DIPIETRO, P-BRUINS DEFEAT BEARS

Hershey, PA - Goaltender Michael DiPietro stopped 37 shots to help the Providence Bruins defeat the Hershey Bears 3-1 on Wednesday night at the Giant Center. Forwards Brett Harrison, Riley Tufte, and Fabian Lysell found the back of the net. 

How It Happened

• While on the power play, Frederic Brunet dropped the puck behind him for Harrison, who walked it over to the high slot and fired a wrist shot through traffic that found the back of the net to give the P-Bruins a 1-0 lead with 7:52 remaining in the first period. John Farinacci received a secondary assist. 

• Patrick Brown sent a shot on goal that popped up in front of the crease, before Tufte batted at it once and poked in the rebound to extend the Providence lead to 2-0 with 15:24 to play in the middle frame. Georgii Merkulov was credited with a secondary assist. 

• Ilya Protas cut the Providence lead to 2-1 on the power play with 11:25 left in the second period.

• Lysell scored on a breakaway to give the P-Bruins a 3-1 lead with 5:07 remaining in the third period. Dans Locmelis and Jake Schmaltz received the assists.   

Stats 

• Lysell scored his team leading 11th goal of the season. 

• DiPietro posted his fifth game of the season stopping more than 30 shots. 

• DiPietro stopped 37 of 38 shots faced. The P-Bruins totaled 34 shots.

• The power play went 1-for-3 and the penalty kill was 3-for-4. 

• The P-Bruins improve to 18-5-0-0.

Up Next

The Providence Bruins remain in Hershey to face the Bears on Friday, December 12 at the Giant Center. Puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m.

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12.10.2025