Photo: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins fell to the Hershey Bears, 4-1, Monday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre. The victory improves the Bears record to 13-9-2-1 (27 points) on the season.

The Penguins were the first to dent twine with a power play goal late in the first frame for a 1-0 lead at the first intermission. The Bears tied the game midway through the middle frame with a power play goal from Ryan Dmowski, his fourth consecutive game with a goal, for a 1-1 tie at the second break.

The Bears would grab their first lead of the game with a power play marker from Matt Moulson early in the final stanza and add goals from Ryan Dmowski, his second of the game, and Beck Malenstyn, his second of the season, to make it 4-1, the final

STARTERS

Hunter Shepard (0-1-0-0, 5.00 GAA, .808 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the visiting Bears. Louis Domingue (3-3-2-0, 2.54 GAA, .922 sv%) got the start in goal for the Penguins. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Bears:

Scratches: Brian Pinho (upper-body injury), Mike Vecchione (upper-body injury) and Eddie Whittchow (lower-body injury).

Re-assignments – The Capitals re-assigned Brett Leason, Alex Alexeyev and Lucas Johansen from the Bears to the Capitals taxi squad on Monday.

Recalled: Pheonix Copley and Michal Kempny were recalled from the Bears to the Capitals. The Bears recalled forward Will Graber from Fort Wayne Komets, and defenseman Macoy Erkamps and goaltender Ryan Bednard from the South Carolina Stingrays.

Signed: The Bears signed forward Marcus Vela (#25) to a professional tryout (PTO) on December 21. The Bears also signed forward Christopher Brown (#15) to a PTO with the club on on December 21.

COVID Protocol – Shane Gersich, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Garrett Pilon, Kody Clark and Zach Fucale remain in COVID protocol. Fucale said on social media that he will be able to exit protocol tomorrow.

FIRST PERIOD

The Penguins opened the scoring with a power play goal with less than three minutes remaining in the opening frame. Sam Poulin (4) scored the power-play marker at 17:112 of the frame. Jan Drozg (3) and Valtteri Puustinen (9) had the helpers.

#WBSPens Goal Video – Sam Poulin puts the Pens in front pic.twitter.com/iBrOj801Jo

— WBS Penguins (@WBSPenguins) December 28, 2021

The period would end with the Penguins leading 1-0. They also led in shots, 10-6. Hershey was 0 for 2 and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton was 1 for 1 on the power play in the first 20 minutes.

SECOND PERIOD

The Bears would tie the game with a power play goal from Ryan Dmowski (5) at 7:36 of the second period. Matt Moulson (11) and Bobby Nardella (6) had the assists.

Ryan Dmowski ties it 1-1 midway through the middle frame. He has goals in four straight. #HBH pic.twitter.com/mxNAue3YOo

— Jon Sorensen (@jon_m_sorensen) December 28, 2021

The second period would expire with the game tied 1-1. The Bears led in shots 13-12 in the middle frame. Hershey was 1 for 4 and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton was 1 for 2 on the power play in the middle frame.

THIRD PERIOD

The Bears would take their first lead of the game with a power play goal from Matt Mouslon (5) at 2:05 of the final frame.

Power play goal from Matt Moulson gives Bears 2-1 lead early in final frame. #HBH pic.twitter.com/d6cuYybm4a

— Jon Sorensen (@jon_m_sorensen) December 28, 2021

The Bears would make it 3-1 on Ryan Dmowski’s second goal of the game. Joe Snively (15) and Matt Moulson (12) had the helpers.

Ryan Dmowski with a power play goal gives Bears 3-1 lead late in 3rd period. It’s his second goal of the game, 5th in last 4 games. #HBH pic.twitter.com/M0Hx5isUcw

— Jon Sorensen (@jon_m_sorensen) December 28, 2021

The Bears would quickly make it 4-1 with a goal from Beck Malenstyn (2) at 12:27 of the third period. Riley Sutter (2) and Macoy Erkamps (1) had the assists.

Beck “The Check” Malenstyn makes it 4-1. #HBH #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/amzFCxyFuY

— Jon Sorensen (@jon_m_sorensen) December 28, 2021

That would be the final. The same two teams will do it again on Wednesday at Giant Center. Puck drop set for 7:00 PM.

SHAVINGS

• AHL Box Score
• Attendance: 3,796
• Bears led in shots 35-24.
• Ryan Dmowski led all Bears in shots with 7.
• Hunter Shepard stopped 24 of 25 shots faced for a .960 game save percentage.
• Three Stars: 1) Ryan Dmowski, 2) Matt Mouslon and 3) Sam Poulin.

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