Hershey Bears sweep Bridgeport Islanders in Calder Cup opening round

Hershey Bears sweep Bridgeport Islanders in Calder Cup opening round

With the win, the Bears advanced to the Atlantic Division semifinals, which will begin next week.

Bridgeport Islanders lose to Hershey in finale for franchise

HERSHEY, Pa. (WTNH) — The Bridgeport Islanders era has come to an end. The Islanders lost to the Hershey Bears, 5-2, in the second game of the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup Playoffs first-round series Thursday night. Hershey won the best-of-three series, 2-0. The Islanders are relocating to Ontario, Canada at the end of the [...]

Hershey Bears eliminates Bridgeport in AHL playoffs, winning 5-2 to sweep best-of-3 series

Bridgeport was the higher seed, but Hershey was the better team in their AHL Atlantic Division best-of-three first-round series.

Bears sweep Islanders away

Andrew Cristall scored a pair of goals as the Hershey Bears finished a two-game sweep of the Bridgeport Islanders with a 5-2 win at Giant Center on Thursday night. Hershey advances to face either Providence or Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the division semifinals. Sam Bitten’s goal with 9:05 left in the second period broke a 1-1 tie and put the Bears ahead to stay. Cristall upped the lead to 3-1 less than two minutes later, and Sonny Milano and Bogda…