Game Preview: Bears at Phantoms, 7:05 PM

Broadcast Information (Pre-game 6:35 p.m.)
RADIO: WQIC-100.1 FM, Fox Sports 1460-AM, WOYK 1350-AM, Voice of the Bears Zack Fisch and Matt Trust on the call.
LISTEN LIVE: Fox Sports AM-1460 Stream
WATCH LIVE: AHLTV, Facebook Watch

The Hershey Bears were last in action on Dec. 1 in a 4-3 overtime win against the Hartford Wolf Pack among 10,014 fans and 45,650 stuffed animals at Giant Center. Chirstian Djoos scored the CommunityAid and abc27 Teddy Bear Toss goal at 8:11 of the first period, before Steven Fogarty scored his first of two goals for the Pack to even the score. Down 2-1 in the second, Shane Gersich tied the game for the Chocolate and White at 15:16, and Beck Malenstyn gave Hershey a 3-2 advantage at 5:08 of the third. Tied at 3-3 into overtime, Brett Leason scored the sudden-death winner at 2:21 for his first professional goal. The Lehigh Valley Phantoms were last in action on Wednesday night, and dropped a frustrating 3-1 decision to the Springfield Thunderbirds. Despite throwing a regular season franchise record 63 shots on goal, Lehigh Valley was held to only one goal. Connor Bunnaman scored the Phantoms only mark 9:29 into the game. Greg Carey fired an astonishing 14 shots on goal.

In all three previous meetings between the Bears and Phantoms this season, overtime has been required. On Oct. 12, 2019, Travis Boyd helped Hershey to their first win of the season with an overtime goal at the PPL Center. The next matchup on Nov. 9, Lehigh Valley earned retribution in sudden-death overtime with Andy Welinski scoring the game-winner at 4:27. Both teams battled to a shootout on Nov. 10 at Giant Center with Mike Sgarbossa scoring a highlight-reel goal in the skills competition to give Hershey the edge. Overall in the season-series, Sgarbossa leads the Chocolate and White with four points (one goal, three assists) in four games.