Rockford, IL- The IceHogs fell to the Bears 5-1 Saturday night to conclude the season series. 

Olivier Rodrigue made his IceHogs debut. The Bears eventually broke through with a short handed goal from Brett Leason at 10:02 of the first period. 

Taige Harding dropped the gloves with Justin Nachbauer to send the BMO Center crowd to its feet. Hershey doubled its lead at the 5:55 mark of the middle period after Grame Clarke set up Matt Strome for his sixth goal of the season. 

Strome would find the back of the net again at 14:33 giving Hershey a 3-0 advantage. Clarke added a power play goal to give the Bears a four-goal advantage in the second period. 

Kevin Lombardi got the IceHogs on the board, finding the back of the net at the 2:18 mark of the third period to give Rockford life. Lombardi’s eighth goal of the season came with assists from Dmitry Kuzmin and Ryan Mast.

Hershey responded immediately with an Ilya Protas goal to regain the four-goal lead.

The IceHogs will hit the road for their next four games before returning to the BMO Center Friday, March 13 to host the Chicago Wolves. It is a $2 beer and soft drink night and another Screw City Night presented by Henning. Tickets are available at icehogs.com