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Category Archives: Andrew Gordon

Bears Best Mini-Mullets in Blanking Fashion

29 November, 2009

It was a 5-0 Hershey whitewash over Wilkes-Barre Scranton at Giant Center early Sunday evening. Incredibly, Michal Neuvirth has stopped 123 of the 124 petite Pens’ shots he’s faced in his last four games at Giant Center.
Hershey’s 32 points on the season afford them a 7-pt. cushion for first place in the AHL’s East division [...]

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Trevor Bruess on the Board; Andrew Gordon Headed to HNIC

21 November, 2009

Late last night Hershey Bears’ General Manager Doug Yingst rang Andrew Gordon and ordered him to the airport, destination YYZ. He’ll be joining the Capitals for their Saturday night date with the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre. Andrew has a penchant for being called up for big stages — his first NHL game, [...]

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Andrew Gordon Recalled, Could Make NHL Debut Tonight

23 December, 2008

The Washington Capitals have recalled defensemen Bryan Helmer and forward Andrew Gordon from the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL), vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today.

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Promising Pros of Tomorrow Have Compelling Stories To Tell Today

23 October, 2008

The hockey crowd in Hershey has had good sport with me over the past couple of years with my exuberance over some Caps’ hockey prospects. This is a chief symptom of the DraftGeek. I’d only watched Andrew Gordon’s games at St. Cloud St. on television (but, three-years’ worth!); I saw even less of Mathieu Perreault [...]

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Ahead, a Promising Harvest on the Farm

15 July, 2008

Development camps such as that recently completed by the Capitals have a way of imbuing DraftGeeks and even the more balanced of hockey fan with horizons of heightened optimism. Always it seems there are a handful of young standouts there, among them compelling stories of no-name collegians or free agents making next-season names for themselves. [...]

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Postcards from Development Camp, Day 2

9 July, 2008

Ted – We hope you’re enjoying your summer vacation, and knowing that you’re out of town, we thought we’d send you a postcard from Development Camp to give you a flavor of what’s transpiring back at Ballston.
We went to camp today with two questions we wanted to pose to Capitals’ campers: (1) “At what age [...]

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Washington Capitals' Top Prospects, Spring 2008

5 May, 2008

Continuing an OFB tradition, we present our rankings of the Capitals’ prospects at the conclusion of the hockey season. Many of the names below you’ll have a chance to see at Kettler Capitals Iceplex this July, for Development Camp (July 7-12). What’s the lead storyline among the futures holdings? Gotta be the arrival of one [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Chris Bourque, Francois Bouchard, Hershey Bears, Jay Beagle, Joe Finley, Josh Godfrey, Karl Alzner, Mathieu Perreault, Michal Neuvirth, Prospects, Sami Lepisto, Simeon Varlamov, Travis Morin, Washington Capitals | Comments (17)

Bears with Near-Term Promise

15 April, 2008

I surveyed some keen hockey observers in the Hershey community the past couple of days to see if they could help me identify the names of two or three Bears whose regular season performances in 2007-08 ought to have Caps’ fans excited about their arrival at fall training camp, as contenders for roster spots with [...]

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For the Bears, a Quick Mid-Weekend Meal and Laundry at Home

24 February, 2008

Saturday night’s Bears-Phantoms game at Giant Center was a sellout. “We could have sold 15,000 for this one,” John Walton told me a half hour before faceoff. The Bears are number one in the American League in attendance, averaging almost 8,500 per game — more than 700 fans more per game than second-best in attendance [...]

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Get a Good Look at This Future Washington Capital

7 February, 2008

The Hershey Bears fell at home to Portland on Wednesday night at a sold-out Giant Center, but Andrew Gordon did his part: the rookie notched his second hat trick of the season in the 4-3 loss. He has 10 goals and 16 assists in 32 Bears’ games this season. Last week, when officials from Hershey [...]

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