Hartford @ Bears Preview, 12/6

Hershey Bears
record ~ 18-5-0-1 37 points
standings ~ 1st in East Division
most recent game ~ 3-2 Win vs Norfolk, 12/1
last 5 games ~ 5-0-0-0
home record ~ 9-2-0-0
goals for ~ 107
goals against ~64
power play ~ 19.7% (6th)
penalty kill ~ 81.0% (23rd)


Hartford Wolf Pack
record ~ 10-9-1-2 23 points
standings ~ 5th in Atlantic Division
most recent game ~ 4-3 OT Win @ Bridgeport, 12/3
last 5 games ~ 2-3-0-0
road record ~ 3-5-1-1
goals for ~ 62
goals against ~ 66
power play ~ 15.7% (17th)
penalty kill ~ 78.9% (25th)

last time teams met - This is the first meeting this season. Last season the Bears won in Hartford and the Wolf Pack won in Hershey.

Players to watch:

Hershey:

LW Chris Bourque (17)- He is probably going to be playing center on the number 1 line since Keith Aucoin probably won't be back for this weekends games. He needs to do a good job in faceoffs and get the puck to Minker and Giroux.
C Kyle Wilson (18) - He needs to keep up the scoring now that we have moved into another month. With Coiner up in Washington the Bears need other players to step up.
D Greg Amadio (32) - With the defensive players still up with the Caps, Amadio needs to have a solid weekend. It could be a while before Alzner, Lepisto, or Sloan come back.

Hartford:

RW Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau (17) - Leading the team in points and goals with 11 goals and 11 assists in 22 games this season. A bit of a slump lately now though as he only has 1 goal in the last 4 games.
C Artem Anisimov (42) - 2nd on the team in points and goals with 8 goals and 12 assists in 22 games. He has 6 goals in the last 7 games.
LW Patrick Rissmiller (18) - He has only played 7 games this season for the Pack but he has 8 assists in those games.


News and Notes:

• After being reassigned to Reading earlier this week Patrick Wellar will be back in Hershey for this weekend. No defensemen are expected to return to Hershey before next week.
• Keith Aucoin is likely to be in Washington for the weekend as well.
• When Coiner went up, Minker came back.
• Johann Kroll was called up from South Carolina yesterday, fueling speculation that another defenseman could get called up to Washington.
  

LET'S GO BEARS!!! MAKE IT 10 IN A ROW!!