Prospect Info: Hershey Bears/South Carolina Stingrays 2023-24 Seasons | Hershey 12x (and Defending) Champions Edition

[Strawberry Fields]

I proudly admit I've been banned from both of the FB groups, which is quite a feat given some of the idiots found there.

I've been saying this for years. Two reasons we've never upgraded from 12 games is the distance we live away and that I've reached my fill of the STHs after 12 games.

Clearly you are not a real fan, then. A real fan goes only for the promotional items and then whines like a child when they don't get said item.

**Editor's Note = I am not a real fan, either. We only go because we like the game and the team.

They do tend to be really stuck up and cliquish. We also only have a 12 game plan, mostly for financial reasons. It does get annoying when the STH in front of us and the STH behind us have conversations over us during intermissions and such.

I'm only in the FB group because it tends to be the quickest way to get news about the team (which, as you know, is like pulling teeth at the AHL level) and I'm not on Twitter to be able to follow Fisch and others on there. I feel like we've talked about the fanbase at large before and how 75% are woefully stuck in the hockey mindset of 30- 40 years ago. That group is where I found the gem take last year of Gersich being a more important player than Snively.

 

[swansonsays]

They do tend to be really stuck up and cliquish. We also only have a 12 game plan, mostly for financial reasons. It does get annoying when the STH in front of us and the STH behind us have conversations over us during intermissions and such.

I'm only in the FB group because it tends to be the quickest way to get news about the team (which, as you know, is like pulling teeth at the AHL level) and I'm not on Twitter to be able to follow Fisch and others on there. I feel like we've talked about the fanbase at large before and how 75% are woefully stuck in the hockey mindset of 30- 40 years ago. That group is where I found the gem take last year of Gersich being a more important player than Snively.

I do recall you mentioning that sentiment. It was during the playoffs, I believe. "I'd rather have Gersich than any of the skilled guys..." or something to that effect.

 

[Holtbyisms]

Ditto for us, we've got the 12 game plan but usually end up doing about 20 (and all playoff games) based on work schedules. We also try to plan around our NAHL team as well so we don't lose our cringe STH status there!

 

[John Price]

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[hb13xchamps]

Hershey will be full of solid Caps prospects for all 6 of those years at the trajectory Washington is going. Great to see an extension

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Hershey will be full of solid Caps prospects for all 6 of those years at the trajectory Washington is going. Great to see an extension

Also, it ties up nicely for the move to Virginia if Hershey wants to be a part of that

 

[usiel]

Also good timing since the Caps are moving into rebuild territory with more picks in the next few years.

 

[Marshall]

I heart Hershey

 

[usiel]

I heart Hershey

I've been considering buying a place in PA to complete the dream of being in a house and not a condo and Hershey and the area around it is on my list.

Jim Thorpe, PA was another area.

 

[Marshall]

Hershey plays tonight on NHL Network, 7pm.

 

[Marshall]

Would it not be appropriate for one of our beloved and trusted Hershey posters to start a GDT for tonight's contest?

 

[Holtbyisms]

Would it not be appropriate for one of our beloved and trusted Hershey posters to start a GDT for tonight's contest?

Don't know that I'm beloved or trusted, I pass. lol

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

@Strawberry Fields

@hb12xchamps

 

[usiel]

Hershey GDT would be fun during the break.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Sorry I missed the call. In the throes of a bad cold.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Eetu Liukas of Bridgeport with the most blatant kick I've ever seen yet he still emphatically argues with the ref after the goal is waved off immediately, lol.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Eetu Liukas of Bridgeport with the most blatant kick I've ever seen yet he still emphatically argues with the ref after the goal is waved off immediately, lol.

So what happened

 

[Strawberry Fields]

So what happened

Shep made a big save while prone on the ice.

Puck was loose at the side of the net.

Liukas blatantly kicks the puck from the side of the net to bank it off Shep's leg and in.

Ref immediately waves it off, Liukas chases him down and argues despite how blatant it was and the fact that the ref was right behind the net.

No matter. 4-0 W for the Bears and a shutout for Shep.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

I'm firmly of the opinion that fans at hockey games should do absolutely nothing but sit there quietly and maybe-just MAYBE, mind you- respectfully golf clap when the home team scores.

(Mark me down in the "who gives a ****" category)

 

[Langway]

 

[Brian23]

Man, I'd be so interested in how the Bears would actually preform if you just did a full swap of the Caps and Bears this year. With my limited viewing, it feels like they'd have the same issue (high end talent) but they'd just be a better and more cohesive team then what we've got in Washington.

It'd be cool to see them go back to back.

 

[hb13xchamps]

Regardless of how this season ends, Nelson will get a look from a few teams for their head coaching vacancies. He’s earned it

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Here's the kicking no-goal I mentioned from last night:

 

[notDkristich]

Here's the kicking no-goal I mentioned from last night:View attachment 814694

If you aint cheating, you aint trying

 

[BiPolar Caps]

How has Iorio and HAK looked?