The Bears pulled out a 4-2 win in Philly last night on the shoulders of Chris Bourque and Freddie Cassivi. The game didn't start so well for Hershey when a shot deflected in off the body of a Phantom player and got by Freddie.
Chris Bourque scored his 27th of the season about 3 minutes later to tie the game at 1-1 after one period. The only goal in the second was scored by Phantoms forward Ryan Potulny. Going into the third the Bears were down 2-1 and had not looked good most of the game. The Bears only had 5 shots on goal in the second period and listening on the radio they sounded like they were having trouble keeping anything in the zone.
And then a 5-3 power play changed the momentum in the Bears favor early in the third period. Bourque scored his 2nd of the game and 28th of the year on that power play attempt 3 minutes into the period. Kyle Wilson scored his 29th of the year about 3 minutes later to give the Bears a lead they would not lose. Alexandre added his 32nd on an empty netter to seal the deal.
Freddie had a solid game making 31 saves including one on a Kyle Greentree breakaway.
Andrew Joudrey returned to the lineup after missing about 2 weeks of action. Sami Lepisto and Tyler Sloan returned from Washington in time to play. But Sami left in the first with a groin injury and is listed as day to day. No word on if he will play tonight or not.
Bourque is on a serious roll right now. In his last 6 games he has scored 8 goals and assisted on 6 others. Wilson is also hot right now. In the same 6 games he has 4 goals and 5 assists. Andrew Gordon is the other player on that line and he has been playing sharp as well with 4 points in those games.
With the win the Bears eliminated the Binghamton Senators from playoff contention. Bridgeport however remains in contention as they picked up a win over Lowell last night. But all the Bears need is one point and they are in the playoffs. One point in 2 games, Lets Get It!!
It was a good day for the Caps/Bears organizations as both teams beat their Philadelphia rivals as the Caps won game 1 5-4. Mike Green had 2 goals and David Steckel scored 1 for the Caps.
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