Bears Clinch AHL's Best Point Total Friday
April 13, 2007 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release
HERSHEY - The 2006 Calder Cup Champion HERSHEY BEARS claimed the 2006-07 East Division championship Friday night with a victory over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The title is HERSHEY'S first divisional championship since winning the 1993-94 Southern Division championship by eight points over the now defunct Hamilton Canucks.
With Friday's win in Wilkes-Barre, the BEARS also have won the American Hockey League's MacGregor Kilpatrick Trophy, given to the AHL's regular season points champion. The award, instituted by the AHL in 1997, is named for the longtime member of the AHL Board of Governors who also served as the AHL's Senior Vice President and General Counsel. The 2006-07 season marks the first time since the 1987-88 campaign that the BEARS have won the regular season points championship and just the seventh time in the 69-year history of the franchise. (1942-43, 1946-47 (tied), 1957-58, 1980-81, 1985-86, 1987-88)
The BEARS also with the win claim the Frank S. Mathers trophy, given by the AHL to the Eastern Conference Regular Season Champion. The award, named for HERSHEY'S former player, coach and executive, was first presented in 1996 by the league, and has been given to the Eastern Conference Regular Season Champion since 2003-04. HERSHEY is also the winner of the F.G. (Teddy) Oke Trophy, presented by the AHL to the East Division champion
As the top overall team in the league entering the 2007 Calder Cup Playoffs, the BEARS have assured themselves home ice throughout the postseason.
The BEARS will play the club's final two games of the 2006-07 regular season this Saturday and Sunday against the Binghamton Senators and Philadelphia Phantoms. Face-off Friday at Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena is at 7:05 p.m., while Sunday's face-off is set for 5:05 p.m. All of the action of the final two regular season games can be heard via the BEARS Radio Network (100.1 FM, 1490-AM and 960-AM) beginning 20 minutes prior to puckdrop. John Walton has the call of the action.
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