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Copley Shines Again as Bears Blank Phantoms

October 26, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release


HERSHEY, Pa. - Pheonix Copley turned side all 22 shots he faced to post his second consecutive shutout, Kris Newbury tallied his 499th career AHL point and eight different players found the score sheet as the Hershey Bears shut down the Lehigh Valley Phantoms by a 3-0 count on Sunday evening at GIANT Center.

After a scoreless opening period, the scoring started to come in the middle frame. Just 4:08 in, Philippe Cornet notched his third goal of the campaign after taking a pass from Tim Kennedy, cutting toward the net and sliding a shot behind Phantoms goaltender Anthony Stolarz while falling down.

Hershey made it a 2-0 game by tallying their first shorthanded goal of the season. While aggressively attacking in the Phantoms zone, Mike Moore forced the puck loose and sent a feed into neutral ice for Dane Byers. The Bears captain then found Chandler Stephenson alone on the left side, and the rookie forward unleashed a snap shot that beat Stolarz to the short side at 11:34.

Copley made his best saves of the game in the early portion of the third period, most especially a sliding split save on Scott Laughton.

A late-period penalty on Joel Broda would bring Stolarz to the bench for an extra attacker. Copley made an attempt at the empty net, but his chance deflected toward the left corner on its way.

Dustin Gazley would find the net, however, at 19:39 to put the game away.

With the win, Copley improves to 3-0-0 on the young season, while Stolarz drops to 0-2-0 in making 27 saves. The Bears also take over the top spot in the East Division from the Phantoms by improving to 5-2-0-0.

Hershey goes back on the road for the next three games, beginning this Friday, October 31, with a 7:00 PM face-off against the Manchester Monarchs. Fans may listen to the game on the Bears Radio Network of affiliates WQIC-FM 100.1, WTKT-AM 1460, WOYK-AM 1350 and iHeart Radio (1460 AM), or may watch the game for a fee on AHLLive.com.

The Bears return home to battle the Hartford Wolf Pack on Saturday, November 8 at 7:00 PM. Tickets for this game and all home contests may be purchased at the GIANT Center box office, by calling (717) 508-BEAR or online at TicketMaster.com. Information on group tickets and season tickets for the 2014-2015 Hershey Bears regular season is available by calling (717) 508-BEAR. Many different flexible plans are offered and start as low as $170.

NOTES: The Bears scratches were D Erik Burgdoerfer, RW Chris Conner, RW Stanislav Galiev, RW Caleb Herbert and D Patrick Wey... Lehigh Valley scratched D Mark Alt, RW Brett Hextall and F Petr Straka...LW Jay Rosehill was handed a three-game suspension by the AHL prior to the game and was also unavailable...Three stars: 3-Stephenson, 2-Cornet, 1-Copley ...Hershey finished the night 0-for-4 on the power play and 4-for-4 on the penalty kill...The Bears have scored the game's first goal in all seven games...The Bears have also outshot their opponent in all seven games played.

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