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Bears stunned in Worcester 7-6 in shootout

March 16, 2007 - American Hockey League (AHL)
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Despite a half dozen goals, the BEARS dropped a 7-6 shootout decision in Worcester Friday night against the Sharks. Worcester claims the two-game season series with a pair of victories, and the win also keeps HERSHEY from getting to the 40-win plateau for the second consecutive game.

HERSHEY opened the scoring in a goal-crazy first 20 minutes. Dave Steckel popped in his 25th goal of the season at 2:47. The goal came off a rebound of a Quintin Laing shot and gave the BEARS a 1-0 lead. Graham Mink would again haunt his former team, scoring his second goal against HERSHEY in two games, and his 21st of the season at 9:27 to tie the game at 1-1 The scoring was just getting warmed up, when Steckel tipped an Andy Hedlund right point shot at 12:56 to give the BEARS a 2-1 lead. After the BEARS started the game on a 7-0 shot run, Worcester started to turn the tide in the second half of the period. Mathieu Darche would score a pair of goals, one at 14:03 and one at 16:58 to give the Sharks a 3-2 lead. Trailing by that mark late in the period, the BEARS would rally for the lead before intermission. Tim Wedderburn scored his first goal of the season at 17:18 from the top of the left circle to tie the game, and Matt Hendricks would pop in a rebound off a Troy Milam right point shot at 18:59. HERSHEY would score four times on 13 shots against Dimitri Patzold, while the Sharks scored three times on 12 shots against Frederic Cassivi. The BEARS took a 4-3 lead to the dressing room after one.

The game really turned into a tale of two games in the second period, with neither team scoring after a game that featured seven goals in the first. The BEARS led off the scoring with Kyle Wilson's 18th goal of the year at 1:28. Worcester got back within a goal when Craig Valette scored his 10th of the season at 5:22. The Sharks tied the game when Scott Ferguson redirected a puck off his leg into the back of the goal to tie the game at 5-5. HERSHEY seemingly put the game away with a goal late from Hendricks at 15:10 from Wilson and Milam, but the Sharks found the back of the net again to tie the game at 6-6 when Mink scored his second of the game and 22nd of the season. After a scoreless overtime, Worcester won the shootout one goal to one to claim the game 7-6.

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