Bears Swim Past Sharks 01-04-09

The Hershey Bears, playing in the building that will host the 2009 AHL All-Star Classic later this month, notched their second consecutive road victory, sailing to a 7-2 over the Worcester Sharks on Sunday afternoon at DCU Center. Hershey’s victory, their league-leading 26th of the season, guaranteed that head coach Bob Woods and assistant coach Mark … Read more

Bears Silence Wolfpack

Hartford, CT- The Hershey Bears, turning the tables from a night ago, when they surrendered five unanswered goals to the Providence Bruins to start the game, came out howling on Saturday night, scoring the first four goals of the game and waltzing to a 6-2 win over the Hartford Wolfpack at XL Center.  Former Wolfpack, … Read more

Bruins Blitz Bears

The Hershey Bears, coming off a 2-0 victory on Wednesday afternoon that kicked off a five game road swing, were glazed by the Providence Bruins on Friday night at Dunkin Donuts Center, 7-2.  Bears rookie net minder, Michal Neuvirth, making his third AHL start, had another rocky outing, surrendering first period goals to the P-Bruins … Read more

Bears Foil Falcons 12-31-08

The Hershey Bears, after losing their last two road games and being outscored 9 to 1, started a five game road trip in the win column with a 2-0 shutout victory over the Springfield Falcons. After failing to convert on a couple of 5-on-3 power play chances, Hershey struck first at 12:10 of the first … Read more

Bears Exterminate Late Rats Rally 12.28.08

After a disappointing loss last night against the Binghamton Senators, the Hershey Bears quickly bounced back into the win column by defeating the Albany River Rats, 5-3, at Giant Center Sunday evening.
Hershey’s Oskar Osala started the scoring, striking first at 12:28 of the first period. Osala’s goal, his 17th of the season, broke his five game goal-scoring drought.
“I knew there’s always going to be stretches like that and I don’t think I played that good tonight, either, but I had some chances in the earlier games, too: shooting, missing empty nets and all kinds of stuff,” said Osala, who is tied with the Philadelphia Phantoms Claude Giroux for the league lead in rookie goal scoring.

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Bears Slay Monsters

The Hershey Bears, who scored just 11 seconds into the game last night, did not score until 37 seconds into the second period, but still managed to find a way to come up with a victory on Sunday evening when they downed the Lake Erie Monsters in a shoot out win, 3-2. Hershey’s win, their … Read more

Hershey Humbled by Houston 12/13/08

The Hershey Bears, after being annihilated by the Houston Aeros 6-1 on Saturday night, their second straight setback in the Lone Star State, will probably not be disappointed if they never have to do the Texas two-step again.   After falling behind 1-0 into the contest on a goal by Houston’s Krys Kolanos at 5:02, Hershey … Read more

Rampage Roll Over Bears

The Hershey Bears first regular season venture into Texas was not a successful one, as the Bears fell to the San Antonio Rampage at the AT&T Center, 3-0. With the win, the Rampage, who snapped a 17-game winless streak last week, extended their winning streak to five straight games. Hershey, in defeat, saw their franchise … Read more