Dany Sabourin watches the game winning goal go into the net. (All photos by Kyle Mace.)
When you score four goals, you normally win a hockey game, but tonight was different for the Hershey Bears. After going toe-to-toe with the Manchester Monarchs the first two periods, the Bears gave up a late goal and the two points to the Monarchs in a 5-4 regulation loss.
Corey Locke scores the first goal of the game. All photos by Kyle Mace.
Just like last weekend, it was another long bus ride up to Binghamton to face off against the Senators once again.
It was the roughest of starts. To sum up, it was 3-0 Binghamton after twenty minutes. The Senators looked speedy and agile as they repeatedly danced around the Hershey defense. Braden Holtby was left to continually make saves from point blank range. By the end of period, he had faced 16 shots.
Hershey Bears Zach Miskovic, Andrew Carroll, and Jacob Micflikier pose for a photo with the 2nd grade students of Nye Elementary
Students at Nye Elementary in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania are use to reading a story with their mother or father, even their brother or sister. But Wednesday afternoon was a bit different, as Hershey Bears players Keith Aucoin, Ryan Potulny, Garrett Mitchell, Andrew Carroll, Zach Miskovic, and Jacob Micflicker came to the school to read to first and second graders.
Photo Courtesy GoCheckers.com
Hershey was heading into their final regular season game in Charlotte after getting almost “No Rest” after their 12 round shootout win last night against the Checkers. The Bears had some struggles at the start, but came back with the help of Keith Aucoin and three assists from him, leading Hershey to a 4-3 win.
The Bears faced the team that eliminated them. Photo from the Checkers Website.
For the first time this season, the Hershey Bears took to the ice to play the team that eliminated in the first round of last year’s playoffs.
It was a quiet first period. The Bears stifled two Charlotte power plays but the Checkers still ended up with the first goal of the game. Zach Boychuk’s shot floated past Dany Sabourin last in the first stanza.
Photo by Kyle Mace
Well it’s another Wednesday and that means it is Chocolate Fix time. What is there to talk about this week? Hmmmmmm… I’m sure there must be something. Well I guess you can go back and read about that little game that happened on Friday night. You know, the one where we smashed the AHL attendance record playing outside at Citizen’s Bank Park. There’s also the game on Saturday that was a rematch of the Friday night game. Lastly there was the last home game in a couple weeks on Sunday.
Patrick McNeill celebrates his first goal of the game (All photos by Kyle Mace)
After an interesting game last night against Adirondack, Hershey played another weird one tonight after Rochester would score three goals in the third period and send the game to overtime and then a shootout. But the result was the same, as Hershey wins 4-3 over the Americans (SO.)
Bourque celebrates his short-handed goal against the Phantoms. All photos by Kyle Mace.
It’s hard to follow a huge game like the Outdoor Classic, but with the same teams playing, it makes for an interesting rematch. Speaking of the Outdoor Classic, have you checked out Kyle’s recap and amazing photos?
Unlike last night, the Phantoms scored the first goal of the game. Andrew Rowe scored by banking a shot off of Danny Richmond. Not a whole lot Richmond or Dany Sabourin could have done.
The Bears tied it up late in the same period with a patented Chris Bourque short-handed goal. It was a big goal for his 20th of the season.
Let's hope we see some more of this tonight against the Penguins. Photo by Kyle Mace Last post for the 2011 calendar year. As you can imagine it was a relatively quiet week with the Christmas break. In case you…
Braden Holtby shut out the WBS Penguins. Photo by Anthony Fabrikant / AFC Media.
The Bears are great at having strong starts, but they usually struggle to get those strong starts when they play the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Tonight, they broke through.
It was defensemen who started the show. First, Matt Ford was stopped on a wraparound attempt but Tomas Kundratek stuffed home the rebound. A few minutes later, Julien Brouillette extended the lead when he scored on a screened Brad Thiessen.
To top off the first period, Patrick McNeill scored short-side during a power play to make it 3-0 after twenty minutes. Not only were all three goals from defensemen, but they were also the fifth goal of the season for each player.