John Sparenberg The Hershey Bears, facing a must-win situation on Sunday evening at Giant Center, responded magnificently to the challenge when they shut out the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 3-0. The whitewash was the Penguins first game without scoring a goal since their contest with the Albany River Rats on March 21, 2008. Bears’ goaltender, Michal Neuvirth, who politely … Read more
The Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins, riding the hot goaltending of Adam Berkhoel, and decisively winning the special teams’ showdown, defeated the Hershey Bears on Saturday night at the Wachovia Arena, 4-1, taking a 3-2 lead in the best of seven East Division Finals. Blitzed by the Penguins for three goals in the first period on Friday … Read more
While looking to regain control of the series over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins after their disappointing overtime loss on Wednesday night, the Hershey Bears hit a rough patch of road, yielding three unanswered goals in the first period, eventually falling to their neighbors to the north, 6-3. “You just can’t make mistakes,” commented Hershey’s head coach, … Read more
The Hershey Bears subscribed to Yogi Berra’s philosophy of, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” when facing the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in game two of the East Division Finals at Giant Center on Sunday evening, by continuing to display balanced scoring and solid goaltending. The Bears made their mark on the scoreboard first when Oskar … Read more
John Carlson, the 27th overall pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, made his professional debut on Saturday night at Giant Center, taking a regular shift in the Bears’ opening win against the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins in the Eastern Conference Division Finals, the second round of the Calder Cup Playoffs. The 6’3” 210 pound native … Read more
Balance was the buzz word at Giant Center following the Hershey Bears’ 5-3 victory over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the first game of the Eastern Division Finals on Saturday night. While taking their 1-0 lead in the series, the Bears received goals from five different players. That, combined with the outstanding performances from special teams … Read more
The Hershey Bears completed their sweep of the Philadelphia Phantoms in the Eastern Division Semifinals on Friday night at Giant Center, beating their rivals, 1-0. Though there were no goals scored in the first 20 minutes of action, the Bears thoroughly dominated the Phantoms in the shot category, as well as territorially, with a shot … Read more
The Hershey Bears fashioned out a hard fought 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Phantoms on Wednesday night at Giant Center, taking a commanding 3-0 series lead in the process. Hershey’s power play, which was in deep hibernation against their opponents from the City of Brotherly Love throughout most of the regular season series, struck for … Read more
When the Philadelphia Phantoms’ parent team, the Philadelphia Flyers, were on the verge of winning their first Stanley Cup in 1974, when they called the Spectrum ‘home’, the streaking trend was running rampant. Tonight, however, in possibly the last game played at the same historic venue, it was the Hershey Bears doing the streaking, reeling … Read more
For the first time since 2000, the Hershey Bears and the Philadelphia Phantoms met in the Calder Cup Playoffs, with the Bears taking a 1-0 series lead in the Eastern Division Semifinals by a score of 4-2 at the Wachovia Spectrum. Hershey’s Andrew Gordon was the only lamplighter in the first period, with Kyle Wilson … Read more