Chocolate Fix 4/4/2012

Ryan Potulny picture from our Instagram.

Another eventful week in the books for us. Last Wednesday night we had our first ever viewing party. We had quite a few people come out to Fire Alley to watch the game and help us raise some money. It also helped that the Bears won against Binghamton extending the winning streak to seven. Sadly, that streak came to an end on Saturday against St. Johns. Fortunately the Bears got a little help from other losses that night and clinched a playoff spot. Thanks in part to an effort from Ryan Potulny that earned him AHL Player of the week honors, the Bears came back from a deficit on Sunday against Binghamton. That effort proved to fall just a little short when the Bears lost in 13 rounds of shootout. Before you move on to the rest of the links from around the web, check out the pictures from autograph night taken by Kyle.

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Chocolate Fix 3/28/2012

 Photo from pennlive.com/Anthony Fiore

Welcome to Chocolate Fix on the day of our viewing party. Please join us and other Bears fans tonight at Fire Alley in Hershey to see the boys take on the Binghamton Senators. Everything gets underway at 6:30, so get there to claim your spot near one of the many TVs. Because of the party, our twitter coverage of the game will be a little lighter than normal. The game recap will probably also be delayed, but don’t worry we will have it covered. Your best bet is to come join us!

There was a lot happening this past week. Last Wednesday night the Bears hosted the St. John’s IceCaps for the first time ever. Hershey greeted them properly and came away with a win. Next up was a weekend doubleheader against the Charlotte Checkers. Before the game on Saturday came the biggest news of the season. AHL President Dave Andrews joined Bears GM Doug Yingst to announce that Hershey will be hosting an outdoor game next year to celebrate Hershey’s 75th anniversary! After that the Bears went on to beat the Checkers. On Sunday they extended their winning streak to six games with another win over Charlotte.

And now a look at Bears news from elsewhere…

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Chocolate Fix 3/21/2012

A little luck never hurt anyone. St. Patrick’s Day jerseys from Saturday. Photo by Kyle Mace.

The Bears have followed up a lackluster weekend with one where they grabbed three wins and all six available points in the standings. It started with a Friday night win at home over Adirondack. Saturday brought Albany to town and another win. Then both teams traveled to Albany for the back end of the home-and-home series where the Bears picked up the final win of the weekend.

Tonight the Bears will be looking to avenge the losses in St. John’s by welcoming the Ice Caps to the Giant Center for the first time. It’s also Hersheypark pass night, so be prepared for a big crowd even though it is a Wednesday game. You can check out the pre-game from Tim Leone.

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Chocolate Fix 3/14/2012

T.J. Syner photo from Dennis Pause on Flikr.

Another week closer to the playoffs and unfortunately the Bears first trip to see the Ice Caps wasn’t a good one. They played two games there last week. St. John’s dominated the first meeting, but the Bears were able to salvage a point in a shootout loss the second night.

In other news here at SHoE, Kathryn caught up with former Bear (and a fan favorite) Steve Pinizzotto. The biggest news of the week (and perhaps to date) was the announcement of the first ever Bears Viewing Party. Take a look at the announcement and if you are on facebook you can RSVP to the event on there.

Now on to the Bears news in the rest of the world…

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Chocolate Fix 3/7/2012

Congratulations to the Aucoins!

February is over… finally and mercifully. As we began the month of March everyone was hoping for a turnaround with this organization. The Bears have obliged. A week ago, the Bears traveled south to Norfolk on a day that only exists one out of four years. Norfolk came away from that one with a win and two more points farther from the Bears in the standings. But that was the end of February. Bring on March! Saturday started out well with a nice win over struggling Binghamton. On Sunday the Springfield Falcons brought some former Bears back to town. The Falcons left with a loss as well. Before both of those games in the Giant Center was the host for the PIAA Basketball playoffs. With very limited time between the two events, the Giant Center staff had to change the floor back to hockey. Check out the time lapse video of how they did it. The early part of this week brought us the AHL Clear Day. On Tuesday morning the league and the Bears released their roster for the remainder of the season. Don’t forget to check out one of our favorite posts “Snapshots” to see the week in pictures.

Now on to the other news from the week…

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AHL Clear Day 2012

Photo by Kyle Mace

Today is the day we find out who will be on the roster for the remainder of the season.  For those of you unfamiliar with AHL Clear Day, here is the explanation directly from the AHL.

Only those players listed on a team’s Clear Day roster are eligible to compete in the remainder of the AHL regular season and in the 2012 Calder Cup Playoffs, unless emergency conditions arise as a result of recall, injury or suspension.

Teams may also add signed junior players or players on amateur tryout contracts after Clear Day, but only once their respective junior or college seasons are complete.

Those listed in the 22 available spots are the ones that will be able to play. If there is an injury or one of the players on the roster is called up to Washington, that spot will be filled in by a non-roster player. Those players are traditionally called the “Black Aces”. They stay in Hershey and practice with the team.

So who makes the cut?

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Chocolate Fix 2/29/2012

Keith Aucoin celebrates goal with the Caps. Photo hijacked from our sister blog, RMNB.

Happy Leap Day! Hopefully the Bears can use this extra day of the year to get a much needed win over division leading Norfolk. As always, you can follow our tweets of the action on Twitter. As for what happened this week, well there isn’t much to brag about. The Bears lost to Rochester, Lake Erie, and Norfolk. They now sit in 3rd place in the East Division a full 8 points behind Norfolk. They do have one game in hand against Norfolk. Since the playoffs this year are determined by conference standings (with the 3 division leaders automatically in) we should look at the conference as well. Currently, the Bears are in 5th place. Norfolk leads the conference and the Bears are 9 points ahead of the 9th place team. There’s still a lot of hockey to be played and the Bears have room to move either way. Hopefully it’s up. Look for more about the standings and AHL Clear Day in the coming days.

Now on to this week’s highlights.

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Chocolate Fix 2/15/2012

Braden Holtby gets his first NHL game of this season. Photo by Mitchell Layton/NHLI via Getty Images.

The Bears came off a 3 games in 3 nights weekend with 5 out of 6 available points. The beat Syracuse on Friday, lost in a shootout on Saturday to The Whale, and firmly beat the baby Pens at home on Sunday. We also have a new feature. Every Monday, Kyle will bring you a photo recap from the previous week. It’s called Snapshots. If you missed it, go take a look.

Braden Holtby and Joel Rechlicz each got a game with the Caps this week. Does Dale Hunter know what he’s doing? [HBHB]

Injuries in the Caps require call-ups from the Bears. Fox Sports take a look at the Caps injuries and how call-ups like Dmitry Orlov and Cody Eakin have performed. [Fox]

Garrett Mitchell and the Bears 4th line have been hot over the last couple weeks. Plus, he also loves being in Central PA. [LDN]

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