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| Tue, Mar 31st, 2009 9:31:00 pm |
by: Randy "Rock" Johnson JohnWaltonHockey.com With but six games to go in the regular season, including tomorrow night’s game against the New York Islanders at Verizon Center, it’s easy to understand how the Washington Capitals could be caught looking ahead to the playoffs. The Caps have already clinched a playoff spot, and considering they have an eight-point lead over the ...Continued |
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Tue, Mar 31st, 2009 12:24:00 am |
We're on the bus headed for Norfolk at the moment, with a stopover scheduled for Washington to grab some lunch at Tysons Corner off the beltway. One guy not with us, but saw the beltway himself today is Keith Aucoin. The American Hockey League's leading scorer is six points shy of 100 for the season in a Hershey sweater, but ...Continued |
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| Mon, Mar 30th, 2009 8:41:00 am |
First up this morning, tickets for Hershey's first 2009 Calder Cup home playoff game go on sale this Friday, April 3 at 10 a.m. Given the demand for tickets in the second half of the season, you might want to get on that ASAP as the Bears look to make a lengthy run into springtime. One last day at home ...Continued |
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Sun, Mar 29th, 2009 10:56:00 pm |
Two words.....GO REDHAWKS! Miami University's first-ever appearance in the Frozen Four, and it comes at Verizon Center in Washington. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2009 NCAA FROZEN FOUR FIELD SET Two newcomers, two traditional powers advance to D.C. to play at Verizon Center April 9-11 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The four teams to advance to the 2009 Frozen Four at the Verizon ...Continued |
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| Sun, Mar 29th, 2009 2:20:00 pm |
The boys from Chocolatetown will look today for a sixth consecutive win that won’t mathematically clinch anything Sunday, but a victory in regulation would go a long way toward Hershey winning its second East Division title in three seasons. Only two head-to-head meetings remain between the Pens and Bears after today, and a win for the home team today in ...Continued |
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Sat, Mar 28th, 2009 4:26:00 pm |
In a game that could easily be described as Bridgeport’s biggest of the season to date, the Bears will try to extend its East Division lead to five points Saturday night with the Sound Tigers coming to call at 7:00 p.m. At five up and a game in hand (plus Bridgeport traveling to play Lowell tomorrow at 4:00 outside of ...Continued |
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| Sat, Mar 28th, 2009 3:19:00 pm |
POTHIER SCORES WINNER AS CAPS DOWN BOLTS 5-3 by: Randy "Rock" Johnson JohnWaltonHockey.comIt is not often that a four-point night by Alex Ovechkin gets overshadowed by another Caps’ player. Last night, however, was one of those “not often” nights.Playing in just his fourth game back after a fourteen-month absence due to a concussion and subsequent vision problems related to ...Continued |
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Fri, Mar 27th, 2009 6:23:00 pm |
Seemed like an appropriate title given that Larry the Cable Guy is at Giant Center tonight. (For the record, he’s got a REALLY nice bus. It was parked out back when we departed for the southern tier this afternoon.) The Bears look to extend its current winning streak to four games in a row Friday, visiting the Binghamton Senators in ...Continued |
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| Fri, Mar 27th, 2009 10:48:00 am |
The Bears can clinch a 2009 Calder Cup playoff berth Friday with either a win in Binghamton or a Philadelphia loss of any kind, but that task just got a bit tougher this morning. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 27, 2009 Capitals Recall Keith Aucoin, Oskar Osala from Hershey ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have recalled the American Hockey ...Continued |
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Thu, Mar 26th, 2009 4:53:00 pm |
From the Giant Center box office and ticket guru Bob Ancharski comes this news you can use. Saturday's game against Bridgeport is totally sold out. As of early this afternoon, a VERY LIMITED number of tickets remained for Sunday's showdown with the Penguins, but it certainly will sell out as well. If you're planning on attending Sunday, better get to ...Continued |
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| Thu, Mar 26th, 2009 8:39:00 am |
We talked a little about this at first intermission Wednesday night, here's the presser from Washington if you missed the discussion. The Capitals have signed free agent defenseman Zach Miskovic to a one-year entry level contract out of St. Lawrence University. I would think with all the defensemen Hershey has at the moment, Woody and Frenchy would be able to ...Continued |
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Wed, Mar 25th, 2009 4:38:00 pm |
