Chocolate Fix – 2/2/2011
This was a busy week/weekend for Hershey. The Bears hosted this little thing called the AHL All-Star Classic. From a fan perspective it was a great weekend. Hopefully the staff of the Bears would agree.
I’ll start this week’s Chocolate Fix with a collection of news from the All-Star Classic.
- Dan Sernoffsky talks to Andrew Gordon about the AHL All-Star Classic. [LD News]
- Time Leone has a great article about the history of the AHL All-Star games in Hershey, Mitch Lamoureux’s Hall of Fame induction and the current Bears representation in the game. [PennLive]
- Eric Thomas covers the All-Star skills competition and Brian Fahey. [PennLive]
- Tim Leone’s notes on the weekend. [PennLive]
- Derek Meluzio stacks the pads on the AHL All Star weekend. [PennLive]
- Bob Flounders on Mitch Lamoureux’s HOF induction. [PennLive]
- More coverage from PennLive with Bob Flounders talking to Alexandre Giroux about is time in Hershey. [PennLive]
- And more Tim Leone coverage. This time he sums up the speech given by AHL president and CEO John Andrews during the All Star weekend. [PennLive]
- A local fan recounts her day at the AHL All-Star skills competition and the party after. [My Home for the Holidays]
- Staying with the skills adventures, Lucy gives us her point of view. [Hockey is my Boyfriend]
- The All-Stars made a visit to the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital while they were here. [VIDEO]
- Lastly, Corey Masisak (former of DC and now with the NHL) says that Hershey was the perfect host for the All-Star celebration. [NHL]
While this is technically All-Star news, I put it on a line of its own. Chris Gordon of the New York Times says, “What the A.H.L. lacks in glamor it makes up in enthusiasm — at least in Hershey, a hockey town if there ever was one.” Thank you, Chris! [NYT]
NBC Sports picks up on Todd Ford’s awesome Johnny Cash mask! [Off the Bench]
Curt Boyd talks about his “Collins Scale”. [The Sports ‘Burger]
The All-Star break marks what is traditionally the unofficial end to the first half of the hockey season. GM gives us his synopsis of the first half. [HersheyBearsHockey Blog]