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The Hershey Bears will open the 2024 Calder Cup Finals against the Coachella Valley Firebirds at Giant Center, Friday. Hershey is dealing with a slew of injuries and ailments to core players on their roster heading into a repeat matchup of last year's championship series. Among players missing out on Game 1 include defensemen Aaron…

The Hershey Bears need to secure a win in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Monsters on Wednesday night to avoid joining an exclusive, unfortunate club of AHL playoff teams. Hershey went up 3-0 in the series against Cleveland with a repeat appearance in the Calder Cup Final seemingly assured before…

The Coachella Valley Firebirds narrowly missed out on a Calder Cup championship during their first year in existence. Now, they're aggressively looking for any edge they can get days after becoming Western Conference champions for a second straight year. According to Inside AHL Hockey's Tony Androckitis, the Firebirds already flew over to central Pennsylvania and…

The Hershey Bears could not punch their ticket to a back-to-back appearance in the Calder Cup Final on Thursday night. The Bears fell 3-2 to the Cleveland Monsters in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals but are still up 3-1 in the series. Hershey got goals from Ethen Frank and Garrett Roe but dropped…

Ethen Frank is absolutely on fire. The 26-year-old forward scored in his sixth consecutive game on Tuesday, notching a power-play goal in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Frank's tally gave the Bears a 2-0 lead 5:45 into the second period. Hershey would go on to win 6-2 and are one win away from…

The Hershey Bears have taken an early 1-0 series lead over the Cleveland Monsters in the AHL's Eastern Conference Finals after a Thursday night thriller on home ice. The Monsters made a last-ditch comeback to force overtime but could not complete the win as Mike Vecchione found the sudden-death, game-winner. The Bears were sparked to…

HERSHEY, PA -- Mike Vecchione scored another huge playoff overtime goal, but he wouldn't have had to on a cleaner night for the Hershey Bears. With 11:17 left in the third period, the Bears were sitting pretty after taking a commanding 4-2 lead over the Cleveland Monsters in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.…

Bylsma guiding Coachella Valley before going to Seattle; Nelson, Taylor, Vogelhuber also vying for championships

Today in our prospect profile coverage, we have Czech d-man Adam Jiricek. He was looking to be a top-10 prospect before injuries derailed this past season, but he still has a ton of potential and a good two-way game. Come take a look.

The Hershey Bears can make quick work of the Hartford Wolf Pack with a win at XL Center tonight. Hershey secured two victories on home ice to kick off the best-of-five series and will go for the three-game elimination in Connecticut. In their Game Two victory last Saturday, the Bears got goals from prospects Ivan…