Goodbye Chris Bourque. Photo by Kyle Mace. Just a couple quick notes for Chocolate Fix this week. Chris Bourque was traded by the Caps to Boston in exchange for C Zach Hamill. [Bears] Dany Sabourin signs a one year extension.…
How about a nice picture of Coco since I didn’t have many other bright spots to feature. Photo by Kyle Mace.
The Bears didn’t close out the last of their home games on an up beat, but in a couple weeks it will be a brand new season… playoff season. It started with a loss on Friday night versus the baby Pens on their home ice. Saturday night at home ended with another loss. They were able to salvage one point in a shootout. Sunday night was Team Awards Night. That was really the only bright spot of the weekend as Sunday ended with yet another loss. The playoffs are right around the corner and this is not the time to go on a losing streak. The Bears need healthy players now, or this may be a short post season.
A little luck never hurt anyone. St. Patrick’s Day jerseys from Saturday. Photo by Kyle Mace.
The Bears have followed up a lackluster weekend with one where they grabbed three wins and all six available points in the standings. It started with a Friday night win at home over Adirondack. Saturday brought Albany to town and another win. Then both teams traveled to Albany for the back end of the home-and-home series where the Bears picked up the final win of the weekend.
Tonight the Bears will be looking to avenge the losses in St. John’s by welcoming the Ice Caps to the Giant Center for the first time. It’s also Hersheypark pass night, so be prepared for a big crowd even though it is a Wednesday game. You can check out the pre-game from Tim Leone.
The production crew holds a meeting before Sunday’s game against the Sound Tigers.
This past Sunday, the Bears aired the first of six road games, thanks to abc27. Many fans were vocal about their excitement to see their team on the road and it all kicked off a great win against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The next game that will be aired is the January 14th showdown against the Binghamton Senators.
After the jump, get a glimpse of what it’s like behind the scenes of one of the television game productions and see how much work goes into one broadcast.
Scott Stuccio and Gregg Mace have tonight’s call between the Bears and Sound Tigers
abc27 will be televising tonight’s game in Bridgeport as the Bears face off against the Sound Tigers at 3pm EST. This is the first of six away games they will be airing on their digital channel this season.
Hershey Bears and Teddy Bears! All photos by Kyle Mace.
Everybody loves Teddy Bear Toss Night! Well, maybe not the Portland Pirates. After scoring only one goal, the Bears trounced the Pirates with seven unanswered goals. The first goal of the night went to Graham Mink, who started the comeback and triggered the shower of stuffed animals from over 10,000 fans watching at Giant Center. After cleaning up and counting all the Bears, a new record of 10,090 stuffed animals will be donated to the Hershey Medical Center. After the jump, see Kyle’s photos that document the occasion.
There is a lot more than meets the eye when it comes to televising Hershey Bears games. But this season abc27 and the Hershey Bears have teamed up for the biggest schedule of televised regular season road games in team history.
A preview of the new third jersey from @TheHersheyBears
What do you think of the jersey? Let us know in the comments.
A little over a week ago the Bears started their training camp. At the end of the week Kyle and Brian had a photo wrap up of camp. Check it out here. We also had three preseason games to wrap it up. We were able to cover the home games which you can find here and here.
Photo from @thehersheybears twitter account The picture above is from last week. That's right folks, there is ice in the Giant Center. By now, the ice is probably painted as well. According to a video interview a couple years ago,…
Photo by: Kyle Mace
Who knew that calling the AHL All-Star game in Hershey last year along with Binghamton’s Grady Whittenburg would be a preview of things to come for Scott Stuccio? As it turns out, that perch high above the Giant Center ice now belongs to him. On September 1st, Scott was named the new voice of the Bears after John Walton’s “call-up” to the NHL and Washington Capitals. We here at Sweetest Hockey on Earth are lucky enough to bring you an interview with Scott through the magic of the internet.