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December 8, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release


The Hershey Bears Hockey Club picked up four of a possible six points over their three-game weekend, as well as a record haul of stuffed toys for central Pennsylvania community charities.

The club began the weekend with a rare Friday home tilt, hosting the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Stanislav Galiev continued his hot streak, scoring the first two goals to pace Hershey to a 2-1 lead at the end of the second period. Joel Broda and Chris Brown pushed the Bears ahead by three early in the third period, getting two quick strikes past former Bears netminder David Leggio. Bridgeport came back with two goals of their own after a timeout, cutting the deficit to 4-3. But Brown's second of the game, followed by a Chris Conner tally, gave the Bears a 6-3 win and Philipp Grubauer his ninth win of the season. Tim Kennedy set a new season high with four assists in the game.

On Saturday at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Conner scored a first-period power play goal and an even-strength insurance marker in the third period, while Pheonix Copley stopped all but Bryan Rust's third-period goal to help the Bears defeat the Penguins 2-1. Kennedy earned assists on both goals.

The weekend finished up on Sunday back in Chocolatetown, as the Bears hosted the Penguins in the back end of a home-and-home set. The popular WGAL & Northwest Savings Bank Teddy Bear Toss took place, and many fans were still filing into GIANT Center when Steve Oleksy one- timed a feed from Kennedy past Jeff Zatkoff 39 seconds into the contest.

A record 17,295 stuffed toys were collected, and were scheduled to be distributed throughout central Pennsylvania charities in the new week. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton would battle back, with Derrick Pouliot scoring the first of two goals to knot the score. Galiev beat Zatkoff in the second period to put Hershey ahead, but another Penguins equalizer would come off the skate of winger Bobby Farnham. Pouliot's second of the game came during a slew of power play chances for the visitors. His long-range slapper found its way past Grubauer early in the third - the lone power play goal scored by the Penguins on 26 chances in the six-game series. Hershey applied furious pressure but Zatkoff denied all 15 chances he faced in the third for the win.

Conner assisted on both Hershey goals on Sunday, garnering him Hershey's first CCM/AHL Player of the Week honor this season.

HERSHEY BEARS NEWS AND NOTES

CONNER HONORED: RW Chris Conner returned from a short injury absence to post seven points (3-4-7) over the weekend, earning himself CCM/AHL Player of the Week honors. He tallied a goal and two assists in Friday's win over Bridgeport, scored both goals and was named first star on Saturday in a win at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, and set up both Hershey goals in Sunday's loss vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Conner has nine points (4-5-9) in his 10 games played.

KENNEDY WAS GREAT TOO: C Tim Kennedy, Conner's one line-mate, also recorded a seven-point weekend - assisting on seven of Hershey's 10 goals scored. In the process, he extended his point streak to six games and shows 10 assists in the span. Kennedy pulled into a tie with Kris Newbury for the Bears' scoring lead, and now sits tied for first in the AHL in assists (20), power play assists (11) and power play points (12). His 21 total points rank tied for 14th in the league.

DON'T FORGET BROWN: The final piece of the Bears' deadly scoring line last weekend, RW Chris Brown, chipped in two goals and one assist on the weekend. Both of his goals were scored against Bridgeport on Friday - the second of which stood as the game-winner - earning Brown second-star honors.

STAN STRIKES: RW Stanislav Galiev had another strong weekend, tallying four points (3-1-4). He struck for two goals and added an assist on Friday for first-star honors vs. Bridgeport. After seeing his four-game goal streak snapped at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Galiev got back in the goal column with a power-play snipe against Penguins goaltender Jeff Zatkoff on Sunday. The goal was Galiev's fifth on the power play, tying him with Casey Wellman for the Bears' lead and pushing him into a tie for second in the AHL. It also extended his home goal streak to five games, one shy of the league's longest of the season.

BEARS BULLETS: Hershey has scored the game's first goal 17 times, which leads the AHL...Hershey leads the AHL in penalty killing success (93/104 = 89.4%)...Hershey has allowed the fewest goals in the second period this season (13)...The Bears rank third in goals against per game (2.21)...Hershey leads the AHL in attendance with an average of 9,247 fans over 12 games.

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