Hard to imagine, but Hershey will play its final weekday home game and final non-East Division game overall Wednesday when the Toronto Marlies face it off here. The puck drops at 7:00 p.m., and tickets are still available for the festivities. Here’s what happening tonight.-The BIG news as reported in this space earlier is that the Bears can clinch a ...Continued |
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| Wed, Mar 25th, 2009 9:45:00 am |
There will be much more in this space later today regarding this evening's matchup with the Toronto Marlies at Giant Center, but no nugget we impart to you today will be more important than this one. The Bears can clinch a berth in the 2009 Calder Cup playoffs this evening. If Hershey wins tonight, and Binghamton wins in regulation/overtime/shootout against ...Continued |
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Wed, Mar 25th, 2009 12:35:00 am |
by: Randy "Rock" JohnsonJohnWaltonHockey.comIt was a wild and wacky scene that provided the end of the Washington Capitals 3-2 shootout loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs last night at Air Canada Center in Toronto.The craziness began in the game’s final minute. Trailing 2-1with goalie Jose Theodore on the bench for the extra attacker, the Caps were looking for the game ...Continued |
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| Wed, Mar 25th, 2009 12:29:00 am |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 25, 2009 Capitals Recall Simeon Varlamov from Hershey, Assign Daren Machesney, Chris Bourque, Steve Pinizzotto ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have recalled goaltender Simeon Varlamov from the American Hockey League’s (AHL) Hershey Bears and assigned goaltender Daren Machesney and forwards Chris Bourque and Steve Pinizzotto to Hershey, vice president and general manager George McPhee ...Continued |
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Tue, Mar 24th, 2009 3:15:00 pm |
Sounds like Steve Pinizzotto is poised to make his NHL debut Tuesday night as the Capitals take on the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre. With a flu bug going around the Washington dressing room, Pinner is in Toronto today. Here's the release from Caps PR: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 24, 2009 Capitals Recall ...Continued |
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| Mon, Mar 23rd, 2009 10:00:00 am |
Good to be back in central PA this morning after the Bears won in Portland and Manchester over the weekend. Good also to see Alex Giroux's 50th goal of the season yesterday, officially putting him in a group of goal scorers few can match in a Chocolate and White sweater. We'll have lots of Giroux coverage coming up on "The ...Continued |
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Mon, Mar 23rd, 2009 12:56:00 am |
For the curious, I thought the group would like to know what Bridgeport and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton have the rest of the way as the Bears look to hold off the Pens and pass the Tigers.Bridgeport:Tuesday-WorcesterSaturday-at HersheySunday-at Lowell (wow, that's a hike!)March 31-at AlbanyApril 3-HersheyApril 5-AlbanyApril 10-SpringfieldApril 11-LowellOpinion: Not a real tough sked the rest of the way, save the games against ...Continued |
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| Sun, Mar 22nd, 2009 7:41:00 pm |
by: Randy "Rock" Johnson JohnWaltonHockey.comThe Washington Capitals rolled into RBC Center for last night’s game with the Carolina Hurricanes hoping for their third victory in a row. The Hurricanes, meanwhile, came into the game locked in a serious dogfight for the remaining handful of spots in the Eastern Conference, and a win for them would inch them closer towards clinching ...Continued |
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Sun, Mar 22nd, 2009 2:19:00 pm |
What do the Bears do for an encore after the most thrilling come-from-behind victory of the season in Portland Saturday? How about Alexandre Giroux's pursuit of 50 goals here in Manchester Sunday afternoon? Giroux will try to become just the fifth player in Hershey history to score 50 or more goals in a single season today as the Bears take ...Continued |
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| Sat, Mar 21st, 2009 5:26:00 pm |
It's the Bears and the Portland Pirates Saturday night at the Cumberland County Civic Center, our only visit to Maine in 2008-09. It's nice to be back in Portland, where the memories of the 2006 Eastern Conference Finals still live on. I talked with Woody a bit about that in our pregame chat tonight. That was just a special time. ...Continued |
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Fri, Mar 20th, 2009 11:30:00 pm |
by: Randy "Rock" Johnson JohnWaltonHockey.comIt took only three games, but it finally happened.Alex Ovechkin scored his 49th goal of the season in last Saturday’s 5-4 shootout win over Carolina at Verizon Center, and with the team on the road, a majority of Caps fans were glued to their televisions this week waiting for the big 5-0.Monday night in Atlanta against ...Continued |
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| Fri, Mar 20th, 2009 9:10:00 pm |
It’s a beautiful late afternoon here outside of Boston, as the Bears prepare to begin a stretch of three games in three nights here in New England. On a day where there has been a lot of off-ice news, Hershey looks to maintain first place in the East Division this evening here in Lowell. Here’s what’s going on.-First of all, ...Continued |
