The Baby Bruins had a great first period masked by the fact that, had it gone any other way in one particular area, they would not have had the confident lead they had.
It started with Providence feeling Hershey out, with Hershey keeping possession of the puck for most of the early goings, getting plenty of time in front of McIntyre. Things would improve however as a poorly constructed pass got turned over to Chris Porter, who passed to Austin Czarnik with all the open ice in the world in front of him, and he made it count.