Photo: Hartford Wolf Pack
The Hershey Bears downed the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 4-3 Sunday night at the Giant Center in Hershey. Hendrix Lapierre recorded two assists and Henrik Rybinski scored his first career AHL goal in the win. The Bears record improves to 5-2-2-0 on the season.
HERSHEY BEARS LINEUP
Hunter Shepard got the start in goal for the Bears. Filip Lindberg got the start between the pipes for the Penguins. The forward lines and defensive pairs for the Bears:
Mike Vecchione – Mike Sgarbossa – Sam Anas
Henrik Rybinski – Henrik Borgstrom – Garrett Pilon
Mason Morelli – Hendrix Lapierre – Ethan Frank
Kale Kessy – Riley Sutter – Shane Gersich
Aaron Ness – Dylan McIlrath
Alex Alexeyev – Bobby Nardella
Gabriel Carlsson – Vinny Iorio
Scratches: Jakes Massie, Julian Napravnik, Matt Strome and Logan Day.
Recalls/Reassignments: Sonny Milano, Garrett Pilon and Lucas Johansen were recalled by the Capitals on Wednesday, November 2 [More here.]. Garrett Pilon was returned to the Bears Saturday, November 5. [More here and here]
FIRST PERIOD
The Bears struck first on a nice play by Shane Gersich. He would knock a Pens’ pass out of the air, gather the puck and finish for his first goal of the season. The goal was unassisted.
Beautiful steal and finish by Shane Gersich. His first goal of the season. Bears lead 1-0. #HBH #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/cWPT37W727
— Capitals Prospects (@jon_m_sorensen) November 6, 2022
Mason Morelli (1) made it 2-0 at 14:59 of the opening frame. Hendrix Lapierre (4) had the lone assist.
Mason Morelli makes it 2-0. #HBH pic.twitter.com/FzClh8jGmQ
— Capitals Prospects (@jon_m_sorensen) November 6, 2022
The period ended with the Bears holding on to a 2-0 lead. The Bears doubled-up the Pens in shots, 8-4. The Pens were 0 for 1 on the man advantage. The Bears did not have a power play in the first frame.
SECOND PERIOD
The Bears extended their lead to 3-0 on a goal from Ethan Frank (4) early in the middle frame. It was his 4th goal in as many games. Hendrix Lapierre (5) and Alex Alexeyev (1) had the helpers.
Ethan Frank with his 4th goal in the last 4 games. Bears lead 3-0. #HBH #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/GM0YzS7MiH
— Capitals Prospects (@jon_m_sorensen) November 6, 2022
The Bears made it 4-0 with a goal from Henrik Rybinski (1) at 8:07 of the second period. Aaron Ness (1) and Henrik Borgstrom (2) had the assists.
Henrik Rybinski with his first AHL goal and the Bears are pounding the Baby PEns, 4-0. #HBH #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/xpwFVx3lWI
— Capitals Prospects (@jon_m_sorensen) November 6, 2022
Ethan Frank nearly had another tally just before the end of the period, but knocked it off the pipe.
Ethan Frank, almost with another one, off the pipe. Another free-agent signing by Danny Brooks that is opening eyes. #HBH #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/F4HsdU6db1
— Capitals Prospects (@jon_m_sorensen) November 6, 2022
The period would end with the Bears leading 4-0. The Bears once again doubled-up the Pens in shots, 18-9 in the middle frame, and led 26-13 after two frames. The Pens were 0 for 2 on the power after two periods. The Bears did not have a power play in the first 40 minutes.
THIRD PERIOD
The Penguins scored just 13 seconds into the final frame. Jonathan Gruden (1) potted the Pens first tally with assists from Filip Hållander (5) and Mark Friedman (2).
Pens strike 13 seconds into final frame. Jonathan Gruden (1). Bears lead 4-1. #HBH pic.twitter.com/agTc1tim9L
— Capitals Prospects (@jon_m_sorensen) November 6, 2022
The Pens cut the Bears lead to 4-2 at 11:41 with a tally from Filip Hållander (3). Jonathan Gruden (2) and Valtteri Puustinen (3) assisted.
Pens make it 4-2. Filip Hållander (3). Assisted by Jonathan Gruden (2), Valtteri Puustinen (3) #HBH pic.twitter.com/aL8pT0XhwE
— Capitals Prospects (@jon_m_sorensen) November 6, 2022
The Penguins closed the gap to 4-3. Filip Hållander (4) notched his second of the game.
Pens make it 4-3. #HBH pic.twitter.com/yDN06S8L63
— Capitals Prospects (@jon_m_sorensen) November 7, 2022
But the Bears would hold on for the 4-3 win.
The Baby Pens outshot the Bears 20-3 in the final frame.
The Bears are back in action on Friday when they host the Bridgeport Islanders at Giant Center. Puck drop is set for 7PM.
SHAVINGS
- AHL box score
- Attendance: 7,020
- Penguins led in shots 33-29.
- Vinny Iorio led all Bears in shots with 4.
- Penguins were 1 for 4 and Bears 0 for 2 on the power play.
- Stars of the game: 1) Henrik Rybinski, 2) Filip Hållander (#51) and 3) Ethan Frank.
good to see the turtling is a hershey trait as well…they’ll be well adjusted to it if they ever crack the lineup in DC…good grief
Good grief is right. A couple of big saves by Hunter Shepard late of this game could have gone to Pens.
Bears looked great in the first two periods. Terrible in third. I really like Ethan Frank game. If he continues to play hard he should get an NHL contract this year. Great to see Rybinski score. Iorio had a good game. Pilon looked good.
Frank The Tank! Really impressed by that kid, and his shot is a rocket. Another good find by Danny Brooks.
Must be a Caps bug (like the injury one) affecting the whole organization (turtle bug?). Bears great two periods, sucked third. Rays were up 9-3 end of second, ended winning 9-7. At least Bear got his hat trick before the Rays stopped playing. Wall did not impress me as goalie. Clay yesterday did.
Yeesh. Well, we’re consistent if nothing else. I didn’t realize Rays evaporated lead.
That third period was a train wreck. But a win’s a win.
“Just win, baby” – Al Davis