Category: Bears
Ethen Frank scores team-leading sixth goal of season to help push Hershey Bears to 2-1 win over Providence Bruins
Henrik RybinskiThe Hershey Bears defeated the Providence Bruins 2-1 on Friday after scoring two goals, four minutes and 59 seconds apart, in the second period. Henrik Rybinski was credited with the game-winner. The victory improved the Bears’ record to 4-1-1 (9 standings points) — tops in the Atlantic Division. Th...
Read moreAaron Ness named new captain of Hershey Bears
Hershey BearsThe Hershey Bears have a new captain. Hershey announced that Aaron Ness will succeed Dylan McIlrath as the club’s new, full-time leader after McIlrath graduated to the NHL’s Washington Capitals this fall. Joining Ness in Hershey’s leadership group are full-time alternate captain Mike Vecchione and a...
Read moreAaron Ness named newest captain of Hershey Bears
HersheyThe Hershey Bears have a new captain. Hershey announced that Aaron Ness will succeed Dylan McIlrath as the club’s new, full-time leader after McIlrath graduated to the NHL’s Washington Capitals this fall. Joining Ness in Hershey’s leadership group are full-time alternate captain Mike Vecchione and a...
Read moreBig games from Ethen Frank and Ivan Miroshnichenko and shutout by Hunter Shepard lead Hershey Bears over Chicago Wolves 5-0
Ivan MiroshnichenkoNot even 24 hours after falling to the Chicago Wolves 3-2 in overtime, the Hershey Bears took it to their Western Conference rival during a rematch at Giant Center on Sunday afternoon. The Bears won 5-0, riding two goals from Ethen Frank, three points from Ivan Miroshnichenko, and a shutout from Hun...
Read moreAaron Ness signs one-year contract extension with Hershey Bears
BearsThe Hershey Bears announced defenseman Aaron Ness signed a one-year contract extension on Friday morning. Ness’s deal comes as the club is searching for its next captain, and will keep the veteran rearguard in Chocolatetown through the 2025-26 campaign. MAKE NOISE FOR NESSER! 🙌 We've signed defense...
Read moreBears Storm Back in Third to Top Islanders, 3-2
Hershey BearsAlex Jefferies scored the team’s first power-play goal of the season, and he and Chris Terry both secured a multi-point performance, but the Bridgeport Islanders (0-3-0-0), American Hockey League affiliate of the New York Islanders, suffered a 3-2 loss to … Continue reading → The post Bears Storm Ba...
Read moreIvan Miroshnichenko scores game-winning goal in Hershey Bears’ 3-2 victory over Bridgeport Islanders
BearsIvan Miroshnichenko has goals in consecutive games after finding the back of the net against the Bridgeport Islanders, Wednesday. Three days after notching his milestone first AHL hat trick at Giant Center, the 20-year-old forward was the difference maker in Hershey’s late third-period comeback. Wit...
Read moreHow the Hershey Bears are handling their captaincy and leadership group with Dylan McIlrath gone
Washington CapitalsHERSHEY, PA — The Hershey Bears raised their 13th Calder Cup championship banner to the rafters on Saturday but were missing one of the biggest pieces from their back-to-back title runs. Dylan McIlrath, the team’s captain for the previous two seasons, made the Washington Capitals out of Training Cam...
Read moreIvan Miroshnichenko scores first career AHL hat trick in Hershey Bears loss
CapitalsA day after Ethen Frank sent hats flying on the Hershey Bears’ banner-raising night, Ivan Miroshnichenko had his own milestone moment in a rematch against the Cleveland Monsters on Sunday. Miroshnichenko scored once in the second period and twice in the third to complete the trick. Miro’s first goal...
Read moreHershey Bears raise 13th Calder Cup championship banner to rafters at Giant Center
Hershey BearsHERSHEY, PA — Thanks to an overtime goal from Matt Strome, the Hershey Bears repeated as champions in June. Saturday, after another short summer, the Bears raised their 2024 Calder Cup championship banner to the rafters in front of a sold-out crowd of 10,588 at Giant Center. The ceremony marked the...
Read moreHershey Bears receive 2024 Calder Cup championship rings during ceremony at The Hotel Hershey
BearsAfter winning a second-straight Calder Cup this spring, the majority of the 2023-244 Hershey Bears have the bling to prove it. The Bears gathered at The Hotel Hershey for a ceremonial unveiling of their 2024 championship rings two days ahead of the team’s season opener. Each player in attendance was...
Read moreCapitals place forward Spencer Smallman on NHL waivers
BearsThe Washington Capitals placed forward Spencer Smallman on waivers Thursday to officially send him to the AHL’s Hershey Bears if he clears. The Capitals signed Smallman to a one-year, two-way contract on the second day of NHL free agency in July. Any team can claim him over the next 24 hours. PuckPe...
Read moreFormer Little Capital Ryan Leibold shows off speed, scores twice in Hershey Bears’ first preseason game
Dmitry OsipovThe Hershey Bears lost 4-3 (SO) to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Thursday during their first exhibition of the preseason. The game started early at Mohegan Sun Arena, with the opening faceoff at 10:30 am. The Bears took the ice with a young and inexperienced roster, as only Jake Massie, Dmit...
Read moreAll 5 Calder Cup champion Hershey Bears players clear NHL waivers
Chase PriskieThe Washington Capitals can breathe a sigh of relief after all five players they put on NHL waivers cleared, Sunday. Hershey Bears Calder Cup champion players, Ethen Frank, Hardy Häman Aktell, Alex Limoges, Chase Priskie, and Riley Sutter, were all waived on Saturday to help bring the Capitals’ Trai...
Read moreCapitals prospect forward Zac Funk among several Training Camp invitees out with injuries
Jon McDonaldWhile the Washington Capitals got their 2024 Training Camp underway on Thursday morning, several of the camp’s invitees could not join the rest of their teammates out on the ice due to various injuries. Zac Funk, who is preparing for his first year in professional hockey after leading the entire CHL...
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