Category: Mike Vecchione
Hendrix Lapierre absorbs dangerous late hit to knee, able to return to Hershey Bears’ game
Hershey Bears’Hendrix Lapierre had an injury scare after taking a very late, low hit from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Emil Bemstrom on Saturday. The 23-year-old centerman briefly left the Hershey Bears’ road matchup with the Penguins at the 11:05 mark of the first period. After collecting a loose puck...
Read moreEthen Frank scores league-leading 12th goal, wins game for Hershey Bears in shootout
Ethen FrankA night after line-mate Mike Vecchione played the hero, Ethen Frank had some heroics of his own in Hershey’s 5-4 victory over the Syracuse Crunch. Frank had two points during regulation, including his league-leading 12th goal of the season. He later scored the game-winner in the shootout. Hershey wo...
Read moreAaron Ness named new captain of Hershey Bears
Riley SutterThe 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
Brad HuntThe 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 moreHershey Bears announce initial 2024 Training Camp roster ahead of first on-ice practices Monday
Aaron NessThe Hershey Bears announced their opening roster for 2024 Training Camp. The list is highlighted by returning Calder Cup-winning veterans like Mike Vecchione, Pierrick Dubé, Ethen Frank, Alex Limoges, Garrett Roe, Henrik Rybinski, Matt Strome, Riley Sutter, Aaron Ness, Hardy Häman Aktell, Vincent Io...
Read moreGarrett Roe signs one-year contract extension with Hershey Bears
Ivan MiroshnichenkoThe Hershey Bears are bringing another member of their 2024 Calder Cup championship back next season. Local product Garrett Roe signed a one-year extension with the team. Roe, 36, is a native of Vienna, Virginia. Roe had 21 points (7g, 14a) in 48 games during the regular season, but exploded in the...
Read moreIvan Miroshnichenko scores while falling to the ice for first career Calder Cup Finals goal
Chris DriedgerHERSHEY, PA — Ivan Miroshnichenko had Giant Center ROAR’ing early in Game 2 of the Calder Cup Finals. Taking a slick pass from Mike Vecchione in the slot, Miroshnichenko sent a one-timer past Coachella Valley Firebirds goaltender Chris Driedger as he was falling to give the Bears a 1-0 lead 5:51 int...
Read moreHendrix Lapierre growing into leader as he scores in second straight Calder Cup Finals game: ‘If you don’t want it at this time of year, then you’re not built for this’
Hendrix LapierreHERSHEY, PA — Nearly a year ago, a then 21-year-old Hendrix Lapierre scored the biggest goal of his rookie season in the AHL, tying Game 7 of the 2023 Calder Cup Finals 2-2 to keep the Hershey Bears’ season alive. The clutch goal from the Capitals’ 2020 first-round pick sent the game to overtime, wh...
Read moreOpen Thread: Hershey Bears at Cleveland Monsters – Round 4, Game 3
Cleveland MonstersThe Hershey Bears can put the Cleveland Monsters in an even deeper hole with a win on Tuesday night. The Bears are up 2-0 in their Eastern Conference Finals series and are now at Cleveland’s Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse to try and further their stranglehold on the Monsters. Hershey was powered to both...
Read morePierrick Dubé gives Hershey Bears back-to-back overtime wins in Eastern Conference Finals: ‘It feels amazing, honestly’
Mike VecchioneHERSHEY, PA — The Hershey Bears are living dangerously in the Eastern Conference Finals, but will still head to Cleveland with a 2-0 series lead. Two nights after giving up two goals in the final two minutes of Game 1 and being bailed out by Mike Vecchione in sudden death, the Bears surrendered a ga...
Read moreOpen Thread: Hershey Bears vs Cleveland Monsters – Round 4, Game 2
Mike VecchioneThe Hershey Bears can take a commanding lead in the AHL’s Eastern Conference Finals with a win in Game 2 over the Cleveland Monsters on Saturday night. Hershey staved off a Cleveland comeback attempt in Game 1, winning by way of a clutch overtime strike from Mike Vecchione. The Bears also got goals...
Read moreMike Vecchione is Hershey’s overtime hero again in Game 1 of Eastern Conference Finals: ‘Certain players rise to the occasion and he’s one of them’
HersheyHERSHEY, PA — Mike Vecchione scored another huge playoff overtime goal, but he wouldn’t have had to on a cleaner night for the Hershey Bears. With 11:17 left in the third period, the Bears were sitting pretty after taking a commanding 4-2 lead over the Cleveland Monsters in Game 1 of the Eastern Con...
Read moreBears survive Game 1 on Vecchione OT winner
Cleveland MonstersMike Vecchione scored off an odd-man rush 7:58 into overtime to give the Hershey Bears a 5-4 win over the Cleveland Monsters in the opener of the Eastern Conference Finals on Thursday night. Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is … Continue reading → The post Bears survive Game 1 on Vecchione OT winn...
Read moreMike Vecchione powers Hershey Bears to Game 1 win over Monsters with clutch overtime goal
Hershey BearsThe Hershey Bears have taken an early 1-0 series lead over the Cleveland Monsters in the AHL’s Eastern Conference Finals after a Thursday night thriller on home ice. The Monsters made a last-ditch comeback to force overtime but could not complete the win as Mike Vecchione found the sudden-death, gam...
Read moreThe Hershey Bears’ motto for the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs is ‘Repeat The ROAR’
BearsMike Vecchione invented the ROAR last season, a standing bear pose celebration where a Hershey goal-scorer lets out an animalistic war cry after lighting the lamp. Not only did the celebration catch on with Bears players and fans alike, it also was the final act of the team’s 2022-23 season. Vecchio...
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