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Fri, Mar 20th, 2009 10:47:00 am |
Not the way for Hershey to begin a three-game trip to New England, and not the news Washington needed in the middle of its five-game road swing. The Capitals announced this Friday morning that Quintin Laing suffered a torn spleen last night during the game in Tampa, and Mike Green left the game late in the third period as well. ...Continued |
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| Thu, Mar 19th, 2009 1:06:00 pm |
Quintin Laing has been recalled to Washington today, while Keith Aucoin is on his way back to the Hershey lineup. Aucoin will be meeting the team in Lowell and be available for Friday's game with the Devils at Paul Tsongas Arena. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 19, 2009Capitals Recall Quintin Laing from Hershey, Assign Keith AucoinARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington ...Continued |
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Wed, Mar 18th, 2009 9:42:00 am |
A lot of good stuff to get to this morning, as the Bears prepare to depart for New England tomorrow. We're happy to report today that we've completed our Facebook "hat trick" with the addition of a new "Hershey Bears Radio Network" page. In addition to the JWH blog page and "The Old Barn Hockey Show" page, we've now created ...Continued |
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| Tue, Mar 17th, 2009 12:09:00 am |
LEHTONEN STOPS 49 CAPS’ SHOTS IN 5-1 VICTORY by: Randy "Rock" Johnson JohnWaltonHockey.comLast night’s game between the Washington Capitals and Atlanta Thrashers was one of those strange games where the stats didn’t quite tell the whole story. If the only stat you saw was the Caps’ 50-25 shots-on-goal advantage, you would assume that the Duo Alex (Ovechkin and Semin) must ...Continued |
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Mon, Mar 16th, 2009 10:46:00 pm |
"The Old Barn Hockey Show" is now on Facebook! Become a fan of central PA's number one hockey show, and leave your comments and questions for John and Frank. You may hear your question or comment on an upcoming show! Head to FB and search "The Old Barn Hockey Show" ...Continued |
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| Mon, Mar 16th, 2009 9:38:00 pm |
A great doubleheader of TOBHS is in the books and headed for online distribution. Thanks to all of you who came out for the live show at Fire Alley tonight. Tyler Sloan and Alexandre Giroux were terrific, and we turned Frank loose with the wireless mic to take questions from the audience. Tonight's live show will be online tomorrow by ...Continued |
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Mon, Mar 16th, 2009 9:12:00 am |
It's a "The Old Barn Hockey Show" doubleheader today, with a live show at Fire Alley tonight at 7:00 p.m. Tyler Sloan will be our guest this evening, so come join us for dinner and drinks this evening and talk about the first place Bears. We'll also be recording a show this afternoon that will air tonight and be available ...Continued |
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| Sun, Mar 15th, 2009 10:08:00 pm |
Semin has four points in shootout win by: Randy "Rock" Johnson JohnWaltonHockey.comAfter the rough, not to mention winless, four-game homestand that wrapped up last Sunday with a shootout loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Washington Capitals were probably relieved to head back out on the road for a couple of games. Now that they’ve turned those two road games- in ...Continued |
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Sun, Mar 15th, 2009 3:31:00 pm |
Greetings from the radio booth, where the Bears will take on the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in just a little bit. After dispatching the Penguins an evening ago, Hershey will try to forge its way back into first place with a regulation victory. It’s also the finale of a three-game home stand for Bob Woods and friends Sunday. A three-game road ...Continued |
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| Sun, Mar 15th, 2009 3:27:00 pm |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 15, 2009 Capitals Recall Brian Pothier, Simeon Varlamov from Hershey, Assign Michal Neuvirth ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have recalled defenseman Brian Pothier and goaltender Simeon Varlamov from the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL) and assigned goaltender Michal Neuvirth to Hershey, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. Pothier, ...Continued |
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Sat, Mar 14th, 2009 4:03:00 pm |
In front of a sellout crowd Saturday at Giant Center, the Bears will look to end Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's five-game winning streak against the boys from Chocolatetown. That task got a little bit tougher Saturday morning when center Keith Aucoin was recalled to the Capitals. The Pens did have a game in Albany last night and a late night arrival at the ...Continued |
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| Sat, Mar 14th, 2009 1:49:00 pm |
