{"id":479569,"date":"2026-02-20T08:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/479569\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:43:10","slug":"ivan-miroshnichenko-scores-twice-including-the-game-winning-goal-in-hersheys-3-2-comeback-victory-over-the-marlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/479569\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivan Miroshnichenko scores twice, including the game-winning goal, in Hershey\u2019s 3-2 comeback victory over the Marlies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hershey Bears completed their four-game road trip out of the All-Star break with a big 3-2 victory over the Toronto Marlies on Wednesday. Puck drop for the \u201cschool-day game\u201d was at 11 am.<\/p>\n<p>After the Bears fell behind 2-0, surrendering goals to the Marlies\u2019 Luke Haymes and Alex Nylander, Washington Capitals prospect <a class=\"player\" title=\"View Ivan Miroshnichenko&#039;s stats, bio, and status\" href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/player\/ivan-miroshnichenko\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ivan Miroshnichenko<\/a> took over. In a 13:39 span, Miro scored twice and had three points total in the Bears\u2019 comeback win.<\/p>\n<p>Miroshnichenko\u2019s first point of the day came on a power-play goal with 1:08 remaining in the second period. Taking a pass from Ilya Protas at the point, Miroshnichenko wheeled around the left circle and fired a snap shot that handcuffed Marlies goaltender Dennis Hildeby.<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Miroshnichenko power-play goal<\/p>\n<p>The Bears then tied the game 2-2, 10:42 into the third period, after Ilya Protas lit the lamp for a team-leading 19th time this season.<\/p>\n<p>Miroshnichenko earned the primary assist after pivoting hard to the net and firing a no-look backhand on Hildeby. The Marlies goaltender made the initial save, but Protas, hiding out at the side of the net, fired the rebound into the yawning cage.<\/p>\n<p>Ilya Protas goal, Ivan Miroshnichenko primary assist<\/p>\n<p>One minute and 49 seconds later, Miroshnichenko deflected a <a class=\"player\" title=\"View Corey Schueneman&#039;s stats, bio, and status\" href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/player\/corey-schueneman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corey Schueneman<\/a> shot past Hildeby from just outside the crease to give the Bears their first lead of the game with 7:29 remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Miroshnichenko game-winning goal<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"player\" title=\"View Clay Stevenson&#039;s stats, bio, and status\" href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/player\/clay-stevenson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clay Stevenson<\/a> would shut things down in the Marlies\u2019 frantic comeback bid and earned the victory, making an AHL career high 39 saves in the 3-2 triumph. Miroshnichenko was named the game\u2019s first star.<\/p>\n<p>The outing marked Miroshnichenko\u2019s second three-point game of the season and his second two-goal game of the year for the Bears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe worked, and when he does that, he\u2019s an effective player,\u201d Bears head coach Derek King said, \u201cbut he\u2019s got to do that every shift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot a fun game when it\u2019s at 11 in the morning, but it was a fun win,\u201d Miroshnichenko said per the team. \u201cAny time when I score or give guys an [assist], it\u2019s a good time, but we\u2019re happy to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bears finished their road trip 2-2. They\u2019ll return home and face the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in a back-to-back on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hershey Bears completed their four-game road trip out of the All-Star break with a big 3-2 victory&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-479569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}