Photo: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

The Hershey Bears beat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3-2 Wednesday night in Wilkes-Barre. The victory is the first of the season for the Bears, improving their record to 1-5-0 on the season. The Bears return to action Friday night when they visit the Checkers in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

STARTERS

FIRST PERIOD
The Bears would strike first with a goal from Axel Jonsson-Fjallby at 1:40 of the opening frame. This was Axel’s first professional goal in North America. Tyler Lewington was credited with the lone assist.

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IS AMAZING #HBH pic.twitter.com/rcphV3TYQL

— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) October 17, 2018

That would be all of the scoring in the opening frame. The Penguins outshot the Bears 13-9 for the first 20 minutes.

SECOND PERIOD
The Bears would stretch their lead to 2-0 with a goal from Liam O’Brien at 19:39 of the middle frame.

Big Tuna. Big goal. The good guys in Chocolate and White lead 2-0 heading into the 3rd period #HBH pic.twitter.com/Op9ipvmyZ5

— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) October 18, 2018

And that would be all of the scoring for the middle frame. The Penguins outshot the Bears 18-11 for the second period.

THIRD PERIOD
The Penguins would climb back into the contest in the final frame. First, Tobias Lindberg would score at 2:19 of the third to make it 2-1.

🚨 GOAL! 🚨 Tobias Lindberg brings the Penguins back within one. Lindberg’s first goal of the season.#HERvsWBS #WBSPens #DKPS pic.twitter.com/pN43HXJ3ez

— Taylor Haase (@TaylorHaasePGH) October 18, 2018

Less than two minutes later the Penguins would tie the game with a goal from Garrett Wilson at 4:08 of the final frame.

🚨 GOAL! 🚨 Garrett Wilson’s redirect tied it for the Penguins, 2-2.

🍎: Sam Miletic
🍏: Stefan Elliott#HERvsWBS #WBSPens #DKPS pic.twitter.com/Qz0iJRfdR1

— Taylor Haase (@TaylorHaasePGH) October 18, 2018

But the Bears would not be denied. Former Penguin Jayson Megna would score the eventual game winner for the Bears at 6:19 of the final frame.

Former Penguin Jayson Megna puts the Bears back in the league, 3-2.

🍎: Maximilian Kammerer
🍏: Logan Pyett#HERvsWBS #WBSPens #DKPS pic.twitter.com/iQowXPdYUB

— Taylor Haase (@TaylorHaasePGH) October 18, 2018

SHAVINGS

• The Penguins outshot the Bears 42-28 for the game.
• The Bears were 0 for 1 and the Penguins 1 for 4 on the power play.
• Shane Gersich led the team with 5 shots. Garrett Pilon and Steve Whitney each had 3 shots in the game.
• Vitek Vanecek stopped 40 of 42 shots.
• Vanecek’s 40 saves in the win was a new career-high en route to his first win of the season.
• The AHL box score can be found here.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

By Jon Sorensen

SCENES FROM WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON

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Congratulations to Spencer Carbery on earning his first win as head coach of the Bears. Here's to it being the first of many! #HBH

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Pens vs Hershey

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Here are tonight’s three stars of the game #wbs20

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