. Fortin. The bad news: the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (3-0-0, 6 points) erased a 2-goal deficit and pocketed 3 straight scores before winning 4-3 in a 6-round shootout Sunday evening at the Giant Center. Fortin, who's hat trick was the first of his career, led the way on offense for Hershey, while goaltender Frederic Cassivi (0-1-1) turned aside 32 of 35 shots faced. Michel Ouellet, who pocketed the winning tally in the shootout, finished with a goal and an assist, while netminder Dany Sabourin (1-0-0) stopped 31 of 34 shots in his first start of the season. Hershey (0-1-1, 1 point) has now lost 8 straight games, dating back to the 2004/05 campaign.

 

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

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, HER, Fortin 1 (power play) (Arsene, Steckel), 16:36. 2, HER, Fortin 2 (power play) (Bourque, Aulin)), 19:18. Penalties: Mihaly, WBS (interference), 1:09; Bonvie, WBS (interference), 8:04; Lannon, WBS (fighting major), 12:25; Robitaille, HER (instigator, fighting major, misconduct), 12:25; Schneider, WBS (hooking), 14:37; Mihaly, WBS (roughing), 17:56.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: 3, WBS, Whitney 1 (power play) (Christensen, Ouellet), 9:35. Penalties: Wotton, HER (roughing), 3:04; Bonvie, WBS (holding stick), 5:57; Bonvie, WBS (unsportsmanlike conduct), 8:13; Fortin, HER (unsportsmanlike conduct), 8:13; Arsene, HER (hooking), 8:36; Nasreddine, WBS (tripping), 10:29; Lefebvre, WBS (holding), 13:15; Schneider, WBS (interference), 16:23; Klepis, HER (interference), 18:02; Arsene, HER (holding), 19:49.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 4, WBS, Ouellet 1 (power play) (Whitney, Christensen), :23. 5, WBS, Stone 2 (Armstrong, Nasreddine), 10:38. 6, HER, Fortin 3 (power play) (Bourque, Mink), 14:29. Penalties: Laich, HER (interference), 3:01; Zinger, HER (holding), 8:22; Zinger, HER (boarding), 12:47; Hussey, WBS (high-sticking), 12:55; Kelleher, WBS (holding), 13:40; Aulin, HER (interference), 16:23; Christensen, WBS (hooking), 19:22.

 

OVERTIME -- Scoring: None. Penalties: Surovy, WBS (hooking), 3:01.

 

SHOOTOUT

 

Shooter Name (in order)	Team	Result
Michel Ouellet	WBS	Yes
Jonas Johansson	HER	Yes
Ryan Whitney	WBS	Yes
Jared Aulin	HER	No
Erik Christensen	WBS	No
Jakub Klepis	HER	No
Matt Hussey	WBS	No
Brooks Laich	HER	Yes
Ryan Stone	WBS	No
J.F. Fortin	HER	No
------------------	-------	---------------------
Michel Ouellet	WBS	Yes
Brooks Laich	HER	No

 

Game Factoids: Face-offs won (unofficial): HER: 46, WBS: 33… Hershey finished 3-12 on the power-play, while Wilkes-Barre ended at 2-9 … the Bears were outshot by the Pens 35-34 … Fortin posted a game-high 7 shots … Hershey had an apparent goal waived off with 1:59 left in the overtime frame, as referee Chris Ciamaga ruled that the puck did not cross the goal line … WBS rookie Stone potted his 2nd goal in as many games against Hershey this season … Whitney (1G, 1A) and Christensen (2A) also registered multiple points in the contest for the visiting Penguins … G Andy Chiodo, who was summoned to the Pittsburgh Penguins from the Wheeling Nailers (ECHL) on Saturday, served as back-up to Sabourin. While Chiodo was demoted, G Marc-Andre Fleury---who earned the win versus Hershey Saturday night in Wilkes-Barre---was promoted to Pittsburgh on Sunday … the Giant Center crowd erupted into cheers during the 1st period when former Bear Dennis Bonvie was leveled by Klepis in front of the WBS bench … the last Bear to net 3 power play goals in a game was David Masse against Albany on 12/17/04 … the Bears debuted new-style white home jerseys … faces in the crowd included future NHL Hall of Famer Raymond Bourque, who watched his son Chris record his first career AHL multi-point game … the Bears are now 2-1-1 in Giant Center season openers … scratched from the Hershey lineup were: Ds Jakub Cutta and Martin Wilde, LW Tomas Fleischmann, C Joey Tenute, RW Eric Labelle, and G Maxime Ouellet … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Fortin, (2) Ouellet, (3) Sabourin … Attendance: 8,488.

