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Bears Weekly: Bears Visit Charlotte for Final Road Trip

April 4, 2018 - American Hockey League (AHL)
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(Hershey, PA)-The Hershey Bears conclude the road portion of the 2017-18 season this weekend as they make the trip to North Carolina to battle the Charlotte Checkers in a pair of games. At 29-34-4-5, the Bears are in 7th place in the Atlantic Division and will look to make Charlotte's road to clinching a playoff spot a bit more difficult. Hershey has had a strong season series vs. the Checkers, winning four of the six meetings on the campaign.

The Bears have dropped three of their past four contests over the last week, falling at Bridgeport, 6-4, last Wednesday, Mar. 28, and losing at Utica, 3-1, last Friday, Mar. 30. Hershey earned a 6-3 win on home ice over Laval on Mar. 31, but the Bears fell on Apr. 3 at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 5-3.

Last Saturday, Hershey snapped a three-game skid as they doubled up Laval in the 6-3 win at Giant Center. Mathias Bau scored twice for Hershey, and forwards Dustin Gazley and Wayne Simpson each added a goal and an assist in the win. Garrett Mitchell and Hampus Gustafsson also scored for the Chocolate and White. The Bears out shot Laval 38-23. Pheonix Copley stopped 20 shots to earn his 15th win of the season between the pipes.

This Tuesday, the Bears lost a seventh straight game to the rival Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The Bears fell behind 53 seconds into the game, but Connor Hobbs' third goal of the season tied the score. Only two minutes later, the Penguins Garrett Wilson regained a lead that the Penguins would never relinquish. The Bears rallied late with third period goals from Anthony Peluso and Mathias Bau, but the Penguins tacked on an empty-net goal to secure a 5-3 win at the Mohegan Sun Arena.

UPCOMING GAMES/PROMOTIONS:

-Saturday, Apr. 7 at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

-Sunday, Apr. 8 at Charlotte, 1 p.m.

WEEKLY PRACTICE SCHEDULE:

Thursday, Apr. 5: 10:30 a.m., Hersheypark Arena

Friday, Apr. 6: NO PRACTICE-TRAVEL DAY

Saturday, Apr. 7: 11:15 a.m., Morning Skate, Bojangles' Coliseum

*Practice schedule subject to change. Follow @TheHersheyBears on Twitter for updates.

HERSHEY BEARS NEWS AND NOTES

BOURQUE'S LEGACY GROWS: On Tuesday, future Hall of Famer Chris Bourque played in his 600th game as a member of the Hershey Bears. Bourque's 583 points with Hershey is 5th in franchise history (4th, Gil Gilbert-595). His 193 goals are 8th (7th, Mitch Lamoureux-194), while his 390 assists are 3rd (2nd, Tim Tookey-422) and the 600 games played is 5th (4th, Howie Yanosik-605). The forward leads the Bears with 50 points (14 goals, 26 assists) this season. His helper in last Saturday's win over Laval gave him his fourth straight AHL season with 50-plus points.

BOWEY & BOYD UP: On Tuesday, the Washington Capitals recalled forward Travis Boyd and defenseman Madison Bowey from the Hershey Bears. Boyd ranked third on the Bears in goals (15), and second in assists (32), and points (47) in 61 games. He has one assist in seven games with the Capitals this season. Bowey appeared in nine games with Hershey this season, scoring eight points (two goals, six assists). He has 12 assists in 51 games this year with the Capitals.

BAU BREAKS OUT: It's been a big past week for 6-foot-7 forward Mathias Bau. Last Saturday, the forward snapped a 23-game goalless drought, scoring twice in the 6-3 win over Laval. For Bau, the goals were his first tallies since he struck on Dec. 29 at Springfield. Bau continued his hot hand with a power play goal in the 5-3 loss at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton this Tuesday. Bau has 12 goals this season, with five coming on the power play.

SUCCESS VS. CHARLOTTE: The Bears have beaten no other team more this season than the Charlotte Checkers. Hershey is 4-2-0-0 vs. Charlotte this year. Hershey's four wins vs. Charlotte is tied with their four victories vs. Hartford as the most wins vs. an opponent this season. Three of Hershey's wins have come at the Giant Center, but Hershey did earn a 5-4 win at the Bojangles' Coliseum on Dec. 20.

BEARS BITES: Forward Riley Barber, who has a team-leading seven points vs. Charlotte, is out for the season with an upper-body injury...Anthony Peluso's seven goals this season are a new career-high...Forward Garrett Mitchell played his 400th professional game Tuesday and is just three games from 400 in his Hershey career...Mason Mitchell was named Hershey's IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year for his work in the Central Pennsylvania community.

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