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The Hershey Bears took home the franchise's 12th Calder Cup championship in June and the man that handles the day-to-day operations for the club, Bryan Helmer, has been awarded the James C. Hendy Memorial Award for AHL executive of the year. Helmer, who was named Bears vice president of hockey operations in 2016, took home…

Sam Anas is one of the greatest Maryland born hockey players of all time and this week, he will celebrate the biggest accomplishment of his career in his home state. Anas is bringing the Calder Cup to his childhood rink, the Rockville Ice Arena, on Saturday for part of his day with the Cup. The…

When the Hershey Bears won their twelfth Calder Cup championship in June, Shane Gersich accomplished something that no other player who was drafted by and played for the Washington Capitals had ever done - at least, as far as publicly available stats tell us. Gersich completed a rare Beaglian trifecta, winning the Calder Cup, the…

Homecoming dates for former players, a Bear heads to Minsk, high hopes for a recent draft pick and more in today's Caps Clips.

Giant Center will soon have yet another Calder Cup banner hanging from its rafters. The Hershey Bears announced that they will be hosting a pregame banner-raising ceremony celebrating the 2022-23 championship team before their 7 pm home opener on October 14th against the Belleville Senators. The Bears set an AHL record in June when they…

Sam Anas signed a one-year AHL deal with the Hershey Bears last offseason and promptly helped them win a Calder Cup championship. Now, Anas, a Potomac, Maryland native and former member of the Washington Little Caps and Team Maryland youth programs, is moving overseas for the first time in his hockey career. KHL club Dinamo…

The Washington Capitals are reportedly set to add Winchester, Virginia native and former Little Cap, Alex Limoges, to their organization according to Illegal Curve Hockey's Dave Minuk. Limoges, who played four years at Penn State in the Big-10, will sign a one-year contract after not being tendered a qualifying offer by the Winnipeg Jets. The…

HERSHEY, PA -- The Hershey Bears celebrated the franchise's twelfth Calder Cup championship at Giant Center on Saturday afternoon. The event marked the first public event fans could attend since the Bears lifted the AHL's championship trophy in Southern California early Thursday morning. Alternate captain and inventor of the ROAR, Mike Vecchione, scored on a…

The Hershey Bears' first possible elimination game of the 2023 Calder Cup playoffs will be their last. After defeating the Charlotte Checkers in four games, the Hartford Wolf Pack in three, and the Rochester Americans in six, the Bears will attempt to win the franchise's league-leading twelfth championship in the AHL's final game of the…

Michael Vecchione scored off a rebound at 16:19 of overtime to give the Hershey Bears their 12th American Hockey League title.