VIDEO: Hershey picks up first win of the 2017-18 season in Grand Rapids
The Hershey Bears picked up their first win of the season Saturday night against Grand Rapids, scoring four goals in the proccess. Three of Hershey’s goals came from Chandler Stephenson, who scored his first AHL hat trick behind four total points on the night for the Chocolate and White.
Goalie Adam Carlson earned his first AHL start and win in the process, stopping 24 of 26 shots in his Bears debut.
Below the jump, check out all four Hershey goals as well as defenseman Connor Hobbs’ fight against Dominik Shine.
Chandler Stephenson makes it a 1-1 game late in the second period.
WATCH: Chandler Stephenson makes a nice move and scores to tie the game on the PK late in the second period. pic.twitter.com/CAG7zSC22s
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Connor Hobbs with a fantastic first fight of the season.
WATCH: Connor Hobbs fights Grand Rapids forward Dominik Shine and drops him with three quality lefts in the second period pic.twitter.com/tyCmoqSBI4
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Garrett Mitchell scores on a feed from Chris Bourque to make it 2-1 Hershey.
WATCH: Stephenson -> Bourque -> Mitchell. Bears take a 2-1 lead early in the third period. pic.twitter.com/dU7YNW4En9
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Stephenson with his second of the night to make it 3-1.
WATCH: Chandler Stephenson scores his second of the night to extend Hershey’s lead to 3-1 in the third period. pic.twitter.com/C8ftspoNVC
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Hat trick from Stephenson to seal the deal and give Hershey a 4-2 win.
WATCH: Chandler Stephenson scores his first hat trick in his AHL career to lead Hershey to their first win of the season. pic.twitter.com/OvhAxqHdTn
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Hershey now heads to Rockford to finish up their midwest road trip in the first game in franchise history against the IceHogs.