Die jeweils acht besten Mannschaften der Eastern Conference und der Western Conference werden anschließend in einer Play-off-Runde um den Calder Cup spielen. Stockton Heat |

Quad City Flames | The Bears organization currently serves as the primary development club for the NHL's Washington Capitals since the 2005–06 season. Bereits in den 1930er-Jahren wurde in Hershey Amateur-Eishockey zwischen College-Teams gespielt. On June 15, 2006, The Bears won the Calder Cup by a series mark of 4–2, defeating the Milwaukee Admirals. Charlotte Checkers | Philadelphia Ramblers |

[2], Although it was more than a decade before the Calder Cup returned to Hershey, during the first half of the 1960s five key players joined the club who would each stay from anywhere from seven to nine seasons: defensemen Barry Ashbee (1962–70) and Ralph Keller (1963-72), and forwards Roger DeJordy (1962–70), Michel Harvey (1963-71) and Gil Gilbert (1965–72). Although Hershey finished the 1958-59 season with just a .500 record (32-32-6), they defeated the Cleveland Barons in the first round before upsetting the regular-season champion Buffalo Bisons in the finals, four-games-to-two, to win their third Calder Cup title. Erie Blades | San Diego Gulls | Former Flyer right wing and AHL Hall of Fame coach John "Too Tall" Paddock (1985–89) took over for the next four seasons and under his guidance the Bears averaged 45 wins a year, won two overall regular season titles, reached the play-off finals twice, and brought Hershey a seventh Calder Cup championship in 1987-88. The Bears have won 11 Calder Cups, more than any other AHL team. Springfield Thunderbirds | The Bears defeated the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the division semifinals three games to two before losing to the Providence Bruins in the division finals four games to three. [2] While these five and league MVP Mike Nykoluk all helped the Bears win their division's regular-season title in 1966–67, for the first time since 1957-58, on a 38-24-10 record behind the goaltending of First Team All Star Andre Gill and a league-leading 52 goals by DeJordy, it would be another two years before the Calder Cup returned to Hershey in 1968-69 defeating the Quebec Aces in five games. Syracuse Firebirds | Nashville Dixie Flyers | St. Louis Flyers | The Bears scored seven times en route to a 7–4 win versus the Albany River Rats. Seit 1936 besitzt diese Mannschaft offiziell den Beinamen Bears. [2] When Nykoluk retired fourteen years later in 1972, he was the AHL's then fourth (now sixth) all-time leader in points with 881 on 195 goals and 686 assists and his 972 games as a Bear are 219 more than Kullman's second overall 753 in a Hershey uniform. Chris Bourque was awarded the AHL regular season MVP Les Cunningham Award, earned the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the league's top scorer, and was named to the First All-Star Team. Hersheypark Stadium hosted the fourth annual AHL Outdoor Classic in 2013, with the Bears facing their intrastate rival Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Kullman's 753 games as a Bear is also second only to Nykoluk's 972. Syracuse Hornets |, Bakersfield Condors | Syracuse Warriors | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | Worcester Warriors, Eastern Hockey League (1978–1981): Connecticut Whale |

Der große Zuschauerandrang veranlasste Milton S. Hershey und John B. Sollenberger, ein eigenes Team zu gründen, welches zunächst in der Amateur Hockey League gegen Mannschaften aus der Gegend spielte. Milwaukee Clarks | Philadelphia Firebirds | The team came off with a strong start by winning their first two series, against the Norfolk Admirals and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, in four games each. Riverdale Skeeters | He was replaced by Mark French, a former coach in the ECHL. Sie spielen in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA im Giant Center (10.500 Plätze).

Moncton Alpines | Florida Rockets | St. Catharines Saints | Portland Pirates | Washington Lions | Bereits in den 1930er-Jahren wurde in Hershey Amateur-Eishockey zwischen College-Teams gespielt. Johnstown Jets | Clinton Comets | A virtual museum of sports logos, uniforms and historical items. The Bears failed to qualify for the playoffs in the 2017–18 season. The previous logo used a silhouette of a skating bear with a hockey stick in brown centered in a white, ovular shield outlined in brown.

Rhode Island Eagles | Finishing with a 49–23–2 record, they went on to sweep the Philadelphia Phantoms in the first round, overcome a 3–2 deficit to beat Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the second, and then defeated Providence, 4–1, in the conference finals. Hersheypark Stadium once again hosted the AHL Outdoor Classic, on January 20, 2018, the AHL's 10th outdoor game, with the Bears facing their intrastate rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms. As of the 2009–2010 Calder Cup Finals, the Bears have played in 22 Finals series, a league record. Die Hershey Bears sind damit das älteste, dauerhaft bestehende Team der AHL und auch das erfolgreichste mit aktuell elf Calder-Cup-Siegen. Both Hextall and defenseman Kevin McCarthy were First Team All Stars while linemates Fitzpatrick and Tim Tookey were both named to the second All Star Team. Philadelphia Phantoms | Long Island Ducks | Houston Aeros | While the new Bears began play in the IAHL in 1938, the hockey club also continued to operate an EAHL team, the Hershey Cubs, for one more season before leaving that league altogether. Inness had retired as a player a year earlier but wanted to remain in Hershey and keep involved with the Bears. The next season, the Bears bounced back.

Together they would eventually account for 2,654 games played, 710 goals, 1,251 assists, and 1,961 points as Bears. Rhode Island Reds | Tookey's 124 points (51 goals, 73 assists) also established a still standing single-season record for a Hershey player, made him the seventh Bear to win the AHL's scoring title, and just the third to win the Les Cunningham Plaque as the league's MVP.