The Hershey Bears closed their 12-game season series against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins with a dramatic, 1-0 overtime win on Tuesday night at Giant Center. Vitek Vanecek recorded his second shutout of the season, and ninth in his American Hockey League … Continue reading
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PHN’s Bests of the Game: Bears blow past Tigers
Riley Barber scored twice, including his 30th and 31st goals of the season, to help the Hershey Bears to a 5-1 win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Saturday night at Giant Center. Barber became the first Bears player to record … Continue reading
PHN’s Best Shots of the Game: Bears rally, fall to Marlies in OT
The Hershey Bears played host to the Toronto Marlies for the lone time this season, and dropped a 5-4 overtime decision on Friday night at Giant Center. The Bears erased two separate one-goal deficits in the second period, and rallied … Continue reading
PHN’s Best Shots of the Game: Nedeljkovic, Checkers shut out Phantoms
After falling just short in the weekend’s first meeting, the Checkers left no doubt in their rematch with Lehigh Valley, pounding the Phantoms 4-0 behind a shutout performance from Alex Nedeljkovic. The netminder stood tall on all 22 shots he … Continue reading
PHN’s Best Shots of the Game: Mike Vecchione Scores Twice as Phantoms Defeat Charlotte
Lehigh Valley, Pa. – The Lehigh Valley Phantoms (30-24-3-3) held on to pick up a 3-2 victory over the first-place Charlotte Checkers (38-15-6-1) inside PPL Center on Friday night. Mike Vecchione led the way with his first two-goal game of … Continue reading
PHN’s Best Shots of the Game: Sound Tigers push streak to seven
Matt Lorito scored twice and Jeremy Smith was less than a minute from his first shutout of the season, as the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (35-18-5-2), proud AHL affiliate of the New York Islanders, earned their seventh straight win with a … Continue reading