{"id":1277,"date":"2009-01-27T00:41:34","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T00:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2025-05-03T01:35:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T05:35:34","slug":"bears-rule-monarchs-012409","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2009\/01\/27\/bears-rule-monarchs-012409\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears Rule Monarchs 01.24.09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">A night after suffering a disappointing shootout setback against their arch rivals, the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton <span style=\"red;\">Penguins,\u00a0<\/span>the Hershey Bears responded in royal fashion with a 2-1 crowning of the Manchester Monarchs on Saturday night at Giant Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">In the first few minutes of the first period, in what would turn out to be the case in every period, the Bears struggled to create offense. However, a physical encounter between former Monarch enforcer, Kip <span style=\"red;\">Brennan, <\/span>and current Monarch enforcer, Kevin <span style=\"red;\">Westgarth, <\/span>ignited a spark under the <span style=\"red;\">Bears\u2019<\/span> offense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Brennan, a healthy scratch in <span style=\"red;\">nine of 16 <\/span>games since returning to Hershey from Finland in late December, including Friday night\u2019s tilt against the baby Pens, dropped the mitts with<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Westgarth at 3:48, after taking exception to<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"red;\">Westgarth\u2019s run <\/span>at Sami Lepisto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">According to <span style=\"red;\">Bears\u2019 <\/span>head coach, Bob Woods, Brennan\u2019s impressive performance in the bout with Westgrath, who had knocked out the Philadelphia Phantoms\u2019 Garrett Stoltz on Friday night, was a key to the victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u201cIt was huge. You see or hear what he (Westgarth) did in Philadelphia. Kipper didn\u2019t hesitate one <span style=\"red;\">bit; <\/span>he went right after <span style=\"red;\">him,\u201d <\/span>said Woods, who turned 40 on Saturday. \u201cHe did very well against him, and that sends a message. It gets the crowd into it, it gets our bench into it, and it sends a message to their bench that we are not going to get pushed around. It was a big part of the game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Less than a minute after the Brennan-Westgarth tussle, penalties to Manchester\u2019s Gabe Gauthier and Davis Drewiske 30 seconds apart gave Hershey a 5-on-3 power play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Forty-five seconds into the two man <span style=\"red;\">advantage<\/span>, Hershey took a 1-0 lead on Keith Aucoin\u2019s 17<sup>th<\/sup> goal of the season at 5:35. Aucoin, after taking a cross-ice pass from Alexandre Giroux, launched a looping wrist shot that eluded Manchester goaltender, Jonathan Bernier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u201cWhen it hit my stick, it rolled up on edge, and I kind of muffed it, almost like a change-<span style=\"red;\">up,\u201d <\/span>said Aucoin, the AHL\u2019s leading point producer. \u201cFortunately for me, it rolled off his back and went in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">An early penalty to Bryan <span style=\"red;\">Helmer <\/span>helped Manchester get off to a strong start in the period. The Monarchs nearly capitalized on the power play with only a heads-up play by Tyler Sloan, sweeping a deflection off Aucoin\u2019s skate out of danger, <span style=\"red;\">avoiding <\/span>the game tying goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Just after the expiration of the Helmer penalty, <span style=\"red;\">Bears\u2019 <\/span>goaltender, Michal Neuvirth\u2019s flashy glove save on a slapshot bid by Manchester\u2019s <span style=\"red;\">Matt Moulson kept the visitors off of the scoreboard. <\/span>Neuvirth, who excelled earlier in the season in net for the ECHL\u2019s South Carolina <span style=\"red;\">Stingrays <\/span>before getting the call to Hershey where he struggled in early, has looked markedly more comfortable in his last few starts after making the adjustment from the slower pace of the ECHL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u201cFor sure.\u201d said <span style=\"red;\">Neuvirth <\/span>of the pace adjustment. \u201cI\u2019m getting used to it.