WEEK 1
In a 5-1 rout, the Bears opened the season in style with goals from Carter Camper, Riley Barber (2), Connor Carrick, and Chris Bourque to defeat the Springfield Falcons. Dan Ellis made 19 saves on 20 shots and the Hershey power play went 2-for-4. With a secondary assist on Barber’s first goal, Bourque scored his 500th AHL point, only the seventh US-born player and 89th in AHL history to do so.
Sean Collins, after two games with the Washington Capitals, returned to Hershey as Chandler Stephenson received his first NHL call-up. Stephenson now wears #18 for the Caps.