Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Takes Game 1 Over Hershey, 4-2
In a short best-of-five series, Saturday’s home Game 2 offers the Penguins a chance to seize control.
Overview
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton beat Hershey 4-2 on Thursday to open the AHL’s Atlantic Division semifinal and take a 1-0 series lead.
- The Penguins raced to a 3-0 lead on goals from Atley Calvert, Aidan McDonough and Owen Pickering.
- Ilya Protas and Henrik Rybinski cut the deficit for the Bears before Avery Hayes scored into an empty net to seal it.
- Sergei Murashov stopped 31 of 33 shots for his first Calder Cup Playoffs win in goal.
- Game 2 is Saturday in Wilkes-Barre, where the higher seed hosts Games 1, 2 and 5 in this best-of-five format.