Bears players wearing their “Pink the Rink” shirts in a photo auctioned off at Saturday’s Bears game (All photos by Kyle Mace)
Saturday night, the Hershey Bear Wives joined forces with Mixed Up Productions at Giant Center to help raise money for the American Cancer Society. The players painted their sticks pink, some of which were used in warm-ups before the game against the Marlies, and were then put into a silent auction.
Keith Aucoin playing for Toronto Sunday night in Hershey (Photo by Kyle Mace)
Keith Aucoin may be in a different uniform, but Hershey Bears fans treated him like he still wore the chocolate and white on Sunday night. Aucoin returned to Hershey for the first time since signing with Toronto in the off season. Aucoin got an ovation every time his name was announced and even when he took the ice in warmups.
Reading, PA – Philipp Grubauer makes a save during Reading’s 11th straight win (Steve Rusyn – Inside Hockey)
While the Hershey Bears had a much needed night off on Black Friday, the Reading Royals looked to extend their franchise record in consecutive wins to eleven. They had no easy task, as they battled the Greenville Road Warriors. Entering Friday, the Warriors have earned 15 of their last 20 standings points. Many former Bears had some impact on the game, including Stanislav Galiev, who recorded his first point in the East Coast Hockey League during Reading’s 5-2 win over Greenville.
Just over one year after the Bears released their pump-up/promotional video "NO REST," the Bears have dropped a new video. This commercial video is entitled “We Will ROAR” which includes awesome video from some of the best moments of the…
Earlier this week, Jon DiSalvatore pledged to donate $25 to the Red Cross for Hurricane Sandy relief for every goal scored Saturday and Sunday by Hershey. Unfortunately, the Bears only scored 2, meaning only $50 from DiSalvatore and $50 from the Bears. So in an effort to raise more money, DiSalvatore took to his Twitter.
Long-time Hershey Bear and fan favorite, Graham Mink, has still not found a new team to play for in the AHL. And in this photo he tweeted from his Twitter account tonight, you can see how far he has fallen. Mink is now trying his hand at a white collar job and from what we can tell, he’s still going through a bit of an adjustment period. A few observations: 1) it has to be hot as hell in all of that gear 2) I’m really not sure how he can type with those gloves on.
This season, all the Hershey Bears will be taking apart of “Movember.” Movember is an event during the month of November when people grow mustaches to raise awareness for men’s health issues. The Bears are growing “mo” throughout the month to raise money for this cause. We will be keeping tabs on the guy’s ‘staches all month long with photos and updates.
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.