Bogdan Trineyev<\/a> (1g, 3a) and Ilya Protas (2g, 1a) both carry three-game playoff point streaks into today\u2019s contest.<\/p>\nPuck drop for tonight\u2019s game is at 6:05 pm.<\/p>\n
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\nHershey Bears<\/p>\n
Miroshnichenko\n <\/p>\n
Rybinski\n <\/p>\n
Suzdalev\n <\/p>\n
Bitten\n <\/p>\n
Bongiovanni\n <\/p>\n
Leason\n <\/p>\n
Unavailable for the Bears tonight due to injury\/illness: Cam Allen, Spencer Smallman, Eriks Mateiko, Sonny Milano<\/p>\n
Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins<\/p>\n
Harvey-Pinard\n <\/p>\n
Koppanen\n <\/p>\n
Hayes\n <\/p>\n
1st Period<\/p>\n
Waiting for puck drop.<\/p>\n
Aaron Ness gets his stick up high on Ville Koivunen after a whistle and draws blood. Early penalty-killing work.<\/p>\n
\ud83e\udd93<\/p>\n
Penalty kill<\/p>\n
Aaron Ness high-sticking penalty at 03:41<\/p>\n
Bears kill off all four minutes of the Penguins\u2019 power play.<\/p>\n
Avery Hayes cuts to the middle and rings the crossbar behind Clay Stevenson.<\/p>\n
Just five total shots on goal in the first period with five minutes remaining.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd0b<\/p>\n
Power play<\/p>\n
Finn Harding high-sticking penalty at 14:54<\/p>\n
Bogdan Trineyev takes a puck up high, and play has been stopped. Trineyev makes his way off the ice with the team\u2019s trainer.<\/p>\n
Brett Leason bats a puck out of mid-air past Murashov after taking a feed from Ilya Protas.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n
1-0 Hershey Bears<\/p>\n
Goal: Brett Leason (1). Assists: Ilya Protas (2), Andrew Cristall (2). Time: 16:25<\/p>\n
\ud83e\udd93<\/p>\n
Penalty kill<\/p>\n
Wyatt Bongiovanni roughing penalty at 19:57<\/p>\n
Some rough stuff to end the first frame.<\/p>\n
At intermission: The Bears are up 1-0 with Leason\u2019s power-play tally. Hershey also leads in shots 8-3.<\/p>\n
2nd Period<\/p>\n
Puck is dropped.<\/p>\n
The Penguins start the second on a power play.<\/p>\n
Bogdan Trineyev is back on the ice.<\/p>\n
Sergei Murashov makes a big stick save on Ilya Protas after the Bears created a dangerous 3-on-2 shorthanded chance.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd0b<\/p>\n
Power play<\/p>\n
Ville Koivunen roughing penalty at 05:21<\/p>\n
Protas dangles through multiple Pens defenders but can\u2019t get a shot off on Murashov from the slot.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd0b<\/p>\n
Power play<\/p>\n
Sebastian Aho high-sticking penalty at 12:22<\/p>\n
Another fruitless Bears power play. The best chance was a shorthanded breakaway for the Penguins that Clay Stevenson stopped.<\/p>\n
Stevenson makes a point-blank save on Aidan McDonough.<\/p>\n
The Bears go down the other way, and Andrew Cristall sets up Bogdan Trineyev for a finish past Murashov.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n
2-0 Hershey Bears<\/p>\n
Goal: Bogdan Trineyev (2). Assists: Andrew Cristall (3), Ilya Protas (3). Time: 17:11<\/p>\n
\ud83e\udd93<\/p>\n
Penalty kill<\/p>\n
Wyatt Bongiovanni high-sticking penalty at 17:59<\/p>\n
Hershey kills off a fourth Penguins power play to end the second period.<\/p>\n
At intermission: The Bears are up 2-0 after Trineyev\u2019s goal. Hershey also leads in shots 18-15.<\/p>\n
3rd Period<\/p>\n
Puck is dropped.<\/p>\n
The Penguins get an early goal in the period from Aidan McDonough. Tough bounce off of Louie Belpedio\u2019s leg and past Clay Stevenson.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n
2-1 Hershey Bears<\/p>\n
Goal: Aidan McDonough (2). Assists: Rafael Harvey-Pinard (1), Alex Alexeyev (3). Time: 01:12<\/p>\n
Ivan Miroshnichenko sets up Henrik Rybinski in tight, and Sergei Murashov flashes his pad to make a brilliant stop.<\/p>\n
Ilya Protas gives the puck away to Rutger McGroarty, but Stevenson bails him out with a big save.<\/p>\n
The Bears are soaking up a ton of pressure as the Penguins push to tie this game. 4:15 remaining in regulation.<\/p>\n
Timeout called by the Penguins with 2:38 remaining in the third period.<\/p>\n
Murashov to the bench for an extra attacker.<\/p>\n
Andrew Cristall beats out an icing to kill more time off the clock.<\/p>\n
Stevenson makes a glove save and freezes the puck with 11 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n
Matt Strome pins the puck against the boards and kills the rest of the period.<\/p>\n
Hershey Bears win 2-1 and tie the series 1-1. Bogdan Trineyev gets the game-winner, and Clay Stevenson makes 36 saves in the victory.<\/p>\n
The series will now move to Hershey, with the Giant Center hosting both Game 3 and Game 4. Let\u2019s go, Bears!<\/p>\n
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