Capitals make cuts, 16 assigned to Hershey

The Washington Capitals have assigned the first 16 players to Hershey for the 2017-18 season.

Famaliar faces like Chris Bourque, Dustin Gazley, and Garrett Mitchell were sent to Chocolate Town for the start of Hershey’s training camp on Monday.

Rookies Lucas Johansen, Connor Hobbs, and Mathias Bau were also assigned to Hershey.

The Bears will open their 2017 Training Camp on Monday. The first preseason game will be played Wednesday in Wilkes-Barre.

List of players assigned to Hershey:

• John Albert
• Wayne Simpson
• Lucas Johansen
• Connor Hobbs
• Vitek Vanecek
• Mathias Bau
• Adam Carlson
• Kristofers Bindulis
• Hampus Gustafssson
• Tim McGauley
• Chris Bourque
• Dustin Gazley
• Mason Mitchell
• Garrett Mitchell
• Tommy Hughes
• Hubert Labrie