Photo: Tori Hartman
The Hershey Bears fell to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3-2 in overtime Tuesday night at the Giant Center in Hershey. The Sound Tigers win forces a decisive game 5 in Bridgeport on Saturday.
STARTERS
Vitek Vanecek (1-0-0-0, 0.00 GAA, 1.000 sv%) got the start between the pipes for Hershey. Christopher Gibson (1-1-0-0, 1.58 GAA, .938 sv%) got the start in goal for the visiting Sound Tigers. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Bears:
O’Brien – Sgarbossa – Barber
Walker – Megna– Whitney
Gersich – Pilon – Pinho
Steman – McCarthy – Malenstyn
Johansen – Lewington
Leach – Sproul
Williams – Hobbs
Scratches: Aaron Ness (upper body) and Kris Bindulis (upper body) were the injury scratches. Joe Snively (School), Jusso Ikonen, Max Kammerer, Tobias Geisser and Bobby Nardell0 were the healthy scratches in Game 4.
FIRST PERIOD
The Bears opened the scoring with a dirty goal from Ryan Sproul at 5:47 of the first period. Brian Pinho (1) and Beck Malenstyn (2) were credited with the helpers.
The Bears open the scoring with a dirty goal from Ryan Sproul, his 2nd tally in as many games. Bears lead 1-0 with 13:30 left in first frame. #HBH #DefendTheDen pic.twitter.com/80gHDy2k1w
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That would be all of the scoring in the opening frame. The Bears outshot the Sound Tigers 10-9 for the first 20 minutes. Both teams were 0 for 2 on the power play in the first period.
SECOND PERIOD
The Sound Tigers tied the game early in the middle frame with their own dirty goal from Stephen Gionta just 2:17 into the second period.
Sound Tigers tie the game with their own dirty goal 2:17 into the second period. pic.twitter.com/RylsBQiAW4
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The Bears regained the lead with a short-handed goal from Jayson Megna at 15:22 of the middle frame, his second shorty of the series.
The Bears retake the lead with a short-handed goal from Jayson Megna at 15:22 of the middle frame, his second shorty of the series. #HBH #DefendTheDen pic.twitter.com/j863SW9Evp
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The second period concluded with the Bears leading 2-1. The Sound Tigers outshot the Bears 12-6 in the middle frame, and lead 21-16 after two periods. Both teams were 0 for 3 on the power play after two periods.
THIRD PERIOD
The Sound Tigers would tie the game early in the final frame with a goal from Oliver Wahlstrom at 2:15 of the third period.
Bridgy knots it up 2-2 just 2:15 into final frame. pic.twitter.com/ohqJcnzY0u
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Regulation would end with the games tied 2-2. The Sound Tigers outshot the Bears 17-5 in the final frame, and 39-21 in regulation. The Sound Tigers were 0 for 3 and the Bears 0 for 4 on the power play through three periods.
OVERTIME
The game nearly went the Bears way when rookie Garrett Pilon wristed one off the cross bar less than 30 seconds into the extra frame.
The Sound Tigers would win it 1:13 into overtime with a snipe from the top of the left circle from Matt Lorito.
Game 5 of the best-of-five series is set for Saturday in Bridgeport. Puck drop is set for 7:00 PM.
HIGHLIGHTS
SHAVINGS
- The Bears are now 3-8 in their last 11 Game 4s.
- Bridgeport outshot Hershey 40-24.
- The Bears were 0 for 4 and the Sound Tigers 0 for 3 on the power play.
- Attendance: 6,858
- The NHL box score for the game is here.
SCENES FROM HERSHEY
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