Thank You. 2015-16 Hershey Bears Season

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Saturday night in Cleveland, the 2015-16 Hershey Bears season came to a heartbreaking end. But despite the end being disappointing, that does not mean the season was a failure. This was a team that was not picked by many people to make it past the second round. This was a team that once they made it past the second round, was expected to lose in five games to one of the best teams to ever play in the league. They did the exactly the opposite, making it to the Calder Cup Finals with eight players who are in their first or second year professionally, three rookie defensemen and three rookie forwards. If anything, the 2015-16 Hershey Bears season was a success.

Would have it been nice to have been able to raise the Calder Cup at the end of the season? You’re damn right it would have been nice. But everybody associated with the Bears, from the players on the ice to the fan sitting in the last row of 226, should hold their head high.

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Questionable Late Call Gives Lake Erie Game Two of Calder Cup Finals

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HERSHEY, PA – Madison Bowey puts his stick on his head after the Hershey Bears fell in Game Two of the Calder Cup Finals Friday night. (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)

Outplaying a team doesn’t always mean you will win. That’s what happened Friday night in Chocolate Town. The Hershey Bears very much outplayed the Lake Erie Monsters on in Game Two of the 2016 Calder Cup Finals, but it just wasn’t their night.

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Bad Bounces: Hershey Falls in Game One of Calder Cup Finals

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HERSHEY, PA – Daniel Zarr celebrates his third period goal in Lake Erie’s 4-1 win in Game One of the Calder Cup Finals. (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)

Wednesday night marked the twenty-third time in Hershey Bears history the Calder Cup Finals have come to visit Chocolate Town, USA. The Bears faced off against a team from Cleveland for the first time since 1954, looking to claim the first game of the 2016 Calder Cup Finals.

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Hershey Bears with Quick Turn Around for Game One of Calder Cup Finals

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From the time the Hershey Bears stepped off the bus at Giant Center Monday morning at exactly 12:00 am after beating the Toronto Marlies in the Eastern Conference Finals to puck drop of Game One of the 2016 Calder Cup Finals, 67 hours will have passed. That’s the quickest turnaround the Bears have had these playoffs, only a few hours less than a 72 hours turnaround they had against Wilkes-Barre in the second round.

But despite the short turnaround, the Bears are sticking to their game plan against Lake Erie. “Our message tomorrow morning is going to be ‘Play to our identity,'” Bears head coach Troy Mann said Monday morning at Bears practice.

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Hershey Bears Take Down Toronto Marlies in Five Games

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Toronto, Canada – Bears players mob Justin Peters after Hershey clinched the Eastern Conference Title in Game 5 Sunday night. (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)

It was the result nobody expected (except me). The Hershey Bears are heading back to the Calder Cup finals for the first time since 2010 and beat the best team during the regular season in the process. After taking a 3-0 series lead, the Bears lost to Toronto in game four on Friday night, 5-0. But Sunday afternoon was the Bears day, as they pulled out a 3-2 victory over the Marlies, giving them the AHL’s Eastern Conference Title.

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Madison Bowey Cleared of Wrongdoing in Game Four

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In Friday night’s Game Four of the AHL’s Eastern Conference Finals between Hershey Bears and Toronto Marlies, Bears defenseman Madison Bowey delivered a high hit with his elbow to Marlies forward Kasperi Kapanen. Bowey received a five-minute major for elbowing and a game misconduct as well for the hit. Bowey will not be suspended for the hit, Chocolate Hockey has learned.

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Hershey Bears Takes 3-0 Series Lead Against Toronto Marlies

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Toronto, CA – Ryan Bourque joins Zach Sill after Sill gave Hershey a 3-2 lead late in the second period of their 8-2 win over Toronto Wednesday night. (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)
Just like we all predicted: the Hershey Bears would score eight goals en route to an 8-2 win over the best team in the American Hockey League. Sure.

It was one for the record books: Eight goals, two shorthanded goals on one penalty kill, and a new all-time playoff points leader for the Bears.

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Chris Bourque Becomes Hershey Bears All-Time Playoff Points Leader

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Toronto, Canada – Chris Bourque poses with his record setting puck post game Wednesday night (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)

On Wednesday night, Hershey beat the Toronto Marlies 8-2 to take a 3-0 series lead against the Marlies in the Easter Conference Finals. In the same game, Chris Bourque scored a goal and assisted on one of Jakub Vrana’s to become the Bears all-time playoff points leader at 74 points, passing Mike Nykoluk for first place.

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