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Every game I\u2019m feeling better, and just working hard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">With Manchester enjoying a 5-on-3 power play, Alec Martinez struck at 6:19 to tie the game at 1-1. Gauthier, who played a big part in the goal, squeezing Jay Beagle\u2019s attempted clearing pass against the <span style=\"red;\">boards <\/span>and keeping the puck in the Hershey zone, picked up the secondary assist on the Martinez marker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">At the promotional timeout at 10:12, Manchester\u2019s offense, fueled by Hershey\u2019s frequent trips to the penalty box, enjoyed a 14-4 second period shot advantage. Woods concurred that the penalties affected his club in a big way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u201cThe penalties, it\u2019s the biggest thing, it screws up our whole rhythm. We are a good five-on-five team when everybody\u2019s involved. You are using the same guys (when you take the penalties), and the other guys are sitting there and it\u2019s tough to <span style=\"red;\">play,\u201d <\/span>said Woods. \u201cWe don\u2019t have any slugs out there that can sit there and get their shift every ten or fifteen minutes. We\u2019ve got guys that need to be out there every five minutes, and anytime that gets disrupted, it affects us. That\u2019s why we have to be more disciplined and stay out of the box.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Testing the patience of the sold out Giant Center crowd, the home standing Bears did not get their first shot of the third period until the 9:26 <span style=\"red;\">mark; <\/span>however Alexandre <span style=\"red;\">Giroux <\/span>rewarded the fans\u2019 patience by putting the shot behind Bernier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Giroux, after receiving a multi-zone pass from Keith Aucoin in full stride, fought off the defensive efforts on Manchester\u2019s Davis Drewiske with one hand, while sliding a puck under the blocker of Bernier with his other hand. Aucoin, who normally passes to Giroux from a much shorter distance, resorted to both his veteran <span style=\"red;\">saavy <\/span>and his long-range radar to find his target.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u201cI think they were changing and I saw a lane under the forward\u2019s <span style=\"red;\">stick,\u201d<\/span>said Aucoin, who has assisted on 24 of Giroux\u2019s AHL leading 36 goals. \u201cI knew if I could get it to him, and sneak it through the guy\u2019s stick, he had a chance for a breakaway.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Shortly after the\u00a0Giroux goal, Hershey\u2019s Jay Beagle and Manchester\u2019s Joe Piskula dropped the gloves in the Manchester zone. Piskula, although able to draw a trickle of blood from Beagle, came out on the short end of the decision, leaving a huge amount of blood on the ice, after bleeding heavily from the facial area. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u201cI think it was from the last punch that I <span style=\"red;\">threw,\u201d <\/span>said Beagle, whose lone fight last season was a scrap with former Bear, Lawrence <span style=\"red;\">Nycholat, <\/span>in Binghamton<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWe both connected with some good ones.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>I didn\u2019t really see the blood until we got up, and I was bleeding from the nose, too, so I didn\u2019t know who was leaking.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">When asked, Beagle, who also fought Nick Johnson on Friday night, said he did not think twice about getting involved in either tussle, even after only recently returning to the lineup <span style=\"red;\">after <\/span>lengthy absence <span style=\"red;\">due <\/span>to a concussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u201cNo, I try to play the same way. You can\u2019t go out there and be intimidated, or not sure about your <span style=\"red;\">head,\u201d <\/span>said Beagle. \u201cThat\u2019s why I took so long (to come back), to make sure I was coming back at 100%&#8211;so I could play my game. I try not to think about my head while I\u2019m playing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Neuvirth and the Bears defensive corps combined to thwart Manchester\u2019s efforts to tie the game in the last minutes or regulation, earning Neuvirth his third AHL victory. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Although expecting to travel south after appearing in the ECHL All-Star extravaganza in Reading last week, Neuvirth took full advantage of the two weekend starts,\u00a0after a groin problem shelved\u00a0the weekend&#8217;s expected starter,\u00a0Daren Machesney.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u201cI wasn\u2019t expecting it (the back-to-back <span style=\"red;\">starts),\u201d <\/span>said Neuvirth. \u201cI went to the ECHL All Star game and I was expecting to get sent down to South <span style=\"red;\">Carolina, <\/span>so it was a big surprise for me to get called back up.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s nice to get two starts in a row, and I\u2019m glad I got the win today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A night after suffering a disappointing shootout setback against their arch rivals, the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins,\u00a0the Hershey Bears responded in royal fashion with a 2-1 crowning of the Manchester Monarchs on Saturday night at Giant Center. 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