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While Coachella Valley got out quick to a 2-0 lead Hershey would work their way back to a tie at 2-2 early in the second. From that point on it was an all out barrage on Hunter Shepard who ended up being called to the bench.
Wash, rinse, repeat. From our mouths to God’s ears. You can that again! What ever the cliché you want to use. Go ahead and use it because it applies Mike Vecchione. Energizer bunny. Mr. Clutch. Mr. Game 7. Check that we…
It was a must-win game for the Bears in game two, and the locals were able to do just that by a 5-2 victory over Coachella Valley to split the home set as the series shifts to California. Head coach…
As the Hershey Bears took down Coachella Valley in Game 2 to even the Calder Cup Finals a 1-1, Chocolate Hockey captured some images that you may of missed. I mean who doesn’t love some scrums in front of the net.
“Well, let’s all be honest here. I think we got away with one tonight.”
Those are Todd Nelson’s first words from his post-game press conference after the Bears beat Coachella Valley in Game 2 of the Calder Cup Finals to even the series at a game apiece.
Hershey Bears head coach Todd Nelson as well as Firebirds bench boss Dan Bylsma react to Hershey winning 5-2 to even the Calder Cup Finals series.
Also available for post game comments were Jimmy Huntington and Hardy Haman Aktell of the Bears and Luke Henman of Coachella Valley
The Hershey Bears have played a lot of hockey. They know it. The Firebirds know it. We all know it.
But if you just happened to see them for the first time this year, the jump that Hershey came out with and the energy that they had for the first ten minutes of the game with Game 1 Friday night at Giant Center, they looked fresh as could be.
Game 1 of the Calder Cup Finals between Hershey and Coachella Valley is in the books.
Below both coaches and players from the Bears react as the Firebirds jump out to a 1-0 series lead with a 4-3 victory.
Game 1 of the Calder Cup Finals between Hershey and Coachella Valley couldn’t have started better for the Bears. “We got a break on the goal obviously,” said Todd Nelson as he described what was a essentially an own goal…
Has everyone’s nerves settled yet? Thanks to Garrett Roe’s sixth goal of the playoffs, the Bears dispatched the Monsters in a winner-take-all grand style. The locals have no time to reflect on the past series as they return to the…
