Bears mailbag: Mathias Bau heads home
Chocolate Hockey's mailbag is back, and there's a lot of questions looking for answers. Let's jump into it. what happened to Mathias Bau? #chockeymail — Anna (@katherine_2023) February 11, 2019 Cassie on Facebook: When will Colby Williams be back? Also…
Bears Blueline Episode 6: Lucas Johansen
The "smooth skating, hair flowing, skinny fat Lucas Johansen" joins the boys after ditching them last episode (he defends himself in this one,) as they chat Lucas' hockey career, his love of The Eagles, his NHL Draft Experience, and his…
Ilya Samsonov first English interview
Headline photo: Matt Trust Since we last talked to Hershey Bears goalie Ilya Samsonov, the rookie netminder has been a key part of the Bears 12 game point streak. After he picked up another win Sunday night, this time a…
Smelling salts – the most disgusting smell in hockey
Blink, and you'll miss it. Next time you're at a hockey game, right after the national anthem, but moments before puck drop turn your attention to one of the two benches. You'll witness what's almost a circus act happening up…
Christian Djoos assigned to Hershey for conditioning stint
Christian Djoos will be returning to Chocolate Town on a long-term injury rehab stint starting Sunday afternoon. Djoos has been sidelined with compartment syndrome since mid-December. He was cleared for contact at Capitals practice once the team returned from their…
Riley Barber on Player of the Month award: “It’s a great honor”
Hershey Bears forward Riley Barber has been named AHL Player of the Month for January 2019. "It's a great honor," Barber told Chocolate Hockey moments after learning of the award. "This is a really good league and a really hard…
Bears Blueline Episode 5: Who Wants to Be a U.S. Citizen?
This week on the Blueline, the boys book a guest that doesn't show up, we recap the "Red Wedding" from Game of Thrones (skip 11:00 to 20:45 to avoid any spoilers,) discuss how much time the guys spend on their…
Full sitdown interview with Ilya Samsonov
On January 9th, we sat down with Bears rookie goaltender Ilya Samsonov and a translator. That same day he requested a number change. Since then, he's become one of Hershey's most valuable assets. Why did he request that number change,…
Ilya Samsonov finds comfort in new number after rough start to his North American career
He’s been called the Washington “Capitals' goalie of the future,” a future elite NHL netminder, the top goaltending prospect in all of hockey. At the time of our interview, Ilya Samsonov was dead last in save percentage and in the…
Bears react to weekend sweep of Lehigh Valley – Carbery, Hobbs, Pinho, and Barber
Sunday night rounded out a quality weekend for the Hershey Bears, sweeping a two game set against Lehigh Valley. After the game, we caught up with Bears head coach Spencer Carbery, defenseman Connor Hobbs, forwards Brian Pinho and Riley Barber…