{"id":587,"date":"2008-10-17T21:05:17","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T21:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=587"},"modified":"2025-05-03T01:35:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T05:35:39","slug":"bears-phantoms-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2008\/10\/17\/bears-phantoms-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears-Phantoms Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">The Hershey Bears and Philadelphia Phantoms, bitter cross-state rivals slated to\u00a0faceoff\u00a012 times this season, hook it up for the first time tonight in The City of Brotherly Love.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Paced by the AHL\u2019s leading point producer, Keith Aucoin (2g, 5a, 7 pts.), and leading goal scorer, Graham Mink (4g), Hershey enters the contest with an unblemished 3-0 record, with all three victories coming at the expense of divisional foes.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Both clubs, despite a definite veteran presence, have iced a healthy mix of rookies to compliment the greybeards in the early part of the campaign. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Forward Francois Bouchard, who has tallied a point in all three outings (2g, 5a), leads Hershey\u2019s rookie contingent, which consists of 8 players who have donned the Chocolate and White this season. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Forward Darroll Powe, who leads Philadelphia in scoring through two games (1g, 1a), l<\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">eads head coach John Paddock\u2019s rookie charges, which consists of 10 players who have donned the Phantoms\u2019 colors in the season\u2019s early going.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Special teams figure to play a huge part in this encounter. Philadelphia, which has allowed only one power play goal in their two previous games, faces a huge challenge in Hershey\u2019s league leading power play, currently operating at a 36.8% efficiency rate (7-for-19). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">On the other hand, Hershey\u2019s penalty killers, who after allowing three power play markers on opening night, have yielded just two in the last two games, face a Phantoms\u2019 power play that has accounted for two of the five goals they have netted this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Not playing tonight for Hershey will be:\u00a0Greg Amadio, Grant McNeill, Patrick McNeill,\u00a0Josh Godfrey,\u00a0Chris Bourque (call-up)\u00a0,\u00a0Steve Pinizzotto and goaltender Michal Neuvirth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Simeon Varlamov, coming off a 22-save shootout win on Saturday in Norfolk, starts in goal for the Bears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Not playing tonight for Philadelphia are:\u00a0Jason Desantis and\u00a0Patrik Hersley, Garrett Klotz, Josh Beaulieu, Jonathon Kalinski and goaltender Michael Teslak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Jean-Sebastian Aubin, a veteran of 218 NHL games, will patrol the pipes for the Phantoms.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hershey Bears and Philadelphia Phantoms, bitter cross-state rivals slated to\u00a0faceoff\u00a012 times this season, hook it up for the first time tonight in The City of Brotherly Love.\u00a0 Paced by the AHL\u2019s leading point producer, Keith Aucoin (2g, 5a, 7 pts.), and leading goal scorer, Graham Mink (4g), Hershey enters the contest with an unblemished &#8230; <a title=\"Bears-Phantoms Preview\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2008\/10\/17\/bears-phantoms-preview\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bears-Phantoms Preview\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1890],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-washington-capitals","tag-hershey-bears"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bears-Phantoms Preview | The-Hogs.net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2008\/10\/17\/bears-phantoms-preview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bears-Phantoms Preview | The-Hogs.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Hershey Bears and Philadelphia Phantoms, bitter cross-state rivals slated to\u00a0faceoff\u00a012 times this season, hook it up for the first time tonight in The City of Brotherly Love.\u00a0 Paced by the AHL\u2019s leading point producer, Keith Aucoin (2g, 5a, 7 pts.), and leading goal scorer, Graham Mink (4g), Hershey enters the contest with an unblemished ... 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