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HERSHEY BEARS 2016-17 ROSTER # GOALTENDERS POS C HT WT DOB BIRTHPLACE 2015-16 TEAM DRAFTED 30 Vitek Vanecek G L 6-1 191 1/9/1996 Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic BEARS/South Carolina (ECHL) WSH, 2nd (39), 2014 31 Parker Milner G L 6-1 187 6/9/1990 Pittsburgh, PA Missouri (ECHL)/Bridgeport (AHL) 35 Joe Cannata G L 6-1 200 1/2/1990 Wakefield, MA Utica (AHL) VAN, 6th (173), 2009 # NAME POS S HT WT DOB BIRTHPLACE 2015-16 TEAM DRAFTED 2 Tyler Lewington D R 6-2 196 12/5/1994 Sherwood Park, AB BEARS/South Carolina (ECHL) WSH, 7th (204), 2013 4 Madison Bowey D R 6-2 206 4/22/1995 Winnipeg, MB BEARS WSH, 2nd (53), 2013 5 Christian Djoos D L 6-0 161 9/6/1994 Gothenburg, SWE BEARS WSH, 7th (195), 2012 7 Darren Dietz D R 6-1 213 7/17/1993 Medicine Hat, AB Montreal (NHL)/St. Johns (AHL) MON, 5th (138), 2011 10 Dustin Gazley F R 5-8 165 10/3/1988 Novi, MI BEARS 11 Zach Sill “A” F L 6-1 202 5/24/1988 Brookfield, NS Washington (NHL)/BEARS 12 Nathan Walker F L 5-8 179 2/7/1994 Cardiff, Wales BEARS WSH, 3rd (89), 2014 13 Jakub Vrana F L 5-11 195 2/28/1996 Prague, Czech Republic BEARS WSH, 1st (13), 2014 14 Ryan Bourque F L 5-9 185 1/3/1991 Boxford, MA Hartford (AHL)/BEARS NYR, 3rd (80), 2009 15 Travis Boyd F R 5-11 184 9/14/1993 Hopkins, MN BEARS WSH, 6th (177), 2011 17 Chris Bourque “A” F L 5-7 171 1/29/1986 Boston, MA BEARS WSH, 2nd (33), 2004 Montreal/Arizona (NHL) nd 18 Christian Thomas F R 5-9 175 5/26/1992 Toronto, ON St. Johns/Springfield (AHL) NYR, 2 (40), 2010 20 Liam O’Brien F L 6-1 215 7/29/1994 Halifax, NS BEARS 21 Chandler Stephenson F L 6-0 202 4/22/1994 Saskatoon, SK Washington (NHL)/BEARS WSH, 3rd (77), 2012 22 Stanislav Galiev F R 6-2 197 1/17/1992 Moscow, Russia Washington (NHL)/BEARS WSH, 3rd (86), 2010 24 Brad Malone F L 6-1 210 5/20/1989 Miramichi, NB Carolina (NHL) COL, 4th (105), 2007 25 Colby Williams D R 6-0 195 1/26/1995 Regina, SK Regina (WHL) WSH, 6th (173), 2015 28 Paul Carey F L 6-1 200 9/24/1988 Boston, MA Washington (NHL)/BEARS COL, 5th (135), 2007 32 Hubert Labrie D L 5-11 194 7/12/1991 Victoriaville, QC San Antonio/Chicago (AHL) 36 Garrett Mitchell “C” F R 5-11 196 9/2/1991 Regina, SK BEARS WSH, 6th (175), 2009 39 Kelly Zajac F L 5-11 190 6/6/1988 Winnipeg, MB Manitoba (AHL)/South Carolina (ECHL) 77 Tom Gilbert D R 6-2 210 1/10/1986 Bloomington, MN Montreal (NHL) COL, 4th (129), 2002 PERSONNEL*&*KEY* PRONUNCIATION*GUIDE! Bowey BOW-ee NHL Affiliate: Washington Capitals (BOW rhymes w/WOW) ECHL Affiliate: South Carolina Stingrays Djoos JOOS Gazley GAYZ-lee VP of Hockey Operations: Bryan Helmer Galiev GAL-ee-ehv Head Coach: Troy Mann Assistant Coach: Reid Cashman Gilbert GIHL-buhrt Assistant Coach: Ryan Murphy Hubert Labrie hew-BAIR LA-BREE Video Coach: Mike King Vitek Vanecek VEE-tehk VAN-uh-chehk Jakub Vrana JAY-kuhb vuhr-AHN-uh Associate Goaltending Coach: Scott Murray Zajac ZAY-jak Strength & Conditioning Coach: Mike Wagner Head Trainer: Dan ‘Beaker’ Stuck Certified Trainer: Murphy Luatua Equipment Manager: Josh Carter Assistiant Equipment Manager: Josh Famularo Broadcaster/PR: Zack Fisch AHL GAME #780– BEARS ROAD GAME #26 AHL GAME #46 – BEARS HOME GAME 1 HERSHEY BEARS (26-16-8-3) ROCHESTER AMERICANS (2-2-0-0) th Home: 2-1-0-0, Road: 0-1-0-0 Home: 16-6-5-1, Road: 10-10-3-2, 5 Atlantic Division at at HERSHEY BEARS (1-1-0-0) HARTFORD WOLF PACK (19-28-3-2) th Home: 0-0-0-0, Road: 1-1-0-0 Home: 8-17-2-0, Road: 11-11-1-2, 7 Atlantic Division Saturday, October 20, 2012 – 7:00 PM – GIANT Center Friday February 24, 2017 –7:15 PM – XL Center REFEREE: David Banfield (#77) REFEREES: Ryan Hersey (48), Terry Koharski (10) LINESMEN: Scott Adams (#20) & Bob Fyrer (#72) LINESMEN: Brent Colby (7), Luke Gavin (2) TONIGHT’S GAME NOTES BEARS AT WOLF PACK: The Hershey Bears visit Atlantic Division rival the Hartford Wolf Pack, this evening. The Bears have won two straight games versus the Wolf Pack after dropping the first two games of the season series. Hershey enters tonight’s game looking to get back on track, having lost three of the past four games. However, Hershey is 6-3-1-1 over the past 10 games while Hartford enters tonight’s contest on a two-game losing streak. After tonight’s game, Hershey returns to the Giant Center for the first time since Feb. 11 when they defeated Hartford, 4-2, on home ice. Hershey hosts Toronto tomorrow before heading to Bridgeport on Sunday. 