The Hershey Bears started their weekend series against the Cleveland Monsters with a 4-1 victory on Friday night at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Mike Vecchione scored two goals and added an assist for the Bears, who improved to 22-13-3-3. 
Vecchione opened the scoring for the Chocolate and White on the power play, scoring his ninth goal of the season at 16:15 of the opening frame. Mason Morelli and Garrett Pilon assisted, as Vecchione’s shot from the left circle beat Cleveland goaltender Jet Greaves past the glove to make it 1-0.
After no scoring in the middle frame, Cleveland would tie the game early in the third period with a slapshot from Scott Harrington, which eluded Hershey goaltender Zach Fucale to make it 1-1 at 5:01.
Hershey’s Kody Clark responded quickly for Hershey, powering his way to the net on a great individual effort for his sixth goal of the season to put the Bears ahead 2-1 at 8:15. Beck Malenstyn and Riley Sutter collected the helpers.
Hershey would add two more insurance goals – a power play snipe from Lucas Johansen at 15:58, and an empty netter from Vecchione for his second of the night at 18:06 to seal the win.
Fucale snapped a four-game losing streak with a 29-save performance. Final shots totaled 30-23 in favor of Cleveland. The Bears finished 2-for-3 on the power play and 1-for-1 on the penalty kill.
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