Friday, February 23, 2007

Maxime Daigneault recorded a 31-save shutout to lead the Hershey Bears to a 3-0 win over the Philadelphia Phantoms on Friday night before 10,171 at the Wachovia Spectrum.

Hershey opened the scoring at 12:08 of the first period. Dean Arsene ended up being the one cleaning up the garbage on a Hershey scoring opportunity that generated several shots. The puck slid out of a pack to Arsene in the left circle, and he lifted it past Scott Munroe for the 1-0 lead.

The Bears added a pair of insurance goals in the third period - a power play marker from Timo Helbling at 16:24 and an empty-netter from Alexandre Giroux with 26 seconds remaining.

Munroe took the loss with 29 saves on 31 Hershey chances.

The two squads will close out a home-and-home series tomorrow night when they meet again in Hershey, with a 7:05 puck drop at the GIANT Center. Individual tickets for all Phantoms games, including $8 tickets for children 14 and under anywhere in the building, are on sale now at phantomshockey.com or by calling 800-298-4200.

BOXSCORE

Hershey Bears 3 at Philadelphia Phantoms 0 - Status: Final
Feb 23, 2007 - Wachovia Spectrum

1st Period

Scoring - 1. Hershey, D. Arsene (1) (L. Robitaille) 12:08
Penalties - T. Byrne Her (cross-checking) 14:18

2nd Period

Scoring - No Scoring
Penalties - T. Helbling Her (hooking) 6:10, A. Giroux Her (roughing) 7:06, M. Ellison Phi (slashing) 7:06, J. Tenute Her (hooking) 15:09, D. Engelland Her (fighting) 17:44, R. Cote Phi (fighting) 17:44, N. Guenin Phi (tripping) 18:52

3rd Period

Scoring - 2. Hershey, T. Helbling (1) (T. Byrne, D. Steckel) 16:24 PP 3. Hershey, A. Giroux (33) (C. Bourque) 19:34 EN
Penalties - R. Potulny Phi (holding) 4:18, T. Helbling Her (high-sticking) 7:52, L. Robitaille Her (tripping) 12:53, M. Davis Phi (holding) 14:40

HER Shots: 9 13 9 TOTAL: 31
PHI Shots: 14 12 5 TOTAL: 31

Power Play Conversion
Hershey Bears 1-3. Philadelphia Phantoms 0-5.

Goaltenders

Hershey Bears
Daigneault 14-4-0 Start: 1st 0:00 Min: 60:00 SV: 31 GA: 0 [W]

Philadelphia Phantoms
Munroe 9-11-1 Start: 1st 0:00 Min: 59:41 SV: 28 GA: 2 [L]

Start : 7:05 PM
End : 9:20 PM

Attendance : 10171

Referee I: Jeff Smith (49)
Referee II:

LINESMAN I: Jim Doyle (75)
LINESMAN II: Scott Adams (20)