Game Preview: Bears Return to Giant Center to Host Penguins
October 27, 2018 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release
(Hershey, PA - October 27, 2018)- The Hershey Bears return to the Giant Center tonight for the first time in three weeks to host the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Hershey returns to Chocolatetown after posting a 2-4-0-1 record on the club's season-long seven-game road trip. Tonight is the first of six meetings in Hershey between the Bears and Penguins in the I-81 rivalry series. Hershey was just 1-4-1-0 versus Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Giant Center last season.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (5-2-0-0) at Hershey Bears (2-6-0-1)
October 27, 2018 | 7 PM | Game 10 | Giant Center
Referees: Conor O'Donnell (#41), Corey Syvret (#42)
Linesmen: Jud Ritter (#34), Matt McNulty (#26)
Tonight's Promotion: Reese's Trick-Or-Treat Night-All fans 12 & under will have the opportunity to trick-or-treat around the concourse during the game
Ticket Information: http://www.hersheybears.com/tickets/single-game.php
Broadcast Information (Pre-game 6:30 p.m.)
RADIO: WQIC-100.1 FM, Fox Sports 1460-AM, WOYK-1350 AM, Zack Fisch, the Voice of the Bears, and Mitch Lamoureux on the call.
LISTEN LIVE: Fox Sports AM-1460 Stream
WATCH LIVE: AHLTV
LAST TIME VERSUS PENGUINS:
Tonight's game is the back-half of a home-and-home between Hershey and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Last night, the Chocolate and White suffered a 4-1 setback to the Penguins at Mohegan Sun Arena. Adam Johnson had a three point night for the Penguins, including scoring twice in the second period. Hershey's lone goal came from Liam O'Brien in the third period. The loss ended Hershey's three-game point streak. Vitek Vanecek, the CCM/AHL Player of the Week made his fourth straight start in goal, stopping 24 shots in the loss.
LIAM LIGHTS IT UP:
Hershey forward Liam O'Brien scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season last night in the loss at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. O'Brien has a goal in each of his past two games, and has struck in four of the past five contests. Only six players in the AHL have more goals than O'Brien. This marks the best start to a season of O'Brien's professional career. Last season O'Brien scored a career-high 17 goals, but his fifth tally of the season didn't come until he scored Hershey's Teddy Bear Toss goal versus Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Dec. 3, in his 20th game of the season. The Nova Scotia native has 86 points (43 goals, 43 assists) in his 246 AHL games with the Bears.
SUCCESS FOR STEVE:
Forward Steve Whitney earned his first assist of the season last night, giving him points in two straight games. For Whitney, the assist was his first in the AHL since Mar. 8, 2014 when he was then a member of the Norfolk Admirals. The younger brother of former Bear Joe Whitney, Steve scored his first goal with Hershey in the 2-0 win last Saturday at Charlotte. He spent last season with Hershey's ECHL affiliate, the South Carolina Stingrays, finishing second on the team with 54 points (18 goals, 36 assists).
PENALTY KILL GOING RIGHT DIRECTION:
The Bears have been perfect on the penalty kill in the past two games, going 10-for-10. Dating back to last Saturday, Hershey has killed 14 consecutive penalties. Hershey still only sits at 78% on the penalty kill this season after a slow start.
HOME DEBUTS:
Tonight could mark the home debut for Hershey forwards Jayson Megna, Steve Whitney, Derek Hulak, and Juuso Ikonen, as well as defenseman Logan Pyett. Megna was on the Washington Capitals roster during Hershey's opening weekend, while Ikonen was nursing an upper body injury.
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