Chocolate Fix 3/7/2012
Congratulations to the Aucoins!
February is over… finally and mercifully. As we began the month of March everyone was hoping for a turnaround with this organization. The Bears have obliged. A week ago, the Bears traveled south to Norfolk on a day that only exists one out of four years. Norfolk came away from that one with a win and two more points farther from the Bears in the standings. But that was the end of February. Bring on March! Saturday started out well with a nice win over struggling Binghamton. On Sunday the Springfield Falcons brought some former Bears back to town. The Falcons left with a loss as well. Before both of those games in the Giant Center was the host for the PIAA Basketball playoffs. With very limited time between the two events, the Giant Center staff had to change the floor back to hockey. Check out the time lapse video of how they did it. The early part of this week brought us the AHL Clear Day. On Tuesday morning the league and the Bears released their roster for the remainder of the season. Don’t forget to check out one of our favorite posts “Snapshots” to see the week in pictures.
Now on to the other news from the week…
Congrats to Keith Aucoin on still being in Washington and becoming a father! [CSNWash]
Ten years of Giant Center history is just about in the books. [PennLive]
And with that Tim Leone gives us his top ten team moments. [PennLive]
As well as his top ten individual moments. [PennLive]
Finally he looks at winning a Calder Cup on Giant Center ice. [PennLive]
The Bears are traveling to visit the St. John’s Ice Caps for the first time where they are already talking about a Calder Cup. [AIH]
The Old Barn is back again this week with Bears talk with Gregg Mace, NHL and the Puck Daddy from Yahoo joins. [OBHS]
The Sports Burger reprinted a story from Frank Schofield about how he fell in love with the Bears. [TSB]