Admirals up next as Bears kick off four-game homestand Saturday
March 8, 2004 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release
Last Week: The BEARS traveled to Providence for the fourth and final meeting of the season with the Bruins and lost 3-2 at Dunkin Donuts Center Friday night. Former HERSHEY forward Matt Herr scored his second goal of the game with just 40 seconds left in regulation to give Providence the victory. Brett Clark and Shane Willis scored goals on Friday in the losing effort. Saturday night found the BEARS in Worcester against the Icecats, and HERSHEY dropped a 5-2 decision at Worcester's Centrum Center. Cody McCormick scored a short-handed goal in the first period, and Steve Brule scored his 25th goal of the season to provide the offense. Peter Budaj allowed three goals in the third period to absorb the loss. Sunday, the BEARS played at Lowell against the Lock Monsters for only the third time in team history. Lowell edged HERSHEY 5-4 on a late third period goal by Brett Lysak. The BEARS battled back from a three goal deficit in the second period to tie the game, only to lose in the third. Gavin Morgan was named the game's number two star for scoring two goals. Shane Willis and Steve Brule added goals on Sunday at Tsongas Arena as well. With the three losses, HERSHEY stands in fourth place in the East Division with 68 points, just one point back of third place Norfolk but just four points ahead of sixth place Binghamton in a tight divisional race.
Notables: Cody McCormick's short-handed goal Saturday night was the first scored by HERSHEY since February 4th. Darren Rumble scored a shorty that night against the Albany River Rats at GIANT Center. The BEARS picked up a season high 83 penalty minutes on Sunday in Lowell against the Lock Monsters. The two teams combined for 118 penalty minutes Sunday, which also was a HERSHEY season high. After going unbeaten in eight straight games against the Atlantic Division from the start of the season, the BEARS have now lost five in a row against Atlantic competition. HERSHEY also has lost five straight road games, a season high. Mark Jerant was recalled from Elmira (UHL) in time for Sunday's game at Lowell. Jerant had been assigned Wednesday to the United Hockey League club after practice Pascal Trepanier is second in the AHL in scoring among defenseman with 38 points starting the week. Eric Perrin is tied with Cleveland's Miroslav Zalesak for the league lead in scoring with 68 points. Zalesak was recalled to the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. Dennis Bonvie is fourth in the AHL in penalty minutes with 247. He trails Philadelphia's Peter Vandermeer (338), former Binghamton teammate Brian McGrattan (284) and Springfield's Trevor Gillies (268)
Colorado Update: The Avalanche begin the week one point ahead of Vancouver for the Northwest Division lead, but are coming off the worst home loss in team history on Sunday. Colorado lost 7-1 to Calgary at Pepsi Center on Sunday afternoon, with former BEARS goaltender Phil Sauve allowing all seven goals. The Avs are now 2-6-2-1 in their last ten games, and just 1-5-3-1 in the last ten home games. Tony Granato's team faces a critical road game tonight in Vancouver against the Canucks to begin a three game road trip. The Avalanche will also travel to Edmonton for a game on Wednesday night before traveling to Phoenix to face the Coyotes.
Tampa Bay Update: It just keeps getting better for Tampa Bay, who have now won eight straight games after a 5-3 win at Florida Saturday night. The Bolts now have 90 points, the top total in the Eastern Conference and all the National Hockey League. Tampa leads second place Florida by a whopping 25 points. Martin St. Louis was named the NHL's offensive player of the month for February, after winning the same award in January. He's the first NHL player to win back-to-back offensive player of the month awards since Wayne Gretzky in December 1986 and January 1987. Tampa plays tonight on the road at Detroit before playing Wednesday night at Carolina versus the Hurricanes. John Tortorella's team plays at home Friday against the New York Rangers and Saturday against Carolina.
Upcoming promotions: Frederick Photo Night is Sunday, March 14th at GIANT Center when the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins come to call. A free HERSHEY BEARS Bic Marker to the first 5,000 fans in attendance, and all fans may come onto the ice after the game to take photos of their favorite BEARS players. All fans who enter the ice post-game will also receive a free HERSHEY BEARS team photo. On Wednesday, March 17th, the BEARS will host the Hartford Wolfpack for St. Patrick's Day. The team will wear special St. Patrick's Day jerseys that will be auctioned off after the game. March 21st is Brett Clark Bobblehead night at GIANT Center when the BEARS host the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. A free bobblehead doll of Clark will be given away to the first 5,000 fans in attendance thanks to your local Dodge Dealers.
Practice Schedule (Subject to Change):
Monday, March 8: Off Day
Tuesday, March 9: Practice at HERSHEYPARK Arena 10:00 a.m. Off Ice Conditioning after
Wednesday, March 10: Practice at HERSHEYPARK Arena 10:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 11: Practice at HERSHEYPARK Arena 10:00 a.m.
Friday, March 12: Practice at HERSHEYPARK Arena 10:00 a.m.
Saturday, March 13: Home game vs. Norfolk 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 14: Home game vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 5:00 p.m.
The week ahead:
Saturday, March 13: Norfolk Admirals at BEARS 7:00 PM Game #68, Home Game #34 Radio: 92.7 WSJW PRE-GAME 6:40 PM
Sunday, March 14: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at BEARS 5:00 PM Game #69, Home Game #35 Radio: 92.7 WSJW PRE-GAME 4:40 PM
FOR TICKET INFORMATION, CALL THE GIANT CENTER BOX OFFICE AT (717) 534-3911
American Hockey League Stories from March 8, 2004
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- Phantoms defeat Albany 6-1 - Adirondack Phantoms
- Islanders Trade Nasreddine For Webb - Bridgeport Islanders
- Kings Recall Hnilicka; Assign Chouinard And Grebeshkov - Manchester Monarchs
- Royal Review - Manchester Monarchs
- Kings Acquire Carter; Trade Aulin - Manchester Monarchs
- Moose wrap up homestand this week - Manitoba Moose
- Laviolette Heads Binghamton Hall of Fame Inductees - Binghamton Senators
- Thrashers Deal Piros for Rossiter - Chicago Wolves
- River Rats back in town for four in five - Albany River Rats
- Falcons release Dickie and Littlejohn from PTO agreements - Springfield Falcons
- Scoville Reassigned to Syracuse - Syracuse Crunch
- Griffins earn first invitation to 2004 Calder Cup Playoffs - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Wolves Weekly - Chicago Wolves
- P-Bruins play four games this week - Providence Bruins
- Worcester's Evans named AHL Player of the Week - Worcester IceCats
- Falcons to honor 10th Anniversary team Friday with commenorative poster - Springfield Falcons
- Sound Tigers Back In First Place - Bridgeport Islanders
- Manitoba Moose Sports Carnival Raises Close to $30,000 - Manitoba Moose
- Flurry of NHL trades makes for wild weekend around AHL - AHL
- Admirals up next as Bears kick off four-game homestand Saturday - Hershey Bears
- IceCats' Evans named Sher-Wood AHL Player of the Week - AHL
- Bulldogs finish four-game road trip in Milwaukee Tuesday - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Aeros split two, maintain fourth-place positioning - Houston Aeros
- Leclaire Records Second Shutout - Syracuse Crunch
- Barons Weekly Report - Cleveland Barons
- Norfolk climbs to third place in East - Norfolk Admirals
- Lowell Lock Monsters Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Irish Micky Ward - Albany Devils
- Bulldogs four-game unbeaten streak snapped - Hamilton Bulldogs
- B-Sens weekly - Binghamton Senators
- Aeros Game Day - Houston Aeros
- Griffins welcome special guests Mike Vernon and Carter Oosterhouse - Grand Rapids Griffins
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