After scoring the game-winning overtime goal Sunday night, Travis Boyd was the man of the hour in the locker room. Boyd had a pretty large media scrum around him in the locker room postgame, but his teammates weren’t going to let him off easy.
Carter Camper scored a highlight reel goal on Sunday night, and my goodness was it pretty. After shaking and baking the entire Wilkes-Barre defense, his dangles were worth number four on ESPN’s Top 10 Plays.
In the second period of Sunday night’s game 7 between the Hershey Bears, Carter Camper scored one of the most insane goals you will ever see. Honestly, there are no words for this goal. Just watch it.
HERSHEY, PA – Liam O’Brien punches Tom Sestito in the face during Hershey’s 5-3 win over Wilkes-Barre Wednesday night. (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)
The Hershey Bears won one of the most dramatic games in Giant Center history Wednesday night. This game had a lot coming starting all the way on Monday night after Tom Sestito and Liam O’Brien had some top notch banter on Twitter.
Wilkes-Barre, PA – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Tom Sestito (right) reacts to having a penalty called on him after hitting Garrett Mitchell from behind in game four of the Atlantic Division finals Monday night (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)
Mondays are normally the worst day of the week, but the night of Monday, May 10 was definitely a fun one.
Prior to Game 4 of the Hershey Bears and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Atlantic Division Finals, the two teams had what we are calling The Tea Party at The Red Line during warm-ups. It all started after Tom Sestito was looking to start trouble skating up and down the red line in warm-ups, going from Chris Bourque to Zach Sill, then Liam O’Brien, who he has some past history with.
No matter what happens the rest of the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs, at least one team will have a Hershey Bears connection in the finals. With the New York Islanders win tonight, each of the four teams in the Eastern Conference have some sort of Hershey Bears ties.
As the Hershey Bears prepare for their 66th appearance in the Calder Cup Playoffs, the Chocolate and White will face the Portland Pirates for the first time since the 2006 Calder Cup Eastern Conference Finals.
The Bears won their second consecutive division while Portland finished fourth in the Atlantic. Both teams went 2-2 in this season’s match-up, each winning their two respective home games against the other team in October and November.
Here at Chocolate Hockey, our entire staff of hundreds one person will break down how the two teams match-up, along with a prediction. Let’s jump aboard the preview train.
A Hershey Bears first will happen Wednesday night in Philadelphia. The first every matchup of two Hershey Bears goalies that played together on the same Bears Calder Cup team will face off in a Stanley Cup Playoff game. Michal Neuvirth and Braden Holtby, who played together on the 2009-10 Calder Cup team, will start for their respective teams in game four of the first round match-up between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Washington Capitals.
Harrisburg Senators manager Matt LeCroy talks to Hershey Bears defenseman Erik Burgdoerfer and forward Liam O’Brien prior to the Senators game against the Altoona Curve on Tuesday night. (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)
Tuesday night at the Harrisburg Senators game, Bears defenseman Erik Burgdoerfer and forward Liam O’Brien had the opportunity to throw out the first pitch.
“We were just at the rink this morning and they asked if anyone wanted to come out and throw the first pitch at the ballgame and watch the Senators play,” said Burgdoerfer. “I’m a big baseball fan. When I was a kid, probably until I was ten, [I played baseball].”
For the tenth consecutive season, the Hershey Bears lead the American Hockey League in attendance. This season the Bears continued their dominance as they averaged 9,790 fans per game. Since 2006, Giant Center has had over 3.6 million people have come through its doors for regular season Bears games. Below are all the attendance numbers for the last ten seasons.