Bears Pre-Season Ends With Micfilkier’s OT Goal


Photos by Kyle Mace

There were two rare sights at Giant Center Monday night. First, a hockey game. Can you remember the last Monday hockey game in Chocolate Town? And a crowd that would have been sparce for even a Bears warm-up during the regular season. But it a was a Monday night, and it was a pre-season game. That being said, this game could be one of the best games, pre or regular season, we might see all year. A penalty shot, an Ovechkin-like goal, and an OT winner were part of this battle against the defending Calder Cup champs.

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Chocolate Fix 9/28/2011

Coach French talks to the 2011 training camp. Photo by Brian Mills

Coverage is ramping up as the Bears begin training camp this week. Today I am at the Giant Center taking in the action. Hopefully I will be able to bring you some player news and reviews.  The other big news of the week was the announcement of the Bears and Phantoms meeting in an outdoor game on January 6th.

More outdoor game news. [LDN, YDR, FOX43, AHL, ESPN]

Braden Holtby is making the best of things. [CSN]

Chris Bourque still dreams of the NHL. [Wash Times]

Mark French talks about the future of Dmitry Orlov. [RMNB]

Wondering about possible lines in Hershey? Here is some speculation. [HBHB]

More on the battle for the last Center spot on the Caps. Will it be Mathieu Perreault or Cody Eakin? [Bettor]

Jacob Micflikier helps to beat them and then joins them. [PennLive]

Training Camp day 1 report. [PennLive]

Chocolate Fix 8/24/2011

Photo by Kyle Mace

The wait is finally over: the 2011-2012 AHL Schedule is out! We’ll have more on the Hershey’s schedule coming soon. [AHL.com]

The Patriot-News examines a couple key dates in the new season. [PennLive]

With Chris Bourque returning to the organization, he has a chance to rack up even more points with the Bears. [PA Puck]

Stack the Pads checks in with former Bear Jared DeMichiel. [PennLive]

Matt Hendricks represented the Capitals (and Hershey) at this year’s D.C. Public School Beautification Day. [WashCaps, MyFoxDC]

Dinger Family Zoo takes a quick look at what Jacob Micflikier brings to the Bears. [DFZ]

Former Captain Brian Helmer still has a lot he wants to accomplish this season with the OKC Barons. [TVOS]

Speaking of former Bears, Josh Godfrey has signed with defending champs, the Binghamton Senators. [AHL.com]

Doug Yingst announced that players will report in to Hershey on September 25th. We’re almost back to hockey! [PennLive]

Chocolate Fix 7/20/2011

Photo by Chris Knight, Patriot News

And now the hockey duldrums continue. Development camp is over. Free-agent deals and trades have slowed down to a crawl. We are left with nothing but a long hot wait until the training camps start. Speaking of development camp, did any of you go? Let us know your thoughts!

Our cohorts over at RMNB had some extensive coverage of development camp. [Orlov, Day 3, Paquette, Final Scrimmage]

Aucoin signs with the Reading Royals. That would be Phil Aucoin. Brother of Keith Aucoin. [ECHL]

Garrett Mitchell is looking for a spot on the Bears roster. [WaPo]

Brett Flemming hopes for the same. [PennLive]

Bears release list of opponents for 2011-2012. Schedule to come in early August. [Bears]

And HBHB defends the unbalanced schedule. [HBHB]

A look at organizational depth [NHL Hot Stove]

A new Bears blog? Guess we will wait and see. [Bern’s]

A very well deserved congratulations to Tim Leone of the Patriot News for winning the American Hockey League’s James H. Ellery Memorial Award for outstanding media coverage of the AHL. [PennLive]

The comings and goings:

Graham Mink is back for his third season in Hershey. He won Calder Cups in his last two seasons here. No pressure, Minker. 😉 [Bears, PennLive, Frozen Notes]

Welcome Jacob Micflikier and welcome back Daren Machesney. [Bears]

More on Machesney from Stack the Pads including video. [STP, More Cheez]

Francois Bouchard will be back in a Bears sweater. [PennLive]

Hershey Bears Hockey Blog offers up his summary of the roster moves. [HBHB]

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