A brief happiness fell over GIANT Center as the last minute wound down between the Hershey Bears and Binghamton Senators. For a moment, a team-effort win subdued the faithful’s worries about the team’s position.
The Bears sit a few points clear of the Springfield Thunderbirds in the basement of the Atlantic Division. The team’s playoff position out of mind, fans applauded the Bears off the ice and into the Christmas Break.
Hershey went into Charlotte early in the week and had a two polar opposite games. In the opening 20 minutes against the Checkers, the Bears scored all five of their goals in the two-game series.