{"id":642,"date":"2008-10-23T05:52:09","date_gmt":"2008-10-23T05:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=642"},"modified":"2025-05-03T01:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T05:35:38","slug":"pens-put-bears-perfect-season-on-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2008\/10\/23\/pens-put-bears-perfect-season-on-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Pens Put Bears Perfect Season On Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"auto;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">HERSHEY, PA- The Hershey Bears, flying high and entering Sunday\u2019s matinee affair at Giant Center with a perfect 5-0 record, were grounded by defensive turnovers when they fell to the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins, 5-4.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"auto;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">In the first two minutes of the game, before many fans had settled into their seats, errant clearing attempts by Hershey defensemen Sami Lepisto and Dean Arsene had Hershey in a deep, early hole. \u201cWe came out flat and I think they came out with some good jump. A couple of costly turnovers and we were down 2-0,\u201d Hershey coach Bob Woods said. <!--more--><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"auto;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">When a team struggles out of the gate and falls behind early in a game, sometimes the coach will call a\u00a0timeout in an attempt to settle their team down. Woods, admitted that he thought about settling his team down, but elected not to use a timeout to do so: \u201cYou anticipate you are going to have (to use) one a little bit later,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"auto;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Woods\u2019 decision turned out to be a wise one when Graham Mink and Chris Bourque, returning after a one game NHL recall, scored to make it a 2-2 after one period.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"auto;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Hershey, in what turned out to be a game long problem, saw a healthy share\u00a0of\u00a0prime scoring chances fall by the wayside in the first period, thanks to the\u00a0shooter electing\u00a0to try an errant pass. The trend started by a Steve Pinizzotto bid, five minutes after the Mink goal, did not go unnoticed by Woods. \u201cI thought a lot of times, we maybe got a little too cute,\u201d Woods said. \u201cWe were looking for that one extra move, that one extra pass, instead of just putting the puck on net.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"auto;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Early in the second period after back-to-back penalties to Andrew Gordon and Dean Arsene, Hershey was faced with the tough task of killing off a 5-on-3 Pens power play. Quintin Laing, arguably Hershey\u2019s best penalty killer, was at his shot blocking best during the disadvantage, blocking four shots and helping the Bears stave off the attack.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"auto;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">As is often the case, shortly after the Pens\u2019 5-on-3 advantage, Hershey was afforded the same opportunity. Unlike the Pens, Hershey quickly capitalized on the situation, with Keith Aucoin seeing his pass carom off the skate of a Pens defenseman and behind a startled Jon Curry.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"auto;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Curry, after stopping a Bryan Helmer point shot at 11:12, collapsed to the ice before regaining his feet and eventually leaving the game. Initially, it looked like Curry may have been shaken up after stopping the Helmer shot in the mid-section area, but that initial diagnosis proved to be incorrect. \u201cHis back stiffened up,\u201d Pens coach Dan Bylsma said. \u201c It just got to the point where he did not want to put the team in jeopardy.\u201d Adam Berkhoel replaced Curry.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"auto;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Berkhoel, surprisingly, based on his two prior appearances against Hershey this year, was outstanding in his relief role, stopping a pair of Alexandre Giroux bids, including a chance in the last minute of the second period. Pens coach Dan Bylsma was not the least bit surprised by his goaltenders play, \u201cHe came in and made a couple of big saves, including the one on Giroux at the end of the period,\u201d he said. \u201cThat would have been a tough one to stomach. That\u2019s what a veteran guy can do.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"auto;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Giroux, with 21.2 seconds left in regulation, finally found a way to beat Berkhoel, cutting the Pens lead to 5-4. Giroux\u2019s goal proved to be to too little, too late, when Hershey failed to get the equalizing goal in the closing seconds.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"auto;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">After the game, Woods, in full teaching mode said, \u201cIt\u2019s a good learning experience. I don\u2019t think anybody expected us to go 80-and-0 this year.\u201d Hopefully for Woods, class was in session for his students on a Sunday afternoon.<\/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>HERSHEY, PA- The Hershey Bears, flying high and entering Sunday\u2019s matinee affair at Giant Center with a perfect 5-0 record, were grounded by defensive turnovers when they fell to the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins, 5-4.\u00a0\u00a0 In the first two minutes of the game, before many fans had settled into their seats, errant clearing attempts by Hershey defensemen &#8230; <a title=\"Pens Put Bears Perfect Season On Ice\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2008\/10\/23\/pens-put-bears-perfect-season-on-ice\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pens Put Bears Perfect Season On Ice\">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-642","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>Pens Put Bears Perfect Season On Ice | 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\/23\/pens-put-bears-perfect-season-on-ice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pens Put Bears Perfect Season On Ice | The-Hogs.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HERSHEY, PA- The Hershey Bears, flying high and entering Sunday\u2019s matinee affair at Giant Center with a perfect 5-0 record, were grounded by defensive turnovers when they fell to the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins, 5-4.\u00a0\u00a0 In the first two minutes of the game, before many fans had settled into their seats, errant clearing attempts by Hershey defensemen ... 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