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The Hershey Bears downed the Bridgeport Islanders, 3-1 Saturday night at the Giant Center in Hershey. Logan Day, Chase Priskie and Alex Limoges scored for the Bears in the win. The victory improves the Bears record to 8-3-0 on the season.
LINEUP
Clay Stevenson got the start between the pipes for the Bears. Jacob Skarek got the start in goal for the visiting Islanders. The forward lines and defensive pairs for the Bears:
Mike Vecchione – Mike Sgarbossa – Ethen Frank
Joe Snively – Henrik Rybinski – Alex Limoges
Ivan Miroshnichenko – Ryan Hofer –Pierrick Dube
Matthew Strome – Riley Sutter – Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Aaron Ness – Dylan McIlrath
Jake Massie – Logan Day
Chase Priskie – Vincent Iorio
Clay Stevenson
Hunter Shepard
Scratches: Jimmy Huntington (upper body injury), Bogdan Trineyev, Garrett Roe, Alexander Suzdalev, Colin Swoyer, Nicky Leibermann, Dmitry Osipov.
Recalls and Re-assignments – Julian Napravnik was released by the Bears this week.
FIRST PERIOD
The Islanders opened the scoring with 6:53 remaining in the opening stanza. Samuel Asselin (2) notched the game’s opening tally with a netfront, gritty goal at 13:07. Paul LaDue (1) and Jeff Kubiak (1) had the helpers.
📣 SAMUEL ASSELINNNNN#SupremePort | #Isles pic.twitter.com/APF1ufbpbS
— Bridgeport Islanders (@AHLIslanders) November 4, 2023
The Bears tied the game with less than three minutes remaining in the period. Logan Day (2) recorded the tying tally at 17:02. Joe Snively (7) and Henrik Rybinski (1) had the assists.
Day 🚀 for his second of the season!
🍎 Snively
🍏 Rybinski pic.twitter.com/nKMW0qiHGM— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) November 4, 2023
The game remained tied heading into the first intermission. Bridgeport led in shots 10-4 in the first 20 minutes. The Islanders were 0 for 1 and the Bears 0 for 3 on the power play.
SECOND PERIOD
The Bears and Islanders skated to a scoreless draw in the middle frame.
Hershey led in shots 11-9 in the second period, with Bridgeport leading 19-15 after two periods.
Bridgeport was 0 for 1 and Hershey 0 for 4 on the power play after 40 minutes of play.
THIRD PERIOD
The Bears took a 2-1 lead on a power play goal from Chase Priskie (2) with just under eight minutes remaining in the third period. Mike Sgarbossa (9) and Alex Limoges (8) had the helpers.
Heatin’ up 🔥@priskie4‘s got his second of the season and points in four straight!
🍎 Sgarbossa
🍏 Limoges pic.twitter.com/g3aGEHnVRk— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) November 5, 2023
The Bears quickly made it 3-1 on Alex Limoges second goal with the Bears. The tally was setup by a nice centering pass from Joe Snively.
The Virginia boys hookup to make it 3-1 Bears. Joe Snively with a sweet dish to Alex Limoges for his second goal with the Bears. #HBH #AALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/AsXM5Rn5qv
— Capitals Prospects (@jon_m_sorensen) November 5, 2023
That would be the final.
Shots finished 27-23 in favor of the Islanders. Stevenson went 26-for-27 for Hershey to pick up his third win of the season; Skarek went 20-for-23 in the loss for Bridgeport. Hershey was 1-for-6 on the power play; the Islanders went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Go Bears !
Good game by Stevenson in goal.
I want to hate Chase Priskie given how he gave us the bird after college. But i am getting over it. He has been very solid for Bears.
If TVR is out for a bit, I could see Priskie getting a call up (over Iorio). Similar to giving Lapierre a reward with couple of games.
Is it strange that Alexander Suzdalev has not played a game this season?
Very puzzling. If he can’t make the roster in Hershey, why not the ECHL or juniors? He could even be loaned out to a different AHL team. No action and no word on him at all is extremely odd.