Bears Top Rocket 5-3 | Pro Hockey News

November 29, 2024

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The Hershey Bears (14-4-2-0) returned home and picked up a 5-3 victory over the Laval Rocket (13-4-1-0) in a meeting of two first-place clubs on Wednesday night at GIANT Center, as the club continued its 2024-25 season, presented by Penn State Health.

On Wednesday, November 27, 2024, the Hershey Bears vs the Laval Rockets. The Bears beat the Rockets by a score of 5-3.

The Atlantic Division-leading Bears improved to 4-1-1-0 against North Division clubs with the win; Hershey has gone 4-0-1-0 over its last five games and has won its last three contests. The Bears improved to 30-20-4-2-1 (.588 pct) in 57 career home Thanksgiving Eve games.

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Spencer Smallman opened the scoring on Hershey’s first shot of the contest just 2:14 into the opening frame after Henrik Rybinski stole the puck in the offensive zone and found Smallman, who beat Jakub Dobes for his third of the season.
After Rocket players Laurent Dauphin and Tyler Wotherspoon were assessed penalties at 10:54 and 11:52, Hershey called a timeout, and on the ensuing 5-on-3 advantage, Alex Limoges buried a power-play goal for his fifth strike of the season, with assists from Mike Sgarbossa and Pierrick Dube.
Dube’s assist on Limoges pushed the forward’s point streak to three games (1g, 2a).
Chase Priskie put Hershey ahead 3-2 at 17:49 of the second period, with assists to Rybinski and Mike Vecchione for his fourth goal of the season. All four of Priskie’s goals have come on the man advantage this season; he is tied with Charlotte’s Trevor Carrick for the most power-play goals by a defender for the campaign.
Vincent Iorio broke a 3-3 tie at 10:24 of the third period with a shot from the right point beating a screened Dobes.
Ethen Frank added an empty-net tally at 18:44 for his 13th goal of the season to tie Calgary’s Rory Kerins for the league lead.
Hunter Shepard earned his league-leading 11th win of the season and improved to 6-0-1 over his last seven games with the triumph, and earned his 66th career victory as a Bear to pass Ed Chadwick for sole possession of 12th in franchise history.
Forward Dalton Smith made his Bears debut. The veteran forward picked up two penalty minutes and was notably foiled on a breakaway in the second period with the score tied 2-2.

With Bears match report