On Frozen Blog

Friday night on the road in Wilkes Barre-Scranton, with the baby Penguins hot on their heels, just two points back of them in the Eastern division, the Hershey Bears skated a statement game, shutting out their hosts 3-0 behind yet another Frederick Cassivi classic. Chris Bourque knocked Wilkes Barre netminder Nolan Schaefer out of the game with a blast shot to the mask that bloodied the goalie’s nose.
Saturday night, back at the Giant Center, CBourque added a hat trick and four points in leading the Bears to a huge 6-5 win over Bridgeport. With Norfolk losing at Albany, the Bears once again gained control of first place in the East. The victory was the Bears’ seventh straight, their longest win-streak of the season. They have 104 points on the season, with eight games still remaining.
Last season, in his first full tour of duty in the A, Bourque had 8 goals and 28 assists and was largely a healthy, non-playing witness to the Bears’ Calder Cup postseason run. This season, through 62 games, he has 23 goals and 28 assists, and he’ll play a lead role in the Bears’ postseason run this time around.