Hershey won for the second time in three games in New England Saturday, defeating the first place Manchester Monarchs 4-1 at Verizon Wireless Arena.
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The Bears opened the scoring with the game's only fist-period goal when rookie defenseman Zach Miskovic buried a shot past Manchester goaltender Jonathan Bernier from the right circle for his first pro goal. The former St. Lawrence University standout scored at 14:54 from Keith Aucoin and Boyd Kane to give the Bears a 1-0 lead.
Hershey got a little bit more breathing room in the second period with goals from Jay Beagle and Oskar Osala to make the score 3-0 after two.
Beagle's goal came just 2:30 into the second, from Osala, and Osala then scored at 14:28 from Darren Reid and Sean Collins.
The teams traded goals to round out the scoring in the final 20 minutes. Francois Bouchard picked up his sixth of the year at the 4:26 mark for Hershey.
Manchester's Oscar Moller prevented the Monarchs from being shut out, scoring at 8:29 of the final period.
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