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Netminder Logjam Continuing to Ease
2008-05-28 17:08:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - First came the news that Olaf Kolzig will not be a Washington Capital next year. Now, up in Hershey, it appears that Frederic Cassivi’s career with the Bears has come to an end. Tim Leone reports, per eurohockey.net, that Cassivi has signed to play for the Sinupret Ice Tigers ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Bear Sightings to Continue for Another Year or Two
2008-05-22 17:29:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The Washington Capitals and the Hershey Bears have jointly announced that the affiliation agreement between the two clubs have been extended through the 2009-10 season with an option for the 2010-11 season. Previously affiliated for seven seasons from 1977 to 1984, this next season will be the fourth in ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Swan Song for the Skilled Sioux?
2008-05-14 13:42:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - A number of the North Dakota Fighting Sioux’ top players made a pact after the 2006-07 season to remain on campus and pursue a national title in 2007-08. They did, and the Sioux advanced to this April’s Frozen Four in Denver, where eventual national champion Boston College smashed ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Swan Song for the Skilled Sioux?
2008-05-14 13:42:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - A number of the North Dakota Fighting Sioux’ top players made a pact after the 2006-07 season to remain on campus and pursue a national title in 2007-08. They did, and the Sioux advanced to this April’s Frozen Four in Denver, where eventual national champion Boston College smashed ...
By: On Frozen Blog
An End-of-Season Message from the Farm
2008-05-09 16:46:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - The following is a letter from the Hershey Bears President and General Manager Doug Yingst to all Bears fans. Spring 2008 Dear HERSHEY BEARS Fans: On behalf of the BEARS and our front office, I want to thank you for another outstanding season here at GIANT Center. With your support, our ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Pittsburgh Wins; Ovechkin to NFL
2008-05-02 15:42:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Pittsburgh won on Thursday . . . no, not the Penguins, who were shut out by the Rangers, but Pittsburgh itself won the title of Sootiest City in the country, snatching the title from former champion Los Angeles. Click here to read more about it on CNN. The Friday ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Pittsburgh Wins; Ovechkin to NFL
2008-05-02 15:42:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Pittsburgh won on Thursday . . . no, not the Penguins, who were shut out by the Rangers, but Pittsburgh itself won the title of Sootiest City in the country, snatching the title from former champion Los Angeles. Click here to read more about it on CNN. The Friday ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Varlamov: ?I Am Ready To Spend a Year or Two in the AHL?
2008-04-30 21:19:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Tuesday’s SovetskySport published an interview with Russian national team netminder and Washington Capitals’ 2006 first-round pick Simeon Varlamov. Russia had just played Switzerland in an exhibition in Canada in preparation for the World Championships this week. Russia won 6-2, and Varlamov was in goal. Portions of the interview ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Varlamov: ?I Am Ready To Spend a Year or Two in the AHL?
2008-04-30 21:19:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Tuesday’s SovetskySport published an interview with Russian national team netminder and Washington Capitals’ 2006 first-round pick Simeon Varlamov. Russia had just played Switzerland in an exhibition in Canada in preparation for the World Championships this week. Russia won 6-2, and Varlamov was in goal. Portions of the interview ...
By: On Frozen Blog
(Seriously) Working Overtime
2008-04-25 23:08:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Ever heard of a goalie making 100 saves in a professional hockey game? It almost happened last night. The Philadelphia Phantoms and the Albany River Rats last night played the longest game in the American Hockey League’s 72-year history. They went into five overtimes! The Phantoms’ Ryan Potulny scored ...
