Chocolate Fix 2/22/2012

We are in the midst of a long road trip. So far, it has been met with mixed results. The Bears started off the trip with a bad loss to the Bruins. The next night they came back with a win over the Monarchs. Along came Sunday and a shootout loss to the Sound Tigers.

And even more bad news from the weekend, Christian Hanson is out for hand surgery. [PennLive]

Keith Aucoin’s life resembles a yo-yo recently. He’s back with the Caps as of today. [Caps]

The Old Barn is back with another new show. [OBHS]

• Part 1 – Traditional Bears segment with some Caps flavor this week.
• Part 2 – NHL Ref Paul Devorski calls in to the show.
• Part 3 – Mike Carmen and Patrick Wellar join the boys for the final segment.

Former Bear Mark Wotton announced his retirement. [Connecticut Plus]

More coverage on the Old Barn getting a makeover. [LDN]

Joel Rechlicz loves being in Hershey. [LDN]

He was known as “The Mayor of Chocolatetown” when he was here. Dean Arsene will play his 500th game on Saturday. [AHL]

The NHL trade deadline is coming up this coming Monday. Check our sister site for Caps updates. [RMNB]

And of course if any of those trades affect the Bears we will have coverage here as well.

The Hershey Jr Bears Quebec Tournament Team captures world championship. [Jr Bears]