The Hershey Bears boarded their team bus at Giant Center on Tuesday morning and departed for Lowell, Mass. In terms of time away from the Hershey community, this week’s slate of games in New England represents the team’s longest road trip of the season. They checked into their Lowell hotel early Tuesday evening. On Wednesday night the Bears, led by a Keith Aucoin hat trick, beat their hosts 5-2. Next up on the Bears’ road trip was a stop in Portland, Maine, for Friday night hockey against the Pirates.
Arriving in Portland not long after the Bears on Thursday, I wanted a detailed sense as to what their routine was like in between games and on game day during a road trip through New England. It might sound a little peculiar, but on Friday I tried somewhat to mirror my movements in Portland with the Bears, and thereby gain a sense of a day in the life of a minor pro hockey team on the road. I’m indebted to John Walton of the Bears for spending a generous amount of time with me, fi...
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