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Category Archives: American Hockey League

Because We *Badly* Need Feel-Good Distraction

26 February, 2011

Patriot News Bears’ beat reporter Tim Leone needed only 20 minutes Saturday night to develop a man-crush on a buzz-prospect:  

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Taking a Wrecking Ball to Capitals Country Club (Part II)

16 February, 2011

Back in January 2010, Capitals owner Ted Leonsis, speaking of his team’s American League affiliate in Hershey, told the Patriot News (Pa.), “The excellence with which that organization is run washes up on us.” Umm . . . not . . . quite. This season in Washington, it’s as if the Capitals barricaded Kettler with [...]

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Tip of the Cap Back at You, Hershey

14 February, 2011

It’s a day for hearts, and for hockey hearts in D.C., one of heavy hearts, as puckheads here wonder: where is our team’s heart? Up the road a bit, in Hershey, as ever, there’s plenty of hockey heart. The Bears finished the past weekend with a pair of losses, but all that left them with [...]

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Two Young Centers, Two Stories of Struggle with Consistency

11 February, 2011

The Washington Capitals’ Marcus Johansson and Mathieu Perreault are in a unique situation. Despite coming from completely different backgrounds and being in two totally different places in their careers, both are faced with the exact same problem, proving they are worthy of the second line center job.

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Matty’s Back

31 January, 2011

Early last month, of Mathieu Perreault, I wrote, “He especially is a compelling photo-op at local elementary schools, perhaps leading floor hockey stick-handling clinics among schoolchildren not much smaller than he.” In the interim he actually made a schoolhouse appearance for the Caps. He can do so again if called upon, as today Matty was [...]

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A Legacy PK Effort by the Bears

29 January, 2011

The Hershey Bears held off the Charlotte Checkers in a Saturday matinee at Giant Center today, 1-0, the only goal coming off the stick of Sheldon Souray. It was Hershey’s sixth win in a row. Braden Holtby earned his fifth shutout of the season in the process, and the game’s no. 1 star, stopping 24 [...]

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The Capitals’ Organization Completes a Hat Trick of Broadcast Triumph This Season

28 January, 2011

Big-time congratulations are in order to the Hershey Bears’ John Walton, who called his 1,000th American League game last night in Hershey’s 4-3 win over Springfield at Giant Center. Thursday’s game was a reschedule from Wednesday night, when thundersnow struck the central PA community just as it did D.C.’s. It’s been a hat trick of [...]

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OFB TV: A chat with a young star

26 January, 2011

Lis got the rare opportunity to talk to rookie goaltender Braden Holtby about his time with Caps, his playing style and the AHL All-Star game.

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Down on the Farm, a Champion’s Resolve

23 January, 2011

It was quite a weekend for the Hershey Bears. Fairly decimated by a bevy of Capitals’ callups late in 2010 and early in the new year, they just keep plugging along: they swept a three-game slate this weekend, outscoring their foes to the tune of 18-5 in the process. The Bears are just 2 points [...]

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Apprenticing in a Pivotal Pivot Position

19 January, 2011

In the postgame visitors’ locker room at Wells Fargo Center Tuesday night Jason Chimera approached Marcus Johansson, his linemate in overtime of the Capitals’ 3-2 loss to the Flyers, and patiently and supportively explained to the rookie the imperative of maintaining defensive zone coverage on the opposition defender bearing down on their netminder.  Johansson’s rookie [...]

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