Crunch Slip Past Bears
December 29, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release
HERSHEY,Pa. - Carter Camperscored the tying goal on a power play to keep his recent hot streak alive, butTye McGinn posted another two-goal game for the Syracuse Crunch as the visitorspulled away from the Hershey Bears with a 3-1 victory on Tuesday night at GIANTCenter.
The Bears allowed the Crunch just oneshot on goal in the opening period and it didn't come until fewer than twominutes were left on the clock. The shot came from a clear on Syracuse's third penalty kill. The Bears missed on their three chancesand killed the one Crunch chance without allowing a shot.
The middle period saw the Crunch grabthe first goal of the game. TheBears tried to poke the puck out of their end but McGinn turned the puck rightback toward the net and scored past Dan Ellis at 9:15.
Camper answered while the Bears workedthe tail end of a four-minute power play. Paul Carey poked the rebound of a shot from Travis Boyd away from AndreiVasilevskiy, and Camper punched it into the upper corner from the top of thecrease at 17:43.
With time winding down in the period,David Broll netted the eventual game-winner with a sharp-angle shot from nearthe goal line at 19:48.
McGinn's second of the game came 4:59into the third, when he grabbed a wild rebound off of the end-wall and tuckedit home just before Ellis could get across.
Ellis stopped 14 of 17 shots and fellto 8-5-3 on the season. Vasilevskiy improved to 5-3-1 with 29 saves on 30 shots.
The Bears continue their seven-gamehomestand on Thursday, with a New Year's Eve contest against the Lehigh ValleyPhantoms. Face-off is set for aspecial 5:00 PM start. Tickets areavailable at the GIANT Center box office, by calling 717-508-BEAR or online atTicketMaster.com.
NOTES: The Bears scratched D Erik Burgdoerferand LW Jakub Vrana...LW Liam O'Brien served the last of a three-game suspension...CZach Sill was recalled by Washington earlier in the day...G Mark Dekanich wasreassigned to South Carolina earlier in the day... The Crunch scratched D DylanBlujus, RW Brian Hart, LW Henri Ikonen and C Luke Pither...The Bears droppedback-to-back home games in regulation for the first time all season (11-4-0-3)...CarterCamper netted the eighth point of his last six games (3-5-8).
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