Hershey Bears
American Hockey League / AHL

Calder Cup Champions 1997

Jack A. Butterfield Trophy Winner as AHL playoff MVP - Mike McHugh

Team Roster
Blair Atcheynum, Blair Atcheynum, Mike McHugh, Eric Veilleux, Rich Brennan, Pascal Trepanier, Steffon Walby, Kurt Miller, Eric Messier, Christian Matte, Doug Friedman, Rob Shearer, Paul Jerrard, Mike Hartman, Steve Lingren, Cory Banika, Wade Belak, Kevin MacDonald, Bob Woods, Dan Smith, Sylvain Rodrigue, Hugues Gervais, Sinuhe Wallinheimo (goalie), Marc Denis (goalie), Jean-François Labbé (goalie).

Head Coach - Bob Hartley
Assistant Coach - Bob McGill

Hershey defeated Hamilton Bulldogs 4 games to 1 in championship series.

NOTE
Hershey set an AHL playoff record by scoring 35 powerplay goals during the 1997 Calder Cup playoffs.

Game 2 of the Mid-Atlantic Division final between Hershey and Philadelphia set an AHL playoff record for the most penalty minutes in one game by both teams with 350 (Hershey, 179; Philadelphia, 171).

Hershey's Jean-François Labbé set an AHL playoff record for goaltenders by playing in 23 games in one playoff.