Chocolate Fix 1/6/2011

Photo by JustSports Photography and hersheybears.com

Round ’em up! Here are the recent happenings with the Bears:

Today, the team will depart on a road trip to visit the Manitoba Moose.  “Bear Force One” will be departing from Harrisburg International Airport. [HIA]

“The Old Barn Hockey Show” was back this week.  Among the topics they covered were a case for Brian Willsie as team MVP right now, Holtby coming close to scoring, the NHL Winter Classic, former Bear Deryk Engelland signing a 3 year deal with Pittsburgh, HBO’s 24/7 recording footage with Andrew Gordon.  Also of note, 1/26 against Springfield John Walton will call his 1000th game for the Chocolate and White. [Old Barn Hockey Show podcast]

You can also check out “The Old Barn Hockey Show” on their website for coverage of the NHL Winter Classic trip.  Included in that is the most recent “Wednesdays with Mitch” article where Mitch Lamouruex talks about his trip to the Steel City. [Old Barn Hockey Show website]

Pennlive.com’s Derek Meluzio talks about the current situation of current and former netminders for the Bears. [Stack the Pads]

The 2011 IIHF U20 World Championship ended last night with the Russian Capturing gold.  Team USA earned a Bronze.  The tournament featured several Caps prospects. Cody Eakin, who has already spent time in a Hershey sweater, was named Player of the Game for silver medal winning Team Canada in the championship game.  We will see more of Eakin and the other prospects in the near future.  Here is one analysis of the prospects’ tournament performance from Keara Dowd. [KG’s District]

Ever wonder how Quintin Laing is doing? You’re not the only one. [Rock the Red]

The Bears had some big success against the Norfolk Admirals over the last two games.  Here is a breakdown of that success. [Hershey Bears Hockey Blog]

For you goalie fans, Derek Meluzio also gave us a great post this week full of links to goalie photos.  [Stack the Pads]

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