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Official Twitter of the 13-time Calder Cup champions. Proud affiliate of the @Capitals. Watch live on FloHockey ➡️

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Happy #NationalMascotDay to everyone's favorite bear 🐻

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20 years ago today we won our first Calder Cup of the GIANT Center era in Milwaukee.

Bears media specialist @TheJesseLiebman looks back at a team that helped restore the championship standard in Chocolatetown: https://t.co/SUkv7tz3Ds

What are your favorite memories of that season?

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HBD, Jon!

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We have re-signed forward Jalen Luypen to an AHL contract for the 2026-27 season.

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We have re-signed forward Dalton Smith for the 2026-27 season. Welcome back, Smitty! 🐶

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Lil' Pro keeps racking up the honors - he's been named to @TheAHL's Top Prospects Team! 🏅

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Our summer tour starts 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙙! Mark your calendars, and make sure you stop by to visit and spin our prize wheel 🤩

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From the vault: Nesser delivered an all-time speech ahead of Game 4 in Coachella Valley to rally the boys, who would take the next three games in a row to secure our 13th Calder Cup.

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We have re-signed defenseman Jon McDonald to an AHL contract for the 2026-27 season. Welcome back, JMac!

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The heart and soul. A true legend.

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Aaron Ness: A solid, steady, and reliable blueliner who made his mark in Chocolatetown and beyond.

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🤎🤎🤎🤎

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Once a captain, always a captain.

Aaron Ness has gifted us 15 years of memories as part of the American Hockey League. All the best on a happy and healthy retirement🤍

🔗: https://t.co/hktaJScGON

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For eight seasons of leadership and dedication. For your constant professionalism. For everything 🤎🧸

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A letter from your captain, as he calls it a career 🫶🏻

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The Bears extend their heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and teammates of Forbes Kennedy, who skated for Hershey during the 1959-60 season.

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The NHL Alumni Association is deeply saddened to learn that Forbes Kennedy has passed away at the age of 90.

From New Brunswick, Forbes grew up in Prince Edward Island and played his junior hockey in Charlottetown, Halifax, and later with the Montreal Jr. Canadiens before making the jump to professional hockey in 1956 with the NHL’s Chicago Black Hawks.

Forbes made his NHL debut on October 11, 1956, on the road against the Detroit Red Wings at the Detroit Olympia. In just his eighth career game, on October 30, 1956, Forbes scored his first NHL goal against the Boston Bruins at Chicago Stadium. Recording 21 points in his rookie season, Forbes finished fourth in voting for the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league’s top rookie, receiving 30 first-place votes in the process.

After one season in Chicago, Forbes joined the Detroit Red Wings ahead of the 1957-58 NHL season and appeared in all 70 regular-season games with Detroit. Forbes played an additional three seasons with the Red Wings, before playing the next four seasons with the Boston Bruins from 1962 to 1966. Forbes later joined the Philadelphia Flyers and the Toronto Maple Leafs, playing the final 13 of his 603 career NHL regular-season games with the Toronto during the 1968-69 season.

Forbes’ professional hockey career continued for one more season after his time in the NHL, suiting up for the AHL’s Buffalo Bisons, where he would capture the 1970 Calder Cup as American League champions.

Forbes returned to Canada’s East Coast after his playing days and began his coaching career, which would later take him to the Southern Hockey League in North Carolina, before returning to Charlottetown, this time as head coach.

A cherished member of his local hockey community, Forbes was inducted into the PEI Sports Hall of Fame in 1968 and was later an inaugural inductee into the Maritime Sport Hall of Fame.

We send our deepest condolences to Forbes’ family, friends, and former teammates during this difficult time.

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All gave some, and some gave all.

On Memorial Day, we honor those who have sacrificed their lives in service to our country.

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HBD to the captain!

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Stromer has lots of memories here, but one in particular stands out. (we'll give you a hint... 🏆)

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Matt Strome loves this town, and this town loves him back 🫶🏻🍫

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On the easy transition from Todd Nelson to Derek King: