After playing two important games on Friday and Saturday the Bears came out strong against Wilkes-Barre on Sunday night. And then their tired legs caught up to them. Hershey skated into the 1st intermission with a 2-0 lead on goals by Andrew Gordon and Kyle Wilson. Gordon scored his 14th of the season after coming out of the penalty box and grabbing the puck and deking goalie David Brown out of his pads. Wilson added 28th after Chris Bourque hustled into the offensive zone and laid a huge hit on a Penguin and passed the puck right out front for Wilson to put it in the net.
From there on it was almost all Wilkes-Barre. After the first period they outscored the Bears 4-1 including overtime. And they outshot Hershey by a total of 31-9 after the 1st period. The Penguins appeared a little tired in the third just like Hershey but they were able to hang on and get the win in OT.
The Bears third goal was scored by Sami Lepisto in the 2nd period, his 4th. Freddie Cassivi had a solid night in goal stopping 36 of 40 shots.
With the point the Bears are 5 up on Binghamton and 6 up on Bridgeport. Their magic number is 3. The Bears only need to get 3 points to clinch a playoff spot. If Bridgeport loses to Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday than the Bears would only need 1 point in their three weekend games to clinch the 4th spot in the division. If Bridgeport wins Wednesday than the Bears would need 3 points still. They actually only need 1 point to lock out Binghamton.
Sami Lepisto was recalled to Washington today. He is up due to injuries to Jeff Schultz and Shaone Morrison. Morrison is hoping to be back on Friday so we could be seeing Sami back in Hershey before he plays in Washington.
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