AHL Playoff Update: Wilkes-Barre drops Game 2, tied 1-1 with Hershey
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins split the first two games of their series against the Hershey Bears. The best-of-five series now shifts for the next two games to Hershey. It started out great for WBS, getting out to a 3-0 lead that they turned into a 4-2 win in Game 1.
Sergei Murashov made 31 saves in the victory. Atley Calvert, Aidan McDonough, Owen Pickering scored goals for WBS, Avery Hayes added an empty netter to seal the victory. The Game 1 lineup was as followed: How we’re lining up for Game 1 ⬇️ Catch the action on AHLTV on FloHockey: https://t.
co/CrNDVVHuPj #HitsDifferent pic. twitter. com/SFvz3QxfrL — x – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (@WBSPenguins) April 30, 2026 Game 1 was a physical and nasty game.
The rookie Mikhail Ilyin was boarded and left the game. Harrison Brunicke lost his cool and went after a Bear player. The game ended in a scrum with Hershey looking to stir things up after the game was lost for them.
Andrew Cristall cross-checks Harrison Brunicke in the mouth at the net-front, and Brunicke loses his cool. Have to have better control of your emotions there, as hard as it may be after eating one in the chops. #WBSPens to the PK.