Late Game Collapse Lets Admirals Float by Bears, 6-3

Richard Panik celebrates his goal on Braden Holtby in Norfolk’s win (Photo by Kyle Mace)

Sentence fragments. That was what the form of Mark French’s post game answers after the Bears game collapse. After Joel Rechlicz started off the game with a goal an a fight, Braden Holtby let 4 unanswered goals past, along with Norfolk adding on an empty-netter, as Hershey goes on to lose, 6-3.

It was the Joel Rechlicz show to start off the game. Only 2:47 into the game, “Recker” scored on the rebound to put Hershey up 1-0.

Then only a second later he would have an interesting way to celebrate: with a fight. Rechlicz dropped the mitts with Eric Neilson and would get a bit bloodied up.

Jacob Micflikier would give Hershey a two goal lead when he added on one of his own during the first period.

The Ads would come back and cut the lead in half to 2-1, but it did not last long.

With a pretty poke of the puck from Boyd Kane up to Chris Bourque, #17 would send a rocket past Jaroslav Janus and put Hershey up 3-1.

Then Norfolk put their ship into high gear. J.T. Wyman, Philip-Michael Devos, Trevor Smith, Richard Panik, and Tyler Johnson all would score in the third period and gave the Admirals a 6-3 win.

Hershey is back at home for a rare Wednesday night game as they face off against Syracuse at 7 PM.