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.
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Maybe he’ll be the Martin St. Louis of the Caps. (Remember, everyone said that the Caps drafted him way too high.) And maybe his dad can give tips to Emminger and the like.
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