 

Coming Up: The Bears next head to the Blue Cross Arena in western New York, where they'll face off against their longtime AHL counterparts, the Rochester Americans, Friday night at 7:35 PM. Last season, Hershey finished 1-1 versus Rochester, including a surprising 6-1 road win on March 25th.

 

Penguins D Ryan Whitney (left) gets his stick a little too close to Hershey's Graham Mink during 1st period action.

 

Hershey's Jonas Johansson (right) gets a shot off on WBS goalie Dany Sabourin during the 1st period. Also pictured is Pens D Andy Schneider.

 

Bears goaltender Frederic Cassivi reacts after surrendering Ryan Whitney's 2nd period power play goal makes it a 2-1 Hershey lead.

 

Wilkes-Barre's Michel Ouellet (left) bags the equalizer---a power play goal---just 23 seconds into the 3rd period, tying the game at 2-2.

 

Wilkes-Barre's Alain Nasreddine and Dany Sabourin watch as J.F. Fortin's 3rd power play goal of the game ties the score at 3-3 during the 3rd period.

 

Wilkes-Barre's Colby Armstrong (#9) and Alain Nasreddine scurry to clear a loose puck from the goal line during the overtime period. The goal was waived off by referee Chris Ciamaga.

 

Bears RW Jonas Johansson evens the shootout score at 1-1, beating WBS goalie Dany Sabourin low on the glove side.

 

Bears G Frederic Cassivi turns aside this Matt Hussey attempt during the 4th round of the shootout.

 

Hershey's Brooks Laich finds the top shelf over Sabourin to tie the shootout at 2-2 during the 4th round. As the final shooter in the 6th round, Laich would come up short-handed, resulting in Wilkes-Barre's 4-3 victory.

 

 

Saturday October 8, 2005 at Wilkes-Barre (Posted Saturday 9:54 P.M. EST.)

 

Power plays fail Bears in 2-1 loss to Pens

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

The 68th edition of the Hershey Bears debuted with a 2-1 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins before 8,245 fans Saturday night at the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza. As a new era began as the Washington Capitals affiliate, the Bears (0-1-0), who managed just one tally in 11 man advantage opportunities, dropped their seventh straight decision dating back to last season. Graham Mink tallied a power-play goal to lead the way on offense for Hershey, while goaltender Frederic Cassivi (0-1-0) turned aside 24 of 26 shots faced. Rookies Ryan Stone (short-handed) and Jonathan Filewich paced the scoring for WBS (2-0-0), while former 1st overall pick Marc-Andre Fleury (2-0-0) stopped 26 shots en route to victory for the home team.

 

TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	TOTAL
Hershey	0	0	1	1
Wilkes-Barre	1	0	1	2

 

FIRST PERIOD - Scoring: 1, WBS, Stone 1 (short-handed) (unassisted), 8:07. Penalties: Lefebvre, WBS (slashing), :40; Lefebvre, WBS (slashing), 3:00; Bonvie, WBS (unsportsmanlike conduct), 6:29; Cutta, HER (hooking), 8:19; Surovy, WBS (hooking), 8:59; Carcillo, WBS (kneeing), 17:54.

