Hershey Bears Statistics and History [AHL]

The Hershey Bears are a Minor Professional hockey team based in Hershey, PA playing in the American Hockey League from 1938 to 2024. The team played in the Hershey Arena, among others.

Team Information

Hershey Bears

(Hershey,PA)

International-American Hockey League

[Minor Professional]

1938-1940

Hershey Bears

(Hershey,PA)

American Hockey League

[Minor Professional]

1940-2024

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Record

85 Seasons

(GP-W-L-T-OTL-SOL)

6222-3047-2454-518-111-92

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Franchise History

Expansion franchise for 1938-39.

» Hershey Bears « (1938-2024)

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Parent Teams

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Minor League Affiliates

South Carolina Stingrays (2021-2023) [ECHL]

South Carolina Stingrays (2014-2020) [ECHL]

Reading Royals (2012-2014) [ECHL]

South Carolina Stingrays (2005-2012) [ECHL]

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Logos

Yearly Standings

Season	Team	League	Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	Pct	GF	GA	PIM	Atten.	Coach	Result
1938-39	Hershey Bears	IAHL	Western	54	31	18	5	0	0	67	0.620	140	110			Herb Mitchell	Lost in round 1
1939-40	Hershey Bears	IAHL	Western	56	27	24	5	0	0	59	0.527	154	156			Herb Mitchell	Lost in round 2
1940-41	Hershey Bears	AHL	Western	56	24	23	9	0	0	57	0.509	193	189			Herb Mitchell	Lost in Finals
1941-42	Hershey Bears	AHL	Western	56	33	17	6	0	0	72	0.643	207	169			Ralph "Cooney" Weiland	Lost in Finals
1942-43	Hershey Bears	AHL		56	35	13	8	0	0	78	0.696	240	166			Ralph "Cooney" Weiland	Lost in round 1
1943-44	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	54	30	16	8	0	0	68	0.630	181	133		5835	Ralph "Cooney" Weiland	Lost in round 1
1944-45	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	60	28	24	8	0	0	64	0.533	197	186			Ralph "Cooney" Weiland	Lost in Finals
1945-46	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	62	26	26	10	0	0	62	0.500	213	221			Don Penniston	Lost in round 1
1946-47	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	64	36	16	12	0	0	84	0.656	276	174	757		Don Penniston	Won Championship
1947-48	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	68	25	30	13	0	0	63	0.463	240	273	682		Don Penniston	Lost in round 1
1948-49	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	68	28	35	5	0	0	61	0.449	256	261	553		Don Penniston	Lost in Finals
1949-50	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	70	21	39	10	0	0	52	0.371	229	310	544		Don Penniston	Out of Playoffs
1950-51	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	70	38	28	4	0	0	80	0.571	256	242	822		Jack Crawford	Lost in round 2
1951-52	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	68	35	28	5	0	0	75	0.551	256	215	776		Jack Crawford	Lost in round 1
1952-53	Hershey Bears	AHL		64	31	32	1	0	0	63	0.492	208	217	643		Murray Henderson	Lost in round 1
1953-54	Hershey Bears	AHL		70	37	29	4	0	0	78	0.557	274	243			Murray Henderson	Lost in Finals
1954-55	Hershey Bears	AHL		64	29	28	7	0	0	65	0.508	217	225	829		Murray Henderson	Out of Playoffs
1955-56	Hershey Bears	AHL		64	19	39	6	0	0	44	0.344	218	271	949		Murray Henderson	Out of Playoffs
1956-57	Hershey Bears	AHL		64	32	28	4	0	0	68	0.531	223	237	1075		Frank Mathers	Lost in round 1
1957-58	Hershey Bears	AHL		70	39	24	7	0	0	85	0.607	241	198	959		Frank Mathers	Won Championship
1958-59	Hershey Bears	AHL		70	32	32	6	0	0	70	0.500	200	202	999		Frank Mathers	Won Championship
1959-60	Hershey Bears	AHL		72	28	37	7	0	0	63	0.438	226	238	1284	5126	Frank Mathers	Out of Playoffs
1960-61	Hershey Bears	AHL		72	36	32	4	0	0	76	0.528	218	210	968		Frank Mathers	Lost in Finals
