Bears Announce Schedule Changes Ahead of Season Opener

Fond du Lac, WI - The Fond du Lac Bears, members of the Great Lakes Hockey League, have announced some schedule changes ahead of the 2018-19 season opener this weekend.

Announced last week, the Monroe Blues have ceased operations, leaving the GLHL with only nine teams for the season. The road game scheduled in Monroe this season has been cancelled. The Bears are looking to fill the vacant home dates with a new opponent. Stay tuned to FondDuLacBears.com for more information.

The loss of Monroe also affected the season-opening Keevin Cup this weekend in Fond du Lac. West Bend was originally slated to take on Monroe prior to the Bears and Fox Cities matchup, with the winners playing Saturday in the Keevin Cup championship. 

The Keevin Cup will now solely be a one-game matchup with West Bend, the defending Keevin Cup champions, on Saturday, October 27. The Friday, October 26 game against Fox Cities will go on as scheduled, but will not be a Keevin Cup matchup. Instead, that game will just be played as an exhibition/non-league game.

On Saturday, November 3rd, the Bears were scheduled to play the first-year Sanilic Blades of the newly formed Interstate Hockey Leauge based out of the Detroit, MI area. Due to some issues with the league, the Bears will not be playing Sanillic, however, a team made up of players from around the Interstate Hockey Leauge will be making the trek over to Fond du Lac for a matchup.

The 2018-19 Fond du Lac Bears home schedule now looks like this: