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PHANTOMS HANG ON, DEFEAT BEARS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE

December 31, 2015

HERSHEY, Pa. – Justin Peters stopped 32 shots to earn third-star honors but his effort was not enough, as the Lehigh Valley Phantoms took a 3-1 decision on New Year’s Eve at GIANT Center.

Aaron Palushaj finally solved Peters in the first period, slipping the rebound of a Tim Brent shot under his outstretched pad at 11:12.  The Bears backstop turned aside 17 other shots to keep the game close.

The Phantoms added to their lead in the second, when Danick Martel collected a poke-check steal by Jesper Pettersson, carried in on the backhand and poked a shot off of a Bears defenseman and in at 13:38.

With Peters sitting for a sixth attacker, Christian Djoos broke up the shutout bid of Jason LaBarbera with a long-range slap shot from the center point that sailed through a screen with 2:35 left in regulation.

Martel would later hit the empty net to round out the scoring.

Peters dropped to 8-5-3 on the season, while LaBarbera’s 27 saves improved his record to 3-7-0.  The Bears finished 0-for-4 on the power play and 2-for-3 on the penalty kill.

The Bears finish their seven-game homestand with the first game of 2016 on Saturday, January 2.  The puck drops at 7:00 PM with the Binghamton Senators in town.  Tickets are available at the GIANT Center box office, by calling 717-508-BEAR or online at TicketMaster.com.

 

NOTES:  The Bears scratched RW Caleb Herbert, D Bobby Shea and LW Jakub Vrana…The Phantoms scratched RW Brandon Alderson, LW Chris Conner, D Maxim Lamarche, D Matt Lashoff, D Christian Marti, RW Michael Parks, D Logan Pyett, RW Evan Rankin, RW Jay Rosehill and LW Kevin Sundher…The Bears dropped to 14-3-2 all-time on New Year’s Eve on home ice.


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