Former Hershey Bears head coach Bruce Boudreau is headed back to Hershey, PA. Bruce and his Crystal announced Friday they had purchased a junior hockey team in the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL) that will be coming to Hershey…
No matter what happens the rest of the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs, at least one team will have a Hershey Bears connection in the finals. With the New York Islanders win tonight, each of the four teams in the Eastern Conference have some sort of Hershey Bears ties.
Brooks Laich during game six of the 2006 Calder Cup Finals.
Before the 2006 Calder Cup Playoffs, Brooks Laich had a phone call with his dad. “We’re going to win the Calder Cup Championship,” he told his father. “How do you know that?” his dad responded. “You can’t run though our team four times. We are too big, too strong, too deep.”
Laich was right. That playoff run brought Hershey their first Calder Cup in nine seasons, sweeping the first two rounds of the playoffs before forcing a game seven with Portland, beating future NHL stars like Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry after an OT goal from Eric Fehr to go to the Calder Cup finals.
The American Hockey League has announced former Bears goaltender Frederic Cassivi will be inducted to the AHL Hall of Fame in January. The 2006 AHL Playoff MVP lead the Bears to their ninth Calder Cup in 2005-06, along with Bruce Boudreau, who was inducted in 2009.
Monday night in Washington, D.C. will be a homecoming for Anaheim Ducks head coach Bruce Boudreau. The 58-year-old Toronto native made hockey in the nation’s capitol fun again, reviving the Washington Capitals after many slumping seasons.
Photo by Kyle Mace
After four seasons behind the Bears bench, Mark French will not return as coach for the 2013-14 season. The announcement was made Friday morning by the Washington Capitals General Manager George McPhee. The move comes after the Bears failed to win a first round playoff series against the top seeded Providence Bruins, after winning the first two games of the best-of-five series.
It was the 2010 World Juniors Championship when former Hershey Bears‘ defensemen John Carlson stunned the Canadian Nation with an overtime game-winning goal in the gold medal game. Five months later, Carlson helped the Bears to their 11th Calder Cup before riding off to the National Hockey League.
Before the Hershey – Derry Township Historical Society’s dinner “A Night at the Old Barn” I had the chance to sit down with broadcasting legend Mike “Doc” Emrick in a one-on-one interview. Doc was asked to be the keynote speaker for the dinner and very humbly accepted. Earlier in his broadcasting career, Doc worked for the AHL’s Maine Mariners and had broadcast games at the Hersheypark Arena. Later he was hired as the play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia Flyers. During his time with the Flyers (and later with the New Jersey Devils) Doc and his wife were residents of Hershey. It was during that time that he used to attend games in the Old Barn as his time would allow.
Boudreau during his days as Bears coach. Photo by Michael Fernandez /The Patriot-News.
First, the elephant in the room: Bruce Boudreau was fired from the Washington Capitals. Dale Hunter takes over the head coach duties. [RMNB, DSP, Japer’s Rink]
Some of the Bears react to Bruce’s firing. [PennLive]
As usual, The Old Barn Hockey Show. [OBHS]
Today is last day of November which means you still have time to donate to Hershey’s Movember team! [SHoE]
Dmitry Orlov during warm-ups. Photo by Mitchell Layton/NHLI via Getty Images. Almost three weeks after Cody Eakin made his NHL debut, Dmitry Orlov donned the Washington Capitals jersey for his first career NHL game. Fresh off of