By: On Frozen Blog
(Seriously) Working Overtime
2008-04-25 23:08:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Ever heard of a goalie making 100 saves in a professional hockey game? It almost happened last night. The Philadelphia Phantoms and the Albany River Rats last night played the longest game in the American Hockey League’s 72-year history. They went into five overtimes! The Phantoms’ Ryan Potulny scored ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Reinforcements for the Farm
2008-04-25 21:31:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Word out of Hershey: both Josh Godfrey and Karl Alzner have joined the Bears. Alzner will not play in tonight’s game 5 at Wilkes Barre-Scranton, as he’s sidelined by the flu, but he could dress in game 6 tomorrow back at Giant Center if Hershey can get a ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Reinforcements for the Farm
2008-04-25 21:31:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Word out of Hershey: both Josh Godfrey and Karl Alzner have joined the Bears. Alzner will not play in tonight’s game 5 at Wilkes Barre-Scranton, as he’s sidelined by the flu, but he could dress in game 6 tomorrow back at Giant Center if Hershey can get a ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Positive Press for Perreault
2008-04-19 14:21:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Earlier this week the Telegraph-Journal of Saint John, New Brunswick, chronicled the completed Q-League playoff series between the Sea Dogs and the Acadie Bathurst Titan, which eliminted the Titan and sent Mathieu Perreault packing for Hershey. Take a look at Marty Klinkenberg’s description of Perreault: “The Titan’s Mathieu Perreault, ...
By: On Frozen Blog
A Tough Week in the Postseason Continues, but the Future Remains Bright
2008-04-17 04:03:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Mathieu Perreault made his pro hockey debut tonight in the Hershey Bears’ opening playoff game, against Wilkes Barre – tough circumstances into which to be introduced to new teammates and a new league. The Bears lost to Wilkes Barre 2-1 in overtime. Chris Bourque had the lone Hershey tally. The ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Dear Hershey: Thank You for Sending Us the Magic
2008-04-06 07:16:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Note: the following letter was penned by Hershey Bears Senior Manager of Communications and radio play-by-play voice John Walton on the day that Bruce Boudreau was named head coach of the Washington Capitals last November. AN OPEN LETTER TO CAPITALS NATION 11/22/2007 - To: Capitals Fans far and wide From: Humble Bears ...
By: On Frozen Blog
The Color of Success
2008-04-02 17:20:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - My good friend Eric McErlain didn’t pick a good night to play hookie from the hockey rink. But he doesn’t have much red in his wardrobe anyway. But first thing’s first. I asked for one WaPost columnist to attend Tuesday night and George Solomon sent two, including himself. There ...
By: On Frozen Blog
New Fan Promotion in Hershey: Surgical Mask Night
2008-03-26 14:45:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Tonight the Hershey Bears will visit the Norfolk Admirals in a pivotal game in the American Hockey League’s stretch run. The schedule and the game program will identify Norfolk’s opponent as Hershey, but the actual players wearing maroon sweaters will be recognized by few who’ve followed the Bears ...
By: On Frozen Blog
A Spiritual Streak Remains Intact, and Adherence to It Pays Off Large
2008-03-21 10:35:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenbog.com/ - My boss gave me an unpleasant assignment at week’s start: take a reporter to the NCAA basketball opening round’s evening slate at Verizon Center Thursday, for a schmoozing session with the press. That’s unpleasant for me cause it isn’t just that basketball isn’t my bag, but to be ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Knee-Jerks & Notes: Caps-Thrash, 3/14
2008-03-15 12:39:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - I’m trying to remember the last Capitals’ game that had Alexander Ovechkin skate sub-20 minutes. He didn’t even hit 18 minutes. He went for 17:40 Friday night. It wasn’t that he failed to perform to Bruce Boudreau’s standards; rather, the coach recognized that Friday represented Atlanta’s third game in ...
By: On Frozen Blog
For the Bears, a Quick Mid-Weekend Meal and Laundry at Home
2008-02-24 08:05:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - 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 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Get a Good Look at This Future Washington Capital
2008-02-07 06:54:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - 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. ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Winning the Washington Way
2008-01-27 07:17:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Not only did the Hershey Bears welcome Bruce Boudreau back to Giant Center last night, they wore their affiliate’s colors. They resembled the Caps in another way as well: they battled back from an early deficit en route to victory. Binghamton surged to a 3-0 lead in the first ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Prospect Progress on the Farm
2008-01-16 13:43:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Very quietly — though less so after this past weekend — Andrew Gordon is ascending in the hierarchy of Caps’ prospects in his first season of pro hockey. But it hasn’t been all smooth sailing for the smooth-skating rookie this season. Back in the fall, he was demoted to ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Pink Think Hits the Rinks
2008-01-16 03:33:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - I have never been a huge fan of pink, especially when it comes to hockey jerseys. However, it’s different when it comes to charity. Breast cancer awareness is at an all-time high, thanks to leagues like the NHL and AHL, among others, who host a multitude of ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Welcome Back, Eric Fehr!