Mike Vogel put together recently a great piece on Caps365 about Hershey's run to glory in 2006. Washington's trip to Nashville this past week pitted former Bears and Milwaukee Admirals against one another again. Video runs about seven minutes, it's well worth your time. http://capitals.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=810&id=36419 ...Continued |
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Sat, Mar 14th, 2009 12:07:00 am |
I'll have more later on about Saturday's titanic matchup between the Bears and Penguins, but this much we know right now. Hershey will be without the American Hockey League's leading scorer Saturday night. Keith Aucoin has been recalled to Washington. The official release courtesy of Caps PR:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 14, 2009Capitals Recall Keith Aucoin from HersheyARLINGTON, Va. – ...Continued |
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| Fri, Mar 13th, 2009 2:45:00 pm |
HUGE WIN FOR CAPS IN PHILLY OVI’S 48TH IS THE WINNER by: Randy "Rock" Johnson JohnWaltonHockey.com Yes, I know it’s only one win in an eighty-two game season. But you cannot deny how important last night’s 2-1 victory over the Flyers in Philadelphia was for the Washington Capitals. Alex Ovechkin’s league-leading 48th goal of the season at 17:19 of the ...Continued |
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Fri, Mar 13th, 2009 10:27:00 am |
Alexandre Giroux has been assigned back to Hershey after skating for the Capitals Thursday night in a win over the Flyers. Short trip back to central PA for Giroux, who will be in the house Saturday when the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins come to town at 7:00 p.m. Saturday's game is sold out, for the record. There still are some tickets for ...Continued |
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| Thu, Mar 12th, 2009 5:05:00 pm |
The Capitals are in Philadelphia to take on the Flyers Thursday night, and the American Hockey League's leading goal scorer will be with them. Alexandre Giroux has been recalled to Washington in time for Thursday's game in south Philly.... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 12, 2009 Capitals Recall Alexandre Giroux from Hershey ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have ...Continued |
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Wed, Mar 11th, 2009 3:06:00 pm |
by: Randy "Rock" Johnson JohnWaltonHockey.com The Washington Capitals wrapped up a four-game home stand on Sunday without a win, and they headed into last night’s game in Nashville against the Predators hoping to right the ship.Consider the ship righted.In a game that featured plenty of physical play, including three fights, the Caps got back on track with a 2-1 overtime ...Continued |
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| Tue, Mar 10th, 2009 4:55:00 pm |
A couple of news items around the league as the Bears prepare to take on Springfield Wednesday night at Giant Center: First, Don Lever has been promoted to Montreal from Hamilton. Assistant Ron Wilson takes over the Bulldogs... http://theahl.com/headlines/index.html?article_id=9672 And this just in, Jay Rosehill has been traded from Norfolk to the Toronto Marlies... Admirals ...Continued |
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Mon, Mar 9th, 2009 1:09:00 pm |
News from Washington this afternoon puts Tyler Sloan back in Hershey. The Calgary native was recalled Saturday morning to be available for Sunday's home game with Pittsburgh. In addition to Jay Feaster, Brian Munz of the Manitoba Moose joined us on TOBHS today to talk Western Conference stuff. Good stuff all the way around today. The whole shebang will be ...Continued |
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| Mon, Mar 9th, 2009 9:15:00 am |
It is good to be back in central PA this morning, although the finish Sunday wasn't exactly what we were looking for in Cleveland. The Bears are off today, and will practice tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. in preparation for Wednesday's home game with Springfield. Obviously with the Penguins and Sound Tigers both coming in this weekend, this is a ...Continued |
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Sun, Mar 8th, 2009 3:20:00 pm |
This is a photo taken just a short time ago here in Cleveland at the Hard Rock Cafe at Tower City. Which should give you a pretty good idea of what kind of weather we're having. The rain that started to fall on us Saturday afternoon in Toronto has continued unabated, making for a dreary existence. But it's nothing two ...Continued |
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| Sun, Mar 8th, 2009 10:54:00 am |
I have to say over the long haul, I like Don Cherry, but I'm also aware of his ability to offend millions of people. This is "Coach's Corner" from CBC on Saturday night, one week after his Ovechkin rant. The Ovie rant was just flat wrong. There's nothing wrong with celebrating a goal, I'm not sure why Grapes is all ...Continued |
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Sat, Mar 7th, 2009 2:59:00 pm |
