Hudson Valley Bears

The Hudson Valley Bears were an ice hockey team in the Eastern Professional Hockey League. They split their home games between the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York and the Ice Time Sports Complex in Newburgh, New York.
==History==
===2008-2009===
The Hudson Valley Bears were founded in 2008 as an Eastern Professional Hockey League expansion team. The Bears were the savior of the league. The Bears were founded to be the 4th team in the league and save the EPHL season after Copper City Chiefs and New Hampshire Freeze folded. The Bears had little success during their first season, as they finished their inaugural regular season at 3-45-1-1, finished dead last and missing the playoffs by 54 pts. They also finished last in attendance with average attendance 235.http://www.leaguestat.com/ephl/ephl/en/stats/schedule.php?view=attendance
In October 2008, weeks before the first games were scheduled, two franchises pulled out, leaving three teams. Rather than postpone the season, a replacement was cobbled together: the Hudson Valley Bears, who played their home games in Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York and the Ice Time Sports Complex in Newburgh, New York.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/sports/hockey/27minors.html?_r=2&ref=hockey
The Bears’ roster was drawn from a pool of nearly 100 “local guys with part-time jobs,” as Jim Riggs, the league commissioner, put it. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/sports/hockey/27minors.html?_r=2&ref=hockey
==Roster==
Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders
# 	 	Player 	Pos. 	Catches 	Height 	Weight 	Place of Birth
30 	 	Len DiCostanzo 	G 	R 	5' 10" 	185 lbs. 	Port Jefferson Station, New York, USA
33 	 	Vincent Januska	G 	R 	 	 	Chester, New York, USA
85 	 	Tim Schneider 	G 	L 	5' 7" 	165 lbs 	Düsseldorf, NRW, GER
Defensemen	Defensemen	Defensemen 	Defensemen	Defensemen	Defensemen	Defensemen	Defensemen
# 	 	Player 	Pos. 	Shoots 	Height 	Weight 	Place of Birth
3 	 	Dan Malloy 	D 	L 	6' 2" 	215 lbs. 	Stamford, Connecticut, USA
4 	 	Chris Sullivan	D 	R 	6' 3" 	195 lbs. 	South Windsor, Connecticut, USA
5 	 	Chris Clark 	D 	R 	6' 3" 	215 lbs. 	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
15 	 	Tony Troccia 	D 	R 	 	 	Brick, New Jersey, USA
32 	 	TJ Cline 	D 	L 	6' 1" 	220 lbs. 	Buffalo, New York, USA
77 	 	Gabe Yeung 	D 	R 	6' 5" 	230 lbs. 	Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Forwards	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards
# 	 	Player 	Pos. 	Shoots 	Height 	Weight 	Place of Birth
10 	 	Jerry Cardinale	F 	L 	5' 9" 	165 lbs.	Brooklyn, New York, USA
12 	 	Scott Horvath 	F 	R 	6' 2" 	225 lbs.	West Redding, Connecticut, USA
14 	 	John Geverd 	F 	R 	5' 11" 	217 lbs.	Hooksett, New Hampshire, USA
15 	 	Kevin Kaminski 	F 	R 	 	 	
16 	 	Joey Grasso 	C 	R 	6' 0" 	185 lbs.	Long Island, New York, USA
17 	 	Jeff Pozzuto 	F 	R 	6'1" 	180 lbs.	Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
18 	 	Tom Westfall 	F 	R 	6' 5" 	220 lbs.	Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA
19 	 	Scotty Estey 	F 	L 	5' 11" 	190 lbs.	Highland Falls, New York, USA
20 	 	Joe Morrison 	F 	R 	 	 	
21 	 	Devin Guy 	F 	 	6' 0" 	200 lbs.	Highland Falls, New York, USA
44 	 	Phil Esposito 	LW 	L 	6' 2" 	235 lbs.	East Haven, Connecticut, USA
52 	 	Bill Blaszcyk 	F 	R 	6' 1" 	208 lbs.	Manorville, New York, USA
83 	 	Chris Seifert 	F 	L 	6' 0" 	180 lbs.	Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
==External links==
* Hudson Valley Bears
==References==
Category:Eastern Professional Hockey League teams
Category:Ice hockey teams in New York