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Bears Force Extra Time But Fall in Shootout

January 25, 2016 - American Hockey League (AHL)
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HERSHEY, Pa. -Chris Bourque's 20th goal of the season came at an opportune time asthe league's leading scorer earned the Hershey Bears a big point in a 6-5shootout setback against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Monday night at GIANTCenter.

Despite getting four power playchances in the opening period, the Bears would find themselves down by a goalat the intermission. On the fourthopportunity, Phantoms forwards Taylor Leier and Cole Bardreau took off on atwo-on-one chance. Leier's hardshot from the right wall was blockered down by Peters and the puck dropped offof the goal post. Bardreau jumpedin and slammed the puck home at 19:12 for a 1-0 Phantoms lead.

A wild second period followed,with each team scoring three goals in succession. The Bears first rattled off three in a span of 3:01 to takea 3-1 lead. Mike Moore started itoff with a long-range wrist shot from the left point that got past the glove ofAnthony Stolarz at 7:11.

Madison Bowey, who set upMoore's goal, would cruise into the slot to one-time a feed from Sean Collinsthrough Stolarz's pads at 8:41, putting the Bears in front.

Scott Gomez would then make aperfect, long-range pass to hit Paul Carey in stride behind the Phantoms'defense. Carey buried his chanceunder the crossbar for a 3-1 edge at 10:45.

But Lehigh Valley would stormback. Bardreau made a similar playas he did to score his first goal, diving to backhand the rebound of a shotfrom Colin McDonald past Peters at 13:19.

Davis Drewiske later tied thegame, getting open at the top of the crease to tuck a pass from Chris Connerunder Stolarz's pads at 17:39.

Conner made another strong playto feed a cutting Taylor Leier on the Phantoms' third power play chance of thegame. Leier stuffed a one-timeshot at Peters' pads and the puck slid over the line at 18:52 for a 4-3Phantoms lead.

McDonald scored the Phantoms'second power play goal of the game, snapping a shot off of a Conner feed overPeters' shoulder at 4:14 of the third period.

Hershey then made it a 5-4 gameon Travis Boyd's ninth of the season. The rookie corralled a bouncing puck in the slot and ripped it pastStolarz at 13:06 before the goaltender could track it down.

Bourque's heroics came on the Bears'eighth and final power play chance of the game. After taking one shot that deflected off the mark, hecollected a feed from Gomez and blew a shot past Stolarz from the center pointat 14:17 for the equalizer.

Peters came up big on twoovertime chances for the Phantoms. Early on, he made a reaction save as a puck bounced toward him off of ateammate. Inside the final 15 seconds,he smothered a Conner bank-shot attempt on the goal line that needed replay toconfirm.

Leier and Nick Cousins wouldbury their shots in the shootout while Stolarz stopped Christian Djoos andBoyd, and the Phantoms took the victory.

Peters finished with 26 savesbut fell to 9-6-5 on the season. Stolarz also made 26 saves through 65 minutes and improved to13-10-3. The Bears finished1-for-8 on the power play and 3-for-5 on the penalty kill.

With the win, Hershey'sunbeaten streak reaches six games (4-0-1-1).

The Bears hit the road forupstate New York and the team's first matchup of the season against the AlbanyDevils on Wednesday, January 27. Face-off from the Times Union Center is set for 7:00 PM. Fans may catch the broadcast beginningwith the M&C Foreign Car Parts pre-game show at 6:20 PM on the Bears RadioNetwork of affiliates WQIC-FM 100.1, WTKT-AM 1460, via the iHeartRadio app (FoxSports 1460 Harrisburg) or online at FoxSports1460.com. Fans may also watch the game for asmall fee at AHLLive.com.

The Bears return home onSaturday, January 30 for a 7:00 PM matchup against the Syracuse Crunch. The first 4,000 fans through the gateswill receive a Bears knit cap courtesy of PSECU. Tickets are available at the GIANT Center box office, bycalling 717-508-BEAR or online at TicketMaster.com.

NOTES: Tonight's game was rescheduled fromSaturday night due to the recent severe winter weather...The Bears scratched RWChris Brown, RW Dustin Gazley, RW Caleb Herbert, D Joey Leach, D TylerLewington and C Chandler Stephenson...The Phantoms scratched C Tim Brent, DAndrew MacDonald, RW Michael Parks, D Logan Pyett, LW Jay Rosehill, LW PetrStraka and C Kevin Sundher...The Bears played their league-leading eighthshootout of the season, and the third against the Phantoms...Bourque recorded the10th goal of his last 10 games and has points in 18 of his last 20(14-13-27)...Bourque is back tied for the AHL scoring lead (20-22-42) and hasalso tied for the league lead in goals...Hershey recorded its 17th pointwhen trailing after two periods (6-11-1-4) and 13th when trailing athome (5-5-1-2), both tops in the AHL.

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