Frank breathes new life into Bears
As the Calder Cup Finals shifted east earlier this week, something for the Hershey Bears had to change — and quickly — if this was going to be a series at all.
As the Calder Cup Finals shifted east earlier this week, something for the Hershey Bears had to change — and quickly — if this was going to be a series at all.
How the Firebirds and Bears got to a 2-2 series may not have been expected. But both head coaches knew they were in for a long battle from the start.
The Calder Cup Finals are all even after the Hershey Bears held on for a 3-2 victory over Coachella Valley in Game 4 at a sold-out Giant Center on Thursday night.
The Hershey Bears needed those goals. Each of one of them was required to put away the Coachella Valley Firebirds in Game 3 on Tuesday. But they were needed mentally as well.
Not perfect. But better. And enough for now. What the Hershey Bears’ 5-4 overtime win in Game 3 of the Calder Cup Finals last night lacked in polish, it made up for in execution.
The remainder of the 2023 Calder Cup Finals between the Coachella Valley Firebirds and the Hershey Bears can be seen on NHL Network.
Riley Sutter scored 13:34 into overtime to give the Hershey Bears renewed life in the Calder Cup Finals with a 5-4 victory over the Coachella Valley Firebirds in Game 3 on Tuesday night.
Just as he did four times during his nine seasons as the voice of the Bears, John Walton is spending his spring with Hershey as they fight for a Calder Cup.
Dan Bylsma did not want to go there before Game 2. After his Firebirds’ 4-0 win last night, however, Bylsma could touch the topic.
The Coachella Valley Firebirds scored four times in the second period and Joey Daccord made a bit of Calder Cup history in a 4-0 win over the Hershey Bears in Game 2 of the Finals at a sold-out Acrisure Arena on Saturday night.