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Bears Fall To Penguins, 5-1, Joe Snively Scores First Of The Season

By Jon Sorensen·
Photo: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

The Hershey Bears fell to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 5-1 Wednesday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre. The loss drops the Bears record to 4-2-0 on the season.

Clay Stevenson got the start between the pipes for the visiting Bears. Joel Blomqvist got the start in goal for the Penguins. The forward lines and defensive pairs for the Bears:

Mike Vecchione – Mike Sgarbossa – Ethen Frank
Joe Snively – Garrett Roe – Alex Limoges
Ivan Miroshnichenko – Hendrix Lapierre – Pierrick Dube
Bogdan Trineyev – Riley Sutter – Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Colin Swoyer – Dylan McIlrath
Chase Priskie – Logan Day
Jake Massie – Vincent Iorio

Mitch Gibson
Clay Stevenson

Scratches: Aaron Ness (upper body injury), Jimmy Huntington (injury), Ryan Hofer, Alex Suzdalev, Julian Napravnik, Matt Strome, Nicky Liebermann, Henrik Rybinski, Dmitry Osipov.

Recalls: Hunter Shepard was recalled by the Capitals on Tuesday.

FIRST PERIOD

The Penguins opened the scoring with a power play goal from Alex Nylander (1) at 2:54 of the first. Sam Poulin (1) had the lone assist.

And that was it for the first frame. The Penguins led in shots 8-6. The Penguins were 1 for 1 on the power play while the Bears did not have a man advantage in the first period.

SECOND PERIOD

The Bears tied the game midway through the middle frame on a snipe from Joe Snively (1) at 8:05 of the second period. Garrett Roe (1) and Dylan McIlrath (1) had the helpers.

But the Penguins regained the lead less than two minutes later. Sam Houde (1) notched the go ahead tally at 12:46 of the period. Jack St. Ivany (1) and Avery Hayes (1) had the assists.

The second period concluded with the Penguins leading 2-1. Hershey led in shots 8-7 in the second period with the Penguins leading 15-14 after two periods. The Bears were 0 for 1 and the Penguins 1 for 2 on the power play after two periods.

THIRD PERIOD

The Penguins made it 3-1 less than two minutes into the final frame. Sam Houde (2) recorded his second of the game on the power play at 1:28. Avery Hayes (1) and Ty Smith (2) had the assists.

The Penguins made it 4-1 following a turnover by Vinny Iorio in the Bears defensive zone. Marc Johnstone (1) picked up the loose puck for the score at 5:28.

The Penguins quickly made it 5-1 less than a minute later on a goal from Vinnie Hinostroza (2) at 6:00 of the third period. Alex Nylander (1) and Jack Rathbone (1) had the helpers.

And that would be the final.

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