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Bears Build on Wednesday’s Win, Avoiding Elimination (Again)
The hockey gods smiled on Hershey tonight. Facing elimination, the Hershey Bears pulled together a solid 4-1 win over the visiting Baby Pens. It gets even better: the Bears earned that...
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Want to Win an Award on the Bears? Join Twitter!
It’s awards season in the AHL, and Hershey is right in the thick of it. Last night was the team’s final regular season home game, therefore both Fan Appreciation Night and...
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Big Brother is Watching (Hershey v. Binghamton, SOL 6-5)
Hope can be a powerful thing. Take a team, knock them down by 2 goals. Give them a breather and let them onto the board, and then knock them down by...
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Green Jerseys Bring Hershey Luck on St. Patrick’s Day
At the midpoint of this game, I made a comparison between what was happening on the ice and a ping-pong game. I was mistaken. A more accurate comparison would be a...
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Bring on the Backup: Dany Sabourin Shines in Hershey’s 2-1 OT Victory
This morning, the twitter ‘verse was abuzz with the news of Braden Holtby‘s call-up. Fresh off a 3-0 shut-out, Hershey’s starting netminder was tapped to back up Michal Neuvirth in tonight’s...
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In the Spirit of the Holiday, Hershey Gives Generously
As mentioned previously, yesterday was a specialty jersey day in Hershey. That means a post-game auction, and (as with the Pink in the Rink game) complementary item sales by the Bears’...
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Tonight’s Hershey Game in One Word: Chippy.
Chippy: Adj. Aggressively belligerent. Marked by much fighting. Touchy & Irritable. Synonyms: aggressive, argumentative, combative, confrontational, cranky, feisty, grouchy, scrappy (per Merriam-Webster). Upon reflection, that sounds exactly like tonight’s game against the Worcester Sharks. Supporting evidence includes 50 minutes...
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AHL All Star Game Proves Full of Surprises!
This year’s AHL All Star Game was full of surprises (at least as much as an ASG ever can be, when it doesn’t involve props). It also involved a ridiculous number...
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The AHL All Star Skills Competition in a Nutshell
This weekend, as the best of the NHL is lighting up Ottawa (or something like that), a similar gathering of AHL notables is taking place in Atlantic City, NJ. As I’ve...
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Fashion Watch: Hershey Bears at the AHL Outdoor Classic
First off, let me just say that nobody reading this article has any right to judge the Bears for their debatable cosmetic choices at the AHL Outdoor Classic. You’d wear warpaint,...
