Prior to Sunday night’s game, forward Riley Barber’s mom dropped the ceremonial puck. Stacy Barber, a breast cancer survivor, was greeted by her son at center ice to take the puck drop in front of a packed Giant Center crowd.
The two exchanged a hug before she dropped the puck. Hartford captain Joe Whitney joined the two of them for the photo opportunity.
Hockey is back in Hershey, and despite the fact the Bears are still winless, Saturday night’s opening ceremony and Sunday night’s drama-filled game provided some fantastic photos.
The first game of the season is in the books, and while it might not be the result the Bears wanted, that doesn’t mean we can’t share the photos.
One of the most popular television programs of the last decade has now been commemorated in the form of a hockey goalie mask.
The show “The Office” is based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Also based in the same area are the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. This season, goalie Casey DeSmith will be showing off his love for the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company in the form of artwork on his masks.
Garrett Mitchell dunked by his daughter Tuesday night in Hummelstown It’s not always about hockey in Chocolate Town, and tonight was another example of how the Hershey Bears help out the surrounding community. Bears Captain Garrett Mitchell was a part of the Fuzzy…
Zach Sill throws a ball to first base as Riley Barber and Travis Boyd look on. (All Photos: Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)
Sometimes it’s nice to get away from the rink and have some fun at another stadium. That’s what the Hershey Bears did on Thursday afternoon as they joined the Harrisburg Senators on City Island to try their hand at some batting practice.
Saturday night Bears netminder Pheonix Copley debuted a new Washington Capitals-themed mask during warm-ups. The recently acquired goalie joined Hershey less than a month ago from the St. Louis Blues.
Three hours after the Bears got off the ice at Giant Center in their first practice after winter storm Stella dropped just over a foot of snow on Chocolate Town, the hopped back on with a very special group of kids. The American Special Hockey Association’s York Polar Bears and Hershey Heros teams joined some of the Hershey players for a skate Wednesday afternoon.
Dan Ellis lays on the ice after allowing a goal during practice in Toronto during the 2016 Calder Cup Playoffs
Every year, I take thousands of photos. Between January and December of this year, I took taken roughly 93-thousand photos of Bears games. So you understand how tough it is for me to publish photos after each game, let alone go through every photo I’ve taken and publish after the game. That leaves a load of photos that never see the light of day. Below are 30 of my best photos from 2016 I never got the chance to publish.
Mitch Lamoureux points to the Bears bench after being inducted into the Hershey Bears Hall of Fame. (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)
Sunday night at Giant Center, the Hershey Bears held their annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, where they inducted four Bears greats. Former players Mitch Lamoureux, Mike Mahoney, Bobby Perreault, and coach Chuck Hamilton.
