Game 7: AHL Calder Cup Finals Hershey Bears vs. Coachella Valley Firebirds P-B-P/Color 6-21-23

Game Story: I couldn’t have ever imagined that the first AHL assignment I covered would be a Game 7 #CalderCup final that required overtime. The Hershey Bears and the Coachella Valley Firebirds played a memorable game and I enjoyed every minute of it. – https://tinyurl.com/29yjdb5h

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Hershey Bears (13-6) Depth Chart HC: Todd Nelson
C Aliaksei Protas (#40) Connor McMichael (#14) Riley Sutter (#24) Hendrix Lapierre (#29)
LW Joe Snively (#21) Mason Morelli (#11) Beck Malenstyn (#13) Mike Vecchione (#19)
RW Sam Anas (#7) Garrett Pilon (#18) Ethen Frank (#28) Henrik Borgstrom (#25)
LD Logan Day (#26) Vincent Iorio (#6) Gabirel Carlsson (#4)
RD Lucas Johansen (#5) Aaron Ness (A, #20) Dylan McIlrath (#42)
G: Hunter Shephard (#30) Zach Fucale (#35)
Captains for Today’s Game: Dylan McIlrath (C); Mike Vecchione (A); Aaron Ness (A)

Coachella Valley Firebirds (15-10) Depth Chart HC: Dan Bylsma
C Alexander True (#11) Andrew Poturalski (#22) Ville Petman (#33) Shane Wright (#51)
LW Max McCormick (#17) Cameron Hughes (#19) Carsen Twarynski (#18) Tye Kartye (#12)
RW Kole Lind (#16) Austin Poganski (#14) Jesper Froden (#28) John Hayden (#15)
LD Ryker Evans (#41) Jimmy Schuldt (#44) Eddie Wittchow (#20)
RD Brogan Rafferty (#25) Gustav Olofsson (#23) Matt Tennyson (#8)
G: Joey Daccord (#35) Chris Driedger (#60)
Captains for Today’s Game: Max McCormick (C); Andrew Poturalski (A); Gustav Olofsson (A)

Series Recap:

Game 1: CV wins 5-0. Acrisure Arena. Kole Lind 3 A; Daccord 25 save shutout. Kartye, Petman, Poturalski, Froden and True (G) CV 1-2 PP; HB 0-for-3.

Game 2: CV wins 4-0. Four goals in the second stanza. Cameron Hughes, Ryker Evans (G and A); Daccord 33 save shutout and gets an assist! Froden and Austan Poganski (G) PP HER 0-for-3; CV 2-for-9

Game 3: Next three are at Giant Center in Hershey. 2-3-2 format. HB wins 5-4 (OT). Ethen Frank has a goal and two assists for the Bears. Score is tied 1-1 after the first period on a pair of powerplay goals from both sides. Snively and Anas score to give HB 3-1 lead after two frames. CV rallies with three in the third period and goal in the final minute. Cameron Hughes scores at 15:26 on the PP and at 19:09 ES. Bears take the OT off a Riley Sutter goal at 13:34. Daccord roughed up in loss stops 25 of 30. Hunter Shepard with his best game stops 33 of 37 in victory. PP CV 2-for-3; HB 2-for-4.

Game 4: HB wins 3-2. Second period is the key again as HB gets a pair of unanswered goals. Mike Vecchione (2 G, A); Ethen Frank (G) CV: Poganski in the first, Froden with a late tally for CV at 7:01 but the series is even now as comeback falls short. Hunter Shepard has a quiet night in the victory as he stops 19 of 21. Daccord takes the loss as he stops 25 of 28. PP CV 0-for-4; HB 1-for-6.

Game 5: HB wins 1-0 (OT). All wins are by one goal and every game at Giant Center is tight. Shepard gets a 21 save shutout. By far his best game. Garrett Pilon scores the game winner for HB at 10:01 of OT. Daccord stops 30 shots in the loss. PP CV 0-for-3; HB 0-for-5.

Game 6: CV wins 5-2. As soon as we go back to the Acrisure Arena game is heavily in hand of CV. Connor McMichael scores 1:33 in to give HB the lead. Max McCormick, John Hayden, Cameron Hughes all score as CV takes a 3-1 lead after the first. Beck Malenstyn scores at 3:28. HB get within one. Lind (2 G) ends that discussion. Daccord takes the win as he stops 20 of 22. Shepard struggles as he saves 17 of 22 shots.

Hershey Bears (13-6) HC: Todd Nelson Top Performers: (In 19 Games) Joe Snively (2-12-14); Logan Day (3-11-14); Mason Morelli (5-7-12); Aliaksei Protas (5-7-12); Sam Anas (4-8-12)

Coachella Valley Firebirds (15-10) HC: Dan Bylsma Top Performers: (In 25 Games) Kole Lind (9-21-30); Max McCormick (13-13-26); Ryker Evans (4-20-24); Cameron Hughes (4-19-23); Alexander True (7-12-19)

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