Caps Can Thrashers

Down by a goal midway through the game on the night they were awarded the President’s Trophy, which recognizes the team with the best record in the NHL, the Washington Capitals, fueled by Alex Ovechkin and Niklas Backstrom achieving individual milestones, escaped Verizon Center on Friday night with a 5-2 victory over division rivals, the … Read more

BEARS BLITZ RATS

The Hershey Bears continued their record-setting ways on home ice on Friday night at Giant Center, racing by the Albany River Rats with six unanswered goals to cruise to their 24th consecutive home ice victory by a score of 8-2. The Bears displayed their offensive balance with seven different players finding the back of the … Read more

BEARS WORK OVERTIME TO REACH MILESTONE

The Hershey Bears entered Friday night’s matchup against the Adirondack Phantoms seeking their 50th win of the season, and after a seesaw battle, the boys from Chocolatetown escaped from Glens Falls with a 5-4 overtime win. The Phantoms, the only team in the AHL that can boast of placing three blemishes on the Bears’ record, … Read more

BEARS FOIL PHANTOMS

Trailing for the first time at home during their record-tying 22 home winning streak, it looked like the Hershey Bears might have to reset the clock and start another home run because of the relentless Adirondack Phantoms; however, buoyed by a pair of goals by former Phantom, Boyd Kane, the Bears extended their streak to … Read more

BEARS WEEK IN REVIEW NOV. 22, 2009

The Hershey Bears accumulated three out of a possible four points on the weekend by snuffing out the Binghamton Senators and then dropping a 3-2 shootout decision to the Springfield Falcons. On Friday night in the Carousel capital of the World, five different Bears lit the lamp, including Andrew Gordon, who was recalled to the … Read more

Bears Week in Review Nov. 8, 2009

The Hershey Bears ruled the road last week, picking up six out of a possible eight points during their trip through New England.

Wednesday evening in Lowell, current residence of former Bear Louis Robitaille, Keith Aucoin made an immediate impact on his return to the Bears’ lineup when he tallied his first hat trick as a Bear and propelling his team to a 5-2 victory.

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French Ready for Next Challenge

Mark French in 2002. The German philosopher, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, famously said, “that which does not destroy us makes us stronger” and for new Hershey Bears head coach, Mark French, that statement could not ring any truer. After being fired in his only previous professional head coaching job by the Wichita Thunder of the Central … Read more