1961-62	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	70	37	28	5	0	0	79	0.564	236	213	960		Frank Mathers	Lost in round 2
1962-63	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	72	36	28	8	0	0	80	0.556	262	231	844	5994	Frank Mathers	Lost in Finals
1963-64	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	72	36	31	5	0	0	77	0.535	236	249	780	6225	Frank Mathers	Lost in round 2
1964-65	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	72	36	32	4	0	0	76	0.528	246	243	799	5904	Frank Mathers	Lost in Finals
1965-66	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	72	37	30	5	0	0	79	0.549	268	232	901	6029	Frank Mathers	Lost in round 1
1966-67	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	72	38	24	10	0	0	86	0.597	273	216	984	6445	Frank Mathers	Lost in round 1
1967-68	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	72	34	30	8	0	0	76	0.528	276	248	735	5962	Frank Mathers	Lost in round 1
1968-69	Hershey Bears	AHL	Eastern	74	41	27	6	0	0	88	0.595	307	234	1010	6035	Frank Mathers	Won Championship
1969-70	Hershey Bears	AHL	Western	72	28	28	16	0	0	72	0.500	247	249	782	5574	Frank Mathers	Lost in round 1
1970-71	Hershey Bears	AHL	Western	72	31	31	10	0	0	72	0.500	238	212		5830	Frank Mathers	Lost in round 1
1971-72	Hershey Bears	AHL	Western	76	33	30	13	0	0	79	0.520	266	253	1011	5951	Frank Mathers	Lost in round 1
1972-73	Hershey Bears	AHL	Western	76	42	23	11	0	0	95	0.625	326	231		5883	Frank Mathers	Lost in round 1
1973-74	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	76	39	23	14	0	0	92	0.605	320	241		5710	Chuck Hamilton	Won Championship
1974-75	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	75	27	38	10	0	0	64	0.427	259	303	1641	5825	Chuck Hamilton	Lost in round 2
1975-76	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	76	39	31	6	0	0	84	0.553	304	275		5778	Chuck Hamilton	Lost in Finals
1976-77	Hershey Bears	AHL		80	36	38	6	0	0	78	0.488	282	293	1131	4663	Chuck Hamilton	Lost in round 1
1977-78	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	81	27	44	10	0	0	64	0.395	281	324		3991	Chuck Hamilton	Out of Playoffs
1978-79	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	79	35	36	8	0	0	78	0.494	311	324		3948	Hamilton, Stanfield {+}	Lost in round 1
1979-80	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	35	39	6	0	0	76	0.475	289	273	1625	3961	Green, Gibson {+}	Won Championship
1980-81	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	47	24	9	0	0	103	0.644	357	299	2313	4761	Bryan Murray	Lost in round 2
1981-82	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	36	38	6	0	0	78	0.488	316	347	2201	4110	Gary Inness	Lost in round 1
1982-83	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	40	35	5	0	0	85	0.531	313	308	1601	4315	Gary Inness	Lost in round 1
1983-84	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	28	42	10	0	0	66	0.413	320	384		3902	Gary Inness	Out of Playoffs
1984-85	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	26	43	11	0	0	63	0.394	315	339		3735	Inness, Mathers, Barber {+}	Out of Playoffs
1985-86	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	48	29	3	0	0	99	0.619	346	292	2869	4787	John Paddock	Lost in Finals
1986-87	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	43	36	0	0	1	87	0.544	329	309	2872	5177	John Paddock	Lost in round 1
1987-88	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	50	25	3	2	0	103	0.656	343	256	2023	5753	John Paddock	Won Championship
1988-89	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	40	30	10	0	0	90	0.563	361	309	1902	5589	John Paddock	Lost in round 2
1989-90	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	32	38	10	0	0	74	0.463	298	296	1877	5794	Kevin McCarthy	Out of Playoffs
