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Riley Barber named AHL Player of the Month for January

By Rachel Cohen

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February 1, 2019 3:10 pm

Capitals prospect Riley Barber was named the AHL Player of the Month for January.

The 24-year-old forward scored seven goals and tallied 14 points in 10 January games, leading all Bears players.

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According to the Bears, Barber had two game-winning goals and five multi-point games in the month. The 2012 sixth-round pick had points in eight of Hershey’s 10 games over the month. The Bears are currently on a seven-game point streak (6-0-0-1). The point streak has pulled the Bears over .500 and into sixth place in the division.

Barber is the first Bears player to earn the honor since Christian Djoos in March 2017.

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(Hershey, PA-February 1, 2019)-The American Hockey League announced today that Hershey Bears forward Riley Barber has been named the CCM/AHL Player of the Month for January.

Barber began the month by scoring a pair of goals and adding an assist in the Bears’ 6-4 win over Grand Rapids on Jan. 5. He scored two more goals in a 3-0 win at Lehigh Valley on Jan. 12, and extended his scoring streak to five games by recording two assists in a 5-4 win over the Phantoms the next night. Barber tallied a goal and an assist to help Hershey to a 5-3 win at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Jan. 19 and duplicated that effort in a 4-1 victory at Bridgeport on Jan. 21. Barber closed out the month with a goal in the Bears’ 4-2 win over Laval on Jan. 26.

The Pittsburgh native is tied for the team lead with 38 points this season (18 goals, 20 assists), as well as power play goals (nine). He is tied for the AHL lead in power play points with 22.The alternate captain has played 211 career games with Hershey, scoring 158 points (77 goals, 81 assists).

Barber was a sixth round selection of the Washington Capitals in the 2012 NHL Draft and appeared in three games with the Capitals in 2016-17. He was previously named the CCM/AHL Rookie of the Month in February 2016. He will be presented with an etched crystal award prior to an upcoming home game in recognition of his achievement.

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