As first reported by Isabelle Khurshudyan of the Washington Post, forward Nathan Walker will be placed on waivers with the intent to send him to the Hershey Bears if he is not claimed by another team.
Walker, 23, has played in only seven games for Washington this season and skated only 64 minutes all season.
The shuffling of Bears and Caps players continued this afternoon with defenseman Aaron Ness being placed on waivers Tuesday at noon. Ness had played in just eight games for the Caps, recording one assist and eight penalty minutes.
For parts of the last three seasons, brothers Chris and Ryan Bourque have been teammates. Whether it was in Hartford, where Ryan made his name in professional hockey, or Hershey, where Chris is viewed as a living legend, the two have enjoyed spending time on the same roster.
Sunday night, the two sat on different benches for the first time since December of 2015 as the younger Bourque returned to Chocolate Town for the first time since signing with Bridgeport in September.
It’s very rare that a defenseman would have to take a faceoff for a team, but that was the case for the Hershey Bears on Friday night.
Rookie defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler found himself hovering over a faceoff dot in his own zone during a 5-on-3 penalty kill against the Providence Bruins. After centerman Zach Sill was kicked out of the circle, Siegenthaler looked at his roommate Tyler Lewington, who was also on the ice at the time and did an “I guess I’m going to take this” shrug.
Photo: Providence Bruins Flickr
After scoring his first goal of the night in the first period, Mathias Bau picked up his second against Providence Friday night, with huge thanks to Anthony Peluso.
Peluso set Bau up in the slot with a perfect pass for Bau to find himself free between four Bruins in front of the net.
Hershey Bears rookie forward Mathais Bau was held goalless in his first seven games of his AHL career. In his last five, he has four goals.
For almost a month, Tyler Graovac hasn’t been in a lineup. On October 17, Graovac was injured in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, suffering an upper-body injury that listed him at week-to-week.
After returning to the ice in early November, the 6-foot-5 center was assigned to Hershey on Tuesday on a long-term conditioning stint to begin his journey hopefully back to the NHL.
NHL 18 is over two months old this week. The game, which was released on September 15, adds a number of new features but retains an incredible amount of accuracy to the season as it goes along. Every so often, the in-game rosters are updated to reflect injuries, call-ups, and any players affected by injury.
There have been eight such updates so far this season, and reflect moves such as the recalls of Chandler Stephenson and Madison Bowey to Washington.
It’s not every day an NHL General Manager attends a Hershey Bears game, let alone one that’s also regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
It was the missed chance of the year. After sitting for the Syracuse Crunch for a too many men on the ice penalty against the Hershey Bears Wednesday night, Adam Erne got a breakaway opportunity to possibly score his first goal of the season.
