Barber's Hat Trickhelps Bears Cruise Past Crunch
January 30, 2016 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release
HERSHEY, Pa. - Riley Barber highlighted a big Hershey Bears win with a hat trick plus anassist, and Dan Ellis turned away 24 of 25 shots to help the hosts to aconvincing 5-1 win over the Syracuse Crunch on Saturday night in front of10,964 at GIANT Center. The Bears sweptthe weekend home-and-home set with five goals in both games, and split theseason series three games each.
Syracuse would grab the firstgoal of the contest after the Bears owned most of the early-gamepossession. Newly-signed AndrewYogan trailed the play on a rush, collected a pass from Henri Ikonen and rippeda wrist shot off of the back-corner crossbar at 15:57. Time would need to be added to theclock as video replay was required to confirm the goal at the next whistle.
Nathan Walker tied the game at18:09, sneaking into the slot behind the Syracuse defense to one-time a feedfrom Barber behind Kristers Gudlevskis for his ninth goal of the season.
In the middle frame, Hersheygrabbed its first lead of the game. Dustin Gazley was denied on a shot from the right side of the Syracusenet, but the rebound of his shot came back to him. With Gudlevskis off the post, Gazley fed Carter Camper for achip-shot into the upper-left corner at 14:58.
The Bears made it 3-1 whenBarber ripped a drop-pass from Gomez past Gudlevskis at 18:39.
Barber's second of the nightcame on the Bears' second power play chance of the night. Travis Boyd's shot was deflected to theleft of the Crunch net, and the bouncing puck came wildly off of the backboards right to Barber for a tap-in at 1:01 of the third period.
The rookie would complete thehat trick by hitting the empty net from center ice at 19:35.
Ellis made many tough saves inthe third period on the penalty kill and backstopped his 14th win ofthe season (14-6-4). Gudlevskissaw his record drop to 8-8-4 with 23 saves on 28 shots. The Bears finished the night 1-for-4 onthe power play and 4-for-4 on the penalty kill.
The Bears return from theAll-Star break on Friday, February 5 with a 7:05 PM faceoff against theBinghamton Senators from the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena. Fans can catch the broadcast beginningat 6:25 PM on the Bears Radio Network of affiliates WQIC-FM 100.1, WTKT-AM 1460,WOYK-AM 1350, online at FoxSports1460.com and via the iHeartRadio app (FoxSports 1460 Harrisburg). Fans maywatch the game for a small fee at AHLLive.com.
Hershey returns home onSaturday, February 6 for a 7:00 PM matchup against the Lehigh ValleyPhantoms. Hershey celebratesChocolate-Covered February and all fans will receive candy upon exit courtesyof the Hershey Company. Ticketsare available at the GIANT Center box office, by calling (717)508-BEAR oronline at TicketMaster.com.
NOTES: LW Jakub Vrana finished up his two-gamesuspension tonight...The Bears also scratched RW Chris Brown, RW Caleb Herbert, DJoey Leach, D Tyler Lewington, D Mike Moore and C Chandler Stephenson...TheCrunch scratched C Cameron Darcy, D Jake Dotchin, C Tye McGinn, D Joey Mormina,LW Philippe Paradis, C Matthew Peca and C Jeff Tambellini...Riley Barber's hattrick was the first since Casey Wellman recorded three goals in Game Four ofthe Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the Worcester Sharks last May 1...Barber'shat trick was the first in the regular season since Wellman scored three atCharlotte on November 14, 2013...Scott Gomez extended his point streak to fivegames (1-8-9).
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