After leading the Hershey Bears with 30 goals as a rookie, Ethen Frank scuffled majorly during the team's Calder Cup championship run in 2023. The Nebraska native went goalless in his first 11 career AHL playoff games and ended up healthy scratched on four different occasions. Now, a year older and wiser, Frank's fortunes have…
The Hershey Bears are back in the Calder Cup playoffs and their fans are showing up in a historic manner. Saturday night's attendance at Giant Center 10,520 fans mostly adorned in chocolate and white is the new Bears' franchise record for the largest home crowd at a first or second-round playoff game. For…
HERSHEY, PA The 2023 Calder Cup-winning Hershey Bears team was honored in a pregame ceremony before the franchise's Home Opener against the Belleville Senators on Saturday. The voice of the Bears, Zack Fisch, was the master of ceremonies for the celebration, speaking at a lectern set up in the left circle. "Tonight marks one…
How long must a team suffer? How long has a team suffered? This is the fourth of several posts looking into the playoff droughts of 30 of the 32 active NHL franchises to figure out what went wrong and how it ended. This post covers Minnesota, Montreal, Nashville, the New York Islanders, and the New York Rangers.