PALM DESERT, Calif. (theahl.com) … The road of Hendrix Lapierre, Ethen Frank and Joe Snively supplied the Hershey Bears with all the offense they would wish to even the Calder Cup Finals with a 3-2 win in Sport 4 at Acrisure Enviornment on Thursday night time.
With the best-of-seven collection tied at two video games apiece, the groups will sq. off in a pivotal Sport 5 on Saturday right here in Palm Desert (9 ET, AHLTV, NHL Community).
Lapierre and Frank every had a purpose and two assists and Snively added a purpose and an help because the Bears’ high line mixed for eight factors on the night time.
Frank’s tenth purpose of the playoffs got here with 1:23 left within the opening interval to provide Hershey a 1-0 lead for the third time within the first 4 video games of the collection.
Shane Wright answered 9:40 into the second interval with the groups taking part in 4-on-4, netting his second purpose in as many video games. However the Bears regained on Lapierre’s purpose with two minutes to play within the center stanza.
Coachella Valley pulled even once more throughout one other 4-on-4 scenario when Ryker Evans scored 32 seconds into the third, however Hershey grabbed the lead for good on Snively’s power-play purpose at 4:21.
Hunter Shepard stopped 22 of 24 pictures within the win for the Bears, whereas Chris Driedger made 22 saves in a dropping effort for the Firebirds.
NOTES: Attendance was 10,087, the second sellout crowd at Acrisure Enviornment this postseason… Pat Monahan, lead singer for the band Prepare, and his son Rock carried out the nationwide anthem earlier than the sport, and 2024 American Idol winner Abi Carter carried out throughout the first intermission… Sport 6 will probably be performed Monday night in Hershey.
(Sequence tied, 2-2)
Sport 1 – Fri., June 14 – Coachella Valley 4, HERSHEY 3
Sport 2 – Solar., June 16 – HERSHEY 5, Coachella Valley 2
Sport 3 – Tue., June 18 – COACHELLA VALLEY 6, Hershey 2
Sport 4 – Thu., June 20 – Hershey 3, COACHELLA VALLEY 2
Sport 5 – Sat., June 22 – Hershey at Coachella Valley, 9:00
Sport 6 – Mon., June 24 – Coachella Valley at Hershey, 7:00
*Sport 7 – Wed., June 26 – Coachella Valley at Hershey, 7:00
*if obligatory… All occasions Jap