The Hershey Bears (6-1-1-0) completed a 3-0-0-0 weekend sweep of its road trip with a 2-1 win over the Providence Bruins (2-4-0-0) on Sunday afternoon at Amica Mutual Pavilion, as the club continued its 2024-25 season, presented by Penn State Health.
The victory marked the third straight game that Hershey had battled back after allowing the first goal of the game to its opponent. The contest was Hershey's second and final visit of the regular season to Providence after also earning a 2-1 victory on Friday. The Bears are currently 5-0-0-0 on Amica Mutual Pavilion ice dating back to the 2023-24 season, the best road stretch against the Bruins in club history dating back to the latter's inaugural season in 1992-93.
With the win, Hershey's point streak increased to six games (5-0-1-0), and the club improved to 4-0-0-0 on the road this season.
NOTABLES:
SHOTS: HER 23, PRO 25
GOALTENDING: HER - Hunter Shepard, 24-for-25; PRO - Brandon Bussi, 21-for-23
POWER PLAY: HER - 0-for-5; PRO - 0-for-3
THEY SAID IT:
"Our guys came out and played hard right from the drop of the puck and we were physical, and I thought the guys were trying to do the right things out there. Anytime you play a three-in-three in two and a half days, it's tough mentally and physically, but it was a really gutsy effort from everybody." - Todd Nelson on the team rallying after trailing for the second consecutive evening.
"The goals that they're scoring is a byproduct of their hard work - you look at both Miro and Franky, they're working hard in the corners, being physical, and it's paying dividends for them." - Nelson on Ivan Miroshnichenko and Ethen Frank finding the net this season.
"We were just trying to start the period off right, get pucks deep, play a simple game, and we got a lucky bounce off the ref. I wasn't really trying to do much, but get a puck on net and we were fortunate to win [...] He knows a lot of my breakaway moves, so I'm glad I didn't get embarrassed with that. But no, it's all in good fun and he's a great guy and a really good goalie." - Ethen Frank on his game-winning goal and further elaborating on his decision-making while facing his college teammate, Brandon Bussi.
"I mean all of them. It's hard to single one guy out - three games in two and a half days, a couple of guys played all of them. It might look like sometimes, maybe it's not crazy hard because they're backed a little bit from the play. But you get way more tired I think for those guys defending than you do playing offense. Nesser's probably what, logging 20-something minutes a game? There's six 'D' out there, over three games and granted, not all of them play all three games, but they're not fun minutes for them all the time back there. So for them to keep their feet moving and go to block shots and do the little stuff that doesn't get noticed for today at three o'clock, after we played two [games] and switched hotels every night this weekend, it's just a testament to the group that we have in there. They're not doing it for themselves. Nobody wants to block a shot for themselves, they're doing it because they don't want to let the rest of the guys down." - Hunter Shepard on who among his team's defensemen stood out in providing him support.
NEXT GAME:
The Bears continue the 2024-25 regular season, presented by Penn State Health, when they return home to host the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. at GIANT Center for College Night. The first 500 college students in attendance will receive a t-shirt, courtesy of Enck's Trophies and Screen Printing. Purchase tickets for the game by CLICKING HERE.
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