 

SECOND PERIOD - Scoring: None. Penalties: Cutta, HER (interference), 5:31; Tenute, HER (goaltender interference), 8:05; Hussey, WBS (hooking), 13:02; Armstrong, WBS (hooking), 14:16.

 

THIRD PERIOD - Scoring: 2, WBS, Filewich 1 (game-winner) (Schneider, Welch), 7:53. 3, HER, Mink 1 (power play) (Laich, Fehr), 16:27. Penalties: Green, HER (tripping), 1:32; Fortin, HER (slashing), 5:51; Stone, WBS (tripping), 10:22; Fortin, HER (hooking), 12:05; Carcillo, WBS (kneeing, unsportsmanlike conduct), 10:22; Kane, HER (hooking), 17:11.

 

Game Factoids: While Hershey finished 1-11 on the power-play, Wilkes-Barre ended 0-7 on man advantage opportunities … the Bears outshot the Penguins 27-26 … to begin the game, Bears Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Mark Wotton and Jakub Cutta on defense, with Eric Fehr, Chris Bourque, and Dave Steckel at forward … with a captain yet to be named, Boyd Kane, Lawrence Nycholat, and Wotton served as alternate captains for Hershey … with an assist on Mink's man advantage score, Fehr earned his first professional point … Hershey registered the game's first 10 shots on goal … WBS' first shot on goal came on Stone's 1st period short-handed tally … Kane registered a game-high 5 shots … dating back to last season, Hershey has now lost 7 straight games when Harry Dumas officiates … opposing goalies Cassivi and Fleury both hail from Sorel, Quebec … scratched from Hershey were: C Jared Aulin, RW Jonas Johansson, RW Eric Labelle, D Martin Wilde, and D Dwayne Zinger … G Maxime Ouellet, who cleared waivers and was assigned to Hershey on Friday, did not dress … with Pittsburgh Penguins G Jocelyn Thibault suffering an injury during Saturday's morning skate, Andy Chiodo---who has spent time with WBS over the last 2 seasons---was summoned to Pittsburgh from Wheeling, WV, where he's currently in training camp with the ECHL's Wheelers … 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Filewich, (2) Stone, (3) Fleury.

 

6 Degrees of Separation: Wilkes-Barre RW Dennis Bonvie spent the last season and a half with Hershey before signing with Wilkes-Barre this past summer … Hershey's Fehr and WBS' Stone were teammates for the last 4 seasons with the Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) … Aulin and Pens C Erik Christensen were teammates for 3 seasons with the Kamloops Blazers (WHL). Christensen also played with Johansson for 2 seasons in Kamloops … Bears D J.F. Fortin played alongside Penguins G Dany Sabourin for 2 seasons with Sherbrooke of the QMJHL … Hershey G Maxime Ouellet was a teammate of Pens LW Guillaume Lefebvre during the 00/01 season in Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL).

 

Coming Up: On Sunday, the Bears return to Chocolatetown for the fourth home opener in Giant Center history, finishing a home-and-home series with the Penguins at 5 PM. Hershey is 2-1 in home openers at Giant Center.

 

 

Saturday October 8, 2005 (Posted Saturday 11:58 A.M. EST.)

 

Hershey Bears 2005-06 Opening Night Roster

 

