{"id":824,"date":"2008-11-09T05:34:24","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T05:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=824"},"modified":"2025-05-03T01:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T05:35:37","slug":"bears-rally-fall-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2008\/11\/09\/bears-rally-fall-short\/","title":{"rendered":"BEARS&#8217; RALLY FALLS SHORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">There was good news and bad news for the Hershey Bears in their 4-3 loss to the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins on Saturday.<\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"16pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">The good <span style=\"red;\">news: the team once again valiantly fought back after being down by three goals, and <\/span>the power play unit finally snapped a long drought.<span style=\"red;\"> The<\/span> bad <span style=\"red;\">news: <\/span>goaltender Daren Machesney\u2019s recent struggles continued. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"16pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Machesney, winless in his last two outings, allowing 11 goals in the process, surrendered an early goal to Dustin Jeffrey at 5:51 of the first period, putting Hershey in an early 1-0 hole.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Hershey defenseman Sami Lepisto quickly responded to the Jeffrey tally, netting his second marker of the season at 6:04. Kyle Wilson picked up the lone assist on the Lepisto goal.<\/span><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"16pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">The Pens escaped the first period with a 2-1 lead on Jonathan <span style=\"red;\">Filewich\u2019s <\/span>second goal of the season, despite being outshot 16-5 and facing down a pair of 5-on-3 Hershey power plays.<span style=\"yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"16pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Early in the second <span style=\"red;\">period, <\/span>with Hershey on another fruitless power play, Bill Thomas stunned the Chocolate and White with a short-handed strike at 3:26. Before the center ice <span style=\"red;\">face-off <\/span>following the goal, Hershey coach Bob Woods elected to pull the beleaguered Machesney, who departed after allowing three goals on only six shots. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"16pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Simeon Varlamov, who was scheduled to have the entire night off after shutting out the Albany River Rats on Friday night, replaced Machesney in goal.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"16pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Jeff Taffe\u2019s power play goal, after Varlamov had made the original save, gave the Pens a 4-1 lead at 12:23of the second period.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"16pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Finding themselves in the same situation that they were in last Sunday in Philadelphia, in a deep three goal hole, the Bears started the slow climb back into the game when Kyle Wilson struck at 17:29 of the second period. Wilson\u2019s goal, his second in four games, after failing to find the net in the season\u2019s first 10 games, cut the Hershey deficit to 4-2. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"16pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Entering the third period, Woods made a tactical decision, re- inserting Machesney back between the pipes. Perhaps inspired by Woods\u2019 decision, Wilson struck again, just 1:02 into the stanza to make it 4-3. Wilson\u2019s goal, on the power play, snapped an 0-for-37 skid. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"16pt;\"><span style=\"Times New Roman;\">Hershey was unable to get the equalizing goal in the final 18:58 of play but there was a glimmer of hope in the setback, as Machesney rebounded to stop all seven shots he faced in the third period.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was good news and bad news for the Hershey Bears in their 4-3 loss to the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins on Saturday.\u00a0 The good news: the team once again valiantly fought back after being down by three goals, and the power play unit finally snapped a long drought. 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