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Nearly Perfect In Week 8

December 11, 2012 - American Hockey League (AHL)
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The HERSHEY BEARS Hockey Club picked up four out of a possible six points last week, beginning with a 2-1 victory over the Norfolk Admirals in the Washington AHL Showcase held at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. The BEARS surrendered the first goal of the game just 10 seconds into the contest, but Braden Holtby settled down to stop the remaining 26 shots sent his way. Evan Barlow scored his first goal with HERSHEY to tie the game, and Ryan Potulny netted his first of the season for the game-winner. The BEARS came right back with a gritty effort on Friday, coming back twice to dispatch the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-4 overtime decision. HERSHEY's fourth victory in five games against the Penguins was highlighted by two-point efforts from Mattias Sjogren, Mathieu Beaudoin, Zach Hamill and Jon DiSalvatore, and the first career HERSHEY goal for defenseman Kevin Marshall - the overtime winner. The BEARS started off Saturday's matchup against the Hamilton Bulldogs with leads of 1-0 and 2-1 courtesy of Ryan Potulny's two goals, but Joonas Nattinen's rebound goal late in the second period and Cedrick Desjardins' eight third-period saves helped the Bulldogs hold on for the win.

The BEARS have a heaping helping of Atlantic Division battles this week as they visit the St. John's IceCaps for a pair of games on Tuesday and Wednesday. The team returns home to face the Worcester Sharks on Saturday.

BEARS NEWS AND NOTES

A PAIR OF FIRSTS: RW Mathieu Beaudoin scored his first career HERSHEY goal on Friday at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Beaudoin is in his second tenure with the BEARS, having spent seven games with the Chocolate and White in 2007-08.

Additionally, D Kevin Marshall's overtime-winning tally on Friday at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton was his first as a member of the BEARS. Marshall's last goal came on January 14, 2012 while he was playing for the Adirondack Phantoms.

STEVE-O: D Steve Oleksy is one of two BEARS players to contribute offensively in all three games last week. Oleksy picked up an assist in each game and a cumulative plus-3 rating.

TAFFE AT THE TOP: C Jeff Taffe was the other player to record at least one point in all three BEARS games last week. He added two assists and a plus-1 rating on Saturday to total four helpers over the three games.

CAPTAIN & TENURE: Captain Boyd Kane appeared in his 315th career HERSHEY game on Saturday night for 38th place all-time. Kane needs two more games to catch Brian Dobbin (317 - 37th); is just 12 games away from 900 in his AHL career; and, combining his ECHL, AHL and NHL totals, needs just 10 to reach 1,000 professional games played.LUCKY SEVENS: Three BEARS players are currently tied for the team goal-scoring lead with seven strikes each: Jon DiSalvatore, Zach Hamill and Tomas Kundratek. Kundratek ranks tied for fourth among AHL defensemen in goals scored, and is ranked tied for 12th in overall scoring from the blue line.GRAB THE LEAD: The BEARS have a record of 5-2-0-0 when leading after one period, and are 8-0-0-0 when leading after two.

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