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TWO WINS FROM THE TITLE: BEARS WIN 3-0 IN GAME 3

June 6, 2009

BEARS TRAP MOOSE Hershey Takes Lead in Series with Shutout Victory By Jess Mikula Amidst a roaring sellout crowd of 10,696, the BEARS held the Manitoba Moose scoreless Saturday night, winning Game 3 of the Calder Cup Finals by a 3-0 margin. HERSHEY now leads the best-of-seven series two games to one. The BEARS found the score sheet first, as Graham Mink netted his sixth of the postseason at 6:22 of the first period. Staffan Kronwall and Chris Bourque added the assists on the power play marker, which was scored just eight seconds into the man advantage. Shot counts were deadlocked at 10 apiece, and HERSHEY carried a 1-0 lead to the dressing room after 20 minutes of play. A strong effort by the BEARS penalty kill kept the Moose off the board early in the second stanza, as HERSHEY managed to kill 50 seconds of 5-on-3 action. The Chocolate and White then struck again with Alexandre Giroux’s 14th of the playoffs midway through the period. Giroux beat Manitoba netminder Cory Schneider with a power play tally at 9:38, assisted by Keith Aucoin and Kronwall. The home team held a two-goal advantage after two. The BEARS fought off another two-man deficit late in the game, with Schneider to the bench for the extra attacker. Quintin Laing capitalized on the empty net, sending the puck the length of the ice for his second goal of the 2009 Calder Cup Playoffs, an unassisted short-handed marker at 19:16. Michal Neuvirth earned his fourth postseason shutout, turning aside all 28 Moose shots. The HERSHEY power play went 2-for-3, and the penalty kill silenced Manitoba on all five attempts. Bears Radio Network Three Stars of the Game: 1. Michal Neuvirth (4th postseason shutout) 2. Alexandre Giroux (league-leading 14th playoff goal) 3. Staffan Kronwall (two assists, on ice for all three goals) Notes: The BEARS, who have not played on home ice since Game 2 of the conference finals against Providence on May 17, boast an 8-1 record at Giant Center this postseason. Alexandre Giroux notched his league-leading 14th goal of the playoffs Saturday. The AHL MVP also leads the league this postseason with 25 points in 19 contests, and he brings a 10-game scoring streak (10-6-16) into Saturday night’s tilt. Graham Mink now has a point in six of his last seven games (3-4-7). Chris Bourque’s assist on the first goal marks his first point in this series. He ranks second on the BEARS roster with 19 points (4-15-19) this postseason but shows just 1-1-2 in eight career Finals games. Hershey rookie goaltender Michal Neuvirth has recorded each of his league-leading four playoff shutouts at Giant Center. The BEARS are 8-0 at home this postseason when they score the game’s first goal and have won 13 straight home contests when scoring first overall since a 5-4 loss to Norfolk on Feb. 14. The team that scored first had gone on to lose both of the first two games of the series. In Calder Cup Finals history, when a series is tied at 1-1, the Game 3 winner has eventually captured the championship on 22 of 31 previous occasions (71.0 percent). HERSHEY failed to record a goal in the first home game of each of its previous two Finals appearances. The BEARS were shut out by Carey Price of Hamilton in Game 1 in 2007 and by Milwaukee’s Pekka Rinne in Game 3 in 2006.


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