Hershey Bears Hold First Ever Hockey ‘n Heels

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HERSHEY, PA – A sign outside of one of the stations at Hockey n Heels is displayed before the event (Kyle Mace – Sweetest Hockey on Earth)

If you look around at any Hershey Bears game, you’ll notice a very strong base of female fans. In fact, 50% of fans in the stands are female. Wednesday night at Giant Center 100% of the fans were female for a first time event, “Hockey + Heels.” It was an interactive learning experience for 200 women, all of whom are Bears fans.

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Hershey Splits Series in St. John’s, get First Win of the Season

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Connor Carrick looks on at a shot during Friday night’s game in which Hershey would lose to St. John’s, 5-1 (Photo via St. John’s IceCaps flickr page)

It took the Hershey Bears four games and 1,828 miles to find themselves and find their first win of the season. After a third straight loss on Friday night, Hershey looked like the team Bears fans were expecting to see on Saturday. The Bears scored four unanswered goals and Philipp Grubauer made 30 saves in route to a 4-0 win over the St. John’s IceCaps.

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Hershey Bears Ready for Comeback Season

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Tonight the long hockey journey begins for the Hershey Bears. It begins with great anticipation. When the Bears take to the ice tonight for their home opener Bears fans will be watching a new era in Hershey hockey. A new coach, new players and a new style that is likely to erase the memory of the last two seasons. 18 of the 31 players on the opening night roster played all or part of last season in Hershey.

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Head to Head: Hybrid Icing

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The NHL hopes to prevent collisions like these between Andreas Lilja of the Adirondack Phantoms and Nicolas Deschamps of the Hershey Bears with the new hybrid icing rules approved for the 2013-14 season (Kyle Mace/Sweetest Hockey on Earth)

Today we introduce a feature on Sweetest Hockey on Earth, Head to Head. Our Matt Trust and Kyle Mace will face off on a new topic. For our inaugural debate, we look at hybrid icing.

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Hershey Bears Open Training Camp

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HERSHEY, PA – Mike Haviland directs the first day of training camp at Hersheypark Arena

There was a whole new look in the Old Barn on the opening day of Hershey Bears training camp. A new coach, new players and even a new ceiling in the Hersheypark Arena. Some of Mike Haviland’s new players had never been in the building, but it’s where the Bears will practice this week before the first pre-season game Friday night against Utica at Giant Center

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Mark French Out as Hershey Bears Head Coach


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After four seasons behind the Bears bench, Mark French will not return as coach for the 2013-14 season. The announcement was made Friday morning by the Washington Capitals General Manager George McPhee. The move comes after the Bears failed to win a first round playoff series against the top seeded Providence Bruins, after winning the first two games of the best-of-five series.

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