HERSHEY, PA – Philipp Grubauer looks back at the shootout winning goal during Hershey’s 5-4 loss (Kyle Mace / Sweetest Hockey on Earth)
Sunday night’s Hershey Bears game may show up as an overtime shootout loss, but the Bears showed up with two of their best efforts of the season this weekend. Hershey lost to Binghamton 5-4, but picked up three of four standings points and have now picked up points in five of their last six games.
HERSHEY, PA – Joel Rechlicz begins to take off his helmet before a fight with Brett Gallant Saturday night (Kyle Mace / Sweetest Hockey on Earth)
For the seventh time in their careers, Joel Rechlicz and Brett Gallant dropped the mitts and had one heck of a fight. It always fires up the crowd when these two duke it out, and this time was no exception. One of their former fights was named Puck Daddy’s 2011 fight of the year, and after you watch this one, you’ll probably think it’s a contender for the 2013 awards.
Photo via Galiev’s Instagram Page
The star of the Discovery Channel hit TV show “Amish Mafia,” Lebanon Levi, is apparently a hockey fan (or has a score to settle). After meeting Garrett Mitchell at a Bears game last season, the reality TV star attended tonight’s Reading Royals – Elmira Jackals and took photos with players after the game, including Washington Capitals prospect Stan Galiev.
HERSHEY, PA – A photo of Hershey Bears players standing around a pink limousine waits to be auctioned off at the Bears’ Pink the Rink night (Kyle Mace / Sweetest Hockey on Earth)
On any given night at Giant Center, it is not unusual to see Hershey Bears wives and girlfriends behind section 120, helping to raise money for a good cause. This past Sunday, the first of what promises to be a number of fund raising efforts took place in behalf of breast cancer awareness.
HERSHEY, PA – Nathan Walker celebrates his first AHL goal. Walker became the first Australian hockey player to score a goal in American Hockey League history Sunday night. (Kyle Mace / Sweetest Hockey on Earth)
Nathan Walker might look like the normal American Hockey League player: 5’10”, plays forward, and shoots left. Yet there is something that sets him apart from the rest: he’s from Australia. Born in Cardiff, Wales, Walker’s family moved down under when he was very young.
In an interview with NHL.com, Walker said “Hockey isn’t the most popular thing in Australia; it’s certainly not the number one thing to do on a Saturday night.” But those Saturday nights at the rink have helped him accomplished what no other person has before.
HERSHEY, PA – Michael Latta and Max Friberg are stuck in between the boards and a pane of glass after Latta and Garrett Mitchell laid a big hit on Friberg (Kyle Mace / Sweetest Hockey on Earth)
During the first period of the Bears game against the Norfolk Admirals Sunday night, Michael Latta and Garrett Mitchell laid a huge hit on Norfolk’s Max Friberg, which caused a pane of glass in the far right corner of the ice to fall out into the stands.
HERSHEY, PA – Nate Schmidt stands around during warm-ups before a playoff game last season in Hershey (Kyle Mace / Sweetest Hockey on Earth)
The Washington Capitals announced Friday that they have recalled Nate Schmidt from Hershey and assigned Connor Carrick and Michael Latta to Chocolate Town, USA.
Dmitry Orlov looks on during warm-ups last season (Kyle Mace / Sweetest Hockey on Earth)
Early Wednesday morning, CSKA of the KHL announced it had acquired Dmitry Orlov’s KHL rights. Now we know what you’re thinking: “Orlov’s leaving Hershey for the KHL?!?” Well, not exactly.
HERSHEY, PA – Joel Rechlicz smiles before the first game of the Hershey Bears’ 2013-14 season (Kyle Mace / Sweetest Hockey on Earth)
Every year on opening night, I get a little too excited and take way too many photos just because I haven’t been able
to shoot real hockey in a few months, so we always end up with extra photos we’ll probably never use. Instead of letting those photos go to waste, we’ve decided to bring you a photo post!
The Hershey Bears wore retro jerseys based off of the 1949-50 season jerseys, being modeled here by Tomas Kundratek, and were auctioned off for Hershey Bears charities after Saturday’s game (Kyle Mace / Sweetest Hockey on Earth)
It’s become a tradition in Hershey after special Bears games; jerseys auctions in which fans live bid on game worn jerseys from the game they just watched. After Hershey’s opening night, Bears players held up their jerseys for fans in sections 119 though 121 to see an let them bid on. Joel Rechlicz’s jersey was the highest seller at $2,000. All the final prices from the current players are below the jump.