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| Sun, Nov 30th, 2008 10:37:00 am |
For an Ohio guy to put up a University of Michigan goaltender picture up on his blog, you can rest assured there's a good reason for it. More on that presently. Saturday's 9-0 Hershey win over the Philadelphia Phantoms was the worst loss ever suffered by the franchise from down the Turnpike. Ever. It also marked the second time this ...Continued |
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Sat, Nov 29th, 2008 4:18:00 pm |
Daren Machesney and the Bears are back at home Saturday night as the Philadelphia Phantoms come to Giant Center (again). Under the most trying of personnel problems, Hershey and the Capitals continue to impress. The Caps posted an impressive 3-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens Friday at Verizon Center (and congrats to Bruce Boudreau who won his 50th NHL game ...Continued |
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| Fri, Nov 28th, 2008 2:23:00 pm |
A stone's throw from the New York State Capitol building, the Bears visit the Albany River Rats at Times Union Center for the final time during the 2008-09 regular season. The Rats still owe the Bears three games at Giant Center, beginning with a game along Hersheypark Drive on Sunday, December 28. Here's what's going on on this Black Friday. ...Continued |
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Fri, Nov 28th, 2008 10:02:00 am |
If you heard of Tom Poti's injury and wondered if it might affect the blueline in Hershey, your fears were well grounded. The Capitals announced Friday morning that Bryan Helmer has been signed to an NHL contract and recalled. We found out yesterday boarding the bus that this was going to happen, because Bryan stayed behind to make the journey ...Continued |
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| Thu, Nov 27th, 2008 9:51:00 am |
Happy Thanksgiving from JohnWaltonHockey.com! With an AHL best 15 wins, the Bears have a lot to be thankful for so far this season... ...Continued |
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Wed, Nov 26th, 2008 3:29:00 pm |
News late on this Thanksgiving eve that Grant Potulny has been traded from San Antonio to Norfolk. Guess we'll see him sooner than we thought as the Admirals make their way to the GC Sunday at 5:00 p.m.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, November 26, 2008MEDIA CONTACT: Keith Phillips (757) 640-1212 ext. 12Admirals Acquire Forward Grant Potulny from San AntonioNORFOLK, VA – ...Continued |
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| Wed, Nov 26th, 2008 12:07:00 am |
It's going to be a different looking club Wednesday at Giant Center as the Bears take the ice against the Binghamton Senators. Here's the latest from the dressing room as Hershey looks to make it six straight wins. -First the big news from Washington today is that they backed the truck up behind Giant Center and took a pretty ...Continued |
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Mon, Nov 24th, 2008 9:26:00 am |
With the Bears at the quarter pole of the 2008-09 season on pace for 56 wins, it's a busy week coming up starting with Binghamton Wednesday night. Things are good down on the farm in North Charleston with the Rays as well, in fact they had a game that looked very familiar to Hershey's 9-0 win last Sunday against Binghamton. ...Continued |
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| Mon, Nov 24th, 2008 12:08:00 am |
You can now add the words "Hall of Fame" to Bruce Boudreau's considerable body of work. The American Hockey League announced Monday that Hershey's former coach has been named to the American Hockey League's Hall of Fame. The release is below. The AHL could not have made a better choice. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2008AHL ANNOUNCES 2009 INDUCTEES INTO ...Continued |
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Sat, Nov 22nd, 2008 11:12:00 am |
I was heartbroken this morning to hear that my friend Glenn Sample passed away suddenly back in Cincinnati at the age of 77. For seven years, Glenn and I sat side by side at Riverfront Stadium. He was the team's official scorer, and from 1996 until I came to Hershey, I was the team's PA announcer. In total, we saw ...Continued |
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| Fri, Nov 21st, 2008 4:08:00 pm |
The BEARS are in Philadelphia (again) on Friday, kicking off a two-game East Division weekend. The Bridgeport Sound Tigers are in Hershey tonight, off and waiting for the Bears to return. First up on the docket however are the Phantoms. Here's what's going on tonight. -Some good news for Hershey for openers tonight. Philadelphia is a somewhat depleted team heading ...Continued |
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Thu, Nov 20th, 2008 1:58:00 pm |
Not sure I'd see this day come when the blog expanded this past summer, but I'm very proud to announce the debut today of official JWH sportswear! The two pictures above are what we hope will be just the beginning of some very cool hockey stuff here at JohnWaltonHockey.com It turns out the process of designing and producing shirts is ...Continued |
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| Tue, Nov 18th, 2008 4:58:00 pm |
Sometimes the signs are all around you.As we all get older, we start to realize that things are always changing around us. The energy we possessed as kids and that we carried into our early years as adults starts to slide away. Our lives at work don’t give us as much time to take care of ourselves both mentally and ...Continued |
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Mon, Nov 17th, 2008 6:11:00 pm |
Be sure to catch this week's edition of "The Old Barn Hockey Show" on 1460 TheTicket.com tonight, available right now on demand. (Note: Penn State Basketball bumped us to tomorrow night on the over-the-air version of the show, but it should be the only time all year that happens. We'll be on the air Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. if you'd ...Continued |
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| Mon, Nov 17th, 2008 7:55:00 am |
Thought y'all might enjoy a little historical perspective on last night's 9-0 beatdown of the Senators before we get to Joe Shetrom's Stingray update. There have been more lopsided wins that that in team history, but not very many. The most one-sided win in team history occured on January 26, 1973 in a 15-2 win over Baltimore down in Maryland ...Continued |
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Sun, Nov 16th, 2008 2:20:00 pm |
