Sunday evening, the Hershey Bears defeated the Toronto Marlies 3-2 to take the series 4-1 and advance to the Calder Cup Finals. Former Bear, Connor Carrick, who was traded to Toronto near the NHL trade deadline, was emotional after this series.
As seen in the photo above, Carrick and Liam O’Brien, former roommates, embraced in the handshake line.
Roomie love ! @connorcarrick great series brother ! https://t.co/erK10WMjHq
You too OB. Best of luck hammer https://t.co/PKmcrwWYas
— Connor Carrick (@connorcarrick) May 29, 2016
Bears defender Erik Burgdoerfer also took to Twitter to complement Carrick after this exchange in the handshake line
@E_Burgy @TheAHL you too burgy, great series win, enjoy it
— Connor Carrick (@connorcarrick) May 29, 2016
Finally, Carrick talked about how he was grateful to the Bears organization.