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Phantoms Keep Bears in Check

April 14, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release


ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Rob Zepp turned aside 39 shots and the Lehigh Valley Phantoms scored four unanswered goals to skate past the Hershey Bears by a 4-1 count on Tuesday night at PPL Center.

Hershey came out with an aggressive forecheck and as a result grabbed the lead 4:14 into the game. Jakub Vrana would turn the puck out of the left-wing corner following a Phantoms turnover, and find Jim O'Brien alone in the slot. O'Brien used Phantoms defenseman Robert Hagg as a screen and whipped a snap shot over the arm of goaltender Rob Zepp for his 10th goal of the season, a play which earned Vrana his first AHL point.

It would take just 51 seconds of play in the second period for the Phantoms to get the equalizer. Mark Alt would pinch down into the right circle and set up Scott Laughton for a snap shot from the slot that eluded Philipp Grubauer.

Petr Straka scored the go-ahead goal in the middle frame, cruising into the slot and one-timing a feed from Kevin Goumas into the net at 6:41.

Jason Akeson gave the Phantoms a 3-1 lead, collecting a turnover in the Hershey zone and rifling a slapper into the upper-right corner at 12:44 of the third.

Rookie Danick Martel capped off the scoring by hitting the empty net while falling at 19:05.

Zepp improved to 21-18-4 with the win, while Grubauer made 25 saves and fell to 27-17-5.

The Bears' record stands at 44-22-5-3 (96 points) and the club still needs four points to clinch the East Division title.

Hershey returns home on Friday, April 17 to host the Binghamton Senators at 7:00 PM. The first 3,000 fans will receive a Bears logo golf ball courtesy of Fairview Golf Course. It's also another Dietz & Watson Dollar Dog Night, and all fans may purchase hot dogs for $1 at select concession stands. Individual tickets for this and all remaining home games are available at the GIANT Center box office, online at TicketMaster.com or by calling 717-508-BEAR.

NOTES: LW Jakub Vrana and C Travis Boyd each made their AHL debuts...C Kris Newbury served his one-game suspension given by the AHL for his actions in Saturday night's game at St. John's...The Bears also scratched G Keegan Asmundson, D Christian Djoos, RW Kevin Elgestal, D Tomas Kundratek, D Jon Landry, LW Aaron Volpatti and RW Casey Wellman...The Phantoms scratched LW Austin Fyten, D Shayne Gostisbehere, C Blair Jones, D Nick Luukko, C Darroll Powe and LW Jay Rosehill... Hershey finished the night 0-for-1 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill...RW Dustin Gazley extended his point streak to three games (1-3-4) with his assist.

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