Sharks Season Comes to An End After Game 4 Loss in Hershey
May 1, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release
Hershey, PA -The Worcester Sharks (#7 seed in East) season came to an end after a Game 4 loss to the Hershey Bears (#2 seed in East) by the score of 10-4 in front 7,874 fans at the GIANT Center on Friday evening in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. The Bears won the series 3-1 as the Sharks played their last game as the Worcester Sharks as the team will move to San Jose, CA for the 2015-16 season and become the San Jose Barracuda.
Dylan Demelo, Karl Stollery, Ryaln Schwartz, and Matt Taormina scored for Worcester while Troy Grosenick and Aaron Dell each saw action for the Sharks in the loss. Casey Wellman (3-1-4), Chris Brown (2-0-2), Jacub Vrana (1-2-3), Tim Kennedy (1-2-3), and Cameron Schilling (1-2-3) all had big games for the Bears while Phillipp Grubauer (19-21) and Pheonix Copley (11-13) held down the fort in net as Hershey advanced to the second round of the Calder Cup playoffs.
A wild first period saw five total goals, nine penalties, 22 total shots, three goaltenders, and two timeouts used. Hershey scored three goals on four shots in the first 10:40 on goaltender Troy Grosenick to give Hershey a 3-0 advantage. Chris Brown (2nd) at 24 seconds, Dustin Gazley (1st) a shorthanded breakaway at 3:44, and Jacob Vrana (1st) at 10:40 scored for the Bears during the opening flurry. Aaron Dell replaced Troy Grosenick in net after the Vrana score. The Sharks finally got on the board after a goal mouth scramble which led to Ryan Carpenter finding birthday boy Dylan Demelo (1st) in the crease for an easy tap in at 12:17. Hershey scored with a two man advantage at 16:10 as Nate Schmidt (2nd) sent a puck across the crease that went off a Worcester defender and past Aaron Dell to give the Bears a 4-1 lead after 20 minutes. Each team had 11 shots on goals as Phillipp Grubauer made 10 saves for Hershey.
Hershey scored twice more in the second period to take a 6-2 lead into the second intermission. Karl Stollery (1st) fired home a power play goal at 4:07 of the second period to get the Sharks within a pair of goals at 4-2. But Cameron Schilling (2nd) answered back at 9:05 with a one timer shot from the left circle after a cross ice feed from Tim Kennedy to put Hershey ahead 5-2. Evan Trupp was ejected for slashing at 17:55 and the Bears scored on the major power play at 19:32 as Tim Kennedy (1st) gave the Bears a four goal advantage. Shots 31-21 Bears through 40 minutes as the Sharks trailed 6-2 after two periods of play.
Pheonix Copley began the third period in net for the Bears as Grubauer left the game with an undisclosed injury. Casey Wellman struck on the PP (2nd) at 1:28, Liam O'Brien (2nd) on the PP at 1:28 and Casey Wellman again at 2:09 of the third period put the game away for the Bears and gave Hershey a 9-2 lead early in the third period. Troy Grosenick came back in net for Worcester at 2:09 of the third period and Chris Brown (3rd) scored again at 8:06 to put Hershey up 10-2. Rylan Schwartz (1st) at 11:05 and Matt Taormina (1st) at 15:07 tacked on late goals for the Sharks as the Bears took Game 4 by the count of 10-4.
Notes: Three Stars: 3rd star: Chris Brown (2-0-2) 2nd star: Jakub Vrana (1-2-3) 1st star: Casey Wellman (3-1-4).... Final shots were 48-34 in favor of Hershey... Phillipp Grubauer made 19 saves on 21 shots for Hershey through two periods while Pheonix Copley made 11 saves on 13 shots in the third period.....Troy Grosenick made 12 saves on 16 shots for Worcester in 28:09 while Aaron Dell stopped 26 on 32 shots in 31:29....Worcester went 1-for-5 on the power play while Hershey went 4-for-9....Taylor Doherty, Matt Willows, John McCarthy, Joakim Ryan, Daniel Ciampini, Willie Coetzee, Daniel Doremus, Trevor Parkes, Petter Emanuelsson, Jimmy Bonneau, Julius Bergman, and JP Anderson did not dress for Worcester... Bears captain Steve Oleksy returned to the lineup after missing games 2 and 3 due to injury.... Worcester was whistled for 29 penalty minutes in the game - the most they have received in a game all season...Dylan Demelo (1-1-2) had a multipoint game on his 22nd birthday.
Coming up.... Hershey wins series 3-1
Game 1 Friday, April 24 Hershey 4 at Worcester 1
Game 2 Saturday, April 25 Hershey 3 at Worcester 1
Game 3 Wednesday, April 29 Worcester 4 at Hershey 1
Game 4 Friday, May 1 Worcester 4 at Hershey 10
THANK YOU SHARKS FANS FOR NINE AWESOME YEARS IN WORCESTER!!!!
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