Outdoor Game Returning to Hershey in 2018
Before Saturday night’s Hershey Bears game, Vice President of Hockey Operations Bryan Helmer announced the team will hold their second ever outdoor game on January 20, 2018, at Hersheypark Stadium against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Next season will mark the team’s 80th in the American Hockey League, as well as five years since the last Outdoor Classic.
The game will be the third game in team history that will be played outdoors. The Bears have lost both games in overtime to the Adirondack Phantoms and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins respectively. Only two current members of the Bears have played in outdoor games, Chris Bourque in 2012, and Garrett Mitchell in 2012 and 2013.
More details will be released in the coming months. Follow @ChocHockey on Twitter, as well as Chocolate Hockey on Facebook to keep up with the latest 2018 outdoor game news.