Hershey Bears President and GM Doug Yingst Announces Retirement

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HERSHEY, PA – Hershey Bears President and GM Doug Yingst shares a laugh with Mike Moore during the 2015 Hershey Bears award ceremony. (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)

During Hershey Bears opening night ceremonies, team President and General Manager Doug Yingst announced he will be retiring at the end of the 2015-16 season.

This season will be Yingst’s 34th with the organization, spending the last 18 as president and gm. In 1996, Yingst was named general manager of the hockey club, winning a Calder Cup that season, his first of four in that position with the Bears. Those four Calder Cup victories as GM is tied for most in AHL history.

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PHOTOS: 1980 Hershey Bears Team Reunites for 35th Anniversary

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HERSHEY, PA – The 1980 Calder Cup Champion Hershey Bears team held a reunion Friday night in Hershey commemorating the 35th anniversary of their win. (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)

Friday night, the 1980 Hershey Bears team held a reunion to celebrate their Calder Cup championship. Members of the team, along with people who supported the team during the season were in attendance. Tomorrow night, the team will be honored at the Bears Opening Night game.

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Fox 43 Morning Crew Visits Giant Center to Preview Bears Season

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Photo via @KaraDuffyFox43

Chris Garrett and Kara Duffy of Fox 43 spent Wednesday morning at Giant Center with the Bears to take a look at everything Chocolate and White related. The two spoke to Bears coaches Troy Mann and Bryan Helmer, President and GM Doug Yingst, Brandon Sheaffer of Great Saves Productions, and Mike Miller of Mixed Up Productions about the up coming Pink the Rink night, featuring the pink specially jerseys.

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2005-06 Hershey Bears: 10 Years Later – Brooks Laich

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Brooks Laich during game six of the 2006 Calder Cup Finals.

Before the 2006 Calder Cup Playoffs, Brooks Laich had a phone call with his dad. “We’re going to win the Calder Cup Championship,” he told his father. “How do you know that?” his dad responded. “You can’t run though our team four times. We are too big, too strong, too deep.”

Laich was right. That playoff run brought Hershey their first Calder Cup in nine seasons, sweeping the first two rounds of the playoffs before forcing a game seven with Portland, beating future NHL stars like Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry after an OT goal from Eric Fehr to go to the Calder Cup finals.

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How Do Hershey Bear Players Get Their Numbers?

How do Hershey Bear Players Get Their Numbers?

There are three items on a hockey jersey: a logo patch, a nameplate, and a number. The number takes us the most amount of space and is the only part of a jersey that is assigned. For some players, a number is just a form of identification on the ice. For others, they begin to build a connection with it and hopefully have theirs retired after a great career.

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