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| Wed, Sep 30th, 2009 9:09:00 pm |
So much for a quiet day of practice and preparation for Saturday’s regular season opener. The post-Chris Bourque era in Hershey is here as of noontime Wednesday, as the left winger was claimed off waivers by the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. After two Calder Cup wins, an NHL debut and his first NHL goal, Chris now moves on ...Continued |
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Tue, Sep 29th, 2009 3:44:00 pm |
The Bears returned to the ice Tuesday at Hersheypark Arena for practice, in preparation for Saturday's regular season opener at home against the Norfolk Admirals. More on the news of the day coming up (including Chris Bourque being put on waivers?!?), but for now, here is the latest and greatest JWH video from the arena. 1. Head Coach Mark French, ...Continued |
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| Tue, Sep 29th, 2009 12:26:00 am |
News fresh out of D.C. at this hour: Both Alexandre Giroux and Keith Aucoin have cleared waivers and will head to Hershey. The two players were 1-2 in the American Hockey League last season, and were not claimed after being assigned on Monday. More on this coming later.... Also, the Bears have assigned defenseman Dylan Yeo, Jake Hauswirth and Michael ...Continued |
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Mon, Sep 28th, 2009 7:41:00 pm |
My pal and fellow broadcaster Brian Munz of the Manitoba Moose sat down this past weekend with former Bears goaltender Daren Machesney for an intermission interview, where Cheese talked about making the move to Vancouver and hoping to nail down a roster spot with the defending Western Conference champions. Best of luck to Daren as he looks to carve out ...Continued |
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| Mon, Sep 28th, 2009 3:57:00 pm |
Before we get to the news on this Monday, my thanks to all of you that have visited the new JohnWaltonHockey.com this week. I'm stunned and humbled that in less than one week's time, we've had over 20,000 viewings of our videos from practices and postgames with our crew. I hope you like what you see here, and I promise ...Continued |
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Mon, Sep 28th, 2009 12:53:00 am |
According to multiple sources, the Capitals have assigned defenseman Karl Alzner and winger Brandon Sugden to the Bears today. Alexandre Giroux and Keith Aucoin have also been assigned, but must first clear waivers before putting on a Hershey uniform. Both players were put on waivers officially at noon Monday with the intent of both of them coming to Chocolatetown. The ...Continued |
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| Sun, Sep 27th, 2009 8:11:00 pm |
The Bears rallied to defeat the Norfolk Admirals 4-3 in overtime Sunday night to finish the preseason, with Boyd Kane providing the game-winner in sudden death. Hershey now heads to the regular season after posting a 2-1 preseason record. Our Ed Coffey was in the locker room after the game, and brings us this postgame vid for your enjoyment... 1. ...Continued |
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Sun, Sep 27th, 2009 11:40:00 am |
“Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” -Ferris Bueller Training camp, like life, moves pretty fast. Less than 48 hours since the drop of the puck in Hershey’s first preseason game and just six days since the Chocolate and White took to the ice for training camp, it all ...Continued |
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| Sat, Sep 26th, 2009 11:14:00 pm |
The Bears showed a lot of resolve and effort in Saturday's come-from-behind 5-2 preseason win against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at Wachovia Arena. A four-goal third period rallied the Chocolate and White to victory Saturday, highlighted by a Zach Miskovic short-handed goal in the third period that proved to be the game-winner as well. Here is your JWH postgame video, on ...Continued |
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Sat, Sep 26th, 2009 1:01:00 pm |
Hershey will look to even its preseason record at a win and a loss Saturday night at Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre against the Penguins. Face-off up I-81 is set for 7:05 p.m., and we’ll be on Sportsjuice.com with the game beginning at 6:55 p.m. tonight. No pregame or postgame show this evening, but the full call of the action will ...Continued |
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| Fri, Sep 25th, 2009 11:04:00 pm |
The Bears suffered a 4-2 setback at the hands of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Friday night to open exhibition play in front of nearly 4,000 fans for the preseason tilt. Our Ed Coffey was on hand in the locker room afterwards and filed this video for us to give you the best postseason coverage in the midstate. On tap tonight... 1. Head ...Continued |
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Fri, Sep 25th, 2009 12:32:00 am |
Two fights for Brandon Sugden last night in NYC against the Rangers, the second one was pretty even, with perhaps a slight nod to the former Caps enforcer. The first time around? All Sugar, all the time.... Much like Dean Arsene with Edmonton, Brandon Sugden has an opportunity to play at some point in the NHL for the first time ...Continued |
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| Thu, Sep 24th, 2009 11:41:00 am |
On the eve of Hershey's first preseason game of 2009, three more players are on the way to Chocolatetown out of Washington training camp. Right wing Andrew Gordon, along with left wing Oskar Osala and center Kyle Wilson are headed up I-83 today to join Camp French. The Bears will be in action Friday night at home against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, and the ...Continued |
