Chocolate Fix 2/1/2012

Hershey’s first line of all-stars. Photo by Kyle Mace.

It was a so-so week in the land of the chocolate and white. The Bears traveled to Norfolk for two games before the All-Star Classic. Friday saw a continuation of their losing ways, however they made their way back into the win column on Saturday. Boyd Kane, Keith Aucoin and Chris Bourque then made their way to Atlantic City to participate in the AHL All-Star Classic. You can see highlights from the skills competition here. Unfortunately, they were all held off the scoring sheet in the game. The beginning of the week brought recall news. Cody Eakin was called up to Washington as well Joel Rechlicz.

More on the Rechlicz call up after the break…

Rechlicz received lots of attention in this unexpected call up. [RMNB, WaPo, hockeyfights, CSNWash,DSP, KoL, Wash Times]

Former Bear Andrew Joudrey also got a long awaited phone call. [Bucky’s]

Maxime Lacroix wanted to play more hockey. [Post&Courier]

Hometown coverage for Braden Holtby. [Lloydminster Source]

The Old Barn Hockey Show [OBHS]

• Part 1 – Bears news
• Part 2 – NHL talk and thoughts on the idea of a new Coco

Making AHL league-wide news: Tomas Kundratek. [AHL]