Mike Green scored twice and Hershey killed off 13 of 14 shorthanded situations en route to a 4-1 victory over Manchester in Game 2 of the AHL’s Eastern Conference Final at the Giant Center on Sunday evening.
The Bears will take a 2-0 series lead into Wednesday’s Game 3 in Manchester.
Green, who played 70 NHL games with Washington in 2006-07, leads all AHL defensemen with six goals this postseason.
Kyle Wilson snapped a 1-1 tie with a power-play goal in the final minute of the first period and Matt Hendricks closed out the scoring with a late empty-net goal as the Bears won for the 10th time in 12 playoff outings.
Frederic Cassivi improved his postseason record to 26-7 over the last two springs by stopping 30 of 31 Monarchs shots.
Patrick O’Sullivan had the only goal for Manchester, his eighth.
Attendance in Hershey was 8,346.
Eastern Conference Final – Series "M" (best-of-7)
E1-Hershey Bears vs. A1-Manchester Monarchs
Game 1 – Sat., May 19 –
Game 2 – Sun., May 20 –
Game 3 – Wed., May 23 – Hershey at
Game 4 – Sat., May 26 – Hershey at
*Game 5 – Sun., May 27 – Hershey at
*Game 6 – Wed., May 30 –
*Game 7 – Thu., May 31 –
*if necessary
All times Eastern