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Wed, Sep 23rd, 2009 6:22:00 pm |
Who would have guessed that the biggest surprise of Wednesday’s Day 3 of training camp would come outside in the parking lot next to the building instead of inside? Tim Leone and I, along with JWH cameraman Glenn Rauchut were literally within steps of our cars in the lot at GC today leaving the premises when our old friend Dean ...Continued |
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| Tue, Sep 22nd, 2009 4:59:00 pm |
Our latest video from Day 2 at training camp is up and ready to go, on the heels of six players being assigned this afternoon from Washington. Two more days of on-ice practice this week await on Wednesday and Thursday before the boys will play three preseason games in as many nights starting Friday night at home against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Final ...Continued |
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Tue, Sep 22nd, 2009 3:19:00 pm |
Lots of Day 2 at training camp video coming up shortly, but player moves have happened in the meantime. Goaltender Jason Bacashihua, forwards Steve Pinizzotto, Francois Bouchard and Andrew Joudrey as well as defensemen Patrick McNeill and John Carlson are all on the way up I-83. Of the six, Carlson could be characterized as a mild surprise, given the talk ...Continued |
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| Mon, Sep 21st, 2009 4:12:00 pm |
You can get all caught up on the latest from training camp right here with our very first video of the young season. From the bench and inside the locker room, get the lowdown on the 72nd edition of Hershey Bears training camp right here at JWH. Day 1 at Camp French features, in order for you... 1. Head Coach Mark French ...Continued |
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Mon, Sep 21st, 2009 7:50:00 am |
The Mark French era officially begins at 10:00 a.m. this morning as Hershey's first-year coach runs his first practice at his first training camp along with new assistant coach Troy Mann. Although there are only a handful of "household" names at Camp French so far, one of the guys fans can look forward to seeing today is former Bears captain ...Continued |
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| Sun, Sep 20th, 2009 10:18:00 am |
Giroux, Aucoin and Gordon on a line together. Mathieu Perreault scores the game-winning goal. Kyle Wilson adds a third period goal. No, the Bears didn't play last night. But on the eve of training camp here in Chocolatetown, Hershey took center stage last night as the Bears, um, Capitals defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in overtime. Goaltender Michal Neuvirth went ...Continued |
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Sun, Sep 20th, 2009 12:40:00 am |
Players are packing up at Kettler Capitals Iceplex and heading out at this hour, with a good number of guys heading north to Hershey. The following players were cut from Washington camp Sunday: Boyd Kane, Michael Dubuc, Joel Broda, Patrick Wellar, Zach Miskovic, Joe Finley, Anton Gustafsson, Trevor Bruess, Jake Hauswirth, Dylan Yeo, Vladimir Denisov, Josh Godfrey, Ryan Jasinsky, Todd ...Continued |
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| Sun, Sep 20th, 2009 12:01:00 am |
A report in the Boston Globe this Sunday morning reports that Chris Bourque is likely to be traded by the Capitals if he does not make the club out of camp. The report, written by Kevin Paul Dupont (with thanks to John Keeley at On Frozen Blog for his heads up): Hidden sniper If the Capitals can’t find space on ...Continued |
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Sat, Sep 19th, 2009 10:50:00 am |
Here's a fun fact for you. Today is the last Saturday that the Bears are not scheduled to play a preseason or regular season game until April 17, 2010. Every single Saturday night, either at home or on the road, Hershey will have a game after today for roughly the next seven months. Whether or not Alexandre Giroux will be ...Continued |
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| Fri, Sep 18th, 2009 10:03:00 pm |
BY JOHN SPARENBERG jsheynow@comcast.net For the fans of the Washington Capitals, last summer’s off-season started when the Pittsburgh Penguins’ disposed of the boys that “Rock the Red” on May 13th at Verizon Center. But for centerman David Steckel, his off-season didn’t start until after the Penguins captured the Stanley Cup with their series win over the Detroit Red Wings. “Until the ...Continued |
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Fri, Sep 18th, 2009 2:59:00 pm |
September is that glorious time of year where every team about to embark on another hockey season has hopes and dreams of playing for a championship next spring. Everyone is even right now and no one is out of it. Starting October 2, all that will start to change in the American Hockey League, as 29 teams begin the process ...Continued |
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| Thu, Sep 17th, 2009 2:11:00 pm |
A lot of you have been asking about the training camp schedule, such as what time, place and accessibility there is starting next week. First, the on-ice practices are open to the public at Giant Center next week. Best way to get in is to go through the security entrance at the rear of the building next to the zamboni gate. The first on-ice ...Continued |
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Wed, Sep 16th, 2009 11:58:00 pm |
