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Bears Down IceCaps in Season Series Finale

March 13, 2016 - American Hockey League (AHL)
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ST. JOHN'S, NL, Canada - With his parents in the house visiting from nearby NovaScotia, Zach Sill sent them home happy by scoring the game-winner with 1:05left in regulation to help the Hershey Bears defeat the St. John's IceCaps 3-2on Sunday evening at Mile One Centre.

The game started out in a manner similar to last night's contest,as the Bears would strike for the first goal of the game. Not long after EddiePasquale robbed Riley Barber with a glove save on a rebound chance, ChandlerStephenson won a faceoff in the defensive zone, and then took off with ChrisBourque. Stephenson got a beat onMorgan Ellis before centering, and from the middle slot, Bourque ripped his 26thgoal of the season past Pasquale.

The IceCaps earned their first power play of the game just afterthe first minute of the middle period, and connected to tie things up. Gabriel Dumont got position at the netfront and backhanded the rebound of Ellis' point shot past Justin Peters at2:59.

But the Bears would get the go-ahead marker on another cleanfaceoff win, this time by Nathan Walker. The puck slid to Sean Collins, who fed the left point. Burgdoerfer let a low shot go that slidthrough traffic and past Pasquale at 11:34 for the blueliner's fifth goal ofthe season.

In the third period, the Bears would kill off a two-man advantagefor St. John's and were about to head to another kill. But the IceCaps wouldn't need the manadvantage. With a bouncing pucksitting in front of two players, John Scott came flying in to jam the puckbehind Peters at 4:04 with Pasquale on the bench, tying the contest.

Entertaining hockey followed with the score deadlocked 2-2. The Bears finally broke through withthe go-ahead goal with just 1:05 left to play. Burgdoerfer began the play with an outlet feed to RyanBourque, who led Sill down the left wing. Pasquale waved at his shot but the puck dropped over the line and putthe Bears in front for good.

Peters made 23 saves and improved to 13-8-6 on the season, whilePasquale dropped to 10-7-3 in making 26 stops.

The Bears remain in the Atlantic Division lead with a record of35-17-3-7.

Hershey returns to action on Saturday, March 19 with another roadtrip to face the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The face-off is set for 7:05 PM from Mohegan Sun Arena. Fans may catch the broadcast beginning at6:25 PM 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 atFoxSports1460.com. Fans may watchthe games for a small fee at AHLLive.com.

The Bears' next home game is also against the Penguins on Sunday,March 20 at 5:00 PM. It's a Dietzand Watson Dollar Dog Night, and fans may purchase hot dogs for $1 at selectconcession stands. The Bears willwear special St. Patrick's Day theme jerseys that will be auctioned off livefollowing the game. Tickets areavailable at the GIANT Center box office, by phone at 717-508-BEAR, or onlineat TicketMaster.com.

NOTES: Bourque's goal moved him to 66 points on the season(26-40-66) and matched his 2014-15 point total with Hartford...The Bears finishedthe season series with a 2-1-0-1 record against the IceCaps...Justin Petersearned his first win since February 13 at Springfield...The Bears scratched LWPaul Carey, RW Caleb Herbert and D Ryan Stanton...RW Garrett Mitchell served the secondof a three-game suspension...The IceCaps scratched F Shane Bakker, C MichaelBournival, D Travis Brown, LW Connor Crisp and C Markus Eisenschmid.

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