Saturday night at Giant Center defenseman and former Capitals first-round pick Lucas Johansen scored his first professional point with an assist on Chandler Stephenson’s first-period goal.
“We were pretty close into the goalie there,” Johansen said remembering the goal. “The crowd was yelling shoot so we had to get one off. Just trying to set up a different angle shot.”
The Washington Capitals announced Saturday morning that defenseman Madison Bowey has been recalled after Matt Niskanen was placed on long-term injured reserve the same morning.
Bowey, 22, was one of the Capitals last cuts during training camp due to Washington having their back to the salary cap wall this season. Niskanen’s placement on LTIR frees up space now for Bowey’s recall.
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When you look at Mathias Bau on the ice during Bears practice, he stands out in more ways than one. The Danish rookie is listed at 6-foot-7, 11-inches taller than his opening night linemate Dustin Gazley.
But more than a big body, Bau is an offensive weapon for Hershey. Unlike the stereotype that larger bodies in hockey aren’t puck handlers, the 24-year-old clearly enjoys playing with the puck.
The American Hockey League announced Tuesday morning that the league will be awarding the Colorado Eagles the 31st franchise in the league for the 2018-19 season.
This move allows the league to not have a sharing of franchises after the expansion of the NHL with the addition of the Las Vegas Golden Knights. The Eagles will be the top affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche and will continue to play in Loveland, Colorado.
One of the most familiar faces at Giant Center was Ken Hatt’s. The former president and CEO of Hershey Entertainment and Resorts was one of the biggest supporters of the Hershey Bears and could be regularly found in the team’s suite at the north end of the arena.
Hatt passed away in late August at 93 years old.
One of the most popular television programs of the last decade has now been commemorated in the form of a hockey goalie mask.
The show “The Office” is based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Also based in the same area are the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. This season, goalie Casey DeSmith will be showing off his love for the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company in the form of artwork on his masks.
The Hershey Bears announced Thursday morning Jeremy Langlois has been signed to a one-year AHL contract for the 2017-18 season.
The former Worchester Shark spent last season with the Rockford IceHogs, scoring 14 points in 66 games for the Blackhawks affiliate. Langlois, 27, has appeared in 188 games in his AHL career.
Connor Hobbs introduced himself to the Hershey Bears fan base Saturday night with a huge hit on Wilkes-Barre defenseman Jeff Taylor. Hobbs stopped Taylor in is tracks, but the hit came after Taylor missed the puck, and it’s not something Hobbs is too proud about.
“I think tonight’s hit was a little bit – pretty dirty on my part,” he said after the game. “The puck was long gone. I just kind of decided to commit to it and keep going and just finish it anyway.”
Former Hershey Bear Ryan Bourque has signed an AHL contract with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers after agreeing to an AHL PTO earlier in the week.
