Game of the Week - Hershey Bears vs Manitoba Moose

Things are starting to really trend southwards for HockeyKnight vs the PS4's CPU. Eventually, I will get a win over it - but I need to learn some better defensive tactics. As you can tell in this series, I'm constantly getting scored on. Maybe NHL 17 will be better for me. But as the series comes to a close with the NHL 16 game, I wanted to choose two teams that I haven't used yet online.

The Hershey Bears are a dominant AHL team always in the hunt for the Calder Trophy. I was supposed to go out there maybe once this past season, but it didn't work out. The Manitoba Moose are back into the AHL once again with a new affiliate in the Winnipeg Jets. Not sure if I really like the color redesign to match the Jets colors, but at least they're still around. They have a really fun mascot.Should I just give up on this series against the CPU? Let me know in the comments section below. But if there is a team that you want to see featured in the Game of the Week - leave that in the comments section below!

Hershey Bears Controversial Jersey Design

One of the few things left in professional sports considered "sacred" is the design and logo of the uniforms to which all athletes identify with. Another time-honored tradition is the AHL's 75 year long legacy of developing major league talent in such cities as Hershey, PA.

Gary Lawless of the Winnipeg Free Press who is rather outraged about the whole development.
Hershey is not some backwater but one of the pre-eminent spots in the hockey world. As no less than Gordie Howe said, “Everybody who’s anybody in hockey has played in Hershey.”

Indeed it's true. In a time when franchises float around and rise quickly as much as they disappear, the Hershey Bears have long been a standard of how to survive in a non-major market especially in a town where travelers go for chocolate and not hockey.

So, boosting a minor league team's revenue is the always present alternate jersey design. Hoping that the fans will buy them and wear them to the arena. (In this case, the Giant Center.) To honor the achievements of back-to-back AHL Calder Cup championships, the Hershey Bears jersey honoring those wins also feature the logos of the beaten teams Stars and Moose.

I too would have to wag a finger at a stunt that did not signify the expected classiness from a well-run organization as old as the Hershey Bears and their community. The ultimate bragging rights to a championship season is the ring and the inscribed name on the trophy.

[Edit: After a few fans from Hershey have found their way to the blog page that I have sourced, I have learned that the jerseys were actually only worn a few times and auctioned off for charity.]

[Via: Pro hockey Talk @ NBC Sports]

Hershey Bears Win Calder Cup as AHL 2010 Champions

The Hershey Bears have won the AHL championship and earned the right to hoist the Calder Cup trophy over their heads for yet another season. As the NHL fans have soon learned and adapted to the truism that it is extremely difficult to win back to back championships, the Hershey Bears should indeed be given their just due in securing their second Calder Cup in a row.

I didn't get to watch the game, but I did hear a lot of it on satellite radio while commuting in my car. I guess I will have to be satisfied to watching the highlights at the Hershey Bears YouTube channel. I am sorry that I am not able to give you very much reaction to the quality of the game or the series in greater detail.

Hershey dominated the last game of the year by outscoring the new Texas Stars team 4-0.

[Via: Washington Post]