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Daigneault dazzles again as Bears win 4-1

December 27, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release


The BEARS maintained the club's hold on first place in the East Division Wednesday night at GIANT Center, defeating the Phantoms 4-1. HERSHEY now leads second place Norfolk by two points and third place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton by three points in the ultra-tight divisional race.

HERSHEY broke on top late in the first period when Chad Wiseman picked up his eighth goal of the season. The marker at 15:17 was unassisted, and gave the BEARS a 1-0 lead heading into first intermission. HERSHEY fired 11 shots at Phantoms goaltender Martin Houle, while Philadelphia managed 11 shots against Maxime Daigneault.

The BEARS would add to the lead through the second period despite only eight shots on goal. Joey Tenute would score his sixth goal of the year from Tomas Fleischmann at 9:36 to run the score out to 2-0. Kyle Wilson scored his third goal in less than 24 hours, notching his eighth of the season at 17:12 of the second. With two second period goals, the BEARS took a commanding 3-0 lead into the final period.

In the third, Phantoms forward Tony Voce broke up Daigneault's shutout 34 seconds into the final period with a goal from Mark Cullen. The score would stay 3-1 until Quintin Laing scored his second empty net goal in as many nights to round out the scoring.

Notes: Dean Arsene missed the game due to injuries suffered during Tuesday's game in Bridgeport. He is listed as day-to-day. The win for Daigneault was his 10th of the season, and his third in four decisions since Frederic Cassivi was injured December 20. The BEARS became the first team to reach 50 points in the Eastern Conference with the win. A crowd of 10,635 attended the game, HERSHEY'S third sellout at GIANT Center this season.

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