Change is in the air for Bears

Change is in the air this spring for the AHL’s most historic franchise, as the Hershey Bears find themselves sitting out the playoffs.

Wait almost over in Belleville

More than a year of preparation for the Belleville Senators ends Wednesday when they host Syracuse at sold-out Yardmen Arena.

Former AHL coach reaches milestone

Some 11 hours before Ottawa Senators head coach Bryan Murray collected NHL win number 600 in Tuesday evening’s 4-3 shootout win over the Edmonton Oilers at Scotiabank Place, the wily bench boss harkened back to his days with the Hershey Bears.

Once upon a time for Brodeur…

Hockey lore has it that no less than Gordie Howe once remarked, “Everybody who is anybody in hockey has played in Hershey.” Howe’s words certainly apply to Martin Brodeur.

Development hand in hand with playoff hockey

Good luck trying to find an American city whose hockey fans are more angst-ridden than those in Philadelphia, where the big checks that Flyers general manager Bob Clarke dished out last summer amidst much hope now give way to grey gloom and doom, Philadelphia-style.