Holtby Blanks Penguins 1-0 in Pittsburgh
December 30, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release
In front of more than 13,000 fans in downtown Pittsburgh, goaltender Braden Holtby took center stage in a 1-0 HERSHEY win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The game was part of the city of Pittsburgh's celebration of hockey leading up to Saturday's NHL Winter Classic at Heinz Field.
The game remained scoreless into the final minute of the second period, when Keith Aucoin teed up a left circle shot in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton zone. The shot deflected off a Penguin defender and onto the stick of Penguins forward Eric Tangradi. Tangradi inadvertently tipped the shot past his own goaltender Brad Thiessen for a 1-0 HERSHEY lead. The goal for Aucoin was his ninth of the year, and it came at 19:34 of the middle frame.
Neither team scored the rest of the way, as Holtby earned the shutout and his team-leading ninth win of the season. The win was HERSHEY'S first in five tries against the Penguins this season, pulling the Chocolate and White within nine points of first place in the East Division race.
BEARS Radio Network Three Stars of the game:
1. Braden Holtby (Third shutout of the season)
2. Brad Thiessen (One goal allowed in hard luck loss)
3. Keith Aucoin (Ninth goal of the season)
Notes: HERSHEY heads down the Turnpike to Chocolatetown for the final game of 2010 on Friday night. The BEARS will host the Syracuse Crunch Friday at 5:00 p.m. at Giant Center, with tickets available at the Giant Center box office, or by calling (717) 534-3911. Norfolk comes to town Sunday to kick off 2011 at 5:00 p.m. Forward Grant McNeill was assigned Thursday to South Carolina (ECHL). Nikita Kashirsky and Joel Rechlicz were HERSHEY'S healthy scratches Thursday night. Former R.I.T. Tiger Steve Pinizzotto watched his former team defeat Robert Morris 4-3 in the first half of the hockey doubleheader Thursday afternoon at Consol Energy Center. Washington Capitals VP/General Manager George McPhee and head coach Bruce Boudreau attended the game. The Capitals arrived Thursday afternoon for Saturday's NHL Winter Classic at Heinz Field. Aucoin now has four goals in his last three games. Current Washington Capitals Jay Beagle, Mathieu Perreault, John Carlson, Karl Alzner and Michal Neuvirth were at the game and visited the HERSHEY dressing room after the win.
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