Bobby Nardella is departing the Washington Capitals organization four years after signing with the club out of the University of Notre Dame.
Nardella signed a one-year contract with HV71 and will return to Sweden where he spent the 2020-21 campaign with Djurgardens IF, posting a team-high 33 points (7g, 26a) in 47 games.
By Chris Cerullo 4 months ago
Ethen Frank finished his rookie season in style, notching a hat trick in the Hershey Bears’ 6-4 victory over the Lehigh Vallen Phantoms.
The three tallies, all scored at five-on-five, gave Frank 30 goals on the season.
The win gave the Atlantic Division-leading Bears 97 standings points heading into the final day of the regular season. The Providence Bruins, who sit one point behind them, will play the Springfield Thunderbirds on Sunday to decide who gets the division and Eastern Conference crown.
By Ian Oland 8 months ago
The Hershey Bears won their league-leading 17th game on Saturday against the Cleveland Monsters. Buoyed by 25 saves by Clay Stevenson in his AHL debut, the Bears got goals from Mike Sgarbossa, Aaron Ness, and Sam Anas for the victory.
But the game was not all good news for the Bears. The team lost defenseman Bobby Nardella in the first period due to an injury.
Martin Fehervary became the latest Capitals player to suffer what appears to be a significant injury in the team’s 5-2 loss to the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
Fehervary was injured in the second period of the game after a Milan Lucic bodycheck. Fehervary’s arm absorbed the brunt of the hit and he was seen sporting a sling on that arm postgame.
If Fehervary is out longterm, who exactly will the team choose to fill in for him? Let’s take a closer look at some of the options they have currently in their organization.
By Chris Cerullo 12 months ago
The Washington Capitals announced eight cuts to their Training Camp roster on Sunday. The main group in camp is now down to 32.
Six of the eight players cut by the Caps will need to pass through waivers before they head to Hershey for Bears Training Camp which starts on Monday. That group of six includes goaltender Zach Fucale.
The news was announced by Capitals PR.
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
As Capitals Rookie Camp got underway on Saturday, defenseman Bobby Nardella was the only rookie on the ice in a non-red or white jersey.
Nardella, who was loaned to Swedish Hockey League team Djurgardens last season, decided to have surgery on a nagging shoulder injury at the end of the SHL schedule so that he would be prepared to play at the start of this season.
He is not 100-percent yet.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals announced three signings over a span of an hour on Thursday morning. All three players are minor leaguers but could play games in the NHL over the next two seasons.
The team first re-signed Garrett Pilon to a two-year, $1.5 million contract. The first year of Pilon’s deal is a two-way contract ($750,000 NHL/$110,000 AHL), while the second year is one-way ($750,000).
The Capitals next announced they had re-signed prospect defenseman Bobby Nardella to a two-year, $1.5 million contract. Nardella’s first year is two-way contract ($750,000 NHL/$110,000 AHL), while the second is one-way ($750,000).
Finally, depth forward Michael Sgarbossa inked to a two-year, two-way contract a short time later. The contract will pay Sgarbossa $750,000 NHL/$425,000 AHL in 2021-22 and $750,000 NHL/$500,000 AHL in 2022-23.
Capitals defense prospect Bobby Nardella is the latest Caps prospect to be loaned overseas for the upcoming season as he is headed to Djurgardens IF of the Swedish Hockey League.
Nardella, who was signed as a college free agent by the Caps in April of 2019, has played 43 games for the Hershey Bears over the course of the last two seasons. Unlike their other recent loaning of prospects, the Caps did not put any conditional language in their press release on the loaning of Nardella that indicates he will be called back for training camp so we are to believe that this is a full season loan.
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
With the Hershey Bears closing in on the playoffs after clinching a spot yesterday, they’ve brought in some reinforcements.
Like Joe Snively earlier this season, Bobby Nardella, who was signed to a two-year entry level contract by the Capitals on Friday, has signed an amateur tryout deal with the Bears.
By Julia Karron 5 years ago
On Friday, the Washington Capitals announced they had signed Notre Dame defenseman Bobby Nardella to a two-year entry-level contract beginning next season.
Nardella was named Notre Dame’s rookie of the year as a freshman and most recently was a Hobey Baker award nominee. The 5’10”, 180 pound defenseman received serious attention from at least three NHL teams, as reported by the Athletic’s Chris Kuc. Nardella was in attendance at Capital One Arena on Thursday night during the Capital’s division-clinching win over the Montreal Canadiens.
Nardella will likely follow the path of the Capitals’ most recent free agent college signing, Joe Snively, and join the AHL’s Hershey Bears on an amateur try-out contract.
By Brennin Weiswerda 5 years ago
