2012-13 Hershey Bears Roster

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 36-31-3 (SO: 0-6) - 81 points
in the AHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Mark French (36-31, 9 OTL)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 381,764, Avg. 10,046 in 38 home dates
2012-13 Hershey Bears Statistics

The Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League ended the 2012-13 season with a record of 36 wins and 31 losses (and 3 overtime losses), with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 81 points in the AHL's East Division.

The Bears scored 204 goals and yielded 196. Ryan Potulny netted 19 goals for Hershey, while Jeff Taffe contributed 53 assists. Philipp Grubauer topped the squad with 15 wins, and Braden Holtby recorded a 2.14 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.

Mark French coached the team. The 2012-13 Hershey Bears lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight S/C Hometown
Barry AlmeidaFNovember 20, 19885'7"176LSpringfield, MA
Evan BarlowLWNovember 8, 19855'9"170LStrathmore, AB
Mathieu BeaudoinRWApril 6, 19845'11"178RRock Forest, QC
Alex BerryRWMarch 6, 19866'2"218RDanvers, MA
Julien BrouilletteDDecember 5, 19865'11"185LSt. Esprit, QC
Dane ByersLFebruary 21, 19866'3"190LNipawin, SK Canada
Mike CarmanCApril 14, 19886'0"196LApple Valley, MN
Matt ClacksonLWApril 26, 19856'0"202RPittsburgh, PA
Joey CrabbRApril 3, 19836'1"190RAnchorage, AK USA
Nicolas DeschampsLWJanuary 6, 19906'2"186LLasalle, QC
Jon DiSalvatoreLMarch 30, 19816'1"200RBangor, ME USA
Brett FlemmingDFebruary 26, 19915'11"184RRegina, SK
Stanislav GalievRWJanuary 17, 19926'1"188RMoscow, Russia
Chay GenowayDDecember 20, 19865'9"177LMorden, MB
Philipp GrubauerGNovember 25, 19916'0"180LRosenheim, Germany
Zach HamillCSeptember 23, 19885'11"180RPort Coquitlam, BC Canada
Braden HoltbyGSeptember 16, 19896'1"207LLloydminster, SK
Jonathon KalinskiCMay 25, 19876'1"180LBonnyville, AB Canada
Boyd KaneLApril 18, 19786'2"220LSwift Current, SK Canada
Tomas KundratekDDecember 26, 19896'2"200RJrinec, Czech Rep.
Michael LattaCMay 25, 19916'0"213RSt. Clements, ON
Peter LeBlancCFebruary 3, 19885'11"200LHamilton, ON
Kevin MarshallDMarch 10, 19896'1"201LBoucherville, QC
Patrick McNeillDMarch 17, 19876'0"198LStrathroy, ON
Garrett MitchellRWSeptember 2, 19915'10"188RRegina, SK
Steve OleksyDFebruary 4, 19866'0"186RChesterfield, MI
Dmitry OrlovDJuly 23, 19916'0"210LNovokuznetsk, Russia
Danick PaquetteRWJuly 17, 19906'0"207RMontreal, QC
Matt PopeRWAugust 5, 19846'1"193RLangley, BC
Tom PotiDMarch 22, 19776'3"202LWorcester, MA USA
Ryan PotulnyCSeptember 5, 19846'0"190LGrand Forks, ND USA
Joel RechliczRJune 14, 19876'4"220RBrookfield, WI USA
Dany SabourinGSeptember 2, 19806'4"200LVal d'Or, QC Canada
Cameron SchillingDOctober 7, 19886'2"182LCarmel, IN
Nate SchmidtDJuly 16, 19916'0"195RSt. Cloud, MN
Mattias SjogrenCNovember 27, 19876'3"219LLandskrona, Sweden
Garrett StaffordDJanuary 28, 19806'0"200RLos Angeles, CA USA
Ryan StoaCApril 13, 19876'3"200LBloomington, MN USA
T.J. SynerFOctober 13, 19885'9"173LSpringfield, MA
Jeff TaffeCFebruary 19, 19816'3"207LHastings, MN USA
Patrick WellarDDecember 4, 19836'3"231LCarrot River, SK
Casey WellmanCOctober 18, 19876'0"160RBrentwood, CA USA
Tom WilsonRWMarch 29, 19946'4"209RToronto, ON Canada


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