Bears Stop Wilkes-Barre’s Streak at Nine, Win 4-3 (SO)

Braden Holtby stops Bryan Lerg in the shootout (All photos by Kyle Mace)

The Hershey Bears came into tonight’s game facing a nine-game home losing streak to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Last night, Wilkes-Barre play-by-play announcer Tom Grace said of today’s game that the Baby Pens will win their tenth straight at Giant Center and start calling it the Penguins’ second home. After today’s game, Grace might need to rethink what he said. Hershey came back from a 3-2 deficit in the third to win the game 4-3 in a shootout.

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Struggles for Hershey Continue, Lose 4-1

Cody Eakin looks at the ice as he skates off after Hershey’s 4-1 loss. (All photos by Kyle Mace)

After a tough loss in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, the Bears looked to bounce back against the Connecticut Whale. That was not the case tonight as the Bears could only score one goal tonight, three less than the Whale, who scored four and got the two points in the standings, beating Hershey 4-1.

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Chocolate Fix 2/1/2012

Hershey’s first line of all-stars. Photo by Kyle Mace.

It was a so-so week in the land of the chocolate and white. The Bears traveled to Norfolk for two games before the All-Star Classic. Friday saw a continuation of their losing ways, however they made their way back into the win column on Saturday. Boyd Kane, Keith Aucoin and Chris Bourque then made their way to Atlantic City to participate in the AHL All-Star Classic. You can see highlights from the skills competition here. Unfortunately, they were all held off the scoring sheet in the game. The beginning of the week brought recall news. Cody Eakin was called up to Washington as well Joel Rechlicz.

More on the Rechlicz call up after the break…

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Highlights of the 2012 AHL All-Star Skills Competition

Less than 24 hours after their game against the Norfolk Admirals, three Bears headed to Atlantic City to take part in the 2012 AHL All-Star Skills Competition. Though none of the Bears won an event, the guys certainly gave it a good try.

Chris Bourque impressed during the Caesars Accuracy Shooting event, only needing six shots to smash all four targets. Of course, it probably came easy to him with his linemate, Keith Aucoin, passing to him. Boyd Kane didn’t do quite as well but still hit two targets on eight shots. CSN Washington has videos of the two shooters.

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Bad First Period against Binghamton Costs Hershey

Corey Locke scores the first goal of the game. All photos by Kyle Mace.

Just like last weekend, it was another long bus ride up to Binghamton to face off against the Senators once again.

It was the roughest of starts. To sum up, it was 3-0 Binghamton after twenty minutes. The Senators looked speedy and agile as they repeatedly danced around the Hershey defense. Braden Holtby was left to continually make saves from point blank range. By the end of period, he had faced 16 shots.

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Chocolate Fix 1/11/2012


Photo by Kyle Mace

Well it’s another Wednesday and that means it is Chocolate Fix time. What is there to talk about this week? Hmmmmmm… I’m sure there must be something. Well I guess you can go back and read about that little game that happened on Friday night. You know, the one where we smashed the AHL attendance record playing outside at Citizen’s Bank Park. There’s also the game on Saturday that was a rematch of the Friday night game. Lastly there was the last home game in a couple weeks on Sunday.

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Bears Exact Revenge on Phantoms with 5-2 Victory

Bourque celebrates his short-handed goal against the Phantoms. All photos by Kyle Mace.

It’s hard to follow a huge game like the Outdoor Classic, but with the same teams playing, it makes for an interesting rematch. Speaking of the Outdoor Classic, have you checked out Kyle’s recap and amazing photos?

Unlike last night, the Phantoms scored the first goal of the game. Andrew Rowe scored by banking a shot off of Danny Richmond. Not a whole lot Richmond or Dany Sabourin could have done.

The Bears tied it up late in the same period with a patented Chris Bourque short-handed goal. It was a big goal for his 20th of the season.

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Bears Lose Outdoor Classic 4-3 (OT)


Philadelphia, PA – Braden Holtby looks on as the Adirondack Phantoms celebate their OT win (Photo by Kyle Mace)

It was a night to remember, but also forget. With a goal scored by Chris Bourque early and one by Graham Mink late, the Bears looked like they were going to win the 2012 AHL Outdoor Classic. But that was not the case as Adirondack scored two late goals, including the game winning overtime one, as they went on to beat Hershey 4-3.

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