Hershey Bears (37-15-5-1, 80 pts) at Springfield Thunderbirds (30-23-2-4, 66 pts)
Venue: MassMutual Center
Date: Wednesday, March 19
Time: 7:05 pm EST
TV: FLO Sports
Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster
Hershey Bears News & Notes:
The Bears clinched their spot in the playoffs with a 5-2 win over the Chicago Wolves on Sunday. They are now 6-1-0-1 in March averaging four goals per game while allowing an average of 2.5 goals per game.
Springfield Thunderbirds News & Notes:
The Thunderbirds had a rough weekend dropping all three games and being outscored 21-8. They dropped to 4-4-0-0 on the month averaging three goals per game while allowing an average of four goals per game.
Hershey Bears Projected Lines
Roe-Smallman-Dube
Cruikshank-Lapierre-Miroshnichenko
Strome-Rybinski-Trineyev
Smith-Sutter-Saulnier
Priskie-Bear
McDonald-Iorio
Leivermann-Perrott
Shepard
Stevenson
Springfield Thunderbirds Projected Lines
Kasimaki-Peca-Luff
Maceachern-Dvorsky-Dickinson
Stenberg-McGing-Andonovski
Bitten-Callin-Kessy
Schunenman-Addison
Loof-Johannesson
Harrington-Skinner
Ellis
Zherenko
Players To Watch:
Hershey Bears
Ethan Bear this season has 40 points on nine goals and 31 assists. He leads the Bears in points, and in assists. He is sixth among defenseman in points in the league, and tied for fourth in assists among all defensemen. This season against Springfield he has a point in all three games scoring a goal and two assists.
Springfield Thunderbirds
Aleksanteri Kaskimaki in his rookie season has 34 points on 11 goals and 23 assists. He is fifth on the team in points, sixth in goals, and fifth in assists. This season in three games against Hershey he has a point in each game on a goal and two assists.
Next Game
Hershey – March 21 at Hartford Wolf Pack
Springfield – March 21 vs. Milwaukee Admirals
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