{"id":1099,"date":"2009-01-01T06:11:32","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T06:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2025-05-03T01:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T05:35:36","slug":"bears-foil-falcons-12-31-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2009\/01\/01\/bears-foil-falcons-12-31-08\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears Foil Falcons 12-31-08"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">The Hershey Bears, after losing their last two road games and being outscored 9 to 1, started a five game road trip in the win column with a 2-0 shutout victory over the Springfield Falcons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">After failing to convert on a couple of 5-on-3 power play chances, Hershey struck first at 12:10 of the first period when Matthieu Perreault tallied on the power play.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>All three of Perreault\u2019s power play strikes have been acquired on foreign ice.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Four of his five goals overall have been potted on the road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">The newly formed energy line of Kip Brennan, Steve Pinizzotto, and Andrew Joudrey gave the Bears a spark at 7:53 of the third period when Pinizzotto lit the lamp.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Pinizzotto camped out on the doorstep of Springfield goaltender, <span style=\"8.0pt;\">Jeff Deslauriers, and deposited the rebound of Joudrey\u2019s turnaround shot behind the former Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguin to give Hershey a 2-0 lead.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Just a minute and 20 seconds after the Pinizzotto goal, former Philadelphia Phantom, Ryan Potulny, came within inches of breaking Bears\u2019 netminder, Simeon Varlamov\u2019s, shutout, but his shot rang off the post and trickled harmlessly away from the cage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Despite pulling Deslauriers at 18:14 in hopes of cracking the goose egg on their side of the scoreboard, the Falcons could not dent the armor of Varlomov, and he was able to collect his second shutout of the season, with both whitewashes attained on the road.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hershey Bears, after losing their last two road games and being outscored 9 to 1, started a five game road trip in the win column with a 2-0 shutout victory over the Springfield Falcons. 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