{"id":705,"date":"2008-10-27T04:45:21","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T04:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=705"},"modified":"2025-05-03T01:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T05:35:38","slug":"bears-annihilate-amerks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2008\/10\/27\/bears-annihilate-amerks\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears Annihilate Amerks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">The first meeting of the Hershey Bears and the Rochester Americans occurred almost 52 years ago on October 28, 1956.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>The video from that game was not saved for obvious technological reasons, and it\u2019s not likely that anyone would want to engrave tonight\u2019s encounter in their memory.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Although the result in both encounters was positive, with Hershey prevailing, Sunday\u2019s game at Giant Center with Hershey coming out on top with a 8-3 win, was not picture perfect.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0<!--more--><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Before many of the sellout crowd members had taken their seats, the referee, Francis Charron, had awarded a penalty shot to Chris Bourque after a Rochester defender hauled him down as he was approaching net minder Tyler Plante.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>On the attempt, Bourque effortlessly beat Plante high on the glove side.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI saw he had his glove dropped down way low it was pretty easy to just put it over his glove I had a lot of room,\u201d said Bourque.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Bourque\u2019s early tally, combined with Rochester\u2019s inept offense, which had produced only a league-low 13 goals in seven games, seemed to suggest that Hershey was in for an easy night.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Despite numerous chances to increase their lead, the Bears found themselves tied 1-1 after the first period, thanks to a late goal by the Amerks Michael Duco, despite the efforts of Keith Aucoin.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Aucoin, who was denied by Plante on two separate occasions, saw a third chance ring off the post. He was also an integral part of a disallowed goal at 14:27, in which the referee ruled that the net was off its moorings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Forgetting their first period struggles, Hershey got off to a strong start early in the second period. The first strike of the period came at 3:41, when Karl Alzner scored his first professional goal, sliding a rebound under a sprawled Plante, utilizing an impressive skate-to-stick maneuver. When asked his feelings after netting his first professional goal, Alzner answered, \u201cRelief.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>It was a big one cause I didn\u2019t score my first junior goal until 86 games into the season (career) and to score 8 games into the season is a lot better feeling and also redemption since the night before I had pretty much the exact same play and I messed it up so it was nice to actually bury it this time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">After Rochester\u2019s Jacob Micflikier scored 1 minute and 11 seconds after Alzner\u2019s goal, Andrew Gordon gave Hershey the lead for good at 12:27.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Gordon\u2019s goal, on a busted play, started the momentum rolling in the right direction for the Chocolate and White. \u201cI stayed right around the top of the crease and I\u2019m pretty sure he (Andrew Joudrey) was going to Bourque on the back side and it hit their D man\u2019s skate and just popped to the top of the crease,\u201d Gordon said.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI was right there\u2026I was fortunate enough to be standing still in the right place in the right position.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"AR-SA;\">Hershey went on the romp from there, with Quintin Laing and Oskar Osala each netting two goals, and Alexandre Giroux adding a single tally to make the final score 8-3.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Sunday\u2019s outing, which saw the Bears receive goals from 6 different players, was the third time this season they saw 6 or more players find the back of the net in a single game.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Predicted by many to be a dominant force in the AHL, Hershey has shown incredible depth in the short 8 game season.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>When asked about his expectations for the season and whether he had expected such depth in the goal-scoring department, head coach Bob Woods replied, \u201cI think when we looked at our team, we were pretty happy with our offensive depth here and I think the big thing was just trying to cut down the goals against and I think for the most part we\u2019ve done a good job of that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first meeting of the Hershey Bears and the Rochester Americans occurred almost 52 years ago on October 28, 1956.\u00a0 The video from that game was not saved for obvious technological reasons, and it\u2019s not likely that anyone would want to engrave tonight\u2019s encounter in their memory.\u00a0 Although the result in both encounters was positive, &#8230; <a title=\"Bears Annihilate Amerks\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2008\/10\/27\/bears-annihilate-amerks\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bears Annihilate Amerks\">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-705","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 Annihilate Amerks | 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\/27\/bears-annihilate-amerks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bears Annihilate Amerks | The-Hogs.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The first meeting of the Hershey Bears and the Rochester Americans occurred almost 52 years ago on October 28, 1956.\u00a0 The video from that game was not saved for obvious technological reasons, and it\u2019s not likely that anyone would want to engrave tonight\u2019s encounter in their memory.\u00a0 Although the result in both encounters was positive, ... 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