Hershey Bears Tickets

Hershey Bears

Founded in 1938 and still playing in its original city, this is the oldest continuously operating franchise in the American Hockey League (AHL), and the chocolate and white sweaters carry more history than any other club in the circuit. The 2026-27 campaign is another chapter for the AHL's longest-running club, and the roster arrives hungry after a playoff berth in 2025-26 under first-year coach Derek King. Hershey Bears tickets cover every date of it. Event Tickets Center carries seats for every night in Hershey this season.

The AHL Affiliate of the Washington Capitals

Few partnerships in pro hockey run as deep as the one between the Bears and Washington, which has moved prospects toward the NHL for two decades. John Carlson won a Calder Cup in Hershey in 2010 before lifting the Stanley Cup with the Capitals in 2018, and the pipeline has sent a steady stream of Bears alumni to Washington's lineup. Anyone who follows Washington Capitals games will recognize plenty of names on this roster long before they arrive.

Hershey Bears at Giant Center

Home ice since 2002 is a 10,500-seat arena on West Hersheypark Drive that replaced the old Hersheypark Arena, and the Giant Center seating chart shows the club seating options for fans who want the view from center ice. Sightlines stay tight to the glass on both levels, the concourses smell faintly of chocolate, and weekend crowds fill the place in a way most minor league buildings never manage.

Hershey Bears Schedule

Seventy-two games make up the AHL regular season, and the Hershey Bears hockey schedule opens at home in October 2026 with an early run of games in central Pennsylvania. The I-81 rivalry with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins carries extra weight this year after the Penguins ended Hershey's spring in the 2026 Atlantic Division Semifinals. Don't miss the rematch with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Nov. 1, 2026, at home.

Hershey Bears Calder Cup Playoffs

No franchise owns the postseason quite like this one, with 13 championships in 25 Calder Cup Finals appearances, both league records, and another playoff berth earned in 2026. That run ended in the Atlantic Division Semifinals against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Back-to-back titles in 2023 and 2024 are recent enough that a 14th Cup reads as a fair goal rather than wishful thinking.

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Minor league hockey rarely comes with this much history attached, from a 1938 charter to banners covering nine decades and a fan base that treats a Tuesday night in October like a playoff game. Add young players skating for their NHL shot and an Atlantic Division where a single point can decide seeding in April, and central Pennsylvania has every reason to keep filling the building. Put a Bears game on your calendar through Event Tickets Center.