Shepard and Stevenson have combined for the most shutouts in a season in Hershey franchise history

The Hershey Bears continued their run on one of the winningest seasons in AHL history, shutting down the Cleveland Monsters 5-0 on Saturday.

Goaltender Hunter Shepard stopped all 20 shots he faced for his second consecutive game with a shutout (extending his overall shutout streak to 141:29) for his fourth overall clean sheet of the season. Combined with teammate Clay Stevenson’s AHL-leading seven shutouts this season, Hershey’s 11 total shutouts earned by its goaltenders has established a new franchise record, besting the mark of 10 set during the 2014-15 campaign (Philipp Grubauer, 6; Pheonix Copley, 3; Justin Peters, 1). Shepard also jumped ahead of Stevenson to take over the league lead for goals-against average (1.89).

The win was Hershey’s fourth straight victory and sixth straight game with a point (5-0-0-1). The victory, coupled with Providence’s 3-2 overtime loss to Charlotte, also reduced the Bears’ Magic Number for clinching the Atlantic Division title to six points. Hershey finished its regular-season series against Cleveland with a 4-0-0-0 record and finished its slate of North Division opponents with a record of 11-3-0-2.