June 20, 2006

Chocolate Town is Title Town once again! : Congratulations to the Hersey Bears for their AHL Championship Season. 2006 Calder Cup Champions. They stormed through the Playoffs and won the Finals in 6 Games over the Milwaukee Admirals and added to their storied history!

posted by skydivedad to hockey at 09:47 PM - 8 comments

Cool. The only pro hockey game I've ever attended was a Bears game, and it was a lot of fun. Can't go wrong with chocolate-colored unis. :)

posted by tieguy at 12:00 AM on June 21, 2006

I live in Hershey, and it was good to see the Bears finally win it again (too bad it couldn't have been in Hersheypark Arena. Giant Center sucks in comparison for hockey). Roughly once a decade has been their trend lately.

posted by scribe80 at 01:15 AM on June 21, 2006

It was an exciting AHL season with my Grand Rapids Griffins winning the Regular Season but just like the NHL that doesn't get you much. It's all about the playoffs and the run for the Calder Cup. Great to see a AHL stallworth like the Hersey Bears put together a Playoff run that resulted in a Championship. I went to about 30 plus AHL Games (including playoffs) this year and believe me it's always been a great time. Congrats to the Bears.....

posted by skydivedad at 07:28 AM on June 21, 2006

Next year there will be a new team to worry about (well not really a new team). Ladies and gentlemen, welcome your Lowell Devils! Now what am I gonna do with my River Rats jersey?

posted by MrFrisby at 11:48 PM on June 21, 2006

Am I the only person who thought we were talking about New Orleans when we read the headline involving Chocolate Town?

posted by tommybiden at 10:21 PM on June 22, 2006

Yes. What do you think that means?

posted by yerfatma at 06:12 AM on June 23, 2006

I think it means i'm more well rounded than a lot of other people. It perhaps means I connected the comment about chocolate to something mayor Ray Nagin said about his city. For some of us, the ENTIRE world does not revolve around sports.

posted by tommybiden at 05:40 PM on June 23, 2006

Because you remember Ray Nagin's comment about "Chocolate Town," you're "more well-rounded than a lot of other people?" Obviously, you're also very, very modest. As far as the world revolving around sports, well, the world of sports is kind of what this whole website is about. Hence the name SportsFilter. Makes sense when you think about it, eh?

posted by The_Black_Hand at 09:44 AM on June 25, 2006

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