John Sparenberg For Bob Woods’ Hershey Bears, the challenge is to make the “Sweetest Place on Earth” a place where visiting teams are not made to feel very welcome, particularly in the early minutes of the game. On Sunday, after once again scoring within the first three minutes and one second, as they have in 6 of … Read more
The Hershey Bears did not score until four minutes and 30 seconds of the second period in last night’s grueling overtime game against the Albany River Rats in Albany when Alexandre Giroux lit the lamp. However, Saturday night at Giant Center, Giroux found himself at the forefront of the Bears’ early first period offensive onslaught, … Read more
On this Black Friday, the Hershey Bears traveled to Albany, shopping for their 7th consecutive win without the core four that were missing in Wednesday’s game against Binghamton. Making Hershey’s task more difficult was the recall of their captain, Bryan Helmer, to the Washington Capitals. However, the team relied on solid defense, limiting the Albany … Read more
With just under 25 percent of their goal scoring production lost earlier in the day due to recalls to Washington, the Hershey Bears, consisting of the remnants and reinforcements from South Carolina, managed to carve out a 4-1 win at Giant Center on Thanksgiving Eve. Oskar Osala started the scoring, tallying just 2:21 into the … Read more
The last time the Hershey Bears and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers squared off for first place, Hershey was at the end of a 3-in-3 road journey, and Bridgeport took advantage of that situation and came out on top. In tonight’s game, however, the roles were reversed and the Bears pounced upon the opportunity, prevailing 4-1, … Read more
Whenever the Bears and the Phantoms meet on a Friday night, fans never know what to expect. However, two things have remained constant between the rivals in the City of Brotherly Love this season: scoreboard malfunctions and balanced scoring from the Bears, the second of which led to the Chocolate and White’s 5-2 victory. Early … Read more
The Hershey Bears completed a weekend sweep in convincing fashion when they shut out the road-weary Binghamton Senators on Sunday at Giant Center, 9-0. After failing to garner all six points in three previous 3-in-3 attempts, tonight’s lopsided victory was a welcome relief to Hershey. All they needed to get the engines revving was a power … Read more
HERSHEY, PA- On the 71st anniversary of the first game in the storied Hershey Bears franchise, it was the new faces of the team that provided the spark that propelled the club to a 7-3 win over the Philadelphia Phantoms at Giant Center. Having been held pointless in the previous three games, Oskar Osala snapped … Read more
Coming off two straight losses, the Hershey Bears were looking for a new recipe that would lead to victory. Tonight, combining the basic ingredient of hard work, sprinkled with opportunistic offense, proved to be just what they needed to succeed against the Philadelphia Phantoms, 3-2. In the past week or two, several players, including Graham … Read more
*Hershey leads the league in goals for, with 60, but has also given up the third most goals (51), trailing only Rochester (60) and Norfolk (52). *Nearly half of the goals (47.1%) allowed by the Bears have occurred in special teams situations. *The Phantoms are 7-in-22 (31.8%) on the power play in three games against … Read more