We are in the midst of a long road trip. So far, it has been met with mixed results. The Bears started off the trip with a bad loss to the Bruins. The next night they came back with a win over the Monarchs. Along came Sunday and a shootout loss to the Sound Tigers.
And even more bad news from the weekend, Christian Hanson is out for hand surgery. [PennLive]
Welcome to the second week of Snapshots! This week I headed up to New England to check out the Bears face-off against the Providence Bruins and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Below the jump, I have photos from warm-ups and the game from the Providence game and warm-up photos from the Bridgeport game. And wait until the end for a two bonus photos!
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.
Ryan Potulny acknowledges his #1 Star honors.
Fresh off of being on the wrong side of a shutout, the Bears seemed determined that tonight’s game against the Manchester Monarchs would not suffer the same fate.
Unfortunately, the Monarchs did take the lead just over a minute into the game. Justin Azevedo chipped a shot over Braden Holtby‘s glove hand on the first shot of the game.
Braden Holtby doing what most of us would probably want to do after a game like this. (Photos by Kyle Mace)
Woah woah woah. I know what you’re thinking, “Oh great, another loss. I don’t want to read this,” but if you wait until the end, there will be a photo of a cute bear. But this game was a lost, and it wasn’t pretty. Both Braden Holtby and Dany Sabourin gave up three goals in a 6-0 loss to the Providence Bruins.
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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Welcome to the first ever “Snapshots!” A look back at a week in photos. A new weekly feature we are starting here on Sweetest Hockey. Every Monday afternoon, we will help kill those Monday blues with 15-20 photos taken during pre-game warm-ups and during the game, including photos that did not make the game recap cut. So without further ado, I give you “Snapshots”
Boyd Kane celebrates Jacob Micflikier’s second goal of the game (All photos by Kyle Mace)
After a tough loss last night, the Bears looked to re-bound and win their second straight at home against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pens for the first time since the 2009-10 season. Scoring five goals tonight, all the Bears needed was the help of Braden Holtby, which they got. Holtby only allowed one goal on 35 shots, helping the Bears to a 5-1 victory over the Pens.
The Sharks bite the Bears with this game tying, last minute goal (Photo by Kyle Mace)
After two consecutive one goal victories, the Hershey Bears were on the edge of a third straight win Saturday night at Giant Center. But a penalty and one shootout goal were the difference between one and two points for the Bears against the Worcester Sharks.
Photo by Jim Commentucci / The Post-Standard.
It’s no secret that a big part of tonight’s game was Andrew Gordon facing off against his former team. But when the Hershey Bears play the Syracuse Crunch, you have to put friendships to the side.
Speaking of Andrew Gordon, he had a primary assist on the first goal of the game. Rick Schofield fired a one-timer that blazed past Braden Holtby to give the Crunch the lead. But Cody Eakin tied it up before the end of the period. He ended Hershey’s power play woes with a great shot against Antero Niitymaki.