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January 19, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release


The Hershey Bears Hockey Club picked up all four points in their two- game weekend, and vaulted into the East Division lead and into third place in the Eastern Conference.

Hershey hosted the Albany Devils on Saturday, and at the end of a back- and-forth affair marred by 113 penalty minutes and 12 power plays, the Bears came out on top of a 5-4 overtime decision. The teams would combine for five goals in the opening period, starting with Casey Wellman's goal just 10 seconds into the game. Tomas Kundratek's first of the season made it 2-0, but the Devils bounced back on goals from Stefan Matteau and Reece Scarlett to tie the game. Stanislav Galiev made it 3-2 in favor of the hosts with a late-period tally. In the second, Darcy Zajac and Reid Boucher scored power-play goals around Chris Conner's seventh of the season, and the contest would go to the third tied 4-4. The Devils also killed off a five-minute major penalty assessed to defenseman Dan Kelly to stay very much alive. Neither team found the back of the net in the third, nor in the four-on-four overtime session. Devils captain Rod Pelley would be flagged for slashing during the three-on-three, and with Hershey on the power play, Galiev one-timed a shot past Scott Wedgewood at 3:46, completing a three-point night and helping his team to victory. Philipp Grubauer returned from a four-game injury absence and made 25 saves, to pick up his 12th win of the season.

On Sunday, Dane Byers scored a pair of goals and Pheonix Copley made 28 saves to help the Bears cruise to a 5-2 win over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Tim Kennedy beat goaltender Anthony Stolarz on a breakaway to open the scoring, but former Bears forward Andrew Gordon capitalized on a turnover to knot the score. Byers and Conner would give Hershey a 3-1 lead to take to the intermission. Oliver Lauridsen later pulled the Phantoms within one goal with the only strike of the second period. The Phantoms hung around in the game until Dustin Gazley stole the puck behind the Phantoms net and fed Byers for his second of the night with 4:33 left to play. Gazley sealed the win with an empty-net goal with 9.6 seconds remaining on the clock.

Hershey is now 5-1-0-0 in January with two games remaining before the AHL All-Star break.

HERSHEY BEARS NEWS AND NOTES

BIRTHDAY BOY 1: RW Stanislav Galiev celebrated his 23rd birthday on Saturday by scoring a goal and setting up another in regulation, and then striking for the winner in overtime against Albany. Galiev's three points made him the fifth Bears player to reach 20 points (13-8-21). His overtime goal was also his ninth on the power play, which ranks second in the AHL.

BIRTHDAY BOY 2: G Pheonix Copley turned aside 28 of 30 shots to earn his seventh win of the season on Sunday, the date of his 23rd birthday, in the Bears' victory over Lehigh Valley. Copley is 2-0-0 with one shutout, a goals- against average of 1.00 and save percentage of .962 against the Phantoms this season.

CONNER'S ON: LW Chris Conner scored a power play goal in both weekend games and added two assists for a four-point effort. His goal on Sunday was the eventual winner over Lehigh Valley, his second game-winning goal of the season. Conner's four power play goals rank third on the Bears. He became the sixth Bears player to reach 20 points this season (8-13-21).

TK-O: Hershey's All-Star representative, C Tim Kennedy, picked up a goal and an assist for second-star honors in Sunday's win over Lehigh Valley. Kennedy became the Bears' first player to reach 30 points (3-27-30). The assist was his 15th on the power play, which leads the AHL. He is also tied for the league lead in power play points (1-15-16). His 27 total assists rank third.

PP QUARTERBACK: D Connor Carrick picked up another power play assist on Chris Conner's game-winner on Sunday against Lehigh Valley. He has a total of 13 power play assists, which leads all AHL defensemen and is tied for second overall. His 15 power play points (2-13-15) are tied for the lead among blueliners and tied for fifth overall.

COUNTDOWN TO 20,000: The Bears' franchise is also inching closer to a huge milestone. During the Hockey Club's 76-plus years of existence - up to and including Sunday's game vs. Lehigh Valley - a remarkable 19,987 goals have been scored.

BEARS BULLETS: Hershey has scored the game's first goal 27 times in their 39 games played, which leads the AHL...Hershey ranks third in penalty killing (87.5%), just 0.02% off of the league lead...The Bears are tied for the most home wins (15) in the AHL...Hershey took over the league lead in fewest goals per game average (2.23)...The Bears have allowed the fewest second-period goals (27) and the third-fewest goals in the first period (24)...Hershey leads the AHL in attendance with an average of 9,413 fans through 22 home games.

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