Penguins Earn Big Win over Bears
November 13, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release
WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Kael Mouillierat scored a power play goal in the first period,and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins added six more while riding MattMurray's 24 saves in skating to a 7-0 win over the Hershey Bears on Fridaynight at Mohegan Sun Arena.
The Penguins got the game'sfirst goal on their first power play chance of the night, when Mouillierat tooka low slapper into traffic. Thepuck slid past a screened Dan Ellis at 4:59 for a 1-0 lead. Ellis made two huge saves later in theframe to keep the game close.
But Wilkes-Barre/Scranton wouldchase Ellis, scoring three times in the middle stanza. Just 19 seconds into the period,Dominik Simon ripped a sharp-angle wrist shot from the right circle that eludedEllis to the short side.
Conor Sheary was later able tocorral a bouncing puck and control it while trying to skate by a Bearsdefenseman. He won the battle, andsnapped a shot into the upper-right corner for a 3-0 lead at 7:39.
Scott Wilson's shot from theslot would deflect off of a Hershey penalty killer and past Ellis at 10:34,giving the Penguins a 4-0 advantage. Justin Peters came on in relief and stopped all six shots he faced, includinga Jean-Sebastien Dea breakaway.
Dea would get a second crack atPeters in the third, and this time clanged a shot off the right post and in atthe 9:25 mark for a 5-0 lead.
Oskar Sundqvist and TomKuhnhackl would add goals 25 seconds apart inside the final two minutes of playto round out the scoring.
Ellis stopped 10 of 14 shots intaking the loss, and dropped to 3-3-1 on the season. Peters turned aside 16 of 19 in relief and earned nodecision. Murray improved to 8-1-0with his second shutout.
The Bears return home tomorrow,November 14 to battle the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Individual tickets for this and all Bears home games are onsale at the GIANT Center box office, by calling 717-508-BEAR or online atTicketMaster.com.
NOTES: The Bears scratched RW Riley Barber, RWCaleb Herbert, D Mike Moore, LW Liam O'Brien and LW Jakub Vrana...The Penguinsscratched RW Tyler Biggs, D Barry Goers, C Matia Marcantuoni, D Reid McNeilland LW Tom Sestito...Hershey's last shutout against was by Norfolk's RyanFaragher on April 3...The Bears allowed three power play goals for the first timesince January 17 vs. Albany.
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