John Sparenberg Hershey Bears’ goaltender, Michal Neuvirth, belatedly celebrated his birthday on Friday night in Binghamton, stopping all 47 shots he faced, leading the Bears to a 4-0 win over the Binghamton Senators. Neuvirth, who turned 21 on Monday, also stopped 47 shots in his last road outing, registering a shootout victory over the Manchester Monarchs last Sunday. Playing … Read more
Following the same successful formula they utilized during the latter stages of their recent road trip, the Hershey Bears came from behind once again to defeat the Toronto Marlies on Wednesday night at Giant Center, 4-3. Matthieu Perreault’s double minor penalty for high-sticking Toronto’s Alex Berry at 1:49 gave the Marlies the first crack of … Read more
The Hershey Bears finished up their three game road swing in royal fashion on Sunday, surviving a nine round shootout to outlast the Manchester Monarchs, 3-2, at Verizon Wireless Arena. Hershey net minder, Michal Neuvirth, was outstanding while collecting his 5th win of the season and 1st away from the friendly confines of Giant Center, … Read more
The Hershey Bears, buoyed by three unanswered third period goals, stunned the Portland Pirates with a 5-4 comeback win at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Saturday night. Hershey’s all-rookie line of Oskar Osala, Matthieu Perreault, and Francois Bouchard, which enjoyed considerable success earlier in the season but had recently been broken up, combined for … Read more
For Lowell goaltender, Jeff Frazee, apparently the third time was a charm, as he and his Lowell Devils’ teammates held the high-powered Hershey Bears offense to a single goal, emerging with a 2-1 victory on Friday night at Paul Tsongas Arena. Frazee, who had suffered a pair of regulation losses during the Devils recent 11-game … Read more
The night after acing the first part of their playoff pretest when they downed the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the Hershey Bears finished with a perfect score for the weekend on Sunday evening when they caged the Bridgeport Sound Tigers and clawed their way to a 3-2 victory. The Sound Tigers, who had tallied five power goals … Read more
In a game with playoff implications contested in a playoff like atmosphere, the Hershey Bears came out on top, grounding the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Saturday night at Giant Center, 3-2. The fast-paced first period, which featured a combined 13 shots on goal, was the first time in the seven games between the inter-state rivals this season … Read more
Heading into Wednesday night’s game at Giant Center, the match-up between the Hershey Bears and the Springfield Falcons had the potential to be a lopsided tournament. On paper. However, it was the last place Falcons that grounded the Bears, who until recently had been enjoying the view from near the top of the standings. After … Read more
When the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins, former Patrick Division rivals, now in separate divisions thanks to the “new NHL”, meet it’s a typically a titanic nip-and-tuck struggle. Sunday’s meeting at Verizon Center did not disappoint in that regard, with the Penguins eventually escaping the Nation’s Capital with a 4-3 shootout win. The teams entered … Read more
The Hershey Bears, coming off an impressive 6-1 road win over the Toronto Marlies on Saturday in the first game of a brief two-game road swing, fell to the Lake Erie Monsters on Sunday at Quicken Loans Arena, 6-3. Hershey, stumbled out of the gate in the first period, registering just two shots on net … Read more