Garrett Pilon the hero with the overtime goal. Vanecek with 17 saves and a shutout.
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The Hershey Bears (35-22-3-4) face off against the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins (30-24-6-3) for the final time in the regular season. The Bears have taken control of the season series this year, going 8-2-0-1 so far.
In the race for the playoffs, Hershey currently sits in 3rd place with 77 points while WBS sits in 5th place at 69 points. Both teams looking for important points as the season comes closer to an end.
Starting in net for Hershey was Vitek Vanecek while WBS started Tristan Jarry.
1st Period:
Hershey dominated the period but no real solid scoring chances in the first period.
1st Period Shots: HER – 11, WBS – 4
1st Period Scoring:
None
2nd Period:
WBS had a great opportunity early in the period. Vitek Vanecek was left alone with Ryan Haggerty who was skating in for a breakaway. Vanecek pulled through to keep the game tied at 0-0.
Bears were rewarded with a couple of power plays but Tristin Jarry was solid with his positioning and made the saves.
Jarry coming up big on the PK pic.twitter.com/30l2fLTxZe
— WBS Penguins (@WBSPenguins) March 20, 2019
2nd Period Shots: HER – 12, WBS – 7
2nd Period Scoring:
None
3rd Period:
After multiple attempts to score, Hershey could not get the puck across the goal line. Tristin Jarry had 15 saves just in the third period alone. Here is one of the better ones:
Tristan Jarry continues to come up large on the PK pic.twitter.com/rF7s8xaQe3
— WBS Penguins (@WBSPenguins) March 20, 2019
3rd Period Shots: HER – 15, WBS – 6
3rd Period Scoring:
None
Overtime:
Waiting patiently for a play to develop, Mike Sgarbossa dropped the puck off to Garrett Pilon. Pilon swung around the top of the circle and fired the puck top corner and past Tristin Jarry. This was the game winning goal and Pilon’s 10th goal of the season.
We have a hero! @gpilon41 with a clutch shot to win the game! #HBH #HersheyBears #DefendTheDen #HERvsWBS #WBSPens @CapsOutsider pic.twitter.com/OdOEcIGaDd
— Cory Lyons (@CoryLyonsAHL) March 20, 2019
Hershey defeats WBS 1-0 in overtime!
Overtime Shots: HER – 1, WBS – 0
Overall Shots: HER – 39, WBS – 17
Overtime scoring:
1:14 – HER: Garrett Pilon(10) ASST: Mike Sgarbossa(31), Jayson Megna(20)
Three Stars:
- HER: Garrett Pilon (GWG)
- WBS: Tristin Jarry (38 saves)
- HER: Vitek Vanecek (win, 17 saves, shut out)
Official Box Score: https://theahl.com/stats/game-summary/1019311
Photos in this post are courtesy of Cory Lyons. You can follow him on Twitter at @CoryLyonsAHL and on Instagram at @CoryLyonsPhoto.
