November 6, 2009
HERSHEY’S four-game winning streak came to a halt Friday night, as the BEARS fell to the Portland Pirates 5-0 at the Cumberland County Civic Center.
Portland would score twice in the first period to take a 2-0 lead after one. Kyle Wanvig opened the scoring with his third goal of the season at 8:46 of the first, and a power play goal from Jeff Cowan ran the score out to 2-0 in favor of the home team. HERSHEY came out strong at the beginning of the night, and rode that to a 13-10 shot advantage at the end of one. Neither team would score in the second, with the visiting BEARS mustering just five shots in the middle period. The third saw the Pirates blow it wide open with three goals, including one on the power play. Jason Bacashihua suffered the defeat, his first of the season. Rookie goaltender J.P. Lamoureux recorded his first AHL shutout in the contest.
BEARS Radio Network Three Stars of the game:
1. J.P. Lamoureux-(First AHL Shutout)
2. Philip Gogulla (Two assists)
3. Travis Turnbull (First goal of the season)
Notes: HERSHEY now heads to Manchester to take on the Monarchs Saturday night at Verizon Wireless Arena in New Hampshire. Face-off is at 7:00 p.m., with airtime 6:40 on the BEARS Radio Network. Aucoin celebrated his 31st birthday on Friday, two days after his three-goal performance in Lowell against the Devils. Bacashihua’s start was his fourth in the last five games for HERSHEY.
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