GALIEV, GRUBAUER HELP BEARS BLANK ICECAPS

November 30, 2014

HERSHEY, Pa. – Stanislav Galiev stretched his power play goal streak to three games in scoring the only goal of the game, and Philipp Grubauer did his job at the opposite end by making 33 saves, helping the Hershey Bears to a 1-0 victory over the St. John’s IceCaps on Sunday evening at GIANT Center.

After two scoreless periods, the Bears would earn their second power play of the night when IceCaps forward J.C. Lipon took an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty at the final horn ending the second frame.  On the carry-over power play, Galiev collected a head-man pass from Phillipe Cornet, skated into the St. John’s zone and rifled a snap shot over the blocker of IceCaps goaltender Peter Budaj 37 seconds into the third period.

The goal was enough for the Bears, as the club’s league-leading penalty kill did the job on six St. John’s power plays and Grubauer’s goaltending was nothing short of outstanding.

Grubauer’s third shutout of the season moved his record to 8-5-2.  Budaj stopped 20 of 21 shots, but the former Hershey netminder could not pick up his first win and fell to 0-4-3.

The Bears conclude their season-long six-game home stand on Friday, December 5 with a 7:00 PM faceoff against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.  All fans in attendance will receive a complimentary one-day pass to Hersheypark valid through July 31, 2015. 

Tickets for this and all home games are available at the GIANT Center box office, by calling (717)508-BEAR or online at TicketMaster.com.  Information on group tickets and season tickets for the 2014-2015 Hershey Bears regular season is available by calling (717) 508-BEAR.  Many different flexible plans are offered and start as low as $170.
 
NOTES: The Bears scratches were D Michal Cajkovsky, RW Chris Conner, RW Garrett Mitchell, D Mike Moore, LW Tim Spencer and D Patrick Wey…The IceCaps scratched C Patrice Cormier, D Keaton Ellerby, D Kris Fredheim, RW Patrick Holland, LW Jason Jaffray and LW Brandon MacLean… The Bears finished the night 1-for-3 on the power play and 6-for-6 on the penalty kill…Three stars: 3-Budaj, 2-Galiev, 1-Grubauer…The Bears have been held to one goal six times this season, but won three of them (3-3-0-0).