Bears Fall 2-1 to Phantoms in OT

November 29, 2024

The Hershey Bears (14-4-3-0) secured a point, but fell to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms (8-6-3-1) in a 2-1 overtime defeat on Friday night at PPL Center, as the club continued its 2024-25 season, presented by Penn State Health.

The point earned by Hershey by forcing overtime extended Hershey's road point streak from the beginning of the season to 10 games (8-0-2-0) to surpass the 2006-07 Bears' start on the road (8-0-0-1). The game also marked the fourth consecutive road game for Hershey to be played beyond regulation, tying a franchise mark.

BOX SCORE

NOTABLES:

• Ethen Frank kept pace with Calgary's Rory Kerins for the AHL's goal-scoring race with his 14th of the season on a power-play strike at 2:48 of the third period to tie the game at 1-1, with assists from Mike Sgarbossa and Alex Limoges.
• Olle Lycksell scored both goals for Lehigh Valley.
• The defeat marked only the second time on the road this season that Hershey has trailed after two periods; the Bears are 1-0-1-0.
• Hershey is now 1-1-1-0 against the Phantoms in the 2024-25 campaign.

SHOTS: HER 30, LV 26

GOALTENDING: HER - Clay Stevenson, 24-for-26; LV - Cal Petersen, 29-for-30

POWER PLAY: HER - 1-for-3; LV - 0-for-3

THEY SAID IT:

Bears head coach Todd Nelson's thoughts on the outcome:
"I thought that we played a pretty good road game tonight. Probably deserved a better fate...everybody clearly saw that Ethan Bear was taken down on the overtime-winner - it was blatant - the guys worked hard enough to get two points, but we got one, so we keep the point streak alive."

NEXT GAME:

The Bears continue the 2024-25 regular season, presented by Penn State Health, when they return home to host the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Saturday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. at GIANT Center for Hockey Fights Cancer Night, when the players will take the ice in specialty Hockey Fights Cancer jerseys that will be auctioned off post-game. All fans in attendance will receive a Hockey Fights Cancer jersey rally towel courtesy of Penn State Health. Purchase tickets for the game by CLICKING HERE.