Chicago Wolves see their winning streak end at three games
The Chicago Wolves had their three-game winning streak snapped by the two-time defending Calder Cup champion Hershey Bears 5-0 on Saturday night at Allstate Arena.
In Hershey’s first visit to Chicago since Dec. 23, 2005, Bears goaltender Hunter Shepard made 21 saves for his third shutout of the season and got offensive support from Henrik Rybinski’s two goals and one assist.
Hershey took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission on a goal by Rybinski late in the opening period.
The Bears kept prowling in the second and extended the lead to 4-0 on scores by Pierrick Dube, Jon McDonald and Bogdan Trineyev. The fourth goal came midway through the second stanza and ended the night of Wolves netminder Dustin Tokarski, who was replaced by Ruslan Khazheyev.
Rybinski capped the scoring in the third.
Tokarski (10 saves) took the loss in goal for the Wolves. Khazheyev finished with 11 saves.
Chicago, which also had its six-game home winning streak snapped, dropped to 30-24-3-0 on the season. Hershey moved to 36-15-5-1.