Chocolate Fix 6/1/2011
Sea Dogs win the Memorial Cup. Photo from http://www.mastercardmemorialcup.com Jared DeMichiel honored at "Day of Champions Dinner". [Atlantic Hockey] Former Bear Oscar Osala is headed to the KHL. 'Canes GM disagrees with his choice. [News Observer] Any geocaching people out…
Chocolate Fix 5/25/2011
Photo credit to giantcenter.com To start things off for your pre-memorial day weekend Chocolate Fix, Giant Foods LLC has retained the naming rights to the Giant Center for another 10 years. [PennLive] The ECHL Alaska Aces defeated the Kalamazoo Wings…
Welcome back, Zach.
The Hershey Bears in conjunction with the Washington Capitals announced yesterday that defenseman Zach Miskovic has been signed to a one year contract. Here's the official announcement: 05/18/2011 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 18, 2011 CONTACT: John Walton-HERSHEY BEARS –…
Frederic Cassivi Becomes a US Citizen
Photo by DAN Gleiter, The Patriot-News Text from pennlive.com: Thirty-nine people from 32 countries became American citizens in a naturalization ceremony this morning in Dauphin County. Countries represented include Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Kenya, Mexico, Portugal, South Africa and…
Chocolate Fix 5/18/2011
Cody Eakin shakes hands after winning the WHL championship (Photo from WHL.com) Not much to say here, folks. The season is over. The temperatures are climbing. I wish all this rain would end some time. In the news front there isn't much…
Chocolate Fix 5/4/2011
Photo by Jason Behnken of The Tampa Tribune Last week I told you that I would switch to covering the Caps in their playoff run. It seems that this might be the last edition for that as well. They are…
Chocolate Fix 4/27/2011
Photo by Kyle Mace And with that, the season is over. Not much to say that hasn't already been said. After today, Chocolate Fix will focus on Bears that were called up to Washington as well as prospects coming up…
Hershey Eliminated from Playoffs by 2-1 OT Loss
Mike Murphy and Braden Holtby shake hands after Game 6. Photo by Kyle Mace With the Bears facing possible elimination tonight, everyone was nervous. They only got more nervous when the Charlotte Checkers scored just 35 seconds into the first…
Third Period Effort Earns Checkers 5-3 Win vs Bears
Patrick McNeill tries to hold off Nicolas Blanchard. Photo by Checkers SmugMug. The story of this series against the Charlotte Checkers has been offense. Both teams are incredibly offensively talented and the score usually shows that. Tonight was no exception.…
Checkers Tie the Series up with 3-2 Win against Bears
Braden Holtby stands a Charlotte Checker up. Photo by Checkers SmugMug. Tonight's game against the Charlotte Checkers was the first chance for the Bears to really take control of this series but we all knew that it would be a…