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Caps Today 10/14/08

October 14, 2008 by Bobby Johnson

Today’s Storyline Goals, Goals, Goals – It is still early in the NHL season and the sample size of three games is relatively small, but the Capitals are scoring goals, lots of goals. The Caps have scored at least four goals in every game and have 13 tallies on the year, which ranks second in … Read more

Caps Give Johnny 100th Career Win

October 14, 2008October 14, 2008 by Bobby Johnson

The Washington Capitals welcomed the Vancouver Canucks to Verizon Center tonight by dubbing tonight “Canadian Heritage Night.” That was about the extent of the warmth of their welcome.

Caps Today 10/13/08

October 13, 2008 by Bobby Johnson

Today’s Storyline A nemesis returns – Vancouver’s Roberto Luongo is one of the best goaltenders in the league and seems to play his best against Washington . The Capitals know Luongo well from his days as a Florida Panther, and have not posted a win against him since Feb. 27, 2004 ( Washington is 0-7-3 … Read more

Blackhawks Downed in DC

October 12, 2008October 12, 2008 by Bobby Johnson

The Capitals, after losing to Atlanta 7-4 just the night before, bounced back against Chicago tonight with a come-from-behind 4-2 victory.

The Caps faithful certainly “rocked the red” proudly tonight, as the streets of Chinatown were abuzz with hope, and flowing with red jerseys and t-shirts.

Caps get Thrashed 7-4

October 12, 2008October 11, 2008 by Bobby Johnson

Jose Theodore (pronounced JOE-say) made his first start for the Capitals tonight in the season opener in Atlanta. As far as first impressions go, tonight was not a good one.

Atlanta started the game looking pretty nervous against the confident Capitals, and it was Washington who drew first blood, technically. Brooks Laich redirected a high shot down through the 5-hole of Atlanta goaltender Kari Lehtonen only to have it immediately waived off by the officials.

Going Home on the Road

May 3, 2025October 10, 2008 by John Sparenberg

On a night when the home standing Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins celebrated their 10-year anniversary in the American Hockey League, it was Hershey’s Graham Mink’s homecoming hat trick that stole the show.

Hershey coach Bob Woods’ decision to start the forward line combination of Jay Beagle, Steve Pinizzotto and Quintin Laing paid immediate dividends. The tenacious trio established what would become a first period trend, and set up prolonged footholds in the Pens’ defensive zone.

Mighty Bears gain talented trio

May 3, 2025October 7, 2008 by John Sparenberg

In a move that significantly bolsters an already impressive Hershey Bears lineup, the Washington Capitals assigned forwards Chris Bourque and Quintin Laing, and defenseman Karl Alzner to the AHL club on Monday.

Bears finish pre-season perfectly

May 3, 2025October 6, 2008 by John Sparenberg

The Hershey Bears finished up a perfect pre-season on Saturday night at Giant Center by pounding the visiting Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 8-2.

Hershey rookie defenseman Josh Godfrey, looking to make his mark on the Hershey Bears’ coaching staff and create a little more distance between himself and the others competing for a highly coveted spot on the opening night roster, attained both goals on the evening by registering his first career hat trick.

Pregame notes for Hershey-WBS game

May 3, 2025October 4, 2008 by John Sparenberg

The Hershey line combinations for tonight’s affair in Hershey are; Keith Aucoin centering Graham Mink and Alexandre Giroux; Kyle Wilson centering Andrew Gordon and Michael Dubuc; Mathieu Perreault centering Oskar Osala and Francois Bouchard and Andrew Joudrey centering Darren Reid and Grant McNeill. The defensive pairings are; Dean Arsene and Josh Godfrey; Patrick McNeill and … Read more

Bears trim roster

May 3, 2025October 4, 2008 by John Sparenberg

The Hershey Bears in continuing to prepare for next Wednesday’s season opener, today assigned four players four players to the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL. Assigned to the Stingrays were defenseman Sasha Pokulok and Viktor Dovgan, and forwards Travis Morin and Tommy Maxwell.