Joel Rechlicz of the Hershey Bears is the subject of a Nov. 25 tweet about his tossing a puck to a young fan. [JustSports Photography]
Joel Rechlicz of the Hershey Bears is the subject of a Nov. 25 tweet about his tossing a puck to a young fan.
JustSports Photography

Tweets of the week

If you are not following Pennsylvania Puck on Twitter, you are missing story links, historical facts and interesting hockey tidbits pertaining to Keystone State teams, players and off-ice personnel. And you're missing opportunities to interact with us, such as when we live-tweet from Hershey Bears games.

Visit twitter.com/papuck or search @papuck on Twitter to follow along.

Here are some of the top tweets from the past week:

Nov. 22 – “Punish them” no more. The approach to hockey's off-ice workouts has changed dramatically in the last 15 years. http://t.co/YJuRo5F5

Nov. 23 – Look it up: The only player to see action for the Flyers whose last name began with an "I" was former Hershey goalie & coach Gary Inness.

Nov. 23 – On this date in 1994, Aris Brimanis' 2nd goal of the game 2:26 into OT powered Hershey past Cornwall, 7-6, at sold-out Hersheypark Arena.

Nov. 24 – In his latest “Home & Road” blog entry, Hershey's Graham Mink writes how teammates gather as family on Thanksgiving. http://t.co/8j1gKkup

Nov. 25 – Hershey RW Joel Rechlicz is scratched tonight but still taking the warm-up. He just made a young fan's night by flipping a puck up to him.

Nov. 26 – Lake Erie's lineup includes D Tyson Barrie, son of former Hershey F Len Barrie, who scored 219 points in 199 GP from 1990-91 to 1992-93.

Nov. 26 – Flashback: Lake Erie Monsters head coach David Quinn tried out for Hershey Bears as a defenseman in 1992-93 but was cut in training camp.

Nov. 26 – Postgame auction of Hershey Bears' special Washington Capitals jerseys winding down. First of 2 Graham Mink's No. 21s just fetched $1,150.

Nov. 27 – Look it up: Ex-Hershey Bears star Red Sullivan, he of the club-record 89 assists in '53-54, was the Pittsburgh Penguins' first head coach.

Nov. 28 – Had Caps not convinced Dale Hunter to leave OHL, would they have turned to Marc Crawford or Mike Keenan? Guess we'll never know now.

Nov. 28 – Four men have played for AND coached the Phila. Flyers: Bill Barber (903 GP), Paul Holmgren (500), Terry Murray (115) and John Stevens (9).

Nov. 28 – Consider yourself a Flyers' fan? Prove it by taking this @Sporcle quiz on the top-10 team leaders in 20 categories: http://bit.ly/tH7jcb

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