Hershey, PA – – The Hershey Bears returned home to Giant Center for the first time in 21 days and erased three separate one-goal deficits en route to a 4-3 shootout win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Saturday night. The victory marked Hershey’s first road win of the regular season. Bears goaltender Ilya Samsonov recorded his first career AHL win after stopping 19 of 22 shots.
Similar to the previous night’s Bears-Penguins meeting, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton drew first blood. On the transition, Zach Aston-Reese danced around a defender along the right wing and snapped a low shot past Samsonov at 14:51. The Bears finished the opening stanza 0-for-2 on the power play and held a 13-5 shot advantage.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
Into the second period, the Chocolate and White wasted little time to draw even. After Aaron Ness dumped the puck into the offensive end after a neutral zone face-off win, the puck took a fortunate bounce away from an anticipating Pens’ goaltender Tristan Jarry. Mike Sgarbossa raced onto the loose puck in the slot and scored into a vacated net at :39. Wilkes-Barre responded and grabbed their second lead of the night at the 6:40 mark. Teddy Blueger beat Samsonov with a snap shot from the slot for his third goal of the season.
The Bears continued to successfully control the momentum swings in the second period, and Riley Barber capitalized on a breakaway opportunity. After he received a hit during an offensive shift, Barber later fielded a headman pass at the blue line and sneaked behind the defense. Barber converted five-hole on Jarry for Hershey’s first shorthanded goal of the season at 11:16. In a 2-2 tie after 40 minutes, shots were in the Bears favor, 22-13.
In the third period, the Chocolate and White once again fell behind, but rallied back moments later. Ethan Prow scored at the 3:11 mark to provide the Pens with their third separate one-goal advantage. Prow finished a cross-ice feed from Adam Johnson into an open net for the go-ahead tally. Only 47 seconds later, the Bears responded courtesy of Beck Malenstyn’s first AHL goal. In similar fashion to Prow’s goal for the Pens, Steve Whitney threw a puck across the low-slot to an open Beck Malenstyn to tie the game.
After sudden-death overtime completed, both teams progressed to a shootout. Barber and Shane Gersich scored for the Bears, while Ilya Samsonov stopped both shots faced for the 4-3 victory in front of 9,783 fans at Giant Center. Hershey improved their record to 3-6-0-1 on the season. Hershey finished the night 0-for-5 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill, while also holding a 39-22 advantage in shots.
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On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Giant Center – the Hershey Bears played against the WBS Penguins. The game ended in a shoot out with the Bears winning by a score of 4-3.
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