Looking for a perfect weekend of East Division hockey, the Bears are back in action Sunday at home against the Binghamton Senators. Bingo has had an unbelievable run on the road this week, with neutral site road games in Prince Edward Island and St. John's Newfoundland on Tuesday and Wednesday, a home game with the Penguins Friday, a trip to ...Continued |
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| Sat, Nov 15th, 2008 4:25:00 pm |
After a 3-2 regulation win to start the weekend Friday, the Bears return home to face the Philadelphia Phantoms Saturday here at Giant Center. Here's what I can tell you as we get ready to drop the puck here on this rainy, disgusting Saturday night here in central Pennsylvania (it's a great night to be indoors, that's for sure.) ...Continued |
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Fri, Nov 14th, 2008 2:10:00 pm |
The Bears begin what could be construed as a big early season weekend of hockey within the East Division Friday night in Philadelphia against the Phantoms. After falling five points off the pace in the East behind Bridgeport, Hershey suddenly has to look out below with the Binghamton Senators, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and the Phantoms all closing in the rear view ...Continued |
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| Thu, Nov 13th, 2008 10:04:00 pm |
I've made it a goal of mine during the season to try to have something for you almost every day here, but this week has tried that premise. On Sunday morning in Bridgeport, Hershey's traveling party learned that our President/GM Doug Yingst suffered injuries at a fall at his Hummelstown home. The phone call originally came to our longtime trainer ...Continued |
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Tue, Nov 11th, 2008 9:24:00 am |
A day later than usual (which is my fault and not Joe's) here's your Stingray update for the week. The South Carolina Stingrays reeled off a perfect 3-0 mark this past week, including a pair of shutouts, to up their record to 6-2-0 in the ECHL’s South Division. Through eight games the Stingrays sit in second place with 12 ...Continued |
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| Sun, Nov 9th, 2008 3:01:00 pm |
A showdown for first place in the East Division awaits us here in Bridgeport this afternoon as the Bears and Sound Tigers do battle. The Tigers have a game in hand on Hershey as play starts at the Arena at Harbor Yard. Here's what's happening today... -Jay Beagle is going to sit out today due to injury. He's officially listed ...Continued |
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Sat, Nov 8th, 2008 6:21:00 pm |
Just minutes away from the Bears taking the ice for warm-ups here at Wachovia Arena tonight. It's the third meeting of 10 between the two clubs in 2008-09, and we won't see Tux and the gang again until we visit here on December 19. Believe it or not, the Pens don't come back to Hershey again until Friday, January 23. ...Continued |
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| Fri, Nov 7th, 2008 11:50:00 pm |
A solid and businesslike 3-0 victory Friday for the Bears Friday at Times Union Center. Some observations from the road late night as the team heads for home. -Of all the good things that came out of Friday's game, watching goaltender Simeon Varlamov post his first AHL shutout has to be at the top of the list. It had ...Continued |
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Fri, Nov 7th, 2008 5:55:00 pm |
Thanks to Stingrayfan for posting this on one of our comment pages, but I wanted to move this to the front page. Sasha Pokulok barely escaped an apartment fire last night in North Charleston, SC. A truly scary read, glad that Sasha is ok. http://www.wciv.com/news/stories/ ...Continued |
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| Fri, Nov 7th, 2008 10:41:00 am |
If it's Friday and it's November, we must be in Albany. Again. All we need now is a cameo by Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. After a narrow shootout win here in New York's Capital District last Friday, we are again here in downtown Albany as the Bears face the River Rats at 7:00 p.m. This is not the last ...Continued |
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Wed, Nov 5th, 2008 1:24:00 pm |
The Bears announced Wednesday afternoon that goaltender Bobby Goepfert has been assigned to South Carolina (ECHL). Head Coach Bob Woods told the media this morning at practice that goaltender Simeon Varlamov will start Friday at Albany against the River Rats. It's good to get Varlamov back healthy, but Goepfert did a nice job in his absence, winning once and playing ...Continued |
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| Mon, Nov 3rd, 2008 1:02:00 pm |
A couple of things on this Monday for you before we head into showtime later on. Joe Shetrom's South Carolina update for us is here, and also note for you Rays fans a link on my favorites of Joe's new blog. If you want to know what's going on down on the farm, no better way than to check it ...Continued |
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Mon, Nov 3rd, 2008 12:01:00 am |
Hope you're making plans to join us this evening for our first on location broadcast of "The Old Barn Hockey Show" at Fire Alley. We'll be there tonight from 7:00-8:00 p.m., with a couple of additions to tonight's guest list. Game night emcee and Director of Fun and Games Jim Jones will be joining us this evening, along with Tim ...Continued |
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| Sun, Nov 2nd, 2008 1:48:00 pm |
The Bears hope to finish up a busy week at two up and two down Sunday as the team heads to Philadelphia to take on the Phantoms. While an 8-3-0-0 record would be welcomed by any other team in the AHL at this point, there is some room for concern as the team begins a five-game road trip tonight in ...Continued |
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Sat, Nov 1st, 2008 5:43:00 pm |
Phantom month begins here at GIANT Center tonight, as Philadelphia and Hershey square off for the second time this season. By the time the end of the month rolls around, the two teams will have played a total of seven times with just five head-to-heads remaining. The Bears will play at the Spectrum tomorrow, November 14 and 21, with Philly ...Continued |
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| Sat, Nov 1st, 2008 1:10:00 am |
The bus pictured here is our actual bus on this trip from Elite Coach in Ephrata, but it's very much nighttime as I pass this missive to you.Greetings from somewhere outside New York City, where we’re rolling toward home after a 4-3 shootout victory in Albany. It’s the eighth win in ten to begin the season, and it means (unbelievably) ...Continued |
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