Ellis, Bears Blank Bridgeport
January 3, 2016 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release
BRIDGEPORT,Conn. - Dan Ellis made32 saves and Chris Bourque paced the Hershey Bears' offense with two goals, asthe visitors defeated the Bridgeport Sound Tigers by a 5-0 score on Sundayevening at Webster Bank Arena.
The Bears drew first blood in this gameinside the final two minutes of the opening period. The duo of Nathan Walker and Garrett Mitchell combined on apretty two-on-one rush, which Mitchell finished with a backhander up and overgoaltender Stephon Williams at 18:33.
Chris Bourque made it a 2-0 game,striking on the Bears' second power play of the night. He unloaded a low slap shot that beatWilliams low to the glove side at 11:56 of the middle period.
Sean Collins then added to the lead,backhanding a shot into a virtually empty net after Dustin Gazley forced a turnoverat the left circle. Collins nettedhis seventh goal of the season at 14:11 for the 3-0 advantage.
In the third, Travis Boyd blocked ashot from a Sound Tigers blueliner and turned it into a breakaway pass forBourque, who skated in and deked Williams to the backhand at 1:18 for a 4-0lead.
Bridgeport's defense would make anill-advised line change late in the period while the Bears had possession, andGazley would catch up to a Caleb Herbert pass high in the Sound Tigers'end. Williams came out to knockthe puck away but Gazley beat him, and deposited a shot into an unguarded netat 17:12 to round out the scoring.
Ellis won his second straight game andimproved to 10-5-2 on the season, posting his second shutout as well. Williams turned away 27 of 32 Hersheyshots and dropped to 7-8-0. TheBears finished 1-for-3 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill.
The Bears hit the road to take on the RochesterAmericans on Friday, January 8. Face-off from Blue Cross Arena is slated for 7:05 PM. Fans may catch the broadcast beginningat 6:25 PM on the Bears Radio Network of afflilates WQIC-FM 100.1, WTKT-AM1460, via the Capitals App (Caps Radio 24/7), via the iHeartRadio App (FoxSports 1460 Harrisburg), online at FoxSports1460.com and CapsRadio247.com. Fans may watch the game for a small feeat AHLLive.com.
The Utica Comets make their first-everregular-season visit to GIANT Center for the Bears' next home game on Sunday,January 10. Face-off is set for5:00 PM. All fans in attendancewill receive a complimentary one-day pass to HERSHEYPARK, valid through July31, 2016. Tickets are available atthe GIANT Center box office, by calling 717-508-BEAR or online atTicketMaster.com.
NOTES: The Bears scratched D Bobby Shea, CChandler Stephenson and LW Jakub Vrana...The Sound Tigers D Jesse Graham, RWRoss Johnston, C Alan Quine and C Jesse Root...The Bears evened their road recordto 6-6-1-2 on the season...The shutout was the Bears' second on the road thisseason, and second by a score of 5-0 in the last six games...Hershey improved to 3-0-0-0 against the Sound Tigers at Webster Bank Arena this season.
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