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Devils Claim Victory over Bears in Pre-Season Opener

October 1, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
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HERSHEY, Pa. -Nathan Walker netted a shorthanded goal for the Hershey Bears, but AlbanyDevils goaltender Ken Appleby made 28 other saves, including several with timewinding down, helping the visitors to a 2-1 victory on Thursday night at GIANTCenter.

The opening period endedscoreless but was not without chances for both teams. Hershey had the advantage in possession for most of theperiod but not until after a turnover in front of backstop Vitek Vanecek wasswatted aside.

The Bears' best chance came ona two-on-one rush between Riley Barber and Carter Camper. Barber fed a cross-crease pass toCamper, whose slam-dunk attempt was held against the left goal post by the padof Albany goaltender Ken Appleby.

A late first-period penaltyassessed to the Bears would carry over into the second period, and with twoseconds left on the Albany power play, Max Novak slammed home a feed from RamanHrabarenka for a 1-0 Devils lead.

The Devils embarked on anotherpower play moments later, but it would be the hosts to light the lamp. Garrett Mitchell and Nathan Walker tookoff two-on-two, and Walker was able to gain a step on a Devils defender andredirect Mitchell's pass behind Appleby.

The score was even until latein the third, when the Devils broke into the Hershey zone. Joseph Blandisi sent a pass from theleft wall to a cutting Blake Coleman, who got two taps at the puck to bang itpast Vanecek at 13:27.

Tempers flared later in theframe, with three players ejected from the game with under four minutesremaining.

Appleby made a sliding two-padstack save on Jakub Vrana to preserve the win, while the Bears skated with theextra attacker.

Vanecek stopped 21 of 23 shotsfaced in the setback.

The Bears will host the Wilkes-Barre/ScrantonPenguins on Saturday, October 3, in Hershey's final game of the shortpre-season slate. Face-off is setfor 7:00 PM. Individual ticketsmay be purchased at the GIANT Center box office, by calling (717) 508-BEAR oronline at TicketMaster.com. Tickets are $12.00each for general admission and parking at the complex is free.

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