BY JOHN SPARENBERG jsheynow@comcast.net Keith Aucoin has often gone overlooked in his hockey career, going undrafted after leading Norwich University to the NCAA Division III Championship and being named Division III Player of the Year in successive years. After earning his business degree from Norwich, Aucoin discovered firsthand that the business of hockey is not always pleasure, as he has ...Continued |
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| Tue, Sep 15th, 2009 12:29:00 am |
BY JOHN SPARENBERG jsheynow@comcast.net With the news out of the Washington Capitals’ training camp that former Bear, Tomas Fleischmann, has a blood clot injury and his status for the early part of the season is a bit cloudy, the skies have cleared for AHL sniper Alexandre Giroux to crack Washington’s opening night roster. Giroux, 28, who shot the lights out ...Continued |
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Sun, Sep 13th, 2009 9:58:00 pm |
BY JOHN SPARENBERG jsheynow@comcast.net Arlington, Virginia As Washington Capitals training camp got underway yesterday at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Virginia, head coach Bruce Boudreau tirelessly addressed a myriad of topics, including goaltending and his expectations for the season. Boudreau assured the assembled throng that despite the disappointing end to last season, when his team faltered in Game 7 at ...Continued |
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| Sun, Sep 13th, 2009 10:48:00 am |
Rookie camp has officially come to an end in DC, and for the hockey hardcores in the most powerful city in the world, it's Christmas Day. Main camp opens today at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, which is also significant for the folks that follow the Chocolate and White. One week from today, head coach Mark French and assistant coach ...Continued |
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Sat, Sep 12th, 2009 11:38:00 am |
For Bears fans, one of the more eventful battles in Washington has to be on defense, where Karl Alzner and John Carlson both are competing for jobs in DC. Perhaps Carlson got a small leg up on Friday in Voorhees, NJ with his showing in the Caps/Flyers rookie game, a contest in which the Caps lost 7-3. Carlson by all accounts ...Continued |
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| Thu, Sep 10th, 2009 2:03:00 pm |
It could be known as soon as Friday whether the Phoenix Coyotes will be on the move from the desert, or if the NHL will keep the club in Arizona. An Arizona bankruptcy judge is hearing both sides of the case today, as Jim Balsillie (aka Gary Bettman's archnemesis) and the NHL are the only two bids left standing to ...Continued |
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Wed, Sep 9th, 2009 11:35:00 am |
My thanks to my Manitoba Moose counterpart Brian Munz from CJOB in Winnipeg, who caught up with Manitoba native Eric Fehr for JWH. Fehr discusses among other things his recovery from double shoulder surgery and the excitement surrounding the Capitals as main camp prepares to open this week. As new multimedia is available here on the site, you'll first see ...Continued |
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| Tue, Sep 8th, 2009 10:30:00 am |
As everyone heads back to work after a three-day weekend, some must-reads for you as Camp Boudreau enters Day 2 with the rookies in Arlington. Tim Leone is on the scene at Kettler, with a nice write-up on rookie Trevor Bruess and his pursuit of a roster spot in Chocolatetown in a couple of weeks. To me, this article just ...Continued |
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Mon, Sep 7th, 2009 10:44:00 am |
In the most powerful city on the planet this morning, the boys of winter are hitting the ice. Twenty-three skaters making up this year's rookie camp are on the ice this morning at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, including defenseman John Carlson, d-man turned left wing Joe Finley and '09 first round pick Anton Gustafsson. Later in the week, it ...Continued |
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| Sat, Sep 5th, 2009 11:45:00 am |
A couple of tidbits for you today… First, thumbs up to Grant McNeill. I caught up with G-Mac this week upon his return to central PA, and I’m here to tell you he looks to be in the best shape I’ve ever seen him. He’s still recovering from knee surgery and won’t be ready for game action on opening night, ...Continued |
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Fri, Sep 4th, 2009 3:22:00 pm |
Interesting little tidbit coming out of Toronto yesterday, where NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said in a radio interview that the Maple Leafs do not have any kind of authority to veto a team coming into its territory. Daly told AM 640 in Toronto yesterday that "It's the league's position that, no, they (the Leafs) don't have a veto power," ...Continued |
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| Thu, Sep 3rd, 2009 9:51:00 am |
The Bears today officially announced plans for broadcasting games during the 2009-10 season, with WQIC-FM in Lebanon for the fifth consecutive season broadcasting all games home and road. Sportsjuice.com will again provide the internet stream free of charge to all, giving everyone that wants to worldwide the chance to listen in. You can access Sportsjuice from this page via the "Listen Live" ...Continued |
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Thu, Sep 3rd, 2009 9:38:00 am |
Our friend Puck Daddy gives us the latest and links on the mess that is the Phoenix Coyotes. As training camp approaches, there is still great doubt on who will be taking over ownership in the desert (or Hamilton?). The NHL wants control. Jim Balsillie wants them. Creditors from the old regime need to be paid. (Nothing screams out "Get ...Continued |
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