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Hershey Bears
AHL Affiliate
11-Time Calder Cup champions,
including 2006, ’09, ’10
550 W. Hersheypark Dr.
Hershey, PA 17033
Phone: 717.534.3380
www.hersheybears.com
Home arena: GIANT Center (10,500)
Affiliation: 8th year, became Washington’s primary affiliate on April
26, 2005
Media Relations: Scott Stuccio, SStuccio@hersheypa.com
Statistics: Click here
Roster: Click here
Mark French
Head Coach
Mark French enters his fourth season as the head coach of the Hershey Bears. He previously spent
two seasons as an assistant coach with the Bears and helped lead Hershey to the 2009 Calder Cup
championship.
French previously was the head coach and director of hockey operations for the Wichita Thunder (Central Hockey League)
from 2005-07. He was responsible for player recruitment and contract negotiations while with the Thunder and managed the
team’s operating budget.
French also served as the assistant coach of the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies of the ECHL during the 2004-05 season when
the Bullies posted a 42-21-9 record. Prior to joining the professional ranks, French was the head coach at Wilfrid Laurier
University in Canada from 2002-04. French served as assistant coach and assistant general manager of the Canadian Hockey
League’s North Bay Centennials from 1999-2002.
A native of Milton, Ontario, French played college hockey at Brock University in St. Catherines, Ontario, serving as assistant
captain for three years. He received the prestigious “212 Degrees” award all four seasons, presented to the athlete who
demonstrates leadership, commitment and excellence on the ice.
Troy Mann
Assistant Coach
Troy Mann begins his fourth season as an assistant coach with the Hershey Bears, after helping head
coach Mark French lead the Bears to the Calder Cup championship in 2009.
Mann joined the Washington organization after spending the past four seasons with the ECHL’s
Columbia Inferno. Mann led the Inferno to the South Division final in 2007-08, his second of three years as head coach and
director of hockey operations. In 2008-09 Mann served as associate head coach of the ECHL’s Charlotte Checkers.
Mann’s coaching career began as a player/assistant coach in the United Hockey League before he became an assistant coach
and interim head coach of the Central Hockey League’s Topeka Tarantulas in 2004-05.
Mann’s 11-year professional playing career included a stint with the Mississippi SeaWolves in the ECHL, where he was the
first player to sign with the franchise in 1996 and won the Kelly Cup while playing for former Washington head coach Bruce
Boudreau in 1999. In all he played for four teams in the ECHL as well as teams in the Central Hockey League, United Hockey
League and in Sweden.
Mann is a 1993 graduate of the University of Toronto, where he played for the Varsity Blues for four years.