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The Hershey Bears thumped the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 6-1 Sunday afternoon at the Giant Center in Hershey, PA. Ethen Frank and Joe Snively each tallied two goals and Bogdan Trineyev notched his first career AHL goal in the victory. The win improves the Bears record to 6-2-0 on the season.
LINEUP
Hunter Shepard got the start between the pipes for the Bears. Garret Sparks got the start in goal for the visiting Penguins. The forward lines and defensive pairs for the Bears:
Mike Vecchione – Mike Sgarbossa – Ethen Frank
Joe Snively – Jimmy Huntington – Alex Limoges
Ivan Miroshnichenko – Ryan Hofer – Pierrick Dube
Bogdan Trineyev – Riley Sutter – Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Aaron Ness – Dylan McIlrath
Nick Liebermann – Logan Day
Jake Massie – Chase Priskie
Hunter Shepard
Clay Stevenson
Scratches: Vincent Iorio (illness), Garrett Roe, Henri Rybinski, Alex Suzdalev, Julian Napravnik, Matt Strome, Colin Swoyer, Dmitry Osipov.
Recalls: Hendrix Lapierre was recalled by the Capitals on Sunday. Hunter Shepard was recalled by the Capitals on Tuesday and returned to Hershey on Saturday.
A “moment of unity” for Adam Johnson before Bears-Penguins. #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/fA4l1kfSxF
— Capitals Prospects (@jon_m_sorensen) October 29, 2023
FIRST PERIOD
The Bears opened the scoring with a shot from the slot by Ethen Frank (4) at 1:11 of the opening stanza. The goal was setup by an excellent centering pass from below the goal by Mike Sgarbossa (5). Chase Priskie (4) had the secondary assist.
Franky made our first shot of the game count with his fourth of the season!
🍎 Sgarbossa
🍏 Priskie pic.twitter.com/tqrVhOoIO6— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) October 29, 2023
The Bears made it 2-0 on Ethen Frank‘s (5) second goal of the period. The tally was setup by a quick outlet pass off the boards by Hunter Shepard. Mike Sgarbossa made the dish to Frank in the slot. Mike Sgarbossa (6) and Alex Limoges (5) were credited with the helpers.
Can we give a bonus assist to @shepDadyy on @efrank_98‘s second of the day? Asking for a friend 😱
🍎 Sgarbossa
🍏 Limoges pic.twitter.com/YH1i2K3XWd— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) October 29, 2023
Late in the period the Bears made it 3-0 on Joe Snively‘s second goal of the season at 16:52. Jimmy Huntington (1) and Alex Limoges (6) had the assists.
Anyone up for a game of tic-tac-toe? Snives buries his second of the season!
🍎 Huntington
🍏 Limoges pic.twitter.com/PbkkWrKK35— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) October 29, 2023
The first period concluded with the Bears holding a commanding 3-0 lead. Hershey led in shots 12-9. The Bears were 1 for 1 and the Penguins 0 for 1 on the power play in the first period.
SECOND PERIOD
The Penguins got on the scoreboard just past the midway point of the middle frame. Sam Poulin (1) notched the Baby Pens first goal of the game at 11:41, assisted by Xavier Ouellet (2) and Sam Houde (4).
Just a little elbow grease to put it away pic.twitter.com/QVAiaCPAty
— WBS Penguins (@WBSPenguins) October 29, 2023
But the Bears reinstated the three goal lead less than six minutes later on Joe Snively‘s second goal of the game at 17:26. Jimmy Huntington (2) and Pierrick Dubé (4) had the assists.
Snives cleaning up in front on the power play!
🍎 Huntington
🍏 Dubé pic.twitter.com/EdkFqMLDlW— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) October 29, 2023
The Bears held the comfortable 4-1 lead in to the second intermission. The Pens led in shots 11-10 in the second period with the Bears leading 22-20 after two periods. The Penguins were 1 for 3 and the Bears 2 for 3 on the power play after two periods.
THIRD PERIOD
The Bears stretched their lead to 5-1 on Jimmy Huntington‘s third goal of the season at 4:41 of the final frame. Alex Limoges (7) and Joe Snively (6) had the helpers.
Third goal of the season and third point of the day for @huntington_jim!
🍎 Limoges (0g, 3a)
🍏 Snively (2g, 1a) pic.twitter.com/qEML06jLkq— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) October 29, 2023
The Bears made it 6-1 on Bogdan Trineyev‘s first career AHL goal at 16:50. Nic Aubé-Kubel (1) and Jake Massie (1) had the helpers.
Bogdan Trineyev dents the twine for his first career AHL goals. Bears lead 6-1. #ALLCAPS #HBH pic.twitter.com/09S16cQu9I
— Capitals Prospects (@jon_m_sorensen) October 29, 2023
And that would be the final.
SHAVINGS
- AHL box score
- Attendance: 8,050