The Hershey Bears dominated the first 48 minutes. The Lehigh Valley Phantoms were gangbusters the last 12, attempted to stage a furious comeback, but couldn’t overcome a three-goal Hershey lead. The Phantoms lost 4-2 in the deciding fifth game of their playoff series and were eliminated by the defending Calder Cup champs.
The basics
First period: 5:19- Spencer Smallman (Alex Limoges, Hendrix Lapierre), 16:13- Riley Sutter (Matt Strome, Luke Philp)
Second period: 13:09- Riley Sutter (Garrett Roe)
Third period: 2:08- Anthony Richard (Emil Andrae), 14:03- Hunter McDonald (Jett Luchanko, Louie Belpedio), 18:20- Bogdan Trieyev (Matt Strome, Vincent Iorio) (ENG)
SOG: 21 (LHV) – 22 (HER)
Some takeaways
Not broke don’t fix it
After going with 11 forwards and seven on the back end in Game 4, Hershey went with the exact same lineup Sunday at home.