Martin Fehervary Scores Game Winning Goal In Bears 4-3 Overtime Victory Over Devils

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The Hershey Bears downed the Binghamton Devils 4-3 (OT) Sunday afternoon at the Giant Center in Hershey. The Bears would give-up a late lead in the third period, but defenseman Martin Fehervary would win it for the Bears in the extra frame. The victory improves the Bears record to 7-2-2-0 (16 points) on the season.

STARTERS
Pheonix Copley (1-1-1-0, 2.65 GAA, .884 sv%) started between the pipes for the Bears. Evan Cormier (2-1-1-0, 2.95 GAA, .882 sv%) started in goal for the visiting Devils. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Bears:

Scratches: Lucas Johansen (upper body injury), Paul LaDue (upper body injury), Eddie Whittchow (lower body injury), Macoy Erkamps (lower body injury), Blake Pietila, Tyler Nanne, Mason Morelli, Caleb Herbert.

The Bears signed defenseman Andrew Nielsen to a PTO on Friday. He will have to quarantine before he can play. More here.

FIRST PERIOD
The Bears opened the scoring with a goal from Kody Clark (4) at 18:54 of the first frame. Matt Moulson (5) and Shane Gersich (2) had the helpers.

Kody Clark with a nice give-and-go, scores from a sharp angle to give Bears 1-0 lead at first intermission. #ALLCAPS #CapsProspect pic.twitter.com/URRh1ZO2oA

— NoVa Caps (@NoVa_Caps) March 7, 2021

And that would be all of the scoring in the first period. The Bears led in shots 11-4. Binghamton was 0 for 1 on the power play. Hershey did not have a man-advantage.

SECOND PERIOD
The Bears would stretch their lead to 2-0 with a goal from Brett Leason (4) at 6:40 of the second period. Kale Kessy (1) had the lone assist.

Brett Leason with his 4th goal of the season, gives Bears 2-0 lead. #CapsProspect #ALLCAPS #HBH pic.twitter.com/2zSsbboN2U

— NoVa Caps (@NoVa_Caps) March 7, 2021

The Devils would respond with a redirect off of a faceoff on the power play by Danick Martel (4) at 7:36 of the middle frame, to make it 2-1.

The second period would conclude with the Bears holding on to a 2-1 lead. Binghamton led in shots 9-3, with the Bears leading 14-13 after two periods. The Devils were 1 for 2 and the Bears 0 for 1 on the power play after two periods.

THIRD PERIOD
The Devils would tie the game 2-2 with a goal from Ben Street (4) just 33 seconds into the final frame.

The Bears would regain the lead with a goal from Garrett Pilon (2) at 12:14 of the final period, making it 3-2. Joe Snively (5) and Zach Malatesta (1) had the assists.

Garrett Pilon from the top of the slot gives Bears 3-2 lead late in final frame. #ALLCAPS #CapsProspect #HBH pic.twitter.com/w5KWFozvub

— NoVa Caps (@NoVa_Caps) March 7, 2021

But the Devils would tie the game at 3-3 with just 33 second left in regulation with a goal from Marian Studenic.

OVERTIME
Martin Fehervary would score the game-winner for the Bears in overtime. Garrett Pilon (9) and Mike Sgarbossa (3) had the helpers.

Marty “The Party” Fehervary scores the overtime game winner! #ALLCAPS #CapsProspect #HBH pic.twitter.com/VisUn2A3bR

— NoVa Caps (@NoVa_Caps) March 7, 2021

The Bears are back in action on Friday when they visit the Binghamton Devils in Newark, New Jersey. Puck drop is set for 7:00 PM.