Bears 2014-15 Regular Season Schedule

The AHL has released the schedule for the 2014-15 regular season! Here's what the Bears schedule looks like this season:

Date	Opponent	Where?	When? (Eastern)
Sat., Oct. 11th	at Norfolk	Norfolk Scope	7:15
Mon., Oct. 13th	at Norfolk	Norfolk Scope	6:05
Sat., Oct. 18th	at Springfield	MassMutual Center	7:00
Sun., Oct. 19th	at Hartford	XL Center	3:00
Fri., Oct. 24th	at Lehigh Valley	PPL Center	7:05
Sat., Oct. 25th	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Giant Center	7:00
Sun., Oct. 26th	Lehigh Valley	Giant Center	5:00
Fri., Oct. 31st	at Manchester	Verizon Wireless Arena	7:00
Sat., Nov. 1st	at Worcester	DCU Center	7:00
Sun., Nov. 2nd	at Manchester	Verizon Wireless Arena	3:00
Fri., Nov. 7th	at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Place	7:05
Sat., Nov. 8th	Hartford	Giant Center	7:00
Sun., Nov. 9th	Hartford	Giant Center	5:00
Fri., Nov. 14th	at Syracuse	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	7:00
Sun., Nov. 16th	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Giant Center	5:00
Wed., Nov. 19th	at Lehigh Valley	PPL Center	7:05
Sat., Nov. 22nd	Worcester	Giant Center	7:00
Sun., Nov. 23rd	St. John's	Giant Center	5:00
Wed., Nov. 26th	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Giant Center	7:00
Sat., Nov. 29th	Syracuse	Giant Center	7:00
Sun., Nov. 30th	St. John's	Giant Center	5:00
Fri., Dec. 5th	Bridgeport	Giant Center	7:00
Sat., Dec. 6th	at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Place	7:05
Sun., Dec. 7th	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Giant Center	5:00
Fri., Dec. 12th	at Syracuse	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	7:00
Sat., Dec. 13th	Binghamton	Giant Center	7:00
Sun., Dec. 14th	at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Place	4:05
Fri., Dec. 19th	at Lehigh Valley	PPL Center	7:05
Sat., Dec. 20th	Springfield	Giant Center	7:00
Fri., Dec. 26th	Lehigh Valley	Giant Center	7:00
Sat., Dec. 27th	Binghamton	Giant Center	7:00
Tues., Dec. 30th	Norfolk	Giant Center	7:00
Wed., Dec. 31st	at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Place	3:05
Sat., Jan. 3rd	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Giant Center	7:00
Fri., Jan. 9th	at Albany	Times Union Center	7:00
Sat., Jan. 10th	Norfolk	Giant Center	7:00
Sun., Jan. 11th	Norfolk	Giant Center	5:00
Sat., Jan. 17th	Albany	Giant Center	7:00
Sun., Jan. 18th	Lehigh Valley	Giant Center	5:00
Wed., Jan. 21st	at Lehigh Valley	PPL Center	7:05
Sat., Jan. 24th	Binghamton	Giant Center	7:00
Fri., Jan. 30th	at Lehigh Valley	PPL Center	7:05
Sat., Jan. 31st	Syracuse	Giant Center	7:00
Sun., Feb. 1st	Norfolk	Giant Center	2:00
Fri., Feb. 6th	at Binghamton	Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena	7:05
Sat., Feb. 7th	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Giant Center	7:00
Sun., Feb. 8th	Lehigh Valley	Giant Center	5:00
Fri., Feb. 13th	at Albany	Times Union Center	7:00
Sat., Feb. 14th	Portland	Giant Center	7:00
Sun., Feb. 15th	at Bridgeport	Webster Bank Arena	3:00
Fri., Feb. 20th	at Binghamton	Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena	7:05
Sat., Feb. 21st	Bridgeport	Giant Center	7:00
Sun., Feb. 22nd	Providence	Giant Center	5:00
Fri., Feb. 27th	at Binghamton	Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena	7:05
Sat., Feb. 28th	Albany	Giant Center	7:00
Sun., Mar. 1st	Lehigh Valley	Giant Center	5:00
Fri., Mar. 6th	at Providence	Dunkin' Donuts Center	7:05
Sat., Mar. 7th	at Hartford	XL Center	7:00
Sun., Mar. 8th	Portland	Giant Center	5:00
Wed., Mar. 11th	at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Place	7:05
Fri., Mar. 13th	at Binghamton	Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena	7:05
Sat., Mar. 14th	at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Place	7:05
Wed., Mar. 18th	at Worcester	DCU Center	7:00
Fri., Mar. 20th	at Portland	Cross Insurance Arena	7:00
Sat., Mar. 21st	at Portland	Cross Insurance Arena	7:00
Fri., Mar. 27th	Manchester	Giant Center	7:00
Sat., Mar. 28th	Manchester	Giant Center	7:00
Sun., Mar. 29th	at Bridgeport	Webster Bank Arena	3:00
Wed., Apr. 1st	Worcester	Giant Center	7:00
Fri., Apr. 3rd	at Norfolk	Norfolk Scope	7:30
Sat., Apr. 4th	at Norfolk	Norfolk Scope	7:15
Fri., Apr. 10th	at St. John's	Mile One Centre	9:00
Sat., Apr. 11th	at St. John's	Mile One Centre	9:00
Tues., Apr. 14th	at Lehigh Valley	PPL Center	7:05
Fri., Apr. 17th	Binghamton	Giant Center	7:00
Sat., Apr. 18th	Lehigh Valley	Giant Center	7:00

