Hershey Bears defenseman Karl Alzner could only chuckle at the circumstances surrounding his first goal of the season Saturday night. Two Wilkes-Barre/Scranton defenders broke their sticks and had to drop them. Then WBS goalie John Curry lost his stick during a furious Hershey forecheck....

Hershey won for the second time in three games in New England Saturday, defeating the first place Manchester Monarchs 4-1 at Verizon Wireless Arena. The Bears opened the scoring with the game's only fist-period goal when rookie defenseman Zach Miskovic buried a shot past Manchester goaltender J......

One of the enduring images from the Hershey Bears' run-up to the Calder Cup last season was seeing Alexandre Giroux setting up at the top of the right faceoff circle.He would drift to that spot, almost unnoticed by the opposing team. Teammate Keith Aucoin knew exactly where Giroux was,......

It's the start of a new hockey season and there are plenty of young players getting to show their stuff in front of the decision-makers at every rung of pro hockey's ladder.Most will not make a National Hockey League roster this season but be relegated to the minor leagues.The best ......

Mark French does not try to hide his glee when he talks about his situation.Short of winning the lottery, the Hershey Bears' new coach, who was an assistant coach in Hershey last season, has been handed the keys to a minor league team that will have approximately 90 percent of its play......

The Hershey Bears needed to play a perfect road game Friday night.They needed to think defense first, keep the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins out of the soft areas in front of their net, get the puck deep into the Penguins' zone and take advantage of any little break.Didn't ......

The idea came from an unlikely source.Or, maybe it wasn't that unusual after all.Although the Hershey Bears completed the regular season with one of the best records in the American Hockey League, they did have their warts, the biggest one being their penalty-kill.When th......

Bob Woods returned to the same word when describing the Hershey Bears Wednesday night.Frustration.Hershey's coach could see it in his players' eyes and hear it in their chatter as they came to the bench after another failed scoring chance.Despite seven power plays and......

Portland Pirates goalie John DeCaro, after weathering a 15-shot rubber storm from a pressing Hershey Bears team, described the game's final 10 minutes."Hectic," he said.DeCaro, making his first American Hockey League start of the season and third in his three seasons of pro hockey, ......

A hockey game turned Friday night when Chris Bourque's elbow found Bill Thomas' nose.With the puck headed up ice late in the second period, Bourque skated to the Hershey Bears bench for a line change. En route, he encountered Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's Thomas and the collision res......

Between the first and second periods of Wednesday night's hockey game at Giant Center, the announcer introduced the next feature on the video scoreboard."Let's check the first-period highlights," he said."No," was the response from several fans.Aft......

In a game that featured playoff intensity, the Springfield Falcons rallied from a one-goal deficit entering the third period and skated away with a 5-4 come-from-behind win in front of 4,789 at the MassMutual Center on Saturday night. The Falcons used a pair of power play goals early in the thi......

If the Hershey Bears' goal Sunday night was to drive their coach and their fans crazy, consider their mission accomplished.The Bears grabbed a lead, lost it then grabbed it for good all in the span of the last two minutes of regulation in defeating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3-......

You might imagine how the Hershey Bears felt when they surrendered three unanswered third- period goals in a come-from-ahead loss to Portland at home last Wednesday.No, they didn't feel too great.Neither did the team's head coach, Bob Woods, who wasn't shy about letting ......

Playing four games in five nights is never easy for a hockey team.On top of that, having your penalty-kill go south isn't good either.Despite those two aspects on the negative side of the ledger, the Bears still had a chance to yank Sunday's game from the jaws of defeat.......

The scoring chances were there, all the Hershey Bears had to do was cash in.In the first and second periods Sunday night against the Norfolk Admirals, the Bears saw too many opportunities come and go. In the third, results met opportunity.Hershey scored four times in the final perio......