In Friday night’s Game Four of the AHL’s Eastern Conference Finals between Hershey Bears and Toronto Marlies, Bears defenseman Madison Bowey delivered a high hit with his elbow to Marlies forward Kasperi Kapanen. Bowey received a five-minute major for elbowing and a game misconduct as well for the hit. Bowey will not be suspended for the hit, Chocolate Hockey has learned.
Toronto, Canada – Chris Bourque poses with his record setting puck post game Wednesday night (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)
On Wednesday night, Hershey beat the Toronto Marlies 8-2 to take a 3-0 series lead against the Marlies in the Easter Conference Finals. In the same game, Chris Bourque scored a goal and assisted on one of Jakub Vrana’s to become the Bears all-time playoff points leader at 74 points, passing Mike Nykoluk for first place.
The Hershey Bears and abc27 have announced all Eastern Conference road games from Toronto will be televised in Central PA. The games will air on WHTM’s Digital Channel, 27.3, Comcast 245, Verizon Fios 462, Blue Ridge 152, Kuhn 69, Nittany 227.
The Toronto Marlies defeated the Albany Devils in a nail-biter in game six of the North Division finals Monday night, meaning the Hershey Bears will face the Marlies in the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Marlies and Bears only met twice in the season, splitting the two games with the away team winning each time.
There were a lot of hugs and smiling faces after Travis Boyd scored his series-winning OT goal against Wilkes-Barre Sunday night. But there was not a better celebration than Aaron Ness‘ on the bench right after the roof came off of Giant Center.
Monday night the Hershey Bears will find out their opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals, but we do know the first two dates for the Bears first appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals since 2010.
The Bears will face the Albany Devils or Toronto Marlies at Giant Center Friday, May 20, and Saturday, May 21. Whether that means those dates will be games one, two, three, or four remains to be seen as the full schedule should be released after tonight’s game seven between Albany and Toronto.
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One of the all-time best Hershey Bears series ended the only way it could: with an overtime goal. Here are the 23 best photos from Sunday night’s game.
Prior to game 4 of the Atlantic Divison Finals between Hershey and Wilkes-Barre, we had a bit of a get-together.
Twin Ponds has made the second round of Kraft Hockeyville and won an extra $15,000 in arena upgrades on top of their original $10,000 in upgrades. The second round of 2016 Kraft Hockeyville voting is now open. To vote for Harrisburg’s Twin Ponds, you can vote one of two ways:
Travis Boyd skates to accept his award Sunday night
Sunday night the Hershey Bears honored this season’s team with the annual award ceremony. Eight awards were handed out to players this year.
Chris Bourque took home Bears team MVP, Riley Barber was named Rookie of the Year, Travis Boyd won the Kenny Smith Memorial Award for most player of the game nominations, Madison Bowey took home two awards: John Travers / Steve Summers award for highest plus/minus and Defenseman of the Year, and Nathan Walker took home eight awards: Man of the Year, Unsung Hero, and Most Improved Player.