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The Hershey Bears downed the Iowa Wild, 2-1 Sunday afternoon at the Giant Center in Hershey. Ethen Frank scored his eighth goal of the season, Alex Limoges added his fifth tally of the season and Clay Stevenson stopped 26 of 27 shots he faced in the victory. The win improves the Bears record to 15-4-0 on the season.
LINEUP
Clay Stevenson got the start between the pipes for the Bears. Zane McIntyre got the start in goal for the visiting Wild. The forward lines and defensive pairs for the Bears:
Mike Vecchione – Mike Sgarbossa – Ethen Frank
Joe Snively – Jimmy Huntington – Alex Limoges
Bogdan Trineyev – Garrett Roe – Pierrick Dube
Ivan Miroshnichenko – Riley Sutter – Matthew Strome
Hardy Haman-Aktell – Dylan McIlrath
Aaron Ness – Vincent Iorio
Chase Priskie – Logan Day
Clay Stevenson
Hunter Shepard
Scratches: Jake Massie (lower body injury), Henrik Rybinski (upper body injury), Ryan Hofer, Dmitry Osipov, Nicky Leibermann and Colin Swoyer.
FIRST PERIOD
The Bears opened the scoring with a power play tally from Ethen Frank (8) at 9:47 of the first frame. Chase Priskie (9) and Mike Sgarbossa (15) had the helpers. It was Frank’s 5th power play goal of the season.
Ethen Frank with his 8th goal of the season, a bomb on the power play. #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/DcHlaok9xu
— Capitals Prospects (@jon_m_sorensen) November 26, 2023
The Bears quickly made it 2-0 with another power play goal, this time from Alex Limoges (5) at 13:31. Mike Sgarbossa (16) and Ethen Frank (7) had the assists.
Last night, zero chances with the power play
Tonight? 2-for-2 so far – this time it’s @LimogesAlex with his fifth of the season!
🍎Sgarbossa
🍏Frank https://t.co/HETDNRBRzm pic.twitter.com/RFviicPZke— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) November 26, 2023
The Bears held the 2-0 lead into the first intermission. Hershey led in shots 10-3. The Bears were 2 for 2 and the Wild 0 for 1 on the power play in the first 20 minutes.
SECOND PERIOD
The Wild closed the gap to 2-1 with a power play tally of their own from Jake Lucchini (7) at 10:31. Nic Petan (13) and Dakota Mermis (1) had the assists.
appreciate that bounce 🤌
🚨: Jake Lucchini
🍎: Nic Petan, Dakota Mermis#ItStartsInDSM | #IAvsHER pic.twitter.com/fa2iLx3YUa— Iowa Wild (@IAWild) November 26, 2023
And that was it for the scoring in the middle frame. Iowa outshot Hershey 19-5 in the second period. The Bears were 2 for 4 and the Wild 1 for 3 on the power play after 40 minutes of play.
THIRD PERIOD
The Wild had a power play and pulled their goaltender with 2:25 remaining in regulation for a 6-4 man-advantage., but the Bears were able to shut the door for the 2-1 win.
SHAVINGS
- AHL box score
- Attendance: 8,888
- Stars of the game: 1) Clay Stevenson, 2) Alex Limoges and 3) Garrett Roe