Friday morning the Hershey Bears assigned goaltender Vitek Vanecek to ECHL South Carolina for a rehab assignment starting that night.
The 21-year-old netminder has been out since September with a lower-body injury. He will in between the pipes for the Stingrays against the Greenville Swamp Rabbits Friday night.
The Hershey Bears’ number one and two goaltenders returned to the ice earlier this week as Vitek Vanecek and Pheonix Copley were both cleared for full practice with the Chocolate and White.
Both netminders were injured in training camp and have yet to see any regular season action this season. “Certainly I’ve got a month of extra rest,” said Copley after practice Tuesday. “I’m excited to get going. Obviously, you want to be going at the start of the season. I’m just that much more excited.”
The Hershey Bears held their sixth annual Pink the Rink night Sunday night Giant Center.
The Bears teamed up once again with Mixed Up Productions to sell shirts and other pink-themed items for the American Cancer Society.
On a night honoring Breast Cancer survivors, as well and bringing awareness to the disease, the Bears put on a show for the 10,489 in attendance at Giant Center Sunday night.
The Bears were looking to win their first week of the season, and that’s exactly what they would do. Behind three goals from Wayne Simpson, Chris Bourque, and Lucas Johansen, the Chocolate and White bagged their second win of the weekend, taking down Hartford 4-3.
Prior to Sunday night’s game, forward Riley Barber’s mom dropped the ceremonial puck. Stacy Barber, a breast cancer survivor, was greeted by her son at center ice to take the puck drop in front of a packed Giant Center crowd.
The two exchanged a hug before she dropped the puck. Hartford captain Joe Whitney joined the two of them for the photo opportunity.
After his postgame interview with the Bears media, Connor Hobbs couldn’t locate the puck he scored his first professional goal with. Once the rookie was finally able to get a hold of the puck, he posed for a photo with it, sporing a large smile on his face.
The Washington Capitals announced Friday that forward Anthony Peluso has been recalled from Hershey.
With the recall of Chandler Stephenson and possibly Riley Barber in the coming hours (lol jk, it’s Anthony Peluso), the Hershey Bears offense will have to weather the storm against three major divisional opponents this weekend.
Hershey will take on Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Providence, and Hartford in their second three-in-three of this season. But with only one win in their first six games, the Bears will need to get some firepower from their forwards to start getting some W’s on the board.
The Hershey Bears Hockey Club Hall of Fame Committee announced Thursday afternoon the 2017 Hall of Fame class. The class will include four inductees: Dave Fenyves, Andre Gill, Randy Waybright, and Doug Yingst.
The Hershey Bears picked up their first win of the season Saturday night against Grand Rapids, scoring four goals in the proccess. Three of Hershey’s goals came from Chandler Stephenson, who scored his first AHL hat trick behind four total points on the night for the Chocolate and White.
