The Hershey Bears, who named Derek King their new head coach on Monday morning, also announced their 2025 preseason schedule.
Hershey will play three total preseason games against their fellow Pennsylvanian AHL rivals, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. They’ll kick things off at home against the Phantoms on October 1.
The Bears will then head out on the road to play the Penguins on October 3 and the Phantoms on October 5.
Hershey heads into the 2025-26 campaign looking to begin a new era after head coach Todd Nelson departed earlier this summer, and many of the team’s veterans have signed overseas. The Bears are expected to be a much younger team, chock-full of Washington Capitals prospects arriving in the pros for the first time.
The Bears released their full schedule for the regular season earlier in the summer. They will open their season at home against the Syracuse Crunch on Saturday, October 11 at GIANT Center.
Here’s the Bears’ full press release:
HERSHEY BEARS ANNOUNCE 2025 PRESEASON SCHEDULE
Club to skate in three preseason games, including home game on Wednesday, Oct. 1
(Hershey, PA – August 4, 2025) – The Hershey Bears have announced the club’s 2025 preseason schedule.
The Bears, led by new head coach Derek King, will play three preseason games, including a home game at GIANT Center on Wednesday, Oct. 1 versus the Lehigh Valley Phantoms at 7 p.m.
Ticket information for Hershey’s home preseason game will be announced at a later date via HersheyBears.com.
The Bears will also play a pair of road preseason games. Once again, Hershey will visit Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for a 10:30 a.m. puck drop at Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza on Friday, Oct. 3. The club will also visit the Lehigh Valley Phantoms at 3:05 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5 at PPL Center.
