The Hershey Bears once again had a chance to close out the Eastern Conference Finals in Cleveland, and once again they couldn’t capitalize. The Cleveland Monsters rattled off a four goal second period to take a commanding lead in game five and didn’t look back on their way to a 5-1 win to pull within a game of the Bears in the seven game series.

The Cleveland Monsters beat the Hershey Bears 5-1 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals to keep their season alive.

The Hershey Bears were unable to close out the series against the Cleveland Monsters to advance to the Calder Cup Finals on Thursday and will now play Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday.