The Hershey Bears defeated the Bridgeport Islanders 5-2 on Thursday night at Giant Center, completing a two-game sweep in the American Hockey League playoffs. Andrew Cristall scored twice to lead Hershey, which now advances to the division semifinals. The win marked Hershey's first best-of-three series victory since 1964.
Andrew Cristall netted a pair of goals as the Hershey Bears secured a 5-2 victory over the Bridgeport Islanders in Game 2 of their AHL division quarterfinal series. Sam Bitten broke a 1-1 tie with 9:05 left in the second period, and Cristall followed less than two minutes later to make it 3-1. Sonny Milano and Bogdan Trineyev added empty-net goals to seal the win, Hershey's 10th series victory in its last 11 playoff tries. Clay Stevenson made 22 saves for his second win of the series (2-0).