Bears Down Thunderbirds, 4-1 | NoVa Caps


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The Hershey Bears downed the Springfield Thunderbirds 4-1 Wednesday night at Giant Center in Hershey. The victory improves the Bears record to 32-7-0-2 (66 points) on the season.

Hunter Shepard (15-2-1-1, 2.29 GAA, .907 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the Bears. Malcolm Subban (8-9-4-0, 2.85 GAA, .906 sv%) got the start in goal for the visiting Thunderbirds. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Bears:

Joe Snively – Mike Sgarbossa – Ethen Frank
Mike Vecchione – Jimmy Huntington – Pierrick Dube
Ivan Miroshnichenko – Garrett Roe – Bogdan Trineyev
Ryan Hofer – Riley Sutter – Henrik Rybinski

Aaron Ness – Dylan McIlrath
Lucas Johansen – Vincent Iorio
Hardy Haman Aktell – Chase Priskie

Hunter Shepard
Clay Stevenson

Scratches: Alex Limoges (upper-body), Matt Strome (upper-body), Jake Massie, Logan Day, Dmitri Osipov, Kevin O’Neil, Tyson Empey and Hendrix Lapierre (expected to join Hershey later this week).

Re-assignments: Hendrix Lapierre was officially re-assigned from the Capitals to the Bears on Tuesday.

1ST PERIOD

The Bears and T-Birds skated to a scoreless draw in the first frame.

Springfield led in shots 11-7 in the opening stanza. Both teams were 0 for 1 on the power play in the first 20 minutes.

2ND PERIOD

The Bears finally opened the scoring with a goal from Mike Vecchione (11) at 9:37 of the middle frame. Pierrick Dubé (7) and Joe Snively (23) had the helpers.

The Bears made it 2-0 on Jimmy Huntington‘s 8th goal of the season at 17:03 of the middle frame.

The Bears held the 2-0 lead into the second intermission. Springfield led in shots 11-5 in the middle frame and 22-12 after two periods. The T-Birds were 0 for 4 and the Bears 0 for 2 on the power play after two periods.

3RD PERIOD

The Thunderbirds cut the Bears lead to 2-1 with 7:24 remaining in the final frame. Mathias Laferriere (3) notched the T-Birds initial tally. Mackenzie MacEachern (13) and Dylan Coghlan (13) had the helpers.

But the Bears added empty net goals from Ethen Frank and Pierrick Dube in the closing moments to extend their lead to 4-1, 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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