Bears Defeat Devils in Shootout
March 26, 2016 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release
HERSHEY, Pa. - Dan Ellis made 26 saves in the first 65 minutes and four of five in the ensuing shootout, helping the Hershey Bears sweep their week of games in a 3-2 victory on Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd of 10,352 at GIANT Center.
The Bears would strike first, breaking out of their own end with a four-on-two rush. After several short passes, Travis Boyd tapped a Jakub Vrana feed behind a helpless Ken Appleby at 9:30.
Albany evened the score at 2:14 of the second, when Corbin McPherson's slap shot from the right wing deflected over the shoulder of Ellis.
Another beautiful passing play would earn Hershey the lead again. From the trapezoid behind the Albany net, Chandler Stephenson backhanded a pass diagonally toward the bottom of the left circle. Riley Barber was there to one-time a sharp-angle shot into the net at 8:36 for the rookie's 20th goal of the season.
But just 28 seconds later, former Bears forward Jim O'Brien would set up in the low slot and angle a perfect deflection of Reece Scarlett's shot from the point inside the left post to tie the contest.
Both Ellis and Appleby denied six third-period shots, and an exciting overtime followed, which featured Hershey outshooting Albany 6-3 and each team finding the goal post once.
Vrana scored in the second round and Barber in the fifth, while Ellis stopped all but Brian O'Neill's third-round chance - of which he got a small piece - to push the Bears to victory.
The Bears travel to face the Hartford Wolf Pack in the season series finale next Friday, April 1. Face-off from the XL Center is set for 7:15 PM. Fans may catch the broadcast beginning at 6:35 on the Bears Radio Network of affiliates WQIC-FM 100.1, WTKT-AM 1460, WOYK-AM 1350, via the iHeartRadio App (Fox Sports 1460 Harrisburg) and online at FoxSports1460.com. Fans may watch the game for a small fee at AHLLive.com.
Hershey returns home to face the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Friday, April 8 at 7:00 PM. The first 3,000 fans will receive a logo golf ball courtesy of Fairview Golf Course. Individual tickets are available at the GIANT Center box office, by calling (717) 508-BEAR or online at TicketMaster.com.
NOTES: President/GM Doug Yingst was honored in a pre-game ceremony that featured representatives of the five Calder Cup championship teams of which he was a part (1988-Mitch Lamoureux, 1997-Mike McHugh, 2006-Frederic Cassivi, 2009-Bryan Helmer, 2010-Troy Mann), as well as AHL President and CEO David Andrews and Hershey Entertainment and Resorts CEO Bill Simpson...Hershey played its league-leading 11th shootout of the season...The Bears and Devils each picked up a win in the season series, with both going beyond regulation...Hershey reclaimed the top spot in the Atlantic...The Bears scratched C Carter Camper, LW Paul Carey, G Mark Dekanich, LW Kevin Elgestal, D Tyler Lewington and D Mike Moore...The Devils scratched D Brandon Burlon, C Blake Coleman, D Raman Hrabarenka, D Dan Kelly, C Ryan Kujawinski, RW Nick Lappin, RW Chris McKelvie and LW Rod Pelley.
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