HERSHEY, PA –
The Bears grabbed a 1-0 lead on an even-strength goal from Jakub Vrana at 15:42 of the opening period, but the Monsters managed to equalize in the middle frame at 7:48 when Alex Broadhurst and Steve Eminger combined to spring Daniel Zaar on a five-on-five partial breakaway that the Swedish-born sniper finished off for his fourth tally of the postseason.
In the third, Trent Vogelhuber bounced home an even-strength goal at 5:39 on feeds from Ryan Craig and Eminger to make it 2-1 before an unassisted five-on-five marker from Zaar at 13:33 gave way to a Markus Hannikainen tip-in goal at 15:09 thanks to assists from Dean Kukan and Oliver Bjorkstrand that capped the scoring at 4-1 Monsters.