Moulson mounts the comeback, as Hershey takes its 8th in a row.
The Bears looked to once again continue their dominant play, as they would seek their eighth win in a row on Sunday afternoon.
After coming out flat against the Thunderbirds in last night’s contest, the Chocolate and White would look to improve their start tonight, looking to get the offense started early.
Despite strong words from head coach Spencer Carbery last night after the game about how they came out, the Bears once came out flat through the first two periods of play. Struggling in their defensive zone, and not being able to generate many “grade A” chances on Springfield’s goaltender, Philippe Desrosiers.
After two goals in the second from the Thunderbirds, the Bears needed a rally to come back and win their eighth game.
This is where the Matt Moulson show would begin. Just two and a half minutes into the third period, Moulson snapped a wrist shot past Desrosiers to bring the Chocolate and White within one. Just over four minutes later, while on the power play, Moulson hit pay dirt once again, letting another wrist shot go from in between the dots and top-shelf, to tie the game at two apiece.
Three minutes after that, Moulson would set up a beautiful stretch pass to Philippe Maillet, giving him a breakaway chance that he would cash in on, to give the Bears a 3-2 lead.
“You need guys like Matt Moulson to step up and go, hop on my back and let’s go,” said head coach Carbery said postgame when talking in regards to Moulson’s leadership. “It’s just a big moment where big players step up, and that’s exactly what he did.”
Hershey clamped down defensively in the final moments of the game, getting key stops from goaltender Pheonix Copley, out working and outmuscling the Thunderbirds, to earn their eighth straight victory. Sending home Bears faithful happy for the holidays.
The Chocolate and White will be in action next Friday night in Utica, New York, as they take on the Comets, in their first road game since December, 6th vs. Lehigh Valley.
From all of us here at Chocolate Hockey, have a Merry Christmas.
