The Hershey Bears are bringing another member of their 2024 Calder Cup championship back next season.
Local product Garrett Roe signed a one-year extension with the team. Roe, 36, is a native of Vienna, Virginia.
Roe had 21 points (7g, 14a) in 48 games during the regular season, but exploded in the playoffs while centering a line with Ivan Miroshnichenko and Mike Vecchione. roe had 10 points (6g, 4a) in 12 games, including the overtime game-winning goal in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals to send the Bears back to the Calder Cup Finals. Roe dedicated the tally to his late mother.
After beginning his professional career with the Adirondack Phantoms, Roe moved on to Europe where he played 10 years in Europe for teams in the ICE Hockey League, Deutsche Eishockey Liga, Swedish Hockey League, and the Swiss National League.
Roe also made the United States’ Olympic team in 2018 that played in PyeongChang. He scored 2 points (1g, 1a) in 5 games.
Here’s the press release from the Hershey Bears:
BEARS RE-SIGN FORWARD GARRETT ROE TO AHL CONTRACT
The hero of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals returns to Hershey for 2024-25
(Hershey, PA – July 3, 2024) – The Hershey Bears announced today that the club has re-signed forward Garrett Roe to a one-year, American Hockey League contract for the 2024-25 season.
Roe, 36, returns to Hershey for a second season after collecting 21 points (7g, 14a) in 48 games in 2023-24. He recorded his first three goals with Hershey in a four-point performance (3g, 1a), including his first professional hat trick, on Dec. 16, 2023 versus Laval.
The native of Vienna, Virginia had a standout playoffs for Hershey, scoring 10 points (6g, 4a) in 12 games. He struck for the game-winning goal in overtime of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals versus Cleveland, sending Hershey to the Calder Cup Finals, where the Bears went on to win the franchise’s 13th Calder Cup.
Prior to joining Hershey, Roe spent a decade playing in Europe for teams in Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, and Austria, collecting 375 points (115g, 260a) in 411 games. Roe led the National League’s EV Zug to the Swiss Cup in 2018-2019, leading the playoffs in assists (11) and points (17). The following season with the ZSC Lions, he led the National League in assists (35) and was named to the league’s Media All-Star Team.
Roe represented the United States at the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang, where he picked up two points (1g, 1a) in five matches as the Americans advanced to the quarterfinals.
