Incoming!

Whatever is heading to the net, Bears' D is ready.

This post is only possible with the gracious approval of photographer Scott Slingsby, who attended Games 3, 4, and 5 of the 2010 AHL Eastern Conference Finals between the visiting Hershey Bears and home team Manchester Monarchs.

He was covering the games for InGoal Magazine, and his own writeups of each game and full photo galleries are available here:

Game Three - Story  /  Photo Gallery

Game Four - Story  /  Photo Gallery

Game Five - Story  /  Photo Gallery

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Scott's pictures were so well done and good action shots from AHL games so hard to come by I thought it would be nice to highlight a few of them.  As you will see his vantage was right by the visiting team's net so each game has two periods of Michal Neuvirth and one of Jonathan Bernier.  The pix I'm posting will not be in chronological order; you can explore the galleries yourselves to see which pix came when.

 

Thank you Scott!

Eyes on the prize, Neuvy.

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Whatever (and wherever) it takes!

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Stand and deliver.

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Did someone call for a crease clearing?

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RAHJC likes nice clean creases as well (3 pictures)

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Intensity - Chris Bourque is ready.  Bring it, Monarchs!

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Is this even legal in New Hampshire?

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This blueline will look amazing in red sweaters

See? Amazing.

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Ammo sez: "We shall fight them in the corners..."

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Matty P puts in an order at the bakery.

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Jay Beagle fights gravity and the opposing goalie, losing both battles, but ultimately winning the war.

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Francois Bouchard is about to bury the game-winning overtime goal off the rebound of the Mathieu Perreault shot that Bernier is saving. 

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Good morning, good afternoon, and good night Manchester!  Egad.