HERSHEY, Pa. — The Hershey Bears picked up where they left off last season, dominating the Cleveland Monsters in a 6-3 win.
Before the game started, the 2024 Calder Cup Champions banner was raised to the rafters at Giant Center.
Hershey got on the board first with a goal from Vincent Iorio in the first period.
Cleveland got the next two goals to start the second period and take a 2-1 lead.
The Bears then went on a run, scoring 5 unanswered goals, including a hat trick from Ethen Frank.
The Monsters' Denton Mateychuk made it 6-3.
With under a minute to go in the game, Ethan Bear added his second of the night to make it a 7-3 final.
