Bears Down Checkers, 4-1; Pierrick Dube Scores Twice, Henrik Rybinski Scores First Goal Of The Season


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The Hershey Bears downed the Charlotte Checkers, 4-1 Wednesday night at the Giant Center in Hershey. Mike Vecchione scored on the power play in the first and Henrik Rybinski added a short-handed tally and Pierrick Dube added his 18th and 19th goals of the season in the win. The victory improves the Bears record to 28-6-0 on the season.

LINEUP

Clay Stevenson (12-4-0-5, 1.70 GAA, .937 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the Bears. Spencer Knight (9-5-3-2, 2.54 GAA, .904 sv%) got the start in goal for the visiting Checkers. The forward lines and defensive pairs for the Bears:

Joe Snively – Mike Vecchione – Ethen Frank
Alex Limoges – Jimmy Huntington – Pierrick Dube
Ivan Miroshnichenko – Garrett Roe – Bogdan Trineyev
Matthew Strome – Riley Sutter – Henrik Rybinski

Aaron Ness – Dylan McIlrath
Lucas Johansen – Vincent Iorio
Chase Priskie – Logan Day

Clay Stevenson
Mitch Gibson

Scratches: Mike Sgarbossa (illness), Hardy Haman Aktell (illness), Jake Massie, Ryan Hofer and Dmitri Osipov.

1ST PERIOD

The Checkers opened the scoring less than three minutes into the contest. Justin Sourdif (6) notched the Checkers first tally at at 2:25 of the first period. Dennis Cesana (1) and Uvis Balinskis (7) had the helpers.

The Bears answered back with a power play goal from Mike Vecchione (9) at 6:58 of the opening stanza. Alex Limoges (16) and Pierrick Dubé (6) had the assists.

The first frame concluded with the game tied, 1-1. Hershey led in shots on goal, 9-4. Charlotte was 0 for 1 and Hershey 1 for 2 on the power play in the first 20 minutes.

2ND PERIOD

The Bears took a 2-1 lead midway through the middle frame. Henrik Rybinski (1) scored a short-handed tally at 10:05 of the second period. Aaron Ness (10) and Jimmy Huntington (9) had the helpers.

The Bears made it 3-1 late in the period on Pierrick Dube‘s 18th goal of the season at 16:04. Jimmy Huntington (10) and Lucas Johansen (3) had the assists.

The Bears held the two-goal lead into the second intermission. The Checkers led in shots 15-8 in the second period and 19-17 through 40 minutes of play. Charlotte was 0 for 2 and Hershey 1 for 3 on the power play after two periods.

THIRD PERIOD

The Bears stretched their lead to 4-1 on Pierrick Dube’s second goal of the game. The shot went over the goal, back of the boards and in.

That would be the final.

SHAVINGS

About Jon Sorensen

Jon has been a Caps fan since day one, attending his first game at the Capital Centre in 1974. His interest in the Caps has grown over the decades and included time as a season ticket holder. He has been a journalist covering the team for 10+ years, primarily focusing on analysis, analytics and prospect development.





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