2016-17 REGULAR-SEASON SERIES VS HARTFORD: (2-1-0-1) October 26 At Hartford XL Center OTL, 3-2 December 17 HARTFORD Giant Center L, 5-4 January 25 At Hartford XL Center W, 5-4 February 11 HARTFORD Giant Center W, 4-2 February 24 At Hartford XL Center March 17 HARTFORD Giant Center March 18 HARTFORD Giant Center March 21 At Hartford XL Center ATLANTIC DIVISION STANDINGS (as of February 24): POS TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS PTS% GF GA 1. WB/Scranton 54 37 14 3 0 77 .713 182 130 2. Lehigh Valley 52 34 16 2 0 70 .673 191 149 3. Bridgeport 51 33 16 1 1 68 .667 160 144 4. Providence 53 30 14 5 4 69 .651 158 135 5. HERSHEY 53 26 16 8 3 63 .594 179 164 6. Springfield 52 20 23 7 2 49 .471 130 148 7. Hartford 52 19 28 3 2 43 .413 139 183 RECENT RESULTS: Sunday, February 19: Bridgeport 5, Hershey 1 Chris Bourque scored, but the Bridgeport Sound Tigers defeated the Hershey Bears hockey team 5-1 on Sunday afternoon at the Webster Bank Arena. Bridgeport extended its winning streak to seven games. Bridgeport’s Travis St. Denis opened the scoring at 5:44 of the opening period, scoring on an odd-man rush. His wrist shot from the left wing rolled through the arm of Hershey netminder Vitek Vanecek to make it 1-0. Bridgeport scored again at 16:26 of the second period to extend the lead. Bracken Kearns notched his team leading 18th goal of the season, redirecting a Ryan Pulock shot through the five-hole of Vanecek to make it 2-0 Bridgeport. The Bears came out determined in the third period and scored on the power play only 3:42 into the frame. Defender Christian Djoos fed Bourque on the right point. The veteran walked in and snapped a shot past the blocker of Bridgeport goaltender Jaroslav Halak to make it 2-1. The goal was Bourque’s 15th on the season. Carter Verhaeghe scored for the fifth straight game to add to the Sound Tigers lead, striking on the power play at 10:40 to regain Bridgeport’ two goal lead. Pulock’s slap shot from the point hit Hershey’s Vanecek in the head, and with the goaltender stunned, Verhaeghe popped the rebound into the goal. Kyle Burroughs would make it 4-1 exactly two minutes later, beating Vanecek with a slap shot from the blue line. Down by three, Hershey coach Troy Mann pulled Vanecek for an extra attacker with four minutes remaining. Josh Ho-Sang added to Bridgeport’s lead as he was awarded a goal after being pulled down on a breakaway with the net empty. Ho-Sang’s ninth goal of the season came at 16:20 and made it 5-1. Bridgeport outshot Hershey 29-25. The two teams meet again this Sunday at the Webster Bank Arena at 3 p.m. BEARS vs. WOLF PACK - SPECIAL TEAMS: (As of February 24:) HERSHEY Hartford Power Play 49-for-228 (21.5%) – 6th in AHL 36-for-187 (19.3%) –11th in AHL Penalty Kill 195-for-241 (80.9%) – 20th in AHL 170-for-216 (78.7) – 27th in AHL BEARS vs. HARTFORD – TEAM LEADERS (Stats Exclude Players on NHL Recall): HERSHEY Hartford Goals Christian Thomas (17) Nicklas Jensen (22) Assists Travis Boyd (32) Mat Bodie (22) Points Chris Bourque (45) Nicklas Jensen (37) PIMs Tyler Lewington (112) Tanner Glass (84) Plus/Minus Tyler Lewington (+14) Chris Summers (+8) Power-Play Goals Christian Thomas (10) Nicklas Jensen (6) Shorthanded Goals Brad Malone (1) Marek Hrivik (2) Game-Winning Goals Paul Carey (5) Seven Tied (2) Wins Vitek Vanecek (13) Magnus Hellberg (10) Goals-Against Average Vitek Vanecek (2.77) Magnus Hellberg (2.95) Save Percentage Parker Milner (.913%) Magnus Hellberg (.901) BEARS RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Feb. 23 DEL D Aaron Ness Recalled from loan by Washington (NHL) Feb. 23 DEL RW Riley Barber Recalled from loan by Washington (NHL) Feb. 23 ADD C Travis Boyd Returned on loan from Washington (NHL) Feb. 21 DEL C Travis Boyd Recalled from loan by Washington (NHL) Feb. 20 ADD G Joe Cannata Reassigned by Washington (NHL) from South Carolina (ECHL) Feb. 17 DEL LW Jakub Vrana Recalled from loan by Washington (NHL) Feb. 17 DEL C Zach Sanford Recalled from loan by Washington (NHL) Feb.