Hershey Bears 2024-25 schedule released

HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) – The Hershey Bears’ push for a third consecutive Calder Cup will start in the friendly confines of the GIANT Center.

The season will begin on October 12 against the Cleveland Monsters when the Bears raise their 2024 Calder Cup banner into the rafters. All fans attending will receive a mini replica of the championship banner.

In addition, for the first time since 2006, the Bears will host the Chicago Wolves on October 19 and 20. Hershey will also travel to Illinois in March to face the Wolves.

Hershey will have 14 Saturday evening games and 12 games on Sundays. There will be additional home games on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The Bears will host their traditional Thanksgiving Eve game on Wednesday, November 25 against Laval.

The schedule also includes eight straight home games during the holiday season and 14 games in March that include a 10-game road trip.

Hershey will once again play all teams in the Eastern Conference during the 2024-25 campaign with games versus Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (12), Lehigh Valley (10), Charlotte (8), Bridgeport (6), Belleville (4), Cleveland (4), Hartford (4), Providence (4), Springfield (4), Syracuse (4), Laval (2), Rochester (2), Toronto (2), and Utica (2).

Single-game ticket information will be released later this summer.

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