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FROM AHL MEDIA RELEASES
Hershey Bears win Calder Cup
Cap remarkable 76-win season, become AHL's first repeat champions since '91
JUNE 15, 2010 -- HERSHEY, Pa. … The Hershey Bears completed the most
successful season in American Hockey League by capturing the 2010 Calder Cup
championship with a 4-0 win over the Texas Stars at Giant Center in Hershey on
Monday night.
The
Bears, the top development team of the National Hockey League’s Washington
Capitals, become the first team to repeat as Calder Cup champions since 1991,
winning the title for the third time in the last five years and extending their
own league record with their 11th overall championship.
Hershey defeated the Stars four games to two, becoming the first team in AHL
history to win the Calder Cup after losing the first two games of the Finals
series on home ice. The Bears also set a record with eight overtime victories
during the 2010 postseason, and finished with a 16-5 playoff mark after winning
a league-record 60 games in the regular season (60-17-0-3). Under first-year
head coach Mark French, the Bears eliminated the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (4-1),
Albany River Rats (4-0) and Manchester Monarchs (4-2) before defeating Texas in
the Finals. The Bears’ 2010 playoff roster featured 11 players who appeared in
the NHL with the parent Capitals this season.
Bears forward
Chris Bourque won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the most valuable player
of the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs, finishing with a league-leading 27 points
(seven goals, 20 assists) in 21 games. The 24-year-old Boston native and son of
Hockey Hall of Famer Ray Bourque turned pro in 2005 and has played five seasons
in Hershey, making four Finals appearances and winning three Calder Cups.
Attendance at Giant Center for Monday’s game was a franchise record 11,002 fans.
All six games in the series were played before standing-room-only crowds in
Hershey and Cedar Park.
Hershey’s victory brings the curtain down on the AHL’s 74th season. In operation
since 1936, the AHL continues to serve as the top development league for all 30
National Hockey League teams. More than 85 percent of today’s NHL players are
American Hockey League graduates, and this season marked the ninth consecutive
year in which more than 6 million fans attended AHL games across North America.
E1-Hershey Bears vs. W2-Texas Stars
Game 1 – Thu., June 3 – Texas 2, HERSHEY 1
Game 2 – Sat., June 5 – Texas 4, HERSHEY 3
Game 3 – Mon., June 7 – Hershey 6, TEXAS 3
Game 4 – Wed., June 9 – Hershey 4, TEXAS 2
Game 5 – Fri., June 11 – Hershey 2, TEXAS 1 (OT)
Game 6 – Mon., June 14 – HERSHEY 4, Texas 0
2010 western hockey network
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