The Belleville Senators secured its first win in franchise history as they beat the Hershey Bears 5-2 at the Giant Center Saturday night.

Ethan Werek had two goals for the Sens (1-3-0-0) while Jack Rodewald, Chris DiDomenico and Gabriel Gagne also scored, the latter having the game-winner in the second. Chandler Stephenson and Chris Bourque scored for the hosts (0-2-0-0).

Danny Taylor stopped 17 shots while Hershey’s Parker Milner made 30 saves.

Gagne grabbed the game-winner at the end of an action-packed opening second period as three goals were scored in a 54 second span. The Sens grabbed the lead at 2:57 as Werek redirected a Nick Paul pass on the power play but the Bears tied the game up through Chris Bourque 37 seconds later.

However, Gagne grabbed his first goal of the season, and the game-winner, as he finished off a 2-on-1 by wiring a slapshot past Milner to give the Sens the lead at 3:51.

The Bears had opened the scoring just 4:24 into the first as Stephenson gave the hosts a 1-0 lead while on a 5-on-3 power play. However, the Senators, who were short-handed four times in the period, finally found their footing and tied the game before the horn as Werek found a loose puck at 18:54.

Rodewald pushed the Sens’ lead to 4-2 just 46 seconds into the third period as he collected a loose puck and went top-shelf for his first goal of the year before DiDomenico secured the win with an empty-netter.

Werek recorded the first multi-goal game in Belleville Senators history.

Belleville went 1-for-7 on the power play while the Bears converted once on six opportunities.

The Senators return to action Friday night as they face the Hartford Wolfpack at 7:15pm, the first of three games in three nights in three different states.