Don’t let the fact the Lehigh Valley Phantoms blew a 4-2 lead in the third period distract you from the fact the Hershey Bears now have a two game lead heading back home.
After you check out these GIFs, head on over to Corey Swartz’s recap to check out images that don’t move a breakdown of Saturday night’s win.
The Hershey Bears visited the Bridgeport Sound Tigers for the last time this season with a lot on the line with the teams separated by only two points in the standings. For the first time in four contests in Bridgeport, Hershey took the game on a clutch power play goal from Travis Boyd and won the game with an empty net goal by a final of 3-1.
Unlike both of the games the Bears played at home this weekend, this game was a defensive showdown as many of the contests between these two clubs have been. The game was scoreless for the entire first period, and it was scoreless until Bridgeport’s Ross Johnston beat Pheonix Copley early in the second period.
Parker Milner makes a save in the second period of Hershey’s Saturday night win against St. John’s. (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)
Parker Milner made his first start in Chocolate Town for the Hershey Bears on Saturday night and impressed the 10,456 fans at Giant Center. 29 saves in his second win of the season promises Hershey they will win the week as they take down St. John’s, 5-2.
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After a disappointing beginning to the 2017 calendar year, the Hershey Bears finished off the month of January strong with points in three straight. After almost a week off for the All-Star break, the picked right back up where they left off, beating the Binghamton Senators 5-3 Friday night.
Chris Bourque has now become the seventh player in Hershey Bears history to score 500 points as a Hershey Bear, joining Mike Nykoluk, Tim Tookey, Arnie Kullman, Gil Gilbert, Willie Marshall, and Dunc Fisher as the only players to accomplish the feat. In honor of this major accomplishment, we take a look back at some of Bourque’s earliest points as a Bear in GIF form.
Jakub Vrana dabs to celebrate his goal against Lehigh Valley Saturday night. (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)
The Bears have been on a roll lately, thanks in part to the play of the young forwards on Hershey’s squad. During Hershey’s Saturday night game against Lehigh Valley, the 2014 first round pick for the Washington Capitals Jakub Vrana scored a beauty of a goal and did the only worthy celebration: dabbing.
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Monday night, the first-ever AHL All-Star Challenge took place in Syracuse, New York, as all four AHL divisions took each other on in a seven-game round robin tournament. In addition to this new event, we now are able to gif live video. So let’s dive on into the 2016 AHL All-Star Challenge gif recap!
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One day before the AHL All-Star Challenge, the annual skills challenge took place in Syracuse, NY, featuring Bears forward Chris Bourque and defenseman Connor Carrick. Both took place in multiple events in the Easten Conference’s loss to the West, 19-14.
Another big moment tonight: I finally learned how to live gif. So for the first time ever, we bring you a gif recap!