{"id":1114,"date":"2009-01-04T07:35:56","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T07:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2025-05-03T01:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T05:35:35","slug":"bears-silence-wolfpack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2009\/01\/04\/bears-silence-wolfpack\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears Silence Wolfpack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Hartford, CT- The Hershey Bears, turning the tables from a night ago, when they surrendered five unanswered goals to the Providence Bruins to start the game, came out howling on Saturday night, scoring the <span style=\"red;\">first four <\/span>goals of the game and waltzing to a 6-2 win over the Hartford Wolfpack at XL Center.<\/span><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Former <span style=\"red;\">Wolfpack, <\/span>Alexandre Giroux, Hartford\u2019s sixth all-time leading scorer, made sure that head coach Bob Woods\u2019 100<sup>th<\/sup> game behind <span style=\"red;\">the bench <\/span>was a successful one, leading the Hershey offensive charge with a four point outing (1 goal, 3 assists).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Giroux, sent down earlier in the day by the Washington <span style=\"red;\">Capitals, <\/span>made an immediate impact on his return to the Hershey lineup, picking up the primary assist on Keith Aucoin\u2019s goal only 1:25 into the affair. Aucoin\u2019s goal, his 12<sup>th<\/sup> of the season, broke a 14 <span style=\"red;\">road game <\/span>goalless streak for the AHL&#8217;s leading point producer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Graham Mink\u2019s 14<sup>th<\/sup> goal of the season, also primarily assisted by Giroux, gave the Bears<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>2-0 lead at 6:35. Despite <span style=\"red;\">out shooting <\/span>the Wolfpack 18-7 in the stanza, Hershey was not able to lengthen their lead after the Mink goal, heading into the intermission with the two-goal cushion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Steve Pinizzotto, a healthy scratch the night before, after scoring in the 2-0 win over Springfield on New Year\u2019s Eve, gave Hershey a 3-0 lead at 36 seconds of the second period. Pinizzotto\u2019s goal, his 3<sup>rd<\/sup> of the season, was assisted by his linemates, Quintin Laing and Andrew Joudrey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Kyle Wilson\u2019s 15<sup>th<\/sup> tally of the season at 6:20 gave Hershey a 4-0 lead and chased Hartford netminder Miika Wiikman from the\u00a0crease in the process. Wiikman departed with 19 saves and was replaced by Matt Zaba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Hartford\u2019s Greg Moore\u2019s s power play <span style=\"red;\">goal, <\/span>with less than one second remaining in the period, ruined Hershey goalie Simeon Varlamov\u2019s bid for his 4<sup>th<\/sup> shutout of the season, <span style=\"red;\">and cut <\/span>the Hershey lead to 4-1. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Fueled in part by the Moore goal late in the second period, Hartford sliced further into the Hershey lead when Patrick Rissmiller ripped home a shot at 1:44 of the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> period, sliced<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>the Hershey lead to 4-2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">After failing to score in their first-five power play chances, Hershey\u2019s power play finally cashed in at 4:15, with Mink powering a Giroux pass from behind the net past Zaba to give the Bears a 5-2 lead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Giroux, the AHL\u2019s leading goal scorer prior to his recall to Washington, dented the twine for the 19<sup>th<\/sup> time this campaign at 14:26, giving the Chocolate and White the final 7-2 margin of victory. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Varlamov finished the game with 32 saves to notch his 13th triumph of the season. 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