{"id":1497,"date":"2009-03-28T05:49:43","date_gmt":"2009-03-28T05:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2025-05-03T01:35:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T05:35:32","slug":"bears-neuvirth-blank-b-sens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2009\/03\/28\/bears-neuvirth-blank-b-sens\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears, Neuvirth, Blank B-Sens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Hershey Bears\u2019 goaltender, Michal Neuvirth, belatedly celebrated his <\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">birthday on Friday night in Binghamton, stopping all 47 shots he faced, leading the Bears to a 4-0 win over the Binghamton Senators.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Neuvirth, who turned 21 on Monday, also stopped 47 shots in his last road outing,\u00a0registering a shootout victory over the Manchester Monarchs last Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Playing without the AHL\u2019s leading scorer, Keith Aucoin, and rookie sniper, <\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Oskar Osala, the Bears struggled early offensively, not registering their <\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">first shot on B-Sens Goaltender, Jeff Glass, until past the midway point of <\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">the first period, after the home team had already put 10 shots on net.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Kyle Wilson, who has frequently found the back of the net in Broome County during his Herhsey career, struck for the only goal of the first period, beating Glass to the stick side<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>at 15:27, after gathering in a long outlet pass from Sami Lepisto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Wilson also figured prominently into the Bears\u2019 second goal of the game early in the second period. After negating an icing call by out-hustling Binghamton defenseman, Neil Petruic to the puck, the frustrated Senators defenseman took out his frustrations on the Colgate University product, earning a minor penalty for slashing. On the ensuing manpower advantage, Karl Alzner struck, recording his 4<sup>th<\/sup> goal of the season\u00a0at 3:14, with Wilson and Francois Bouchard picking up the assists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Not satisfied with their two-goal lead, the tenacious Bears kept up the attack, making it a 3-0 game when Chris Bourque tallied at 5:41. Bourque\u2019s goal was his 19<sup>th<\/sup> of the season, and first at the expense of the Senators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Alexandre Giroux, a former Senator, finished out both the scoring for the affair, and the evening\u2019s work for Glass, generating his 52<sup>nd<\/sup> goal of the season at 11:38, giving Hershey the eventual margin of victory, 4-0. Mitch O\u2019Keefe who finished out the game in the Binghamton net, stopping all 14 shots he faced, replaced Glass.<\/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=\"Times New Roman;\">Notes- Bourque\u2019s multi-point\u00a0outing gave him 65 points for the season, establishing a new career high for him in that\u00a0category\u2026Alzner\u2019s power play goal was his first in a Hershey uniform\u2026Grant McNeill and Binghamton\u2019s Jeremy Yablonski squared off for the third time this season in the second period. McNeill\u2019s fighting major was his 17<sup>th<\/sup> of the season, one less than team leader Greg Amadio\u2026Amadio, who spent last season with Binghamton, sat out for the 11<sup>th<\/sup> straight game. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hershey Bears\u2019 goaltender, Michal Neuvirth, belatedly celebrated his birthday on Friday night in Binghamton, stopping all 47 shots he faced, leading the Bears to a 4-0 win over the Binghamton Senators.\u00a0Neuvirth, who turned 21 on Monday, also stopped 47 shots in his last road outing,\u00a0registering a shootout victory over the Manchester Monarchs last Sunday. 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