1990-91	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	33	35	12	0	0	78	0.488	313	324	1766	5297	Mike Eaves	Lost in round 2
1991-92	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	36	33	11	0	0	83	0.519	313	337	2018	5815	Mike Eaves	Lost in round 1
1992-93	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	27	41	12	0	0	66	0.413	316	339	1936	6214	Mike Eaves	Out of Playoffs
1993-94	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	38	31	11	0	0	87	0.544	306	298	1840	6233	Jay Leach	Lost in round 2
1994-95	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	34	36	10	0	0	78	0.488	275	300	1924	6558	Jay Leach	Lost in round 1
1995-96	Hershey Bears	AHL	Southern	80	36	30	11	3	0	86	0.538	301	287	1815	6203	Leach, Barber {+}	Lost in round 1
1996-97	Hershey Bears	AHL	Mid-Atlantic	80	43	22	10	5	0	101	0.631	273	220	2603	6126	Bob Hartley	Won Championship
1997-98	Hershey Bears	AHL	Mid-Atlantic	80	36	31	7	6	0	85	0.531	238	235	2362	6327	Bob Hartley	Lost in round 2
1998-99	Hershey Bears	AHL	Mid-Atlantic	80	37	32	10	1	0	85	0.531	242	224	1795	6287	Mike Foligno	Lost in round 1
1999-00	Hershey Bears	AHL	Mid-Atlantic	80	43	29	5	3	0	94	0.588	297	267	1768	6352	Mike Foligno	Lost in round 3
2000-01	Hershey Bears	AHL	Mid-Atlantic	80	34	39	4	3	0	75	0.469	216	234	1647	6347	Mike Foligno	Lost in round 3
2001-02	Hershey Bears	AHL	South	80	36	27	11	6	0	89	0.556	200	193	1675	6118	Mike Foligno	Lost in round 2
2002-03	Hershey Bears	AHL	South	80	36	27	14	3	0	89	0.556	217	209	1313	7822	Mike Foligno	Lost in round 1
2003-04	Hershey Bears	AHL	East	80	33	34	8	5	0	78	0.494	203	218	1623	7469	Paul Fixter	Out of Playoffs
2004-05	Hershey Bears	AHL	East	80	39	37	0	2	2	82	0.513	207	226	1479	7595	Paul Fixter	Out of Playoffs
2005-06	Hershey Bears	AHL	East	80	44	21	0	5	10	103	0.644	262	234	2072	7702	Bruce Boudreau	Won Championship
2006-07	Hershey Bears	AHL	East	80	51	17	0	6	6	114	0.713	305	219	1912	8671	Bruce Boudreau	Lost in Finals
2007-08	Hershey Bears	AHL	East	80	42	30	0	2	6	92	0.575	253	247	1724	8770	Boudreau, Woods {+}	Lost in round 1
2008-09	Hershey Bears	AHL	East	80	49	23	0	2	6	106	0.663	296	240	1610	8987	Bob Woods	Won Championship
2009-10	Hershey Bears	AHL	East	80	60	17	0	0	3	123	0.769	342	198	1435	9520	Mark French	Won Championship
2010-11	Hershey Bears	AHL	East	80	46	26	0	3	5	100	0.625	255	214	1581	9800	Mark French	Lost in round 1
2011-12	Hershey Bears	AHL	East	76	38	26	0	4	8	88	0.579	244	225	1611	9872	Mark French	Lost in round 1
2012-13	Hershey Bears	AHL	East	76	36	31	0	3	6	81	0.533	204	196	1062	10046	Mark French	Lost in round 1
2013-14	Hershey Bears	AHL	East	76	39	27	0	5	5	88	0.579	221	213	1330	9664	Mike Haviland	Out of Playoffs
2014-15	Hershey Bears	AHL	East	76	46	22	0	5	3	100	0.658	218	181	1507	9791	Troy Mann	Lost in round 2
2015-16	Hershey Bears	AHL	Atlantic	76	43	21	0	5	7	98	0.645	259	220	1083	9790	Troy Mann	Lost in Finals
2016-17	Hershey Bears	AHL	Atlantic	76	43	22	0	8	3	97	0.638	252	211	1071	9309	Troy Mann	Lost in round 2
2017-18	Hershey Bears	AHL	Atlantic	76	30	37	0	4	5	69	0.454	201	249	1073	9099	Troy Mann	Out of Playoffs
2018-19	Hershey Bears	AHL	Atlantic	76	43	25	0	4	4	94	0.618	211	215	998	8907	Spencer Carbery	Lost in round 2
2019-20	Hershey Bears	AHL	Atlantic	62	37	18	0	3	4	81	0.653	187	157	713	8753	Spencer Carbery	No playoffs
2020-21	Hershey Bears	AHL	North	33	24	7	0	2	0	50	0.758	110	77	575		Spencer Carbery	Did not participate
2021-22	Hershey Bears	AHL	Atlantic	76	34	32	0	6	4	78	0.513	202	209	911	7935	Scott Allen	Lost in Qualifying Round
2022-23	Hershey Bears	AHL	Atlantic	72	44	19	0	5	4	97	0.674	217	184	775	8861	Todd Nelson	Won Championship
2023-24	Hershey Bears	AHL	Atlantic	71	53	13	0	0	5	111	0.782	228	147	717	9414	Todd Nelson