{"id":729,"date":"2008-11-01T03:52:06","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T03:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=729"},"modified":"2025-05-03T01:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T05:35:38","slug":"bears-narrowly-escape-hallowing-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2008\/11\/01\/bears-narrowly-escape-hallowing-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"BEARS NARROWLY ESCAPE HALLOWING DEFEAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Albany, NY- The Hershey Bears, after coughing up a two goal third period <span style=\"red;\">lead, <\/span>and allowing a goal in the waning seconds of regulation, narrowly escaped the Times Union Center with two points, prevailing in a shootout over the Albany River Rats, 4-3.<\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Hershey coach Bob Woods, with his club coming off a disappointing 6-0 thumping at the hands of the Hamilton Bulldogs on Wednesday in Hamilton, opted to give <span style=\"red;\">the <\/span>Kings Park, NY <span style=\"red;\">native, Bobby Goepfert, <\/span>his first AHL start in net.<\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">After Alexandre Giroux\u2019s ninth goal of the season <span style=\"red;\">gave Hershey a 1-0 lead at 17:45 of the first period, <\/span>Andrew Gordon, Goepfert\u2019s college teammate at St. Cloud State, increased the lead to 2-0 at 13:48 of the second period <span style=\"red;\">with <\/span>his sixth goal <span style=\"black;\">of <\/span>the campaign.<\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Albany\u2019s Jerome <span style=\"red;\">Samson\u2019s<\/span> power play goal at 18:26 of the second period ruined Goepfert\u2019s hopes for a shutout, cutting the Hershey lead to 2-1. Samson\u2019s goal, his first of the season, also came in his first action of the season.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Oskar Osala\u2019s sixth goal of the season at 3:01 of the third period not only gave Hershey <\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">another two goal cushion at 3-1, it also sent out the message to Albany head coach Jeff Daniels\u2019 team that it was gut check time.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Seven and a half minutes after the Osala goal, Albany alternate captain Pat Dwyer responded to the challenge, netting his second goal of the season at 11:31 to cut the Hershey lead to 3-2.<\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Entering the final minute of play, and with Albany enjoying a 6-on-4 manpower advantage, thanks to goalie Justin Peters going to the bench <span style=\"red;\">to provide his team with <\/span>an extra attacker and Jay Beagle in the penalty box serving a penalty, Albany\u2019s Bobby Hughes tied the game at 3-3 with less than one second remaining on the scoreboard clock.<\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">After a scoreless and relatively quiet overtime session, which saw the teams combining for five shots on goal, the game headed to a shootout.<\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">The shootout session proved to be \u201cdoubly dramatic\u201d, after Goepfert and Peters each allowed a single goal in the first four rounds. Moving on to the fifth and final round, Goepfert repelled Pat Dwyer\u2019s bid to give Albany an advantage, providing the first chapter to the tale.<\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"small;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Former River Rat Keith Aucoin, returning to Albany for the first time in a Bears jersey, provided part two of the storybook finish. Aucoin, shooting in the bottom of the round after Daniels elected to see his team start the shootout festivities, <span style=\"red;\">authoritatively <\/span>beat Peters to allow Hershey to emerge victorious.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Although the term \u201csixty minute effort\u201d is often uttered in pro hockey circles,\u00a0sometimes excessively,\u00a0you can bet the next time that Hershey head\u00a0coach Bob Woods bellows that phrase, his charges will be listening intently. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albany, NY- The Hershey Bears, after coughing up a two goal third period lead, and allowing a goal in the waning seconds of regulation, narrowly escaped the Times Union Center with two points, prevailing in a shootout over the Albany River Rats, 4-3.\u00a0 Hershey coach Bob Woods, with his club coming off a disappointing 6-0 &#8230; <a title=\"BEARS NARROWLY ESCAPE HALLOWING DEFEAT\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2008\/11\/01\/bears-narrowly-escape-hallowing-defeat\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about BEARS NARROWLY ESCAPE HALLOWING DEFEAT\">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-729","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 v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BEARS NARROWLY ESCAPE HALLOWING DEFEAT | 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\/11\/01\/bears-narrowly-escape-hallowing-defeat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BEARS NARROWLY ESCAPE HALLOWING DEFEAT | The-Hogs.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Albany, NY- The Hershey Bears, after coughing up a two goal third period lead, and allowing a goal in the waning seconds of regulation, narrowly escaped the Times Union Center with two points, prevailing in a shootout over the Albany River Rats, 4-3.\u00a0 Hershey coach Bob Woods, with his club coming off a disappointing 6-0 ... 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