After being named to the Team USA roster at the start of the new year, Hershey Bears forward Chris Bourque received a warm sendoff from the organization ahead of his departure for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
This comes days after the Capitals ran an emotional Olympic sendoff video for radio announcer John Walton.
By Madeline Dement 4 years ago
Milwaukee Admirals forward Bobby Butler was one of 22 players named to the United States Olympic hockey team on Monday. But this story is about Bobby Butler’s papa.
While at practice, Bobby called his dad over to the bench and gave him the big news. The Admirals posted video on Twitter and, well, you just have to see this.
Chris Bourque leads the AHL with 39 points (11-28) in 34 games played for the Hershey Bears. Monday, he earned the greatest accomplishment of his career and was named to the 2018 United States Olympic team.
Bourque, who is signed to a AHL contract with Hershey, has played 51 career games in the NHL during his 13 years pro, including 13 games with the Capitals and 38 with the Penguins and Bruins.
On Friday afternoon, the IIHF held its first ever outdoor game in World Junior Championship history. Team USA took on Team Canada at New Era Field in Buffalo, New York. The hockey game was an instant classic. The game ended with a shootout under blizzard-like conditions.
With up to three inches of snow falling during the game and temperatures in the teens, the game was an experience unlike any other for the players and fans alike. 44,594 people were in attendance, setting a new World Junior attendance record.
We collected some of the best snowy scenes from the game.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 years ago
After the NHL announced they would not participate in the 2018 Olympics, the American Hockey League announced that players on AHL-only contracts would be allowed to participate in the games held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
According to NHL writer John Hoven, longtime Hershey Bears forward and AHL legend Chris Bourque has made the 2018 squad and will be competing for Team USA.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 years ago
Team USA takes it outdoors tomorrow to play Canada during the World Junior Championship. The matchup is the first ever top-level IIHF World Championship game to be played outside.
Being hosted at New Era Field, the home of the Buffalo Bills, Team USA and Nike didn’t look far for inspiration for the team’s uniforms.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 years ago
This year’s iteration of the IIHF World Junior Championship featured three Capitals prospects and numerous wow moments on the way to the United States clawing their way to the gold medal on Thursday in Montreal. This years tournament will be remembered as having one of the best medal rounds in tournament history with three of the four games going to overtime and all four of the “big four” teams involved. Let’s look at the best moments for all those involved