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Bears Storm Back, Defeat Crunch in Overtime

December 21, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
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HERSHEY, Pa. - Sean Collinsstarted the Hershey Bears' third-period comeback and then finished it with agoal 25 seconds into overtime, sending the hosts to a 5-4 come-from-behindvictory over the Syracuse Crunch on Sunday evening in front of 10,089 fans atGIANT Center.

The Bears would have a steep hill to climb in this game, findingthemselves down 3-0 after one period with all three goals coming on the Crunchpower play. With Aaron Nessserving a penalty, Tye McGinn set up at the top of the crease to redirect apass from Adam Erne behind Justin Peters at 8:06.

Erne would make it 2-0, collecting a cross-ice pass and ripping asnap shot under the crossbar and in at 10:45.

McGinn scored his second of the night with a wrist shot from theslot through a screen at 13:21, giving the Crunch a 3-0 advantage. Peters would play out the period butwould be replaced by Dan Ellis at the start of the second.

Ryan Stanton got the Bears on the board at 13:39, firing a slapshot into the upper-right corner behind Adam Wilcox off of a nice feed byCarter Camper.

Just 1:03 later, Chandler Stephenson started a three-point nightby beating Wilcox with a wrist shot and cutting the Bears' deficit to 3-2.

On an early third-period power play, Christian Djoos would bechallenged by two Syracuse forwards and coughed up the puck at the point. Jeff Tambellini collected a head-manpass from Philippe Paradis and slipped a shot between Ellis' pads for ashorthanded goal and a 4-2 lead.

Collins' first of two goals came at the 9:00 mark, as he andteammate Mike Moore took the puck to the paint. Collins tried to tuck the puck over to Moore but the puckbanked in off of a Crunch defenseman, bringing the Bears back within one.

Djoos redeemed himself when he and Dustin Gazley combined on anifty give-and-go play in the right corner. Djoos sent a pass down the right wall to Gazley and thenheaded to the slot. Gazley gave itback to Djoos who ripped a shot past Wilcox at 11:22, tying the game.

Collins finished things off by getting past the Syracuse defenseafter receiving a feed from Stephenson, and taking a low shot that beat Wilcoxthrough the pads.

Ellis made seven saves on eight shots in relief of Peters andearned the win, improving to 7-4-3. Wilcox turned away 39 of 44 shots in the loss. The Bears finished 0-for-5 on the power play and 3-for-6 onthe penalty kill.

The Bears are back after the holiday break to host theWilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Saturday, December 26 at 7:00 PM. It's a Dietz and Watson Dollar DogNight, and all fans may purchase hot dogs for $1 at select concession stands. Tickets are available at the GIANTCenter box office, by calling 717-508-BEAR or online at TicketMaster.com.

NOTES: The Bears scratched LW Chris Bourque, D ErikBurgdoerfer, RW Garrett Mitchell and LW Jakub Vrana...The only Syracuse scratchwas C Tanner Richard, recalled by Tampa Bay earlier in the day...The Bearssnapped an eight-game skid against the Crunch with the win, which dated back tothe last Hershey victory on January 25, 2014...Carter Camper extended his pointstreak to three games with his assist (2-2-4)...The Bears tied aseason high for shots on goal in the game (44) and posted more than 20 in asingle period for the first time since April 18 against Lehigh Valley.

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