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Bears wait for opponent, announce second round dates

April 28, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hershey Bears News Release


The HERSHEY BEARS Hockey Club, coming off a first round sweep of the Norfolk Admirals, will face either the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins or the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the next round. The Penguins finished the AHL regular season with a 51-18-5-6 mark good for 113 points and first place in the Eastern Conference while the Sound Tigers finished with a 38-33-6-3 record producing 85 points and a fourth place finish. HERSHEY is making their 57th appearance in the playoffs (AHL record).

The best-of-seven game series formats vary due to regular season results. The BEARS will host Games three, four, and six against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Games one, two, five, and seven vs. Bridgeport. Tickets are now on sale at the GIANT Center Box office for the first two home games in Round Two (PL03 and PL04). To order tickets, call (717) 508- BEAR.

HERSHEY vs. WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON

Game One: BEARS at Penguins Thursday, May 4 7:00 pm
Game Two: BEARS at Penguins Saturday, May 6 7:00 pm
Game Three: Penguins at BEARS Sunday, May 7 5:00 pm
Game Four: Penguins at BEARS Tuesday, May 9 7:00 pm
* Game Five: BEARS at Penguins Friday,May 12 7:00 pm
* Game Six: Penguins at BEARS Sunday, May 14 7:30 pm
* Game Seven: BEARS at Penguins Tuesday, May 16 7:00 pm
*If Necessary

All BEARS' home games will be played at GIANT Center. The Penguins host their games at the Wachovia Arena.

HERSHEY vs. BRIDGEPORT
Game One: Sound Tigers at BEARS Thursday, May 4 7:00 pm
Game Two: Sound Tigers at BEARS Saturday, May 6 7:00 pm
Game Three: BEARS at Sound Tigers Sunday, May 7 3:00 pm
Game Four: BEARS at Sound Tigers Tuesday, May 9 7:35 pm
* Game Five: Sound Tigers at BEARS Thursday, May 11 7:00 pm
* Game Six: BEARS at Sound Tigers Saturday, May 13 7:00 pm
* Game Seven: Sound Tigers at BEARS Sunday, May 14 7:30 pm
* If Necessary

All Bears home games will be played at GIANT Center. The Sound Tigers host their games at Bridgeport's Arena at Harbor Yard.

WQIC 100.1 FM will carry all HERSHEY BEARS' playoff games, with the pre-game show beginning 20 minutes before the opening face-off.

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