2016-17 Hershey Bears Roster

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 43-22-8 (SO: 0-3) - 97 points
Finishing 3rd in the AHL's Atlantic Division
Lost Division Final
Coach: Troy Mann (43-22-8, 3 OTL)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 353,759, Avg. 9,309 in 38 home dates
2016-17 Hershey Bears Statistics

The Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League ended the 2016-17 season with a record of 43 wins and 22 losses (and 8 overtime losses), with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 97 points finishing third in the AHL's Atlantic Division.

The Bears scored 252 goals and allowed 211. Paul Carey and Christian Thomas netted 24 goals for Hershey each, and Travis Boyd contributed 47 assists. Vitek Vanecek topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 2.54 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.

Troy Mann coached the team. The 2016-17 Hershey Bears lost in the Division Final of the playoffs.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight S/C Hometown
Justin AgostaDOctober 9, 19906'3"201REast Meadow, NY USA
Mattias BackmanDOctober 3, 19926'2"170LLinkoping, Sweden
Riley BarberRWFebruary 7, 19946'0"198RLivonia, MI USA
Chris BourqueLJanuary 29, 19865'8"181LBoston, MA USA
Ryan BourqueLWJanuary 3, 19915'9"178LTopsfield, MA
Madison BoweyDApril 22, 19956'2"203RWinnipeg, MB
Travis BoydCSeptember 14, 19935'11"190LHopkins, MN USA
Joe CannataGJanuary 2, 19906'1"200LWakefield, MA
Paul CareyLWSeptember 24, 19886'1"190LWeymouth, MA
Pheonix CopleyGJanuary 18, 19926'3"174LNorth Pole, AK USA
Cody CorbettDDecember 14, 19936'1"194LLakeland, MN USA
Darren DietzDJuly 17, 19936'1"205RMedicine Hat, AB
Christian DjoosDAugust 6, 19946'0"161LGothenburg, Sweden
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Stanislav GalievRWJanuary 17, 19926'1"188RMoscow, Russia
Dustin GazleyRWOctober 3, 19885'9"154RNovi, MI
Tom GilbertDJanuary 10, 19836'3"210RBloomington, MN USA
Hampus GustafssonCOctober 26, 19936'4"205LLjungby, SWE
Hubert LabrieDJuly 12, 19915'11"190LVictoriaville, QC
Joey LeachDJanuary 29, 19926'4"200LWadena, SK
Tyler LewingtonDDecember 5, 19946'1"195RSherwood Park, AB
Brad MaloneFMay 20, 19896'1"210LMiramichi, NB
Parker MilnerGSeptember 6, 19906'1"187LPittsburgh, PA
Garrett MitchellRWSeptember 2, 19915'10"188RRegina, SK
Domenic MonardoFOctober 6, 19885'11"182ROakville, ON
Aaron NessDMay 18, 19905'10"185LRoseau, MN
Liam O'BrienCJuly 29, 19946'1"201LHalifax, NS Canada
Garrett PilonCApril 13, 19985'11"188RSaskatoon, SK
Zach SanfordFNovember 9, 19946'4"188LAuburn, NH
Colton SaucermanDMay 5, 19925'9"194RColorado Springs, CO USA
Jonas SiegenthalerDMay 6, 19976'3"220LZurich, Switzerland
Zach SillCMay 24, 19886'0"202LBrookfield, NS
Chandler StephensonLWApril 22, 19945'11"200LSaskatoon, SK
Christian ThomasRWMay 26, 19925'9"170RToronto, ON
Vitek VanecekGJanuary 9, 19966'1"181LHavlickuv Brod, Czech Rep
Jakub VranaLW/RWFebruary 28, 19965'11"185LPraha, CZE
Nathan WalkerLWApril 7, 19945'10"185LCardiff, Wales
Steve WeinsteinDAugust 13, 19905'10"175LLos Angeles, CA
Colby WilliamsDJanuary 26, 19955'11"190RRegina, SK Canada
Kelly ZajacCJune 6, 19885'11"175LWinnipeg, MB
Nolan ZajacDAugust 1, 19925'10"181LWinnipeg, MB CAN


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