Washington Capitals

This category is for all things related to the Washington Capitals and their AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears.

Bears Mash Marlies 03.07.09

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Returning to the Great White North for the first time since October 29th, when they were white-washed 3-0 by the Hamilton Bulldogs, the Hershey Bears took a huge bite out of the Toronto Marlies on Saturday afternoon, walking away with a 6-1 victory at Ricoh Coliseum. The Bears, after a scoreless first stanza, started quickly … Read more

Caps Recap 3/2/09

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Running Behind – I want to apologize to my loyal readers for not getting my recap out yesterday. Due to some personal obligations and then the snowstorm from yesterday, I wasn’t able to do it. I considered skipping it, as the Caps really didn’t do that well last week, but a lot happened that I’d … Read more

Bears Bruise Bruins 3.1.09

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With some stellar effort from several New England boys, the Hershey Bears finished the weekend on a strong note when they defeated the Providence Bruins, 6-4, at Giant Center on Sunday evening. Providence goaltender, Tuukka Rask, known as one of the premier goaltenders in the AHL, was under siege from the opening faceoff, and stopped … Read more

Bears Barge by Admirals 2.28.09

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After toying with the Norfolk Admirals for the first 20 minutes of the game, falling behind 3-2 in the process, the Hershey Bears decided to get down and dirty and work for what they wanted, scraping out a 6-4 win on Saturday night at Giant Center. The Bears, whose only two regulation wins of the … Read more

Binghamton Bites Bears Again 2.27.09

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After falling behind by two goals by the middle of the first period, the Binghamton Senators were likely thinking they had the Hershey Bears right where they wanted them, given Hershey’s recent history of surrendering leads, and their striking comeback win in Wednesday night’s game. It turns out, they were right, as they eventually prevailed … Read more

Senators Veto Early Bears Lead, Prevail in Shootout 02.25.09

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The visiting Hershey Bears, after running up a pair of three goal first period leads, eventually fell to the Binghamton Senators on Wednesday night in a shootout, 6-5. Hershey, losers in six of their last eight outings, gained a point in the standings, increasing their division lead to four points over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The … Read more

Caps Recap 2/23/09

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On the face of things, the Capitals record of 2-1-0 for the week seems pretty good. However, when you consider that the Caps one loss came at the hand of their weakest opponent for the week, it really makes for some head scratching.

 

Any other time you might see a line-up involving the Canadiens, Avalanche and Penguins as a tough stretch of opponents. Not only were they slumping, but they were playing the Caps in Chinatown, where the Caps have only lost four times this season.

 

Colorado was the only team the Caps faced this week that had lost more games than they’d won (28-31-1), yet Colorado looked like the team bound for the playoffs while the Caps skated around like they were still looking for the answer.

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Bears Finish Phantoms in OT 2.21.09

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Any time the Philadelphia Phantoms appear in Chocolatetown, ‘boos’ are sure to be heard, but not usually in the frightening quantity that occurred Saturday night at Giant Center. The Hershey Bears drew the wrath of a sellout crowd when they appeared lethargic for much of the first and second periods, before managing to escape their … Read more

Late Amerks Ambush Slays Bears 02.20.09

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The Hershey Bears taking to the road to face the Rochester Americans, and desperately trying to hold off the challenge of the streaking Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for first place in the AHL’s Eastern Division, fell to the Amerks on Friday night, 3-2. Hershey head coach Bob Woods’ team, in suffering their 17th defeat of the season, and … Read more