Whoa Shep Daddy: Hunter Shepard Named To 2023-24 AHL First All-Star Team

Whoa Shep Daddy: Hunter Shepard Named to 2023-24 AHL First All-Star Team

Bears goaltender enjoying career year; currently leads American Hockey League in goals-against average and save percentage

Press Release: The American Hockey League announced today the 2023-24 AHL First and Second All-Star Teams, as voted by AHL coaches, players, and media in each of the league’s 32 member cities. Among the selections to the First All-Star Team is Hershey Bears goaltender Hunter Shepard, making him just the sixth individual Bears netminder in club history to earn this distinction, and the organization’s eighth overall First All-Star Team selection at the goaltender position.

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AHL Announces New Divisional Alignment for 2017-18, Hershey Playing Western Conference Teams Next Season

The American Hockey League announced Thursday that the league will have a new divisional alignment for the 2017-18 season. The Charlotte Checkers will move from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference’s Atlantic Divison. Hershey last faced Charlotte in the 2011 Calder Cup playoffs, when Charlotte defeated the Bears in the first round of the playoffs.

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What Does The NHL’s Olympic Decision Mean For The American Hockey League?

What Does the NHL’s Olympic Decision Mean for the American Hockey League?

Since the announcement made Monday afternoon by the National Hockey League that they will not include a stoppage in their 2017-18 season for the 2018 Olympics, speculation has begun on how national teams will fill their rosters for the twenty-third winter Olympiad. Many eyes have turned to the American Hockey League, the second highest level of professional hockey in the entire world.

With thirty teams, the league provides a developmental territory for players heading to the NHL, along with a place for veterans of the game to continue to play at a high level in North America.

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New Alignment, Rules Coming to AHL in 2016-17

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The AHL Board of Governors has approved a new alignment for the league in the 2016-17 season as the league’s annual meeting has concluded.

With the movement of Portland to Springfield and Springfield to Tucson, Arizona, the AHL’s Eastern Conference will feature one less team for the upcoming season. 14 teams will call the East their home, while 16 teams will call the Western Conference their home. Hershey will stay in the Atlantic Division, along with Bridgeport, Hartford, Lehigh Valley, Providence, Springfield, and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

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Bobby Shea Suspended One Game by AHL

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HERSHEY, PA – Bobby Shea, right, was suspended for his actions following this fight Thursday night against Albany. (Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey)

Bears defenseman Bobby Shea was suspended one game by the AHL Monday. Shea received the suspension for his actions during Thursday’s game against Albany. Shea threw a late punch, knocking down Ben Thomson at the end of their fight in the third period. Shea was ejected from the game as the fight was the second of the night.

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Head to Head: Hybrid Icing

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The NHL hopes to prevent collisions like these between Andreas Lilja of the Adirondack Phantoms and Nicolas Deschamps of the Hershey Bears with the new hybrid icing rules approved for the 2013-14 season (Kyle Mace/Sweetest Hockey on Earth)

Today we introduce a feature on Sweetest Hockey on Earth, Head to Head. Our Matt Trust and Kyle Mace will face off on a new topic. For our inaugural debate, we look at hybrid icing.

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