Filepas Named Assistant Equipment Manager

September 12, 2017

The Hershey Bears announced today that Dillon Filepas has been hired as the team's new assistant equipment manager. 

Filepas, 27, is an Elizabethtown, PA native and is no stranger to the Hershey organization. Filepas returns to Central Pennsylvania after serving as the head equipment manager for the 2017 Clark Cup Champion Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League (USHL) last season. With the Steel, Filepas was responsible for all team equipment needs including skate sharpening, jersey embroidery, equipment repair, and overseeing the team's ordering and inventory.

From 2008-12, Filepas worked with the Bears as a stick boy and locker room attendant, assisting during Hershey's Calder Cup Championship seasons in 2009 and 2010. Additionally, he worked at ProSkate, a hockey pro shop at Klick Lewis Arena in Palmyra. 

Filepas replaces Josh Famularo as assistant equipment manager. Famularo recently accepted a position as the head equipment manager with the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL. 

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