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Ivan Miroshnichenko Scores 3rd Goal Of The Season On “Hockey Fights Cancer” Night, But Bears Fall To Phantoms, 4-1

Jon Sorensen
Photo: AHL TV

The Hershey Bears fell to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, 4-1 Sunday afternoon at Giant Center in Hershey, PA. Ivan Miroshnichenko scored the lone goal for the Bears on “Hockey Fights Cancer” night. The loss drops the Bears record to 9-4-0 on the season.

LINEUP

Clay Stevenson got the start between the pipes for the Bears. Nolan Maier got the start in goal for the visiting Phantoms. The forward lines and defensive pairs for the Bears:

Alex Limoges – Mike Sgarbossa – Ethen Frank
Joe Snively – Jimmy Huntington – Pierrick Dube
Ivan Miroshnichenko – Garrett Roe – Henrik Rybinski
Matthew Strome – Riley Sutter – Bogdan Trineyev

Aaron Ness – Chase Priskie
Jake Massie – Logan Day
Dmitry Osipov – Vincent Iorio

Clay Stevenson
Mitch Gibson

Scratches: Mike Vecchione (game-time scratch, upper-body injury, day-to-day), Ryan Hofer, Colin Swoyer, Nicky Leibermann.

Recalls and Re-assignments – Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Hunter Shepard were recalled by the Capitals on Friday. Dylan McIlrath was recalled by the Capitals Saturday afternoon. The Capitals re-assigned Mitchell Gibson from ECHL South Carolina to AHL Hershey on Friday. Alexander Suzdalev was re-assigned to Mora IK of HockeyAllsvenskan (Sweden-2) earlier this week.

FIRST PERIOD

The Phantoms opened the scoring with a tally from Garrett Wilson (3) at 13:46 of the first period. Rhett Gardner (1) and Adam Ginning (4) had the helpers.

And that was it for the opening stanza. Hershey led in shots on goal, 14-7 in the first 20 minutes. The Bears were 0 for 1 on the power play while Lehigh Valley did not have a man advantage in the initial frame.

SECOND PERIOD

The Bears tied the game early in the second period on Ivan Miroshnichenko‘s third goal of the season at 5:53 of the second period. Logan Day (2) and Jake Massie (2) had the assists.

But the Phantoms quickly restored their one-goal lead. Rhett Gardner (3) reinstated Lehigh Valley’s lead at 9:17 of the second period. Garrett Wilson (6) and Helge Grans (3) had the assists.

The second period concluded with the Bears trailing, 2-1. Hershey led in shots, 7-5 in the second period and 21-12 after two periods of play. Hershey was 0 for 5 and Lehigh Valley 0 for 1 on the power play after two periods.

THIRD PERIOD

The Phantoms stretched their lead to 3-1 early in the final frame on a tally from Jon-Randall Avon (3) at 2:06. Cooper Marody (6) had the lone assist.

The Phantoms quickly made it 4-1 on Cooper Marody fourth goal of the season at 4:06. Olle Lycksell (2) and Emil Andrae (2) had the helpers.

The Phantoms held on for the 4-1 win.

SHAVINGS

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