You couldn't quite get it done this time could you Mr. Tambellini? The Bears came away with a 6-3 victory over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in Hershey last night. Jeff Tambellini scored twice for the Tigers but they couldn't beat the Bears in this one.
Alexander Giroux scored goals number 30 and 31 on the season in the first period as the Bears and Tigers traded goals and skated to a 2-2 tie after one. The only goal in the second period was scored by the Tigers and they took a 3-2 lead into the third. And then the Bears came to play. Jason Morgan scored his first of the game early in the third on a weak little shot that slipped past Tigers goaltender Joey MacDonald and found the net. Morgan scored his second about 6:30 into the period to put the Bears up for good.
Chris Bourque added and empty netter, his 26th of the year, and Morgan completed his hat trick (giving him 18 goals on the season) in the last minute on another empty netter.
Daren Machesney made 25 saves on 28 shots to earn the victory for Hershey. With Binghamton off last night the Bears are now up 4 points on the Senators and 5 points on the Tigers with 4 games left in the season. The Tigers have one extra game which they play on Wednesday night.
On the injury front, the Capitals may need a defensemen when the playoffs start as Jeff Schultz went down last night and did not return. No word yet on how long he will be out. But expect a callup of either Sami Lepisto or Josef Boumedienne. The Bears don't want to lose a D-man but at least they are mostly healthy back there now. Tyler Sloan, Jamie Hunt and Chris McAlister all returned from injury this weekend. So losing one guy to the NHL still leaves plenty of talent in Hershey.
Speaking of call ups though. Watch out tonight for #22 (I think that number) Francois Bouchard. He will be making his AHL debut tonight against the Wilkes-Barre Penguins. He has scored 319 points over the last 3 seasons in the QMJHL. He could be a real force for the Bears next season and hopefully he can help with a little offense yet this year. He is the younger brother of Minnesota Wild forward Pierre-Marc Bouchard.
Also a Congratulations to Bruce Boudreau and the Washington Capitals on their Southeast Division title. The Caps were 6-14-1 when Gabby took over behind the bench and have since gone 37-17-7 to surprise the league. They are heading into the playoffs as hot as any team in the league and could make some noise. There are lots of former Bears up there so everyone root hard for the Caps this playoff year!!
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