By: John Sparenberg
Paced by Devante Smith-Pelly's hat trick, the Hershey Bears capped off their New England weekend road venture by garnering four out of a possible six points with a 5-3 win over the Hartford Wolf Pack at the XL Center on Sunday afternoon.
Vinni Lettieri, who also had a had trick in the game, gave the home club a 1-0 first period lead, but in the final minutes of the frame, Smith-Pelly tied it at 1-1 by skillfully deflecting an airborne Aaron Ness shot from the point by Hartford netminder Adam Huska, who was making his pro debut.
Lettieri lit the lamp only 30 seconds in the middle stanza, but Garrett Pilon struck on the power play, uncorking a one-time laser by a helpless Huska at 5:33 to tie the game again.
Early in the third period, Smith-Pelly on an odd-man rush with Jayson Megna, finished it off by rifling a wrist shot by the blocker of Huska to give the Bears a lead they would not relinquish.
Megna, who score 15 goals as a member of the Wolf Pack in 2015-16, matched that number at 8:53 by deflecting a Mike Sgarbossa shot by Huska with the Bears on the power play to make it 4-3 Bears.
Lettieri made it interesting by striking on the power play at 16:45 to complete his hat trick, but Smith-Pelly matched that feat by putting in the rebound of Nathan Walker's failed breakaway attempt at 17:29.
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