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The Hershey Bears downed the Providence Bruins, 5-4 (SO) Saturday night at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, Rhode Island. The victory improves the Bears record to 3-1-0 on the season.

Hunter Shepard (1-0-0) got the start in goal for the visiting Bears. Kyle Keyser got the start between the pipes for the Bruins. The forward lines and defensive pairs for the Bears:

Mike Vecchione – Mike Sgarbossa – Ethen Frank
Joe Snively – Jimmy Huntington – Alex Limoges
Ivan Miroshnichenko – Hendrix Lapierre – Pierrick Dube
Ryan Hofer – Riley Sutter – Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Nick Lievermann – Dylan McIlrath
Chase Priskie – Logan Day
Jake Massie – Vincent Iorio

Hunter Shepard
Mitchell Gibson

FIRST PERIOD

The Bruins opened the scoring just 1:18 into the contest. Oskar Steen (3) notched the games first tally at 1:18. Jayson Megna (3) and Georgii Merkulov (3) had the helpers.

Wicked Wristah, Steenah pic.twitter.com/vX0YDmYxWY

— Providence Bruins (@AHLBruins) October 21, 2023

Dylan McIlrath and Vincent Areseneau dropped the gloves in the early going, addressing unresolved issues from last night’s game.

Bears’ Dylan McIlrath and Bruins Vincent Arseneau drop the gloves. #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/iatL6GdWRG

— Capitals Prospects (@jon_m_sorensen) October 21, 2023

The Bears tied the game with a power play goal from Ethen Frank at 10:02. Chase Priskie (2) had the lone assist.

Franky finds twine for his second of the season 🔥

🍎Priskie pic.twitter.com/6MSjIapbWV

— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) October 21, 2023

The Bears took their first lead of the night in the waning seconds of the opening stanza.  Jimmy Huntington (1) notched the go ahead tally at 19:40. Alex Limoges (2) and Joe Snively (2) had the assists.

Tic-tac-toe and the Bears take the lead with @huntington_jim‘s first of the season!

🍎Limoges
🍏Snively pic.twitter.com/C4QetTRCF6

— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) October 21, 2023

The period concluded with the Bears holding the 2-1 lead. Hershey led in shots 11-8. The Bears were 1 for 2 on the power play while the Bruins did not have a man advantage in the first 20 minutes.

SECOND PERIOD

The Bears and Bruins skated to a scoreless draw in the middle frame.

The Bruins led in shots 10-7 in the second period, with shots tied 18-18 after two periods.

Hershey was 1 for 3 and Providence 0 for 5 on the power play after two periods.

THIRD PERIOD

The Bears stretched their lead to 3-1 on Ethen Frank’s second power play goal of the game at 6:46 of the third period. Alex Limoges (3) and Mike Sgarbossa (3) had the assists.

No. ✌️on the night for @efrank_98!

🍎Limoges
🍏Sgarbossa pic.twitter.com/GftSAWvsMh

— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) October 22, 2023

But the Bruins immediately answered, to cut the lead to 3-2. Fabian Lysell (1) notched the Bruins second tally at 7:47 of the third period. Trevor Kuntar (1) and Jesper Boqvist (2) had the helpers.

Fabian’s first of the season! pic.twitter.com/hSMRnP08BC

— Providence Bruins (@AHLBruins) October 22, 2023

The Bruins tied the game with a tally from John Farinacci (2) at the 12:00 minute mark. Justin Brazeau (1) and Georgii Merkulov (4) had the assists.

Farinacci ties the game with his second goal of the season! pic.twitter.com/nTaEebTX2J

— Providence Bruins (@AHLBruins) October 22, 2023

The Bears regained the lead late in the third period on Jimmy Huntington’s second goal of the game. Alex Limoges (4) and Chase Priskie (3) had the helpers.

But the Bruins would tie the game with nine seconds remaining in regulation, to make it 4-4 and force overtime. Former Bear Jayson Megna (2) notched the game-tying tally, assisted by Oskar Steen (2) and Mason Lohrei (2).

OVERTIME/SHOOTOUT

The overtime period went scoreless, sending the game to the shootout.

1. Hershey: Pierrick Dube = Good, Providence: Toporowski = No good
2. Hershey: Mike Sgarbossa = No good, Providence: Feranocci = Good
3. Hershey: Joe Snively = Good, Providence: Lysel = No good

SHAVINGS

• AHL box score