Bears add three-time All-Star Hunt to blue line | TheAHL.com

The Hershey Bears signed a linebacker Brad Hunt in the American Hockey League contract.

Hunt completed his 12th professional season in 2023-24, recording 16 goals and 33 assists for a team-leading 49 points in 70 games while serving as captain of the AHL’s Colorado Eagles. Among the league’s defensemen, Hunt tied for first in goals and ranked second in points, and was voted a First Team AHL All-Star.

Hunt was also selected as the Colorado team’s winner of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year award for his community efforts last season.

A native of Ridge Meadows, BC, Hunt has compiled 80 goals and 199 assists for 279 points in 381 AHL games with Colorado, Chicago, Bakersfield and Oklahoma City. He played in three AHL All-Star Classics and earned postseason all-star honors three times in his career, including a Second Team selection in 2014-15 and First Team nods in 2013-14 and last year.

Hunt also skated in 288 games in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton, St. Louis, Nashville, Vegas, Minnesota, Vancouver and Colorado, combining for 26 goals and 60 assists for 88 points.