What went right Saturday:  Goaltender Jason Bacashihua is no stranger to the shutout.  He’s got 15 now in his AHL career.  But Friday’s effort was his first in a Hershey uniform, earning number three star honors.  You knew it was Hershey’s night when Cash picked up a shutout and barely made the three stars.  Bacashihua is now 3-0-0 to begin his Hershey career, with a goals against average of 1.00 and a saves percentage of 96.3 percent.   Alexandre Giroux was amazing in his return to the Hershey lineup, scoring twice and notching four points. Francois Bouchard picked up the first four-point night of his AHL career Friday.  Andrew Joudrey picked up the team’s second short-handed goal in as many games, and third overall this season.  Just an utterly dominating performance.

What didn’t go right: Nothing of consequence to report from the Hershey side of the ledger.  Hartford, a team that we’ve been touting as an upper echelon team in the Atlantic, was anything but on Friday and looks like a team that has a lot of problems.  Corey Locke, a terrific offensive threat, was nearly invisible Friday.  Defensively, the Pack couldn’t run with the Bears, and they didn’t get the goaltending either.  With Manchester playing well, Bridgeport and Worcester looking like playoff threats and Lowell and Providence at .500 or better, perhaps the Wolf Pack aren’t the playoff lock many thought they were.  You can’t win anything in this league in October.  But you sure can make people think you’re a pretender. 

What’s next: A home game against Albany Saturday, a quick change of laundry, and then back to New England for a four-game swing starting Wednesday night in Lowell against the Devils.