#	Player Name	Position	Height/Weight	Born
2	Martin Wilde	Defense	6-4, 215 lbs	6-28-77
*4	Mark Wotton	Defense	5-10, 195 lbs	10-16-73
5	Mike Green	Defense	6-1, 200 lbs	10-12-85
*6	Dwayne Zinger	Defense	6-4, 220 lbs	7-5-76
7	J.F. Fortin	Defense	6-2, 200 lbs	3-15-79
10	Joey Tenute	Center	5-9, 180 lbs	4-2-83
11	Eric Fehr	Right Wing	6-3, 190 lbs	9-7-85
*12	Boyd Kane	Left Wing	6-2, 225 lbs	4-18-78
14	Tomas Fleischmann	Left Wing	6-0, 175 lbs	5-16-84
15	Jared Aulin	Center	6-0, 190 lbs	3-15-82
17	Chris Bourque	Left Wing	5-7, 170 lbs	1-29-86
18	Jakub Klepis	Right Wing	6-1, 200 lbs	6-5-84
20	Dave Steckel	Center	6-5, 215 lbs	3-15-82
21	Graham Mink	Right Wing	6-3, 220 lbs	5-21-79
22	Owen Fussey	Left Wing	6-1, 190 lbs	4-2-83
23	Jonas Johansson	Right Wing	6-2, 190 lbs	3-18-84
24	Louis Robitaille	Left Wing	6-1, 190 lbs	3-16-82
26	Brooks Laich	Center	6-2, 200 lbs	6-23-83
*28	Lawrence Nycholat	Defense	6-0, 190 lbs	5-7-79
29	Dean Arsene	Defense	6-2, 200 lbs	7-20-80
30	Kirk Daubenspeck	Goaltender	6-0, 190 lbs	7-16-74
32	Jakub Cutta	Defense	6-3, 210 lbs	12-29-81
33	Eric Labelle	Right Wing	6-2, 195 lbs	3-3-81
35	Frederic Cassivi	Goaltender	6-4, 225 lbs	6-12-75
	Maxime Ouellet	Goaltender	6-2, 195 lbs	6-17-81

 

*Denotes AHL Veteran status

 

Head Coach: Bruce Boudreau

Assistant Coach: Bob Woods

 

Friday October 7, 2005 (Posted Friday 1:49 A.M. EST.)

 

A glimpse at the East Division …

… As I see it

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

Hershey Bears

 

 

Tuesday October 4, 2005 (Posted Tuesday 11:46 P.M. EST.)

 

Addition By Subtraction

Washingto cuts impact Hershey roster

 

By Joe Shetrom, 7641 Sports

joe@7641.com

 

3 PM came and went on Tuesday, with no immediate press releases from the Washington Capitals formally announcing their opening night roster. When it was released though, there were no major surprises. Hershey, who already boasted an impressive defensive corps, received a shot in the arm with the addition of three more blueliners: Jakub Cutta, rookie Mike Green, and former AHL All-Star Lawrence Nycholat. Also, right winger---and former AHL All-Star---Miroslav Zalesak was assigned to the Bears. With Zalesak, Hershey's roster now stands with 6 veterans, one over the AHL limit. The status of Zalesak playing in Chocolatetown is uncertain, as the veteran of 268 AHL/NHL games has a clause in his contract that allows him to return to Europe if sent to the AHL. Even with the releases of LW Chris Bala, and Ds Deryk Engelland and Jeff State, the Bears docket is now at 27 players. Obviously, some Hershey cuts will likely occur before Saturday's season opener in Wilkes-Barre, with a goaltender and at least one defenseman and forward getting the pink slip. Stay tuned…

 

Notes: Also on Tuesday, the Capitals plucked G Brent Johnson from waivers, selecting the one-time Blues and Coyotes netminder from Vancouver. It is not yet known if Washington is looking to move either Gs Olaf Kolzig or Maxime Ouellet … Zalesak finished with 75 points during the 2003/04 campaign, tied with former Bear Eric Perrin for 3rd place in AHL scoring. His 35 goals that season led the Cleveland Barons, and were good enough for 3rd in the circuit … Nycholat played alongside Bears D Dean Arsene with the Hartford Wolf Pack in 02/03 … Former Bear Raitis Ivanans (00/01) made the Montreal Canadiens opening night roster … on Tuesday, the Chicago Wolves released Greg Barber (04/05) and Vlad Serov (00/01) … one-time Bears D Brad Norton (01/02) was released by the LA Kings on Monday … Michael Henrich (02/03), who spent last season in Switzerland, will play in Germany this year .