Hall Of Fame

The Hershey Bears Hockey Club Hall of Fame was established in 2012 and showcases the team’s history by recognizing outstanding players, coaches, executives, officials, and individuals who helped shape the Bears and the antecedent Hershey B’ars. The Hershey Bears Hockey Club Hall of Fame is located on the main concourse of GIANT Center^℠.

CLASS OF 2025

Forward – 604 games played, 196 goals, 390 assists, 586 points

Only three-time Calder Cup champion player in team history (2006, ’09, ’10), winning Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP in 2010
Named to AHL First All-Star Team in 2011-12 and 2015-16 after leading league in scoring; received Les Cunningham Award as league MVP in 2015-16
Ranks fifth in team history in regular-season scoring, and ranks first in playoff scoring (86 points)

One of the most prolific scorers of his era in the American Hockey League and the only player to win three Calder Cups during his tenure as a Hershey Bear, Chris Bourque played nine seasons with Hershey, and the Boston native ranks fifth all-time in team history in scoring, collecting 586 points (196g, 390a) over 604 regular-season games. Bourque helped Hershey to Calder Cup titles in 2006, 2009, and 2010.

Bourque won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the AHL's Playoff MVP in 2010, collecting 27 points (7g, 20a) in 21 postseason games as Hershey ended a historic 60-win season with the organization's 11th Calder Cup title. He captured the John B. Sollenberger Memorial Award for the AHL's scoring title with Hershey in 2011-12 and 2015-16, making him the only player in franchise history to claim this distinction twice. He won the Les Cunningham Award as the AHL's most valuable player for the 2015-16 campaign when he posted 80 points (30g, 50a), and helped Hershey reach the 2016 Calder Cup Finals, marking the fifth time he appeared in the league's championship series as a Bear.

He is the franchise's all-time leader in playoff scoring (86 points) and playoff games played (106), and his 82 career playoff assists are the most by any player in league history. Bourque was a five-time AHL All-Star with the Bears, and while with Hershey he was named to the AHL First All-Star Team in 2011-12 and 2015-16. In his final season with the Bears in 2017-18, Bourque represented Team USA at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, collecting two assists in five games.

Bourque's No. 17 was immortalized in Bears lore when it was raised to the GIANT Center rafters in a pregame ceremony on Feb. 14, 2023. Bourque is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, as this is his first year of eligibility following a mandatory three-season waiting period after his retirement.

Forward – 229 games played, 166 goals, 131 assists, 297 points

Led AHL with club-record 60 goals in 2008-09 before helping Hershey capture back-to-back Calder Cups
Named to AHL First All-Star Team in 2008-09 and 2009-10; Les Cunningham Award recipient as league MVP in 2008-09
Ranks 12th in club history in goals, as well as first in playoff goals (36) and goals in a playoff year (15, 2009)

Over his four seasons in Chocolatetown from 2006-10, no Hershey Bear was responsible for more goals or points scored in the Chocolate and White than Alexandre Giroux's 166 goals and 297 points. Giroux arrived in Hershey in the 2006-07 season, serving as co-captain and earning team MVP honors while helping the Bears reach the Calder Cup Finals that spring. After signing with the Atlanta Thrashers that summer, Giroux returned to Hershey midway through the following season after the Washington Capitals re-acquired the winger.

Giroux cemented his legacy in his final two seasons with the club, shattering Tony Cassolato's mark for goals in a single season (53) by potting 60 to win the Willie Marshall Award as the AHL's top goal scorer in the 2008-09 season, while also leading the league with 97 points to take home the John B. Sollenberger Memorial Award, and claiming Les Cunningham Award honors as the AHL's most valuable player. He set an AHL record with a 15-game scoring streak during the 2008-09 campaign, surpassing Brett Hull's previous mark of 14 straight games. In the postseason, Giroux's 15 goals (a franchise record for goals in a single playoff year) and 28 points led all skaters as Hershey won the 2009 Calder Cup.

The following season, Giroux repeated as the Willie Marshall Award winner with 50 goals, and Hershey repeated as Calder Cup champions, with Giroux once again leading the Calder Cup Playoffs with 14 goals and tying for first in postseason scoring with 27 points. Upon departing the organization, Giroux left as the franchise's all-time leader in playoff goals (36), playoff game-winning goals (10), and playoff overtime goals (5).

Giroux is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, as this is his first year of eligibility following a mandatory three-season waiting period after his retirement.