It took 20 games, but Capitals’ second-round pick Brett Leason finally scored his first AHL goal of this career. And it came in one of the biggest games of the Hershey Bears season: Teddy Bear Toss Night.
Leason scored the overtime game-winning goal and tallied the first three-point game of his professional career against the Hartford Wolf Pack.
Martin Fehervary scored his first professional goal for the Hershey Bears Sunday night.
Using his blazing speed, the Slovak defenseman scored shorthanded on a two-on-one break with Axel Jonsson-Fjallby.
By Ian Oland 1 year ago
On the same night that Alex Ovechkin scored his 50th and 51st goal, Joe Snively, a college UFA signed two weeks ago by the Capitals, marked his own milestone.
Playing in his first professional hockey game with the Hershey Bears, Snively scored his first goal, which happened to be the game-winning goal for the Bears.
Snively, who went to Yale, grew up in Herndon, Virginia, and was a member of the Washington Little Capitals, a youth hockey team that practices at MedStar Capitals Iceplex.
By Cara Bahniuk 2 years ago
The 6-3 win for the Hershey Bears over the Hartford Wolf Pack Saturday night was full of firsts. Two recent Capitals draft picks scored their first AHL goals: Maximillian Kammerer and Garrett Pilon.
Liam O’Brien and Mike Sgarbossa both scored twice and Ilya Samsonov made 28 saves to get his first win in nearly a month.
By Brennin Weiswerda 2 years ago
Sunday afternoon, the Hershey Bears picked up their second straight win, a 4-3 victory over the Hartford Wolf Pack. The game was Hershey’s annual Pink the Rink game to support the fight against breast cancer.
While it was a special night for Riley Barber, whose mom Stacy participated in the ceremonial puck drop, it may have been an even more emotional night for defenseman Lucas Johansen.
Johansen scored his first professional goal in the second period of the game, dedicating it to his late grandmother.
By Brendan Doyle 3 years ago
Connor Hobbs has only been playing in Hershey for a few weeks, but that short amount of time has been quite eventful. In a preseason game against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Hobbs landed a big hit that he later called “pretty dirty.” A week ago, the defenseman got into his first AHL fight, knocking out his opponent. And Saturday, Hobbs scored his first professional goal.
That goal could not have come at a better time. Tied up in the third period against the Providence Bruins, Hobbs scored a power play goal that boosted Hershey to a 3-2 victory.
By Brendan Doyle 3 years ago
The night after Lucas Johansen scored his first career AHL point, Jonas Siegenthaler had a milestone of his own.
The Swiss defense prospect scored his first career AHL goal Sunday against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
On a night where a franchise record 20,662 stuffed animals were donated to charity, the Hershey Bears organization also saw a milestone achieved by one of its newest players.
22-year-old rookie Zach Sanford scored his first professional goal during Hershey’s 4-2 victory over Syracuse, Sunday night. After Nathan Walker forced a turnover, the Australian hit Sanford with a pass in front of the crease. Sanford then beat Crunch goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis with a pinpoint perfect shot over the blocker 23 seconds into the third period. The goal made it 2-0 Hershey.
Photo: Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey
The Hershey Bears had a big night on Friday. They won 10-4, completing the best-of-five series against the Worchester Sharks in round one in four games.
Casey Wellman led the way with three goals and an assist, Chris Brown scored twice, Nate Schmidt, Cameron Schilling, Tim Kennedy, and Jakub Vrana all had three points in the game. Vrana also scored his first AHL goal.
The other goal-scorers included Dustin Gazley and Liam O’Brien.
By 6 years ago
Photo: Kyle Mace / Chocolate Hockey
Friday night in Portland, Maine, one Washington Capitals prospect had an odd milestone. 2013 first-round pick Andre Burakovsky scored his first American Hockey League goal. In an odd twist, it came 163 days after his first NHL goal earlier this season.
