AHL Playoff Preview: Hershey Bears at Lehigh Valley Phantoms with Line Combinations 5/4/2025

AHL Playoff Preview: Hershey Bears at Lehigh Valley Phantoms with Line Combinations 5/4/2025
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Game 3: Hershey Bears at Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Venue: PPL Center
Date: Sunday, May 4
Time: 5:05 pm EDT
TV: FLO Sports

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Hershey Bears News & Notes:

Hershey dropped game two as they now head to Lehigh Valley for game three. They are now averaging two goals per game to start this series while allowing an average of 1.5 goals per game. Hunter Shepard is posting a 1.54 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage. He stopped 12 of the 15 shots he faced in Friday’s loss.

Lehigh Valley Phantoms News & Notes:

Lehigh Valley tied the series up at a game apiece with a 3-1 win on the road. They are averaging 2.8 goals per game while allowing two goals per game in the Calder Cup playoffs. Parker Gahagen is posting a 1.76 goals-against average and a .936 save percentage. He stopped 19 of the 20 shots he faced on Saturday.

Hershey Bears Projected Lines

Vecchione-Sgarbossa-Dube
Limoges-Lapierre-Smallman
Miroshnichenko-Rybinski-Trineyev
Strome-Sutter-Philp

Ness-Iorio
Massie-Priskie
Lievermann-McDonald

Shepard
Gibson

Lehigh Valley Phantom Projected Lines

Lyckselll-Gaucher-Widsom
Grebenkin-Abols-Richard
Wilson-Luchanko-Bump
Eklind-Desnoyers-Smith

McDonald-Belpedio
Andrae-Samson
Ginning-Grans

Gahagen
Petersen

Players To Watch:

Hershey Bears

Alex Limoges leads the Bears in points with two after two games. Four different Herhsey players have a goal. Seven Bears’ players have an assist. Vincent Iorio, Jon McDonald, Aaron Ness, Henrik Rybinski, and Spencer Smallman are all plus-ones.

Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Anthony Richard, Heige Grans, and Jett Luchanko lead the Phantoms in points with four. Richard leads the team in goals with three. Luchanko leads in assists with four. Hunter McDonald, and Zayde Wisdom lead the team in plus/minus as both are plus-four.

Next Game

Game 4: Friday, May 9 at PPL Center

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