2008-01-08 20:08:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Tim Leone of the Patriot News has the scoop — Eric Fehr may be back playing pro hockey as early as tomorrow night! “Right winger Eric Fehr, sidelined since last season due to a back-hip ailment, may return to the lineup for the Hershey Bears when the Norfolk Admirals visit ...
By: On Frozen Blog
The Winning Ways Down on the Farm
2008-01-01 04:30:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - It’s nothing short of staggering, the way the Hershey Bears endure prominent graduations (Green, Steckel, Fleischmann, Laing), the graduation of their coach, a mountain of injuries, but find ways to keep winning. This New Years Eve the Bears hosted first-place Philadelphia at Giant Center and sent the Phantoms home 2-1 losers. With ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Gabby Gets the Big Gig
2007-12-27 14:24:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Near 4:30 yesterday afternoon newly named NHL Head Coach Bruce Boudreau was enjoying his first dinner as an official NHL bench boss in the press lounge of Verizon Center. There was something too arena vendor baked ziti about the scene. I thought about where in Washington I’d want to ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Hockey Rinks from South Dakota to South Africa
2007-12-18 17:12:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Ever wonder what professional ice hockey teams play in New Zealand? How about Dubai? Where can you catch a pro game next time you’re in Spain, or Bahrain, or mainly on the plain? Well a dedicated French hockey fan named Sam has completed quite a project: a Google map of ...
By: On Frozen Blog
A December Friday?s Opening of an Era
2007-12-07 15:24:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - November 23 in Philadelphia was, technically, Bruce Boudreau’s debut as head coach of the Washington Capitals. But I actually believe we’ll see Bruce Boudreau’s Washington Capitals for the first time tonight, in New Jersey, in the new Prudential Center. It should be an evening of newness and renewal. Last Sunday ...
By: On Frozen Blog
A December Friday?s Opening of an Era
2007-12-07 15:24:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - November 23 in Philadelphia was, technically, Bruce Boudreau’s debut as head coach of the Washington Capitals. But I actually believe we’ll see Bruce Boudreau’s Washington Capitals for the first time tonight, in New Jersey, in the new Prudential Center. It should be an evening of newness and renewal. Last Sunday ...
By: On Frozen Blog
John Walton?s Open Letter to Capitals Nation
2007-11-22 21:58:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - John Walton, radio voice of the Hershey Bears, published an open letter to Capitals fans on his web site. I know it?s been a trying few weeks watching your team slide in the standings, and I know a lot of you have been frustrated with what you?ve seen. I also ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Capitals Name Bruce Boudreau Interim Head Coach
2007-11-22 16:44:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Fresh off the presses at Kettler Capitals Iceplex: ARLINGTON, Va. ? The Washington Capitals have relieved Glen Hanlon of his coaching duties and named Bruce Boudreau the team?s interim head coach, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. Boudreau, 52, has coached championship teams in the American Hockey ...
