November 8, 2009

Miskovic Nets First Goal as Professional

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Zach Miskovic's first professional goal got the Hershey Bears going Saturday night at Verizon Wireless Arena as they rolled to a 4-1 victory over the Manchester Monarchs.

Hershey opened the scoring with the game's only goal in the first period. Rookie defenseman Zach Miskovic buried a shot past Manchester goaltender Jonathan Bernier from the right circle for his first pro goal. The former St. Lawrence University standout scored at 14:54 from Keith Aucoin and Boyd Kane to give the BEARS a 1-0 lead after one.

The Bears got a little bit more breathing room in the second with goals from Jay Beagle and Oskar Osala to make the score 3-0 after two. Beagle's goal came just 2:30 into the second, from Osala, and Osala then scored his own goal at 14:28 from Darren Reid and Sean Collins. With the shot total at 27-17 in favor of Hershey through 40 minutes, the Chocolate and White took a three-goal advantage into the final frame.

The teams would trade goals to round out the scoring in the final 20 minutes. Francois Bouchard picked up his sixth of the year at the 4:26 mark for Hershey, and Oscar Moller prevented the Monarchs from being shutout, scoring at 8:29. Michal Neuvirth won his third game of the season.