2012–13 Hershey Bears season
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The 2012–13 Hershey Bears season was the franchise's 75th season in the American Hockey League,[1] starting on October 13, 2012, and ending on May 8, 2013, when they were eliminated during the first round of the Calder Cup playoffs.
2012–13 Hershey Bears | |
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Division | 4th East Division |
Conference | 8th Eastern Conference |
2012–13 record | 36–31–3–6 (81 pts) |
Home record | 18–15–3–2 |
Road record | 18–16–0–4 |
Goals for | 204 |
Goals against | 196 |
Team information | |
General manager | Doug Yingst |
Coach | Mark French Adam Oates (co-coach until November 21) |
Assistant coach | Troy Mann Calle Johansson (until Nov. 21) Tim Hunter(until Nov. 21) |
Captain | Boyd Kane |
Alternate captains | Jon DiSalvatore Ryan Potulny |
Arena | Giant Center |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jon DiSalvatore (22) |
Assists | Jeff Taffe (57) |
Points | Jeff Taffe (75) |
Penalty minutes | Steven Oleksy (151) |
Wins | Philipp Grubauer (17) |
Goals against average | Dany Sabourin (2.72) |
← 2011–12 |
Due to the 2012–13 National Hockey League lockout, Washington Capitals coach Adam Oates served as co-coach of the Bears alongside head coach Mark French until November. Several Washington players also played with the Bears for a time, including defenseman Dmitry Orlov and goaltender Braden Holtby, who recorded four season shutouts.
The Bears experienced major offensive problems at the start of the season, resulting in the team's worst 17-game start in eight years. But the team saw more success as the season progressed, including a seven-game road winning streak from November 28 to January 11, and a seven-game point streak from January 26 to February 15. The Bears participated in the 2013 AHL Outdoor Classic, but lost to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
Hershey was eliminated from the playoffs by the Providence Bruins despite winning the first two games in a best-of-five series, marking only the tenth time this had occurred in league history. Afterward, it was announced that French would not be retained for a fifth season as head coach. The 2012–13 season drew a club-record home attendance average of 10,046, only the fifth time a club's average had surpassed 10,000 in recorded league history.