{"id":1267,"date":"2009-01-22T05:29:40","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T05:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2025-05-03T01:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T05:35:35","slug":"bears-barge-past-admirals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2009\/01\/22\/bears-barge-past-admirals\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears Barge Past Admirals 01.21.09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Even though the Norfolk Admirals succeeded in putting an end to Alexandre Giroux\u2019s AHL record goal-scoring spree, halting the streak at 15 consecutive games, they were unable to stop five other Hershey <span style=\"red;\">Bears <\/span>from navigating to the back of net, as the Chocolate and White sailed to a 6-2 win on Wednesday night at Norfolk Scope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">With the win, the <span style=\"red;\">Bears <\/span>improved to 31-12-0-2 on the campaign, with six of those victories coming at the expense of the Admirals <span style=\"red;\">who are <\/span>coached by former Bear, Darren Rumble.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Norfolk goaltender, Karri Ramo, who snared a quality scoring chance off the stick of Graham Mink early in the first period, wasn\u2019t as fortunate later in the period, when Mink back-handed a pass from Keith Aucoin behind him at 16:37, staking the Bears to a 1-0<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>lead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Not content with the slim one-goal lead, the Bears quickly tacked on a second goal only 47 seconds after the Mink tally, when defenseman Patrick McNeill back-handed a rebound behind Ramo at 17:24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">With only 1.2 seconds remaining before the first intermission, Kyle Wilson, appearing in his 148<sup>th<\/sup> straight contest, deftly deflected a Dean Arsene point shot high into the net to give Hershey a 3-0 lead. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Early in the second period, former Bear, Grant Potulny, broke Daren Machesney\u2019s bid for his 4<sup>th<\/sup> shutout <span style=\"red;\">of the season<\/span>, striking for his 7<sup>th<\/sup> goal <span style=\"red;\">as an Admiral <\/span>at 3:02 to cut the Bears bulge to 3-1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Potulny added his second point of the game at 6:23, assisting on a goal by Blair Jones, making it a one-goal Hershey lead at 3-2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">With his club on their second power play, Keith Aucoin, the AHL\u2019s leading scorer, powered a cross-ice pass from Giroux off of the inside of the goal pad of Ramo to give the <span style=\"red;\">Bears <\/span>a 4-2 lead at 9:35. With the assist, Giroux tied Wes Jarvis\u2019 franchise record for points in consecutive games with 20. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Chris Bourque, one of four Hershey All-Star representatives, increased the lead to 5-2 at 6:01 of the third period. 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