Just getting settled in here at Ricoh Coliseum at Exhibition Place here in Toronto, where the Bears will be taking on the Marlies shortly. Hershey is here on the 175th anniversary of the city of Toronto, with a lot of celebrations planned throughout the city today. There's also a pretty big baseball game being played today at Rogers Centre, as ...Continued |
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| Sat, Mar 7th, 2009 10:30:00 am |
Greetings from downtown Toronto on a somewhat overcast but decently warm Saturday , where the Bears will face off with the Marlies this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. I'll have more coming up later on this afternoon before the game regarding plenty more bits of news and notes, but one player we can tell you that won't be involved in today's ...Continued |
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Fri, Mar 6th, 2009 11:59:00 am |
OVI-LESS CAPS CAN’T CAUSE LEAFS TO FALL by: Randy "Rock" Johnson JohnWaltonHockey.com(Washington DC)---The Washington Capitals’ struggles continued last night as an Alex Ovechkin-less Caps’ lineup dropped a 2-1 decision to the Toronto Maple Leafs at Verizon Center.It was announced before game that Ovechkin would indeed be out of the lineup after he took a puck to the foot in practice ...Continued |
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| Fri, Mar 6th, 2009 10:23:00 am |
A couple of notes to pass along as we head to Toronto this morning. First of all, if you want to be a part of history in Philadelphia on April 10, you'll want to consider this from the Phantoms: "The Philadelphia Phantoms still have great seats available for the Phantoms vs. Hershey Bears game on 4/10/09. This is an ...Continued |
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Thu, Mar 5th, 2009 11:13:00 am |
The American Hockey League has ruled this morning that Steve Downie will serve a 20-game suspension for slashing linesman Mike Hamilton on Saturday night at Giant Center. Obviously the league saw the intent in what he did, and now once again he'll have to pay a price for it. I hope that the Tampa Bay Lightning will help him use ...Continued |
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| Wed, Mar 4th, 2009 10:34:00 pm |
Defenseman Brian Pothier (pictured) has been assigned on a conditioning stint to Hershey, and Staffan Kronwall has also been assigned. The release, courtesy of Washington PR:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 4, 2009Capitals Assign Staffan Kronwall, Brian Pothier to HersheyARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have assigned defenseman Staffan Kronwall to the American Hockey League’s (AHL) Hershey Bears, vice president and ...Continued |
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Wed, Mar 4th, 2009 3:05:00 pm |
Two things to share with you as we wait for any last minute deals out of D.C.... First from Jonathan Bombulie in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, trouble in paradise up north... "The first transaction of trade deadline day here wasn't a trade at all. Here it is: WBS Penguins -- Assign LW Luca Caputi and D Jon D'Aversa to Wheeling of the ECHL. ...Continued |
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| Tue, Mar 3rd, 2009 10:34:00 pm |
On the eve of what could be a very busy day for folks in Hershey and Washington, thanks to Tarik El-Bashir and Katie Carrera from the Washington Post for their outstanding coverage on the Bears. If you haven't seen these yet, check it out. Don't miss Katie's video in with the picture link. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- ...Continued |
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Mon, Mar 2nd, 2009 5:43:00 pm |
Referee Jeff Smith was our guest earlier today on "The Old Barn Hockey Show". Smitty told his story about his last minute change off of Continental Airlines flight 3407 and about his officiating career. One of the best in our game, and a pleasure to talk to. Francois and I also talk about the trade deadline, the upcoming road trip ...Continued |
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| Mon, Mar 2nd, 2009 7:49:00 am |
It's a snowy Monday here in central PA as the Bears enjoy a day off. As the new week gets started, I've gotten a ton of e-mail asking about video of Saturday's Steve Downie slash on linesman Mike Hamilton. I don't have it myself, I've only seen it at Giant Center. The AHL and spokesman Jason Chaimovitch told multiple news ...Continued |
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Sun, Mar 1st, 2009 9:14:00 pm |
A great way for Hershey to wrap up a busy week, with a 6-4 win over the Atlantic Division leading Providence Bruins Sunday night. Alexandre Giroux needs just 10 goals in his last 18 games (easier said than done I know) of catching Tony Cassolato for Hershey's all-time single season goal scoring record. If G is starting to heat up ...Continued |
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| Sun, Mar 1st, 2009 11:48:00 am |
In the last few days, I’ve witnessed what I perceive to be some of the best and the worst characteristics of humanity. Saturday night at Giant Center, I have to say my faith in humanity was shaken for at least a little bit due to two separate events surrounding Hershey’s much needed 6-4 win over the Norfolk Admirals. I’ll get ...Continued |
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