Tuesday morning, in the latter part of Hurricane Sandy coming through Central PA, the Hershey Bears announced their 2012 Hall of Fame Class. Lloyd S. Blinco, Arthur Fausnacht, Ralph Keller, Willie Marshall, Frank Mathers, Mike Nykoluk, and John B. Sollenberger will all be inducted into the Bears Hall of Fame December 19th, 2012 when the Bears take on the Norfolk Admirals.
Editor note: Unfortunately in our site’s transfer, we lost these images. The current images you are seeing are photos from the 2016 autograph night. We will transfer the 2012 autograph night images back to our site as soon as we find them. Our apologies to those looking for these images from 2012.
Braden Holtby poses for a photo during autograph night at Giant Center (Kyle Mace – Sweetest Hockey on Earth)
Every year, Hershey hold an autograph night for fans to meet their favorite Bear and get their signature. This year, it was in October, unlike last year’s when it was in April. Despite the date change, Bears fans still came out in droves to meet their favorite players. Below the jump, check out some of my photos from the night!
Saturday night is the second ever social media night for @TheHersheyBears, and Bears defenseman, @StevenOleksy, is tweeting his day for everybody to see! Check out what he has tweeted so far below the jump.
Photo credit: Rachel Cohen
It’s probably best not to draw any conclusions about the Hershey Bears after first five games. The Bears have only earned 3 of a potential 10 points in the opening two weeks of the season.
Friday night they lost again on the road, 3-1 to the Connecticut Whale.
New Hershey Bears promotional ad released today on the Bears Facebook page
Earlier today the Hershey Bears released a new promotional ad. The photo features current Bears goalie, Philipp Grubauer and former Bears goalie, Claude Defour (which we figured out after a tip from our Facebook page from friend of the blog, Kim Payne,) in the same pose. The photos have been merged to make the photo look crazy awesome and give it the aspect of both goalies as one.
HERSHEY, PA – (L to R) Cameron Schilling, Tomas Kundratek, Stanislav Galiev, and Dmitry Orlov pose for a photo after the hardest shot contest at Giant Center. (Kyle Mace – Sweetest Hockey on Earth)
The start of the hockey season is almost here, which means it’s time for Season Ticket Holder pickup night for many teams around the country. Thursday night, the Hershey Bears held their event, which also included the annual hardest shot contest. This year, however, the combination of a malfunctioning radar gun and Stan Galiev‘s stick fracturing in half made for some pretty hilarious moments.
HERSHEY, PA – Braden Holtby and Adam Oates speak before Group B’s practice at Giant Center Sunday (Kyle Mace – Sweetest Hockey on Earth)
Hockey season is back, and the Bears are back on the ice. The first day of camp came with some big news when Adam Oates was name co-coach of the Bears until a CBA is agreed on.
HERSHEY, PA. The newly designed Coco the Bear poses for a photo at a logo unveiling inside Giant Center in Hershey, PA. (Kyle Mace – Sweetest Hockey on Earth)
We asked you guys what your opinions were on the new look for the Chocolate and White and you guys had some very strong ones. Let’s check out what you guys thought…
HERSHEY, PA. Doug Yingst speaks to Season Ticket Holders at a special event at Giant Center (Tim Stough – Sweetest Hockey on Earth)
After weeks of speculation, the August 29th Season Ticket Holder Event has come and past and we have some very cool new logos, jerseys, and a mascot to look at. Wednesday night the Chocolate and White actually went back to chocolate and white, dropping the maroon “Swiping Bear” and bringing in the new Roaring Bear. Along the new logo, the Bears also announced much, much more.
Bob Hartley runs his camp at York City Ice Arena (Photo by Kyle Mace)
At first glance the York (PA) City Ice Arena’s rink looked like it was simply holding a summer time hockey camp. There is no indication that the man running the camp has some incredible coaching credentials. This week, Calgary Flames coach Bob Hartley is running his annual Bob Hartley High Intensity Hockey Camp. Hartley coached the Hershey Bears to their eighth Calder Cup title in 1997. He still loves Central Pennsylvania returns every year for his camp