 Former Mississippi Sea Wolves head coaches Bruce Boudreau and Bob Woods have been reunited this season behind the bench for the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League with Boudreau installed as head coach, while Woods was brought on board as assistant coach.
It's a similar situation that the pair enjoyed in Mississippi. With Boudreau in his third and final season as Sea Wolves head coach and Woods in his first season as the player/assistant, Mississippi went on to capture the 1999 Kelly Cup.
The following campaign, Boudreau would move on to the AHL, while Woods remained as player/assistant coach for two more seasons before taking over as head coach of the Sea Wolves for a four-year run from 2001-05.
Hershey, Pennsylvania is home to Hershey chocolate and Boudreau and Woods are having sweet success this season. After accumulating a regular season record of 44-21-5-10 for 103 points, which tied the second-highest point total in team history, the Bears then swept their first round Calder Cup playoff series in four straight games against the Norfolk Admirals.
Hershey now faces the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the best-of-seven East Division Finals.
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