CLEVELAND — The Hershey Bears pushed back in the third period, but the Cleveland Monsters hung on for a 3-2 win.
Cleveland's Josh Dunne opened the scoring just over two minutes into the game.
Hershey's Ethen Frank tied the game at 18:07 on the power play.
Roman Achan scored the lone goal in the second period to give the Monsters a 2-1 lead.
Jake Gaudet made it 3-1 Cleveland at 5:10 of the third period.
Just 45 seconds later, Garrett Roe responded to make it 3-2.
The next game is Saturday, June 8 at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, OH.
You can watch it at 7 p.m. on FOX43.2 Antenna TV and Monumental Sports Network. The full series schedule is below.
Eastern Conference Finals Schedule | Cleveland vs. Hershey
- Game 1 | Thursday, May 30 | Hershey wins 5-4 (OT)
- Game 2 | Saturday, June 1 | Hershey wins 3-2 (OT)
- Game 3 | Tuesday, June 4 | Hershey wins 6-2
- Game 4 | Thursday, June 6 | Cleveland wins 3-2
- Game 5 | Saturday, June 8 | 7pm | Cleveland, OH | FOX43.2 & MNMT
- Game 6* | Monday, June 10 | 7pm | Hershey, PA | FOX43.2 & MNMT
- Game 7* | Wednesday, June 12 | 7pm | Hershey, PA | FOX43.2 & MNMT
*if necessary