The Washington Capitals may not make the NHL playoffs at the end of the 2023-24 campaign but the Hershey Bears, their AHL affiliate, certainly will. Hershey is 39-9-3 and sitting atop the AHL league standings as they prepare to defend the Calder Cup championship they won last season. Despite his waiver-exempt status and great experience…
The Washington Capitals recalled Russian forward Ivan Miroshnichenko from the AHL's Hershey Bears on Tuesday. Miroshnichenko, 19, was the Capitals' first-round draft selection in the 2022 NHL Draft and has played the entirety of his first North American professional season with the Bears until Tuesday's announcement. Miroshnichenko has recorded 15 points (8g, 7a) in 27…
Fans attending the Hershey Bears' matchup against the Laval Rocket on Saturday night will be going home with a nice new collectible. The Hershey Bears are giving away free bobbleheads of Hunter Shepard to the first 5,000 fans that enter Giant Center for the game. The bobbleheads feature a smiley and beardy Shep lifting the…
Since being cut from Capitals Training Camp, Andrew Cristall has played five games in the WHL with the Kelowna Rockets. During that time, he had been without a signature performance, but that all changed Monday when the Rockets did battle with the Victoria Royals. The Rockets lost an absolute bonkers 9-7 shootout. Cristall scored two…
ARLINGTON, VA -– When Beck Malenstyn hit the ice for Capitals Training Camp this fall, he did so after only a three-month offseason. Like many of the Caps’ young prospects, Malenstyn played long into June as the AHL’s Hershey Bears captured their 12th Calder Cup. The 25-year-old forward provided valuable two-way play during the team's…