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HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) — Scoreless until 9:59 to play in overtime, where long-time Hershey Bears veteran Garrett Pilon scores the game winner. Hershey takes the 3-2 Calder Cup Finals lead with the 1-0 overtime win in Game 5.
“It still hasn’t really settled down,” Pilon said. “Any overtime like that is real special, but to be in a Game 5 in overtime is definitely huge and a big thing for our team.”
The game winning goal came after an incredible effort from Logan Day, who has emerged as a superstar in these playoffs. Day made a few diving saves to keep the puck in the zone, before Pilon’s wrister sends the series back to California with a 3-2 Bears lead.
“It’s gratifying to have an opportunity to get two cracks at it,” said Hershey Bears Head Coach Todd Nelson. “It feels really good going in there; we’ve been good on the road all year. We had a tough time in our building, so we wanted to finish things off [well] here in Hershey for our fans with a win and we got that win tonight.”
These are live updates from the abc27 Sports team from inside Game 5.
Hershey has made this into a competitive series, coming back from a desolate 2-0 start after not being able to score a goal in the first two games of the series. The Bears seem to have solved Firebirds goalie Joey Daccord and home ice has proved very beneficial.
The home team has won each of the four games in the series so far.
Hershey will host Game 5 inside Giant Center on Saturday, June 17 with the series even at 2-2. The Finals will then return to Palm Desert, California for Game 6 and a possible Game 7.
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