Firebirds lose to Hershey Bears 5-2 in Game 2 of Calder Cup Finals
The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost to the Hershey Bears 4-2 in Game 2 of the Calder Cup Finals.
The Bears struck first by Ivan Miroshnichenko and held the Firebirds scoreless in the first period.
Coachella Valley answered quickly in the second period with a goal from Luke Henman.
flick of the wrist 🔥 tied game 1-1 pic.twitter.com/XHFKqvXl7l
— y - Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) June 16, 2024
Hershey would answer with two goals of their own from Jimmy Huntington and Pierrick Dube.
17 seconds in the third period, Marian Studenic would score the second goal for the birds.
trailing by 1 🔥 pic.twitter.com/31RfzNxYFV
— y - Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) June 16, 2024
Nine minutes after Studenic's goal, Hardy Haman Aktell would give the Bears the two goal lead. To end the game, Hama Aktell would score his second goal by a empty net.
With the Bears tying up the series at 1-1, Firebirds forward Luke Henman and head coach Dan Bylsma are ready to come back to the valley for Games 3-5. @KESQ @BlakeArthur24 @Tarp1969
— Kenji Ito (@KenjiitoKESQ) June 17, 2024
Shoutout to @allieberube and @JaredL_Phillips of @abc27Sports with the assist. pic.twitter.com/tuE697gc4r
Game 3 of the series is on Tuesday, June 18th back at Acrisure Arena. Puck drop is 7:00 p.m.
