Former Hershey Bears captain Garrett Mitchell has headed overseas to continue his hockey career. HKM Zvolen’s announced Sunday that Mitchell would join the team for the rest of the 2018-19 season. Mitchell served as Hershey’s captain for three of his seven full seasons with the franchise.

HKM Zvolen plays in the Slovak Extraliga, currently leading the standings with a 17-5-4-2 record and 61 points. The 56-game season is halfway over with 28 games remaining on their schedule.

For the first time since 2013, the Hershey Bears hosted the Outdoor Classic at Hershey Park Stadium, hosting the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

The Phantoms would strike first 2:59 into the first period when Colin McDonald would score on the feed from Oskar Lindblom and Samuel Morin to take the early 1-0 lead.

Sunday night in Chocolate Town, rookie defenseman Lucas Johansen scored his first American Hockey League goal.

It was Hershey’s annual Pink the Rink event to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Johansen’s grandmother, Lilly, battled breast cancer. He carried her name on his stick tonight.