“It was awesome. Just an opportunity to compete with the team. It was pretty special and I enjoyed it,” is how Nicky Leivermann described his Game 4 Finals experience as we chatted underneath Acrisure Arena after the morning skate.
Take a look at some ice side photos from Game 4 of the Calder Cup Finals
Oh, did we mention this series is tied 2-2! Yeah, it is!
What can you say about Game 4 of the 2024 Calder Cup Finals! It is 11:16 local time in the desert and my feet are still shaking. What a gutsy performance from the entire Bears roster. There are too many guys to shout for how they played. Take a watch at the videos below to hear the immediate reactions from both coaches, Nelson and Bylsma, as well Hershey players, Joe Snively, Ethen Frank, and Hendrix Lapierre.
A critical game 4 of the Calder Cup Finals is on the horizon. We caught up with the Bears at their morning skate.
Quick Hits:
While Coachella Valley got out quick to a 2-0 lead Hershey would work their way back to a tie at 2-2 early in the second. From that point on it was an all out barrage on Hunter Shepard who ended up being called to the bench.
Wash, rinse, repeat. From our mouths to God’s ears. You can that again! What ever the cliché you want to use. Go ahead and use it because it applies Mike Vecchione. Energizer bunny. Mr. Clutch. Mr. Game 7. Check that we…
As the Hershey Bears took down Coachella Valley in Game 2 to even the Calder Cup Finals a 1-1, Chocolate Hockey captured some images that you may of missed. I mean who doesn’t love some scrums in front of the net.
“Well, let’s all be honest here. I think we got away with one tonight.”
Those are Todd Nelson’s first words from his post-game press conference after the Bears beat Coachella Valley in Game 2 of the Calder Cup Finals to even the series at a game apiece.
Hershey Bears head coach Todd Nelson as well as Firebirds bench boss Dan Bylsma react to Hershey winning 5-2 to even the Calder Cup Finals series.
Also available for post game comments were Jimmy Huntington and Hardy Haman Aktell of the Bears and Luke Henman of Coachella Valley
The Hershey Bears have played a lot of hockey. They know it. The Firebirds know it. We all know it.
But if you just happened to see them for the first time this year, the jump that Hershey came out with and the energy that they had for the first ten minutes of the game with Game 1 Friday night at Giant Center, they looked fresh as could be.
