HERSHEY REPEATS AS CALDER CUP CHAMPIONS

By:
Robert Desimone, Communications Manager
(713) 361-7920
Palmer Hestley, Asst. Communications Manager
(713) 361-7930
June 15, 2010

 

BEARS CAP 76-WIN SEASON, BECOME FIRST REPEAT CHAMPIONS SINCE '91

 

     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.

    INTERVIEWS
   
Chris Bourque
    Andrew Joudrey
    Mark French

     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.


    
2010 Calder Cup Finals – Series “O” (best-of-7)
     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


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