The Washington Capitals promoted the Hershey Bears’ leading goal-scorer on Wednesday.
Pierrick Dubé got the call to the NHL from Capitals’ general manager Brian MacLellan after Washington lost Nic Dowd to injury the night before against the New Jersey Devils.
Dowd left the ice late in the first period and did not return to the bench for the second. The Capitals announced he suffered an upper-body injury and would not return to the game.
The Capitals hosted a sparsely attended optional skate on Wednesday. Head coach Spencer Carbery said Nic Dowd was day-to-day and would not travel on the Capitals’ two-game road trip which takes them to Tampa Bay (Thursday) and Florida (Saturday).
The 23-year-old Dubé has scored 24 goals in 50 AHL games this season, leading the Bears and ranking tied for the second in the league. Dubé also ranks tied for first in game-winning goals (6) and fifth in points (34) on the Bears.
Dubé signed a two-year, two-way entry level contract with the Capitals over the summer after recording 32 points (16g, 16a) in 44 games with the Laval Rocket in 2022-23.
Dubé was previously a linemate of Hendrix Lapierre in junior.
Here’s the full press release from the Washington Capitals:
Capitals Recall Pierrick Dubé
Forward leads Hershey with 24 goals this season
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have recalled forward Pierrick Dubé from the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL), president and general manager Brian MacLellan announced today.
Dubé, 23, has recorded 34 points (24g, 10a) in 50 games with Hershey this season. Dubé’s 24 goals lead the Bears and rank tied for the second most in the AHL. In addition, the Lyon, France native ranks tied for first on Hershey in game-winning goals (6) and fifth in points.
Dubé, who signed a two-year, two-way entry level contract with the Capitals on July 2, 2023, recorded 32 points (16g, 16a) in 44 games with the Laval Rocket of the AHL last season. The 5’9”, 185-pound forward ranked first among Laval rookies in points-per-game (0.73) and plus/minus (+10). Dubé also appeared in nine games with the Trois-Rivières Lions of the ECHL in 2022-23, recording 14 points (9g, 5a). In 94 career AHL games with Hershey and Laval, Dubé has registered 66 points (40g, 26a).
Prior to making his professional debut in 2021-22, Dubé recorded 149 points (75g, 74a) in 219 career games in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) with the Quebec Remparts, Chicoutimi Saguenéens and Shawinigan Cataractes, including a career-high 45 points (19g, 26a) in 56 games with Quebec in 2019-20. Before being teammates with Capitals prospect Hendrix Lapierre in Hershey, Dubé played with Washington’s 2020 first-round pick with Chicoutimi during the 2020-21 season.
