With four games remaining in the Hershey Bears 80th anniversary season, the players and coaches are left to wonder one question: now what?
Following their mathematical elimination from this year’s Calder Cup Playoffs on March 25, the Bears are in unfamiliar territory to nearly everyone on their roster. With Troy Mann as head coach, the Bears have made the playoffs in three of his previous four seasons, only missing the 2014 playoffs by two points.
In their 72 games played so far this season, Hershey is 10-15 in one goal games, including 2-4 in overtime and 2-5 in the shootout.