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The Hershey Bears fell to the Syracuse Crunch, 3-2 (OT) Wednesday night at the Giant Center in Hershey. The loss drops the Bears record to 3-1-1 (7 points) on the season.
SUMMARY
The Bears struck first less than two minutes into the contest with a snipe from the left dot by Axel Jonsson-Fjallby. It was his second tally of the season. The Bears would stretch their lead halfway through the first frame on Captain Matt Moulson’s first goal of the season, giving the Bears a 2-0 lead at the first intermission.
The Crunch would fight back with a pair of power play goals. First, Jimmy Huntington cut the Bears lead to a single goal just 4:35 into the middle frame They would tie the game less than two minutes into the final period with a power play goal from Gabriel Dumont.
The Crunch would win it in overtime with a goal from Charles Hudon..
STARTERS
Pheonix Copley (1-1-0, 3.02 GAA, .824 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the Bears. Amir Miftakhov (0-0-0, 0.00 GAA, .000 sv%) made his first start in goal for the visiting Crunch. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Bears:
Scratches: Kale Kessy, Riley Sutter (injured), Mike Vecchione and Eddie Wittchow.
Reassigned: Hunter Shepard (G), Jake Massie (D) and Ryan Dmowski (F) were reassigned to South Carolina (ECHL) on Tuesday (10/19).
FIRST PERIOD
The Bears struck first with a snipe from Axel Jonsson-Fjallby (2) less than two minutes into the contest. Alex Alexeyev (1) and Aliaksei Protas (3) had the helpers.
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby snipes less than 2 minutes into contest. #HBH #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/fEdrzlhOza
— Jon Sorensen (@jon_m_sorensen) October 27, 2021
The Bears would make it 2-0 on Matt Moulson’s first goal of the season. Cody Franson (3) and Brian Pinho (3) had the assists.
Matt Moulson redirects for his first goal of the season. Bears lead 2-0. #HBH pic.twitter.com/Ib4cA8A0gm
— Jon Sorensen (@jon_m_sorensen) October 27, 2021
The Bears would hold a 2-0 lead at the first intermission. Hershey led in shots 18-12 after one period of play. Both teams were 0 for 1 on the power play in the first 20 minutes.
SECOND PERIOD
The Crunch cut the Bears lead to 2-1 with a power play goal from Jimmy Huntington (5) at 4:35 of the second period. Kole Koepke (2) and Darren Raddysh (2) had the helpers.
Out of midair 😲 pic.twitter.com/lsPoD4ZDGr
— Syracuse Crunch (@SyracuseCrunch) October 28, 2021
The second period would conclude with the Bears hanging on to a 2-1 lead. The Crunch outshot the Bears 15-6 in the middle frame, and led 27-24 after two periods. Syracuse was 1 for 3 and the Bears 0 for 3 on the power play after two periods.
THIRD PERIOD
The Crunch would tie the game with a power play goal from Gabriel Dumont (2) at 1:07 of the final frame. Sean Day (2) and Charles Hudon (2) had the assists
The tenacity down low ties it. pic.twitter.com/6EYARn2Uwc
— Syracuse Crunch (@SyracuseCrunch) October 28, 2021
Regulation would end with the game tied 2-2.
OVERTIME
The Crunch opened the extra frame with a 4-on-3 power play, but were unable to pot the game-winner with the extra man.
The Crunch would win it with 14 seconds left in the extra frame. Charles Hudon would pot the game winner.
Amir Miftakhov save at one end, Charles Hudon OT winner at the other.@SyracuseCrunch @TBLightning pic.twitter.com/BbDWkmerPt
— American Hockey League (@TheAHL) October 28, 2021
The Bears are back in action Saturday night when they host the Cleveland Monsters in the first game of a two-game weekend set at Giant Center. Puck drop on Saturday is set for just after 7:00PM.
NOTES
- AHL box score
- Attendance: 6,669
- Syracuse led in shots 40-21.
- Garrett Pilon led all Bears in shots with 6.
- Pheonix Copley stopped 37 of 40 for a .925 game save percentage.
- Cody Franson played in his 900th professional game.
- Mike Sgarbossa played in his 500th professional game.
- Axel Jonsson-Fjallby has points in his last four games (2g, 3a)
- Stars of the game: 1) Charles Hudon, 2) Axel Jonsson-Fjallby and 3) Pheonix Copley
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