Tonight the Bears hosted the Syracuse Crunch for the first time this season. Thanks to a great effort by the penalty kill unit and goaltender Vitek Vanecek, the Bears took tonight’s contest 5-1.
The penalty kill for the Bears was outstanding this evening killing all nine, yes nine, power play chances by Syracuse this evening.
Vanecek stopped 23 of 24 shots he faced tonight to improve his record to 3-3-1 on the season with a 0.924 SV% with a 2.16 GAA.
Unfortunately, the win did not come without any setbacks.