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WILKES-BARRE &#8211; Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins captain Josh Currie led the way for his team in a 6-3 victory over the Hershey Bears on Sunday evening at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.
				Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (8-11-3-2) received multi-point performances from a quartet of players, but none more impactful than Currie&rsquo;s three-point outing. The Penguins&rsquo; captain tallied twice, including the game-winning goal, and added an assist for good measure.
				Hershey got on the board first using a power-play goal by Philippe Maillet at 8:31 of the opening frame.
				The Penguins answered Maillet&rsquo;s opening tally six minutes later on a sharp-angle shot by Chase Berger. After Will Reilly&rsquo;s drive from the point went wide of the net, the puck kicked off the end boards back to Berger, who shuttled it over a scrambling Pheonix Copley.
				Currie put the Penguins in a 2-1 lead on a sniper&rsquo;s release with 1:31 left in the first period.
				The Bears evened the scales at two goals apiece just 52 seconds into the middle frame on a similar goal to the one Berger scored in the first. Matt Moulson collected a big shot off the back wall and pushed it past the Penguins&rsquo; unsuspecting goalie, Alex D&rsquo;Orio
				Jonathan Gruden put Wilkes-Barre/Scranton ahead again, 3-2, on a pass that deflected off a Hershey defender and trickled past Copley at 8:17 of the second period. However, the Bears equalized once more with a shorthanded strike by Axel Jonsson-Fj&#228;llby.
				Granted a two-man advantage late in the second stanza, Currie buried his second goal of the night. The five-on-three power-play goal gave the Penguins a 4-3 lead, and they didn&rsquo;t look back from there.
				Jon Lizotte provided a two-goal cushion at 4:24 of the third period, and Anthony Angello delivered the dagger with a missile tucked underneath the crossbar at 15:40 of the final frame.
				Hershey did not surrender easily, amassing 16 shots in the third period, more than their first and second period totals combined. D&rsquo;Orio was up to the task, denying all 16 bids to maintain his team&rsquo;s lead. D&rsquo;Orio and Copley both finished the game with 26 saves.
				In addition to Currie&rsquo;s three points, the Penguins saw multi-point efforts from Gruden (1G-1A), Drew O&rsquo;Connor (2A) and Kyle Olson (2A).
				Wilkes-Barre/Scranton&rsquo;s next game is Wednesday when the Lehigh Valley Phantoms come to town. Puck drop between the Penguins and Phantoms is slated for 5 p.m. at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. Tickets to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton&rsquo;s home game in April can be purchased by calling (570) 208-7367.

Currie leads the charge in win over Hershey