Bears unveil opening night roster and captains for 2004-05
Published on October 13, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release
HERSHEY â The HERSHEY BEARS announced today the club's opening night roster for the 2004-05 season. The announcement was made by BEARS President/GM Doug Yingst and the BEARS coaching staff.
The roster was completed with two roster moves today. Forward Paul Cabana was assigned to Reading (ECHL) and veteran defenseman Ed Campbell was signed to a player tryout contract. Campbell played for the Providence Bruins in 2003-04 and attended training camp with the Worcester IceCats.
The BEARS also announced today the team's captains for the upcoming season. Defenseman Brett Clark, who begins his third full season with HERSHEY in 2004-05, will serve as captain, while center Eric Perrin will be a permanent assistant captain. The second assistant captain will be named on a rotating basis throughout the season, with rugged right wing Dennis Bonvie earning the honors to begin the campaign Friday in Norfolk.
The BEARS open the 2004-05 season on Friday, October 15 at Norfolk before opening the home schedule the following night on Saturday, October 16. Season and group sales information is available by calling (717) 508-BEAR Single game tickets are available at the GIANT Center box office, or by calling (717) 534-3911.
HERSHEY BEARS 2004-05 OPENING NIGHT ROSTER
2 Tomas Slovak D
4 Darrel Scoville D
5 Brett Clark D
6 Jeff Finger D
7 Greg Barber RW
10 Chris Bala LW
12 Eric Perrin C
14 Ryan Steeves C
15 Frantisek Skladany LW
18 Mathieu Darche LW
19 Andre Savage C
20 Cody McCormick C
22 Jeff Ulmer RW
24 Martin Hlinka C
25 Agris Saviels D
26 Sergei Klyazmin LW
27 Dennis Bonvie RW
28 Johnny Boychuk D
29 Dean Arsene D
32 Mikko Viitanen D
33 Ed Campbell D
34 Tom Lawson G
35 Peter Budaj G
40 Marek Svatos C
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