I didn't see much of the game last night as I was watching the Eagles dismantle the Dallas Cowboys. And since I didn't see much of it I will not try to recap the game.
From what I did see though Neuvirth seemed to be calmed down and played much better in his second game with Hershey. Hopefully he can build on these games and be ready for next season when he WILL be a Bear.
Hershey now gets to travel around the northeast. Starting Wednesday afternoon (special 1:00 start time) they play 5 road games in 8 days. Tough stretch.
The trip starts against Springfield Wednesday afternoon. The Falcons aren't very good and are in last in the Atlantic division.
The second stop is in Providence on Friday, January 2. The Bruins are good this year and are currently leading the Atlantic division.
The third stop is the next night (Jan 3) in Hartford to play the Wolf Pack. The Pack are pretty good and are in third in the Atlantic division.
The fourth stop is the next evening (Jan 4) in Worcester. The Sharks are in 5th in the Atlantic division currently. Former NHLer Claude Lemieux is on the Sharks roster.
The fifth and final stop is Wednesday, January 7 in Norfolk. The Admirals are playing good right now with a 4 game winning streak but are 6th in the East division.
As a fan I would love to see and hope to see the Bears win all 5 games which they are absolutely capable of doing. But as someone who is also a realist I would say that if Hershey comes out of this stretch with 3 victories it would have to be looked at positively. That is a lot of travel over an 8 day period.
If they don't come home after the Worcester game and go straight to Norfolk they will travel about 1400 miles by the time they get back to Hershey. The only advantage is that the first 4 games on the trip are all within about 90 minutes of each other so the team might just find a hotel in the middle and stay there for the weekend.
But still a 5 game road trip over 8 days is tough.
LET'S GO BEARS!!! WIN THEM ALL!!!
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