Category: Mike Vecchione
Aaron Ness named new captain of Hershey Bears
Mike VecchioneThe 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
Mike VecchioneThe 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
Mike VecchioneHERSHEY, 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’
Bears’HERSHEY, 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
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’
Cleveland MonstersHERSHEY, 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
ClevelandThe 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’
Mike VecchioneHERSHEY, 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
HartfordMike 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...
Read moreMike Vecchione records point on his own bobblehead night, but Bears fall 4-1
Mike VecchioneHERSHEY, PA — The Hershey Bears lost to the Providence Bruins 4-1 on Tuesday. In front of a packed house at Giant Center for Mike Vecchione’s bobblehead night, the Bears unraveled in the second period as the Bruins scored three consecutive goals (Michael Callahan, Anthony Richard, and Marc McLaughli...
Read moreMike Vecchione calls his giveaway ROAR bobblehead perfect: ‘I give it an A+’
Hershey BearsThe Hershey Bears will honor the man behind one of the biggest goals in its 86-year history, Tuesday night. Hershey, in what is one of the most anticipated giveaways of the season, will be handing out Mike Vecchione bobbleheads to the first 4,000 fans who enter Giant Center ahead of the team’s game...
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