By: On Frozen Blog
It Keeps Getting Better
2007-11-13 21:27:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Per a report on TSN: “NHL Network today announced it has reached a one-year extension for broadcast rights to American Hockey League (AHL) games. The broadcast package provides NHL Network, in both Canada and the U.S., with 20 ‘Game of the Week’ match-ups, airing Thursdays at 7 p.m. ET ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Opening Night in ChocolateTown
2007-10-21 01:11:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - 11:45 a.m.: In the middle of this week I wondered about the appeal of spending this particular weekend in Hershey, coincidental to the Bears’ home opener. It’s never a bad idea to take in a Saturday night hockey game at Giant Center, and the moreso on Hershey’s home Opening ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Blogging by Bus
2007-10-19 17:00:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Tonight, the Hershey Bears are in Connecticut to play the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. They left yesterday afternoon to arrive by dinner time, allowing plenty of rest before the puck drops. Keep in mind, this is the AHL where you travel old school. You travel by bus. ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Death by Late-Night TV
2007-10-17 15:31:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - In Monday’s New York Times, in her “Sports of the Times” column, Selena Roberts posits that baseball itself is largely culpable for its death as a participation sport in the U.S. She noted that by the time MLB got around to sanctioning the first pitch of an American League ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Good Signs Down on the Farm
2007-09-30 14:43:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Chris Bourque scored 18 seconds into last night’s Hershey Bears’ exhibition game against Norfolk, and the Bears would get goals from five others in the 6-2 triumph. Hershey is now 3-0 in preseason, and like the Caps, closes out the preseason slate Sunday evening at 5:00, with a Giant ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Opening Day in Hershey: The Talk Is of Titles, Not Just Playoffs
2007-09-20 23:40:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - A week to the day after the Kettler Capitals Complex afforded me empirical evidence of hockey’s return, I headed up Rt. 83 North to take in Media Day and the opening of training camp for the Hershey Bears this morning. I noticed that the Maryland and Pennsylvania trees bore the earliest tinges ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Ray Emery, Prizefighter
2007-09-18 16:01:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Everyone remembers the beatdown Senators goalie Ray Emery gave Sabres netminder Marty Biron . . . but here’s some great footage from Emery’s days in Binghamton playing for the Sens’ AHL squad, as he pummels non-goalie Josh Gratton of the Philadelphia Phantoms: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AZzyOBhk5Uw The lesson: Do not mess with Ray Emery. Copyright © ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Impassioned Voice Added to the Hockey Blogosphere
2007-09-11 15:30:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Fans of both the Washington Capitals and Hershey Bears received more good news this week: Bears’ Senior Manager of Communications and radio play-by-play voice John Walton debuted his blog yesterday: Walton, Wired and Unwired. Walton’s game calls rank among the best in all the business, and his access to the Bears — ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Boyd Gordon?s Summer School
2007-08-09 13:17:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - How exactly does an NHLer spend his summer preparing for the rigors of the NHL’s 82 games-plus season? We know vaguely that many of them retain the services of personal trainers, that they skate a fair bit with other NHLers in informal gatherings at rinks across North America, and ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Additional Inkings: Steckel, Hunt
2007-07-19 19:10:00 (c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Two more promising young players have re-upped with the Caps: center Dave Steckel signed a two-year deal, and defenseman Jamie Hunt is in the fold for 2007-08, the Caps announced today. Steckel is coming off his finest season as a pro, scoring 30 goals and adding 31 assists in 71 ...
By: On Frozen Blog
When the Numbers Do Lie
2007-06-07 16:15:00 As Game 5 in Anaheim wound down the Stanley Cup Finals and the NHL season last night, I thought ahead to the American media coverage of a largely pedestrian series, involving two less-than-glamourous franchises, and steeled myself for leads themed on “Ducks win, hardly anyone watches. Check back with us in October for more hockey ...
By: On Frozen Blog
An Eternal Home for the Hockey Heart
2007-06-06 11:05:00 Without question the Hershey Bears today have a home rink to make most other pro hockey teams jealous, including a few in the NHL, but not far behind Giant Center looms the old Hershey Arena, an architectural cathedral to our game, hockey history’s home in central Pennsylvania. I had an opportunity last weekend to pop in ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Bad News Bears
2007-06-05 15:26:00 Tim Leone has all the grizzly Game 3 details here. (c)OnFrozenBlog - A Haven for the Hockey Malnourished
By: On Frozen Blog
Calder Cup Bracket Update ? 04 June 2007
2007-06-04 06:00:00 (c)OnFrozenBlog - A Haven for the Hockey Malnourished
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Bruce Boudreau?s Revival
2007-06-03 15:19:00 Immediately after Hershey’s 4-2 win over Hamilton Saturday night, evening the Calder finals at a game apiece, Bears’ coach Bruce Boudreau was asked if he was going to pursue a union membership card, as he’d worked so hard to overhaul his team in short order. It was a remarkable transformation. Gone were were the passive PKers ...
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Calder Cup Finals Game 2: A Photo Essay
2007-06-03 07:07:00 Opening Faceoff - Calder Cup Final Game 2 Tenute back in the lineup Bears’ first goal Carey Price save on Klepis Cassivi in net pucksandbooks in the Giant Center press box Bears win game 2 (c)OnFrozenBlog - A Haven for the Hockey Malnourished
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Hershey 4, Hamilton 2
2007-06-03 04:23:00 (c)OnFrozenBlog - A Haven for the Hockey Malnourished
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