Friday, February 13, 2009

Bears @ Bingo preview, 2/13

Hershey Bears
record ~ 35-14-0-4 74 points
standings ~ 1st in East Division
most recent game ~ 4-2 Loss vs Hamilton, 2/11
last 5 games ~ 3-2-0-0
road record ~ 16-7-0-2
goals for ~ 202
goals against ~153
power play ~ 17.9% (13th)
penalty kill ~ 81.0% (24th)


Binghamton Senators
record ~ 27-17-5-3 62 points
standings ~ 4th in East Division
playoff positioning ~ 1 pt behind 3rd, 4 pts ahead of 5th
most recent game ~ 4-2 Loss vs Albany, 2/11
last 5 games ~ 2-1-2-0
home record ~ 14-7-1-3
goals for ~ 146
goals against ~ 148
power play ~ 23.3% (1st)
penalty kill ~ 81.0% (23rd)

last time teams met - Binghamton won 4-1 in Hershey on December 27th.

Players to watch:

Hershey:

RW Graham Mink (21)- He has 4 goals in his last 4 games. He also has 2 assists in those games. Easily his best stretch since November.
C Kyle Wilson (18) - He is second on the team with 21 goals this season. In his last 5 games he has 2 goals and 4 assists.
LW Alexandre Giroux (12) - A little bit of a cold streak with no goals in his last 4 games but he does have 3 assists in those games. In 3 games against Bingo this season he has 4 goals.

Binghamton:

LW Ilya Zubov (36) - He is the team leader with 37 points in only 37 games. In his last 7 games he has 5 assists.

LW Denis Hamel (17) - Tied for the team lead with 15 goals. In his last 8 games he has 6 goals and 5 assists.
C Josh Hennessy (23) - The other team leader with 15 goals. He has 3 goals and 2 assists in his last 5 games.


News and Notes:
  • Hershey leads the season series 3-1 with all the games so far being in Hershey.
  • These teams meet 3 times in the next 2 weeks. All 3 games in Binghamton.
  • Bingo has won 6 of their last 9 home games.
  • Since getting assigned to the AHL Martin Gerber has played 9 games and has a 5-4 record with a 2.47 gaa and a .922 save percentage.
  • Hershey has won 7 of their last 10 road games.

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