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December 15, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release


The Hershey Bears Hockey Club picked up three of a possible six points over their three-game weekend, keeping the club in second place in the East Division and in sixth place in the Eastern Conference.

The club began the weekend on Friday with their second and final regular- season visit to the Onondaga County War Memorial to take on the Syracuse Crunch. Stanislav Galiev netted his eighth goal of the season and sixth on the power play, firing a Connor Carrick pass behind Andrei Vasilevskiy. But the Crunch would battle and even the game early in the second, when captain Mike Angelidis stuffed a shot from the goal line behind Philipp Grubauer. The Bears took control in the third period, but after a penalty handed out late in the frame, Hershey found itself down one man for just the second time in the game. On the power play, Joel Vermin got a stick on a Dylan Blujus slap shot and tipped it home for the winner. The Crunch would add goals from Dalton Smith and Henri Ikonen (empty net) to seal the win. Vasilevskiy won again by stopping everything he faced after allowing the first goal of the game, finishing with 29 saves.

On Saturday, the Bears returned home to face the Binghamton Senators for the first time all season. The hosts did not disappoint, storming out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Chris Brown and Philippe Cornet. The Sens took their timeout but were unable to get a goal before the intermission. The visitors did strike in the second, however, when Derek Grant tipped a Shane Prince pass behind Pheonix Copley for a power play marker. But the Bears were again too much, as Galiev and Tim Kennedy struck just 1:36 apart for a 4-1 lead. Grant's second of the game came just 1:06 into the third and gave Binghamton some life. But Chris Conner, who accepted his CCM/AHL Player of the Week award prior to the game, finished a four-point night with an empty-net tally, helping Hershey to a 5-2 victory. Copley made 18 saves for his second consecutive win.

On Sunday, the Bears were in control in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton after a Carrick power-play goal gave Hershey a 1-0 lead in the second. But two goals by Jean-Sebastien Dea and Dominik Uher - separated by just 38 seconds - gave the hosts a 2-1 lead. With the Bears net empty inside the final minute, Brown would fire a slapper past Jeff Zatkoff from inside the blue line with just 2.7 seconds left to play, giving the Bears a big point. But in overtime, after Grubauer denied a four-on-one rush, Conor Sheary set up Adam Payerl for the winner 3:10 into overtime.

HERSHEY BEARS NEWS AND NOTES

TK - O:. C Tim Kennedy continues his torrid offense pace, contributing five points on the weekend. He set up the Bears' lone goal on Friday at Syracuse, scored once and assisted on two others on Saturday against Binghamton, and helped out on the Bears' power play goal on Sunday at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Kennedy enters the new week as the AHL's assist leader (24), power-play assist leader (13) and power-play points leader (1-13-14). He has also moved into a tie for second in the AHL's overall scoring race with 26 points (2-24-26). Kennedy's helper on Sunday extended his assist streak to nine games, a new AHL season high. In the nine games, Kennedy has 15 points (1-14-15).

AN HONOR FOR CONNER: LW Chris Conner was presented with his CCM/AHL Player of the Week award prior to Saturday's game against the Binghamton Senators. Conner promptly went to work setting up three goals and scoring the empty-net clincher for first-star honors. In the month of December, in just six games, Conner has tallied 11 points (4-7-11).

COMPLETING THE LINE: RW Chris Brown, the line mate of Kennedy and Conner, also provided key offense over the weekend. Brown scored the game's first goal on Saturday against Binghamton and assisted on two others, including the game-winner. He then scored the tying goal with 2.7 seconds left on the clock to send Sunday's game at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to overtime. Brown has seven points (4-3-7) in six December games.

POWERFUL GALIEV: RW Stanislav Galiev tallied points in all three weekend games. He buried two more power-play goals to pull into sole possession of second place in the AHL with seven extra-man tallies, and added two assists for a total of eight points (5-3-8) in six December games. His goal on Saturday vs. Binghamton extended his home goal streak to six games, which ties for the AHL's longest this season.

CARRICK-ATURE: D Connor Carrick has taken over the Bears' scoring lead among defensemen, posting four points (1-3-4) in a four-game point streak.

Among AHL defensemen, Carrick ranks second in power-play assists (8), is tied for second in power-play points (2-8-10) and tied for 12th in points (4-11- 15).

BEARS BULLETS: Hershey has scored the game's first goal an AHL-leading 20 times...Hershey leads the AHL in penalty killing (106/120 = 88.3%) and ranks fourth on the power play (23/116=19.8%)...The Bears have allowed a league-low 17 second-period goals...Hershey leads the AHL in attendance with an average of 9,225 fans over 13 games.

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