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…

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AHL Clear Day 2012

Photo by Kyle Mace

Today is the day we find out who will be on the roster for the remainder of the season.  For those of you unfamiliar with AHL Clear Day, here is the explanation directly from the AHL.

Only those players listed on a team’s Clear Day roster are eligible to compete in the remainder of the AHL regular season and in the 2012 Calder Cup Playoffs, unless emergency conditions arise as a result of recall, injury or suspension.

Teams may also add signed junior players or players on amateur tryout contracts after Clear Day, but only once their respective junior or college seasons are complete.

Those listed in the 22 available spots are the ones that will be able to play. If there is an injury or one of the players on the roster is called up to Washington, that spot will be filled in by a non-roster player. Those players are traditionally called the “Black Aces”. They stay in Hershey and practice with the team.

So who makes the cut?

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Norfolk Leaps Over Hershey with 2-1 Win

Braden Holtby faced the Norfolk Admirals tonight. Photo by John Wright.

As we get closer to the end of the season, games against big teams like the Norfolk Admirals become even more important.

The Bears owned the first period. They out-shot the Admirals, stopped a Norfolk power play, and maintained the majority of puck possession. They did everything right except they couldn’t find the back of the net.

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Chocolate Fix 2/29/2012

Keith Aucoin celebrates goal with the Caps. Photo hijacked from our sister blog, RMNB.

Happy Leap Day! Hopefully the Bears can use this extra day of the year to get a much needed win over division leading Norfolk. As always, you can follow our tweets of the action on Twitter. As for what happened this week, well there isn’t much to brag about. The Bears lost to Rochester, Lake Erie, and Norfolk. They now sit in 3rd place in the East Division a full 8 points behind Norfolk. They do have one game in hand against Norfolk. Since the playoffs this year are determined by conference standings (with the 3 division leaders automatically in) we should look at the conference as well. Currently, the Bears are in 5th place. Norfolk leads the conference and the Bears are 9 points ahead of the 9th place team. There’s still a lot of hockey to be played and the Bears have room to move either way. Hopefully it’s up. Look for more about the standings and AHL Clear Day in the coming days.

Now on to this week’s highlights.

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Rochester Americans send Hershey Packing, 5-2

In a match-up of the league’s most storied teams, the Bears were looking for a solid win on the road after experience some issues in this stretch.

Sadly, it didn’t turn out like they hoped. It started off just like we wanted it to. A gritty play resulted in Matt Pope chipping at puck at David Leggio. It took a nice bounce and hopped into the goal. But the Amerks scored on the power play and then during the final minute of the period to take the lead.

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Sound Tigers defeat Bears in Penalty-Ridden Game

Braden Holtby did his best to keep the Bears in it. All Photos by Kyle Mace.

Just about halfway through their five-game road stretch, the Bears shipped off to face the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

In a pretty calm first period, neither team found the back of the net. Braden Holtby and Anders Nilsson weren’t called on to make too many saves for their respective teams but there were some good chances. It was a close game from the start.

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Chocolate Fix 2/15/2012

Braden Holtby gets his first NHL game of this season. Photo by Mitchell Layton/NHLI via Getty Images.

The Bears came off a 3 games in 3 nights weekend with 5 out of 6 available points. The beat Syracuse on Friday, lost in a shootout on Saturday to The Whale, and firmly beat the baby Pens at home on Sunday. We also have a new feature. Every Monday, Kyle will bring you a photo recap from the previous week. It’s called Snapshots. If you missed it, go take a look.

Braden Holtby and Joel Rechlicz each got a game with the Caps this week. Does Dale Hunter know what he’s doing? [HBHB]

Injuries in the Caps require call-ups from the Bears. Fox Sports take a look at the Caps injuries and how call-ups like Dmitry Orlov and Cody Eakin have performed. [Fox]

Garrett Mitchell and the Bears 4th line have been hot over the last couple weeks. Plus, he also loves being in Central PA. [LDN]

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Chocolate Fix 2/8/2012

Jersey to be worn by the Bears this weekend for “Chocolate Covered February” 

It was another eventful week here in Chocolatetown. Last Thursday we saw a trade that bid farewell to Danny Richmond (and the Richmond Factor) as well as Matt Ford. In turn, we welcomed Mike Carmen and Kevin Marshall. We also saw the AHL points leader, Keith Aucoin, get a call to Washington on the same day. The following day saw  Carmen and Marshall suit to to play in Wilkes-Barre. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a favorable result. The struggle for Hershey continued on Saturday, but Sunday the sun was shinning as the boys finally broke the baby Pens winning streak in Giant Center.

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