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Faragher, Admirals Tame Bears

April 3, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release


NORFOLK, Va. - Ryan Faragher stopped all 24 shots he faced for his first professional shutout, and the Norfolk Admirals skated past the Hershey Bears by a count of 4-0 on Friday night in the front end of the Bears' final trip to Norfolk Scope.

The hosts would get on the board first with a late goal in the opening period. Mad Friberg completed a tic-tac-toe passing play with Josh Manson and Mike Sgarbossa by tapping the puck in from the top of the crease past Philipp Grubauer at 19:02.

The Admirals would control the second period as well, adding two more to take a comfortable 3-0 lead at the intermission. On Norfolk's first power play chance of the night, Charles Sarault parked at the net front and tipped a shot from Brandon Montour through Grubauer at 3:08.

Later in the period, after a strong cycle in the left corner, Matt Bailey walked out to the top of the right circle and sent a soft wrist shot into the net inside the right post at 15:59.

The Bears started with a jump in the third period, and got their best scoring chance when Tim Kennedy picked off a pass in the high slot, skated in and blasted a shot off of the crossbar. Video replay would be consulted to confirm no goal.

The Admirals later rounded out the scoring when Antoine Laganiere finished off a three-on-one rush with his 10th goal of the season at 9:24.

Faragher won for the second time this season and improved to 2-7-0. Grubauer stopped 31 of 35 shots, but fell to 26-16-5.

With the loss, the Bears record now stands at 42-20-5-3 (92 points). A Wilkes-Barre/Scranton loss to Worcester reduced Hershey's magic number to claim the East Division crown to eight points.

The Bears remain in Hampton Roads for their last-ever faceoff against the Admirals tomorrow, April 4 at 7:15 PM. Fans may listen to the games beginning with the M&C Foreign Car Parts pre-game show 40 minutes prior to puck drop. The games are available on the Bears Radio Network of affiliates WQIC-FM 100.1, WTKT-AM 1460, WOYK-AM 1350 and via the iHeart Radio app (1460 AM).

The game will also again be televised locally in central Pennsylvania on ABC27's RTV channel 27.2, available on Comcast 246, Verizon Fios 461, Blue Ridge Communications 152 and Kuhn Communications 67. Air time is at 7:00 PM. "Voice of the Bears" Scott Stuccio and ABC27 sports director Gregg Mace have the call on television.

The Bears return home on Friday, April 17 to host the Binghamton Senators at 7:00 PM. The first 3,000 fans will receive a Bears logo golf ball courtesy of Fairview Golf Course. It's also another Dietz & Watson Dollar Dog Night, and all fans may purchase hot dogs for $1 at select concession stands. Individual tickets for this and all remaining home games are available at the GIANT Center box office, online at TicketMaster.com or by calling 717-508-BEAR.

NOTES: The Bears scratched C Joel Broda, LW Philippe Cornet, D Christian Djoos, D Tomas Kundratek, D Jon Landry, and LW Aaron Volpatti... Admirals RW Stefan Noesen was recalled by the Anaheim Ducks earlier in the day...The Admirals scratched C Joseph Cramarossa, LW Nic Kerdiles, D Kevin Lind and D Andrew O'Brien... Hershey finished the night 0-for-4 on the power play and 5-for-6 on the penalty kill...The Bears were shut out for the first time since December 31 at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

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