The Washington Capitals announced their first signing of the offseason Monday afternoon. The Caps re-signed Hershey Bears forward Shane Gersich to a one-year, two-way contract for next season. Gersich will make $700k at the NHL level and $115k at the AHL level.
The Capitals have also guaranteed Gersich a minimum salary of $125,000.
The Hershey Bears had a rookie “soiree” on Sunday and, in the spirit of never growing up, forward Shane Gersich was dressed up as Peter Pan for the night.
Yes, green tights and all.
By Donya Abramo 3 months ago
Friday night in Hershey, Shane Gersich scored two goals in the Bears’ 6-1 drubbing of the Cleveland Monsters. Gersich scored his second and third goals of the season on the power play in the third period.
The Bears jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the first period and looked like the better team the entire night. Nathan Walker, Jayson Megna, Michael Sgarbossa, and Riley Barber scored the Bears’ other four goals.
By Alex Hayes 6 months ago
The Hershey Bears have had an abysmal start to the season, winning only one of their first six games, but Friday evening against the Charlotte Checkers, there were reasons to celebrate.
Brian Pinho and Shane Gersich scored their first AHL goals.
By Alex Hayes 7 months ago
Leading up to the Capitals banner-raising ceremony on October 3, we’ll be sharing content from the summer that we never got around to publishing. This series is entitled Stanley Cup stories.
Three days after the Capitals won their first Stanley Cup, the team was honored at Nationals Park. That day, a beardy Alex Ovechkin threw out the ceremonial first pitch (which eventually turned into a second pitch) and the team took a photo on the field with the Stanley Cup and Nationals players. Eventually, the
Caps lumbered their way up to a private suite, where they drank some beers, danced, and took turns holding up the NHL’s championship trophy.
By the end of the game, a throng of Caps fans made their way up to the entrance of the suite level, hoping they’d get a glimpse of the Stanley Cup or a player filing out of the stadium.
Instead, they got something even better: a sweaty bear hug from one of the greatest hockey players of all-time.
Tuesday night, the Capitals snagged their first preseason win against the St. Louis Blues with a 4-0 victory.
Shane Gersich contributed with a quick snipe of his own to open the scoring, but he also attempted a nifty spin-o-rama move against Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo, a forward playing as a defenseman.
By Julia Karron 8 months ago
Saturday afternoon, the Capitals rookies and prospects played their first game in the Prospect Showcase in Estero, FL.
While the squad dropped the game 5-4 to the Nashville Predators, 2018 first-round pick Alex Alexeyev was impressive.
The affable defenseman got in his third career fight and his first as an NHL player.
By Julia Karron 9 months ago
The Washington Capitals shortest offseason ever is almost over.
This week, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Nicklas Backstrom were the latest players to return to the Washington DC area and join the team’s informal skates at MedStar Capitals Iceplex. The sessions already include Lars Eller, John Carlson, Nathan Walker, Shane Gersich, Pheonix Copley, and Swiss defensemen Jonas Siegenthaler and Tobias Geisser. The practices are run by strength and conditioning coach Mark Nemish.
Kuzy admitted in an interview on Friday that being a Stanley Cup champion made training over the summer more difficult.
By Brennin Weiswerda 9 months ago
Shane Gersich has been turning heads in Da Beauty League this offseason on Team Velocity, racking up 16 points, best for 11th in league scoring.
On Sunday, Gersich took some time to snap a photo with, inarguably, two of the greatest hockey players on the planet Earth, Olly Postanin and Jacob Ardown, the creators of On the Bench.
Shane Gersich is already in full swing of his summer training. The Capitals rookie is participating in Minnesota’s Da Beauty League for the second consecutive year, joining Team Velocity.
On Wednesday, Gersich scored off a breakaway on Utah Grizzlies’ Brandon Wildung.
We can only hope to see more of these moves next season.
By Cara Bahniuk 10 months ago
