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OUTDOOR CLASSIC ALUMNI ROSTERS ANNOUNCED

01/15/2013 -

HERSHEY, Pa.– The rosters for the HERSHEY BEARS – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Alumni Game, to be played on Saturday, January 19 at 3:00 PM at HERSHEYPARK Stadium, were announced today.  The announcement was made by BEARS President/GM Doug Yingst.
 
The HERSHEY BEARS Alumni will be guided by three members of the inaugural class of the HERSHEY BEARS Hockey Club Hall of Fame.  Ralph Keller (1963-1974), Willie Marshall (1956-1963) and Mike Nykoluk (1958-1972) will serve as co-coaches.
 
The complete BEARS Alumni roster is as follows:
 
 

JERSEY	POS	PLAYER	D.O.B.	BIRTHPLACE	SEASONS
1	G	Gary Inness	5/28/49	Toronto, ON	73-74, 75-76, 79-81
2	D	Mike Gaul	4/28/73	Lachine, PQ	97-00
5	D	Dave Fenyves	4/29/60	Dunnville, ON	87-93
7	D	Pascal Trepanier	9/4/73	Gaspe, PQ	96-98, 03-04
9	F	Tim Tookey	8/29/60	Edmonton, AB	80-82, 85-87, 89-94
11	F	Mark Freer	7/14/68	Toronto, ON	88-92, 02-03
11	F	Gary Rissling	8/8/56	Saskatoon, SK	78-81
13	F	Ray Allison	3/4/59	Cranbrook, BC	84-90
14	F	Nick Kypreos	6/4/66	Toronto, ON	86-89
16	F	Mitch Lamoureux	8/22/62	Ottawa, ON	86-89, 93-95, 97-99
17	F	Mark Lofthouse	4/21/57	New Westminster, BC	77-81, 87-89
18	F	Brian Dobbin	8/18/66	Petrolia, ON	85-91
18	F	Lou Franceschetti	3/28/58	Toronto, ON	79-84
22	C	Bruce Richardson	6/8/77	Villa St.Pierre, PQ	97, 99-00, 02-04
22	F	Don Biggs	4/7/65	Mississauga, ON	87-90
24	D	Louis Robitaille	3/16/82	Montreal, PQ	05-08
26	F	Christian Matte	1/20/75	Hull, PQ	96-00
29	D	Jeff Chychrun	5/3/66	LaSalle, PQ	85-88
30	G	Dave Parro	4/30/57	Saskatoon, SK	79-84
31	G	Marc D’Amour	4/21/61	Sudbury, ON	88-92
33	C	Mike McHugh	8/16/65	Bowdoin, ME	94-98
35	G	Frederic Cassivi	6/12/75	Sorel, PQ	99-08

 
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Alumni have representatives from their inaugural season of 1999-2000, to teams from as recently as 2008-09.  The Penguins Alumni roster is as follows:
 
 

JERSEY	POS	PLAYER	D.O.B.	BIRTHPLACE	SEASONS
4	D	Chris Kelleher	3/23/75	Belmont, MA	99-01, 04-06
6	D	Andy Schneider	7/31/81	Grand Forks, ND	05-06
12	LW	Martin Sonnenberg	1/23/78	Wetaskiwin, AB	99-02
13	LW	Casey Harris	3/15/76	Carmel, IN	99-00
14	F	Jim Leger	5/6/76	Saugus, MA	00-01
15	C	Dave Gove	5/4/78	Centerville, MA	07-09
16	LW	Ned Havern	10/1/82	Arlington, MA	07-08
18	RW	Jonathan Filewich	10/2/84	Kelowna, BC	05-09
20	G	Joel Laing	11/3/75	Maryfield, SK	00-01
23	D	Brendan Buckley	2/6/77	Needham, MA	00-04
27	RW	Dennis Bonvie	7/23/73	Antigonish, NS	99-01, 05-08
33	D	Peter Ratchuk	9/10/77	Buffalo, NY	01-02, 06-07
37	LW	Greg Crozier	7/6/76	Calgary, AB	99-01
51	C	Brendan Walsh	10/22/74	Dorchester, MA	01-02
81	RW	Jesse Boulerice	8/10/78	Plattsburgh, NY	09-11

 
 
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s first head coach in team history, Glenn Patrick, will serve as head coach of the Alumni squad.
 
Tickets are still available for this weekend’s events.  Each ticket includes admission to the Alumni Game on January 19 and the Capital BlueCross AHL Outdoor Classic on January 20, both at HERSHEYPARK Stadium; as well as one complimentary HERSHEYPARK pass, valid through July 4, 2013.
 
Tickets may be purchased at the GIANT Center box office, by calling (717) 508-BEAR, or online at TicketMaster.com.  The HERSHEYPARK Stadium box office will also be open for ticket purchase on Saturday and Sunday beginning at 9:00 AM.