The Hershey Bears returned to Giant Center for their first game back since the holiday break. Coming off an overtime loss Wednesday in Syracuse, the Bears looked to take down the Sound Tigers at home Friday.
Before the game got underway, Bears VP of Hockey Operations Bryan Helmer presented Vitek Vanecek with his CCM/AHL Player of the Week Award.
In his first full AHL season, Vanecek sports an 8-3-3 record with three shutouts on the season.