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Three-Goal Third Sends Monsters to Game One Win

June 1, 2016 - American Hockey League (AHL)
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HERSHEY, Pa. - Jakub Vrana opened the scoring for the Hershey Bears in the Calder Cup Finals, but the Lake Erie Monsters tallied four unanswered goals en route to a 4-1 victory on Wednesday night at GIANT Center.  The Monsters lead the best-of-seven series one game to none.

The Bears got the jump in the game when Vrana headed into the mid-slot to collect a Chris Bourque pass. He had time to take aim and snap a shot off of the back crossbar and down behind goaltender Anton Forsberg at 15:42.

Justin Peters came up huge in the first two periods, denying three breakaway chances by the Monsters, but the visitors would eventually score on their fourth. Daniel Zaar collected a headman pass from Alex Broadhurst and beat Peters inside the right post at 7:48 to tie the contest.

Early in the third, Lake Erie got perhaps the luckiest goal of the postseason. A turnaround shot by Trent Vogelhuber from the left circle deflected off of an Aaron Ness poke-check and perfectly by Peters at 5:39 for the go-ahead goal.

Zaar scored his second of the game at 13:34, pick-pocketing the Hershey defense and backhanding a shot behind Peters for a 3-1 lead.

The Monsters rounded out the scoring when Markus Hannikainen deflected a point shot from Dean Kukan behind Peters at 15:09.

Peters stopped 22 shots but fell to 11-6 in the postseason. Forsberg remained perfect at 6-0 with 26 saves on 27 shots. The Bears finished the night 0-for-2 on the power play and did not take a penalty in the game.

Hershey will host game two of the Calder Cup Finals on Friday, June 3, with faceoff set for 7:00 PM. Tickets are on sale at the GIANT Center box office, by calling (717) 508-BEAR or online at TicketMaster.com.

NOTES: The Bears were not called for one penalty in the game, the first time for such an occurrence since March 14, 2014 at Syracuse...Hershey dropped its first game of the season when leading after one period (6-1)...The Bears scratched LW Paul Carey, RW Sean Collins, D Connor Hobbs, D Joey Leach, F Dylan Margonari, C Tim McGauley, LW Domenic Monardo, D Mike Moore, G Vitek Vanecek and D Colby Williams... The Monsters scratched LW Paul Bittner, LW Brett Gallant, D Dillon Heatherington, C Jordan Maletta, D Steve McCarthy, LW Nick Moutrey, D John Ramage, C Justin Scott, D Blake Siebenaler and G Brad Thiessen.

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