Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Blank Hershey Bears in Game 1

Game 1 ended 4-0, but the Hershey Bears lost to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins off the opening faceoff. Only 39 seconds in, Kael Mouillierat popped the puck to Dustin Jeffery, who then flipped it by three Bears defenders for Daniel Sprong for the first Penguins goal. Three goals later, and Wilkes-Barre went to win their 100th franchise Calder Cup Playoff victory.The Penguins fired off 18 total shots on goal in the opening 20 minutes at Bears starter Justin Peters. Peters ended the night with 27 saves total. Penguins rookie Casey DeSmith stopped 33 en route to his first shutout of these playoffs.

The Bears may have flipped the script on shots in the second period, but the damage was done,…