Hershey will not have a game against a Western Conference team this season. They'll be visiting a newly remodeled arena (Cross Insurance Arena (Portland Pirates)), and a brand new arena (PPL Center (Lehigh Valley Phantoms)). If you would like to see the entire schedule for the new season, go to http://theahl.com/.

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Bears Free Agent Signing News #5

It was announced today that the Bears have signed forward Joel Broda to a one-year deal. Broda was the team captain of the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL last season. In 41 games, he had 40 points (21 goals, 19 assists) to his credit. In the postseason, he had 12 points (8 goals, 4 assists) to his credit. He's played in 132 AHL games in his career. He'll be used to at least the head coach, as Troy Mann was the head coach of the Condors last season.

Bears Free Agent Signing News #4

It was announced today that the Bears signed forward Philippe Cornet to a one-year deal. Cornet played mostly for the Charlotte Checkers last year after being with the San Antonio Rampage for a few games. In the 62 total games he played (58 for the Checkers), he had 29 points (13 goals, 16 assists) to his credit. He was on the 2012 Western Conference All-Star Team, and he's made two appearances in the Calder Cup Playoffs (both with the Oklahoma City Barons).

Bears Free Agent Signing News #3

Today was a busy day for the Bears, as they signed three players (who all attended the Caps' development camp) to one-year deals. Hershey signed forward Braden Pimm and defensemen Michal Cajkovsky and Wade Epp. This will be Pimm's first full professional season, as he played 9 games last season with the Milwaukee Admirals after finishing his career at Northeastern University. In his final year at Northeastern, Pimm served as alternate captain and had 37 points (20 goals, 17 assists) to his credit.

Anyone that has followed the entire system of the Caps might have heard of Michal Cajkovsky. He played for the Reading Royals (Bears' former ECHL affiliate) last season, and had a breakout season. He played in 66 games for the Royals, and led the team's defensemen in points with 36 (14 goals, 22 assists). He was named to the ECHL All-Rookie Team for his performance. Wade Epp will be playing in his first professional season. He played for Northern Michigan University for 4 seasons. In his final year, he played in 36 games and had 8 points (3 goals, 5 assists) to his credit.

Bears Free Agent Signing News #2

It was announced today that the Hershey Bears have signed forward Tim Spencer to a one-year deal. Spencer has been in the AHL and ECHL before, but he was overseas last year. While playing in 61 games for the EIHL's (Elite Ice Hockey League, based in the United Kingdom) Sheffield Steelers, he had 34 points (10 goals, 24 assists) and 147 penalty minutes to his credit. He's played in 104 AHL games (3 goals, 3 assists, 263 penalty minutes) and 168 ECHL games (8 goals, 21 assists, 541 penalty minutes). Looking at his numbers, he could be a similar player like Joel Rechlicz, but with more impact in scoring than Rechlicz ever had for the Bears.

Bears Name 2nd Assistant Coach

According to the Hershey Bears' website, it has been announced that Ryan Murphy will be the 2nd assistant coach for the Bears this season. Here is the link to the article: http://www.hersheybears.com/news/detail.php?id=4433

Bears Free Agent Signing News

It was announced today that the Bears have signed defenseman Erik Burgdoerfer to a one year contract. Erik has spent his entire career with the ECHL's Bakersfield Condors, who the Bears coach Troy Mann happened to coach last year. In this previous season, Burgdoerfer put up career-high numbers in the 67 games he played as alternate captain. He had 22 points (11 goals, 11 assists) to his credit. In the playoffs, he had 6 points (1 goal, 5 assists) to his credit. It will be interesting to see where Burgdoerfer fits in the defense of the Bears, and if he will be one of those players that will go back and forth between Hershey and South Carolina.