Bears up 2-0

Congrats to the Hershey Bears for a double overtime win last night at the Giants Center in Hershey. Here is a link to the official story at the Bears website.

More impressive, the Bears were down 3-0 before Matt Hendricks scored to close the second period with the Bears trailing 3-1 The Bears crashed the net in the third period with goals from Bear's leaders, Dave Steckel and Alexandre Giroux, to tie it up and send the game to overtime. In overtime, Kyle Wilson slammed a shot at Wilkes-Barre goalie Nolan Schaefer, who bobbled it and was followed up by a Giroux attack that won the game for the Bears.

The Bear's now head to Wilkes-Barre with a 2 games to 0 lead over the Wilkes-Barre Pens in the AHL Eastern Finals. Game three is today at the Wachovia Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Just head straight up Interstate 81 North and cheer on the Bears!

The ultimate performance though was from Giroux. His game was on last night all the way around, playing aggressve and with purpose. The Patriot News blog reported on Giroux success last night...

But his impact was quite indelible in a double-overtime thriller last night at Giant Center. Giroux scored the game-tying and game-winning goals to lift Hershey to a 4-3 victory over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in Game 2 of the East Division finals. "I know people expect me to score every game," Giroux said. "When I don't sometimes, like I did last game [Wednesday], Coach was really happy with the way I was going even if I don't score.

Giroux has been nothing but phenomenal for the Bears this season. He led the 2006/07 Bears with 70 total points, 42 goals and a +/- of +29.

"I scored and people think I played better. Obviously, I'm happy to score. If I don't score and we win the games, it's the same thing for the team."

Spoken like a true gentleman.

"I thought both goalies made tremendous saves," Boudreau said. "And they had to because it was no-holds-barred. It was like a wrestling thing. You could get away with murder out there and the ref wasn't calling it." "If they think we're done, they've got another thing coming," Schaefer said

Bears may be up 2-0, but the Pens are no where close to falling away. The battle is heating up and it comes to head tonight in Wilkes-Barre. Link below for AHL playoff video highlights



GO BEARS!