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GRUBAUER, BEARS SHUT DOWN PHANTOMS TO SWEEP WEEKEND

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March 1, 2015

HERSHEY, Pa. – Philipp Grubauer made 37 saves for his sixth shutout of the season, while Dustin Gazley and Stan Galiev provided the necessary offense, and the Hershey Bears finished another perfect weekend with a 2-0 shutdown of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Sunday night at GIANT Center.

The first period ended scoreless, and each team would successfully kill two opposing power plays.  The Phantoms outshot the Bears 13-7 in the opening 20 minutes.

Hershey would strike for the first goal at 8:24 of the middle frame, while each team had one player sitting in the penalty box.  On the four-on-four situation, Mike Moore used the open ice to send a long pass down the right side for Gazley.  Skating into the left corner, Gazley sent a shot from below the goal line toward the Phantoms’ crease.  Goaltender Rob Zepp saw the puck bank off his pad and into the net for a 1-0 Bears lead.

The insurance goal came at 5:19 of the third.  Galiev started the play by sending a long saucer pass from the left half-wall to Steve Oleksy.  From the point, Oleksy sent a slap-pass to the bottom of the right circle.  Chris Conner collected it and backhanded it across the goal mouth, where Galiev was waiting to slam it home for his team-leading 21st goal of the season.

Grubauer did the rest from there, making all 16 third-period saves, which included three point-blank chances in the game’s final 10 seconds.

Despite being held to a season-tying low 16 shots on goal, the Bears improved their AHL-leading record to 35-14-5-2 (77 points) and extended the league’s longest home point streak to 12 games (10-0-1-1).

Grubauer improved to 23-10-4 on the season, while Zepp fell to 14-10-4 in making 14 saves.

The Bears will travel to begin the first full weekend of the month, and will start off with a 7:05 PM face-off against the Providence Bruins at Dunkin’ Donuts Center on Friday, March 6.  Fans may listen to the game beginning at 6:25 PM on the Bears Radio Network of affiliates WQIC-FM 100.1, WTKT-AM 1460, WOYK-AM 1350 and via the iHeart Radio app (1460 AM).

The team returns home on Sunday, March 8, and will host the Portland Pirates at 5:00 PM.  Tickets are available at the GIANT 


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