This category is for all things related to the Washington Capitals and their AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears.
The Washington Capitals came out of the All-Star break to face two of the top teams in the league in the Boston Bruins and the Detroit Redwings. They also had a match-up against the Ottawa Senators who had beaten them in their two previous meetings. The Caps returned to form as they went 2-0-1 … Read more
After a disappointing loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins the night before, when they blew a two goal lead, Hershey Bears’ head coach, Bob Woods, decided to shake things up a bit by making major changes to the roster. Part of the roster roulette was to insert rookie center, Matthieu Perreault, onto a line with Chris … Read more
It was Groundhog Dog on Friday at the Wachovia Arena, as for the second consecutive Friday, the Hershey Bears, after building a two goal second period lead just like they did last Friday at Giant Center, watched it all crumble to pieces, falling for the second consecutive Friday to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a shootout, … Read more
A night after suffering a disappointing shootout setback against their arch rivals, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the Hershey Bears responded in royal fashion with a 2-1 crowning of the Manchester Monarchs on Saturday night at Giant Center. In the first few minutes of the first period, in what would turn out to be the case in every … Read more
In the first meeting of the season between the Hershey Bears and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, it was a lack of discipline on the Penguins part that made a big difference in the outcome of the game. On Friday night, the half-way point in the ten game series between the division rivals, the roles were reversed … Read more
Even though the Norfolk Admirals succeeded in putting an end to Alexandre Giroux’s AHL record goal-scoring spree, halting the streak at 15 consecutive games, they were unable to stop five other Hershey Bears from navigating to the back of net, as the Chocolate and White sailed to a 6-2 win on Wednesday night at Norfolk … Read more
I want to start off by apologizing for the tardiness of my blog/article. As you know yesterday was Martin Luther King Jr. day, but it was also my birthday, so I took the day off. Ordinarily I would tell you about the three games from last week, but I watched yesterday’s matinee game versus … Read more
In the three years that current Worcester Sharks coach, Roy Sommer, led the Kentucky Thoroughblades in their heated rivalry against the Hershey Bears, he and his team faced Christian Matte, Mitch Lamoureux and Serge Aubin, none of whom had trouble finding the back of the net. However, not one of them accomplished what Alexandre Giroux … Read more
On a night when Alexandre Giroux made history by tying sniper Brett Hull’s AHL record of scoring a goal in 14 consecutive games, it was the Hershey Bears recent history that made the headlines today as the team dropped their 3rd consecutive home game, falling to the Philadelphia Phantoms in a shootout, 4-3. Things started … Read more
The Hershey Bears, coming off their first three game losing streak of the season and feeling the heat of Bridgeport Sound Tigers who had roared within five points, responded to the challenge at the Arena at Harbor Yard, taming the Tigers, 5-3. Oskar Osala, in a sign of things to come, gave the Bears an … Read more