Miroshnichenko Breaks Through, But Hershey On Brink Of Elimination After OT Loss To Penguins In Game 3
The Capitals AHL affiliate faces elimination going into Game 4 on Thursday after a 4-3 overtime loss.
The Washington Capitals' AHL affiliate Hershey Bears put up a strong fight on Tuesday, but are now facing elimination after a 4-3 overtime loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in Game 3 of the Atlantic Division Semifinals of the Calder Cup Playoffs. Hershey found itself trailing early in the first period after back-to-back goals for Phil Kemp and Mikhail Ilyin, but got a spark when Ivan Miroshnichenko sniped home his first of the playoffs to cut things to 2-1. First of the playoffs for Miro gets us on the board!
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com/eRp4tpjMsh — x - Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) May 5, 2026 Later in the frame, the first line got to work with Bogdan Trineyev finishing off a picture-perfect passing play from Ilya Protas and Andrew Cristall and evening the score at 2. The Terrific Trio keeps producing! 🍎Protas 🍏Cristall https://t.
co/OC6RCUc0yl pic. twitter. com/n8rqo0LkU6 — x - Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) May 5, 2026 Just 37 seconds into the second, Brett Leason buried his second of the postseason, getting to the slot for a quick shot and giving the Bears a 3-2 lead.