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February 9, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release


The Hershey Bears Hockey Club added five more points in the recent three-game weekend to open a four-point advantage as leaders of the East Division.

On the Bears' first trip to Binghamton this season on Friday night, Chris Conner scored two goals and Pheonix Copley made 29 saves to help the Bears to a 3-2 victory over the Senators. After Garrett Thompson opened the scoring for the hosts, Casey Wellman answered back when his shot found its way under a falling Scott Greenham 8:43 into the first period. Conner put Hershey ahead later in the frame, scoring off a feed from Chandler Stephenson. The 2-1 lead would carry all the way into the early portion of the third, when Conner scored his second goal in a similar fashion, this time from a Stan Galiev pass. Colin Greening brought the Sens within one with his first of the season at 9:25. But the Bears held on from there, securing their fourth straight road win.

The spotlight was on GIANT Center on Saturday, as the Bears hosted the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Stan Galiev broke a scoreless deadlock early in the second period, but the Penguins would score three unanswered tallies - Carter Rowney (SH), Nick Drazenovic (PP) and Tom Kuhnhackl - to take a two-goal lead into the second intermission. Hershey then summoned everything to mount one of the most exciting comebacks in months. Kris Newbury beat Jeff Zatkoff on a shorthanded breakaway just 17 seconds into the third, cutting the deficit to one. After the Bears narrowly missed on numerous net-front chances, Conner tied the game with just 3:30 left to play, sending a snap shot sailing past Zatkoff. In overtime, Jim O'Brien circled around the net and found a pinching Mike Moore, who blew a one-timer right past Zatkoff to cap off the comeback.

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms came to town to round out the East Division three-in-three, and finally found a way to win at GIANT Center. It would require another overtime, however, ensuring the Bears another standings point. Dane Byers (SH), Stan Galiev, Tomas Kundratek and Chris Brown each scored to wipe out four separate one-goal deficits. But in overtime, Kevin Goumas would find room to the left of Copley and deposited the winner at 2:40, helping the Phantoms snap a four-game losing streak against the Bears. Jay Rosehill scored twice, while Jason Akeson and Nick Cousins added goals. Anthony Stolarz made 36 saves in the win, and Copley also finished a heavy workload with 34 stops.

HERSHEY BEARS NEWS AND NOTES

CONNER'S ON: LW Chris Conner led the Bears attack this weekend, registering five points (3-2-5). His two goals on Friday earned him first-star honors as the Bears defeated Binghamton; he added a goal and an assist in Hershey's comeback victory over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Saturday; and he assisted on Stan Galiev's goal in Sunday's overtime setback against Lehigh Valley. Conner became the sixth Hershey player to reach 30 points (13-17-30) and has done it in just 33 games.

STAN THE MAN: RW Stan Galiev also recorded five points (2-3-5) in the weekend set of games. He set up both of Chris Conner's goals in Binghamton on Friday, scored the opening goal against Wilkes-Barre/Scarnton on Saturday and tied the game in the second period on Sunday against Lehigh Valley. Galiev has six of Hershey's league-best 30 first goals, his 16 goals are tied for the team lead and his 10 power-play goals still rank tied for the AHL lead.

O'BRIEN 2.0: C Jim O'Brien is also on a three-game point streak after posting four assists on the weekend. Since joining the Bears, O'Brien has produced at least one point in all but one game (Jan. 31 vs. SYR). He has a total of 11 points (2-9-11) and a plus-10 rating in his 11 games since joining the club.

GIANT GRUBAUER: G Philipp Grubauer earned his first recall of the season to Washington on Friday, and promptly finished as the game's first star in defeating the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 in a shootout at Verizon Center. He was returned to Hershey on Saturday, and helped the Bears earn their comeback overtime victory over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The win was his sixth consecutive victory since his early January injury absence. Grubauer is also 8- 1-0 in his last nine starts and continues to expand his career best for AHL single-season wins (17).

BEARS BULLETS: The Bears have the most 30-point producers (six) in the AHL (Kennedy-38, Newbury-33, Galiev-31, Wellman-31, Conner-30, Carrick- 30)...The Bears have extended the league's longest-active points streak to 10 games (8-0-1-1) and are just one game shy of the longest of the AHL season (11 games, SA and SPR)...Hershey leads the league with 30 first-goals, and is 20-7-3-0 when scoring first...The Bears have 39 power-play goals, tied for third-most in the AHL...The Bears lead the league in penalty killing (88.0%)...Hershey ranks second in goals against per game (2.23) and has climbed to 15th in goals per game (2.79)...The Bears have the most home points (40) and are tied for the most home wins (18) in the AHL...Hershey maintains the AHL attendance lead with an average of 9,592 fans (27 games).

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