Although the Bears did not repeat as Calder Cup champions in 1980–81, under new coach Bryan Murray the club had its best regular season to that point with 103 points on a record of 47-24-9 and established a still standing record for goals with 357. Right wing Mark Lofthouse become the fifth Bear to win the AHL's scoring title (48-55–103), and on the night of February 7, 1981 he also set a team single game record eight points (4-4) as the Bears defeated the Rochester Americans at Hersheypark Arena, 11–2, while the team also tied the AHL's then record for goals in a period with nine. Among the Bears' rookies that year was a 20-year-old center Tim Tookey, who over three separate stints with the Bears (1980–82, 1985–87, 1989–94) over the next fourteen years collected 693 points (251-442) in 529 regular season games, second only to Mike Nykoluk's 808 on the Bears' all-time list.