Overview
- Hershey starts a best-of-three at Bridgeport on Tuesday at 7 p.m., returns to GIANT Center on Thursday, and, if needed, plays Game 3 back in Bridgeport on Saturday.
- The Bears, which clinched the No. 5 seed with Sunday’s 5-4 overtime win, advanced on Ivan Miroshnichenko’s winner at Giant Center.
- Washington reassigned Ivan Miroshnichenko, Ilya Protas, and goalie Clay Stevenson this week to bolster Hershey for the run as captain Aaron Ness nears a return from a lower-body injury.
- Bridgeport holds home ice in the short series, and Hershey went 2-3-0-1 against the Islanders in the regular season.
- This matchup is the third playoff meeting between the clubs, and RMNB notes it could be Bridgeport’s last AHL series in the city before the affiliate relocates to Hamilton next season.