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Joel Rechlicz has been a fan favorite in Hershey ever since the birth of #RechliczFace. Since then, Joel has moved on and is now with the Grand Rapids Griffins. On Sunday, Recker skated with kids from the Western Michigan Special Hockey Association and a young girl who he helped out during the day.
Earlier this week, we had three Hershey Bears players carve pumpkins to see how they would do. Madison Bowey, Travis Boyd, and Nathan Walker were our subjects, carving everything from the Bears logo to a scary face. Walker, who’s from Australia, said caving pumpkins is not a normal tradition down under. For a first timer, Walker did pretty well. You can see all the carved squashes below with the whole event being recorded on video.
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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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Wednesday morning Bears forwards Riley Barber and Garrett Mitchell spent their morning with abc27’s morning crew. Ali Lanyon and James Crummel talked to the two about this season and life in the sweetest place on earth.
Sunday night during the FS1 broadcast of Game 3 of the ALDS between the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers, Fox Sports commentator Harold Reynolds made some comments about Canadians.
One of the all-time greatest Hershey Bears is returning to Chocolate Town, USA. Three time Calder Cup champion Chris Bourque signed a two-year, two-way contract with the Washington Capitals Thursday afternoon.
Another Hershey Bears season has come to a close and the team is now parting ways. After a disappointing ending against the Hartford Wolf Pack, players took a moment to speak to the media on breakdown day about their thoughts on the season and accomplishments from this past year.
After starting out the season with the Washington Capitals, 20-year-old rookie Liam O’Brien came to Chocolate Town, USA to join the Hershey Bears. After posting up only eight points in 45 games, O’Brien had a breakout playoffs scoring three goals and three assists in ten games for the Bears.
O’Brien will rejoin the Capitals organization next year after signing a three-year contract with Washington at the beginning of the season.
Many fans might not remember the fact that defenseman Mike Moore played only ten games before he was injured at the beginning of the season. Moore would miss almost three months of the season before returning to the line-up on February 1st against Norfolk. Only two days games later would Moore get his first goal, an OT game winner against Wilkes-Barre. The 30-year-old defenseman appeared in 41 games for the Chocolate and White with a stat line of 3-11-14. He is set to be an unrestricted free agent.
In his first year as Head Coach in Hershey, Troy Mann accomplished many feats which had not been since he was an assistant coach with the team during the 2010 Calder Cup run. With new assistant coaches Bryan Helmer and Ryan Murphy, the Bears won their first division title since 2010, closed out a 100 point regular season for the first time since 2011, and finished the season with a 46-22-5-3 record. Mann lead the team to their first second round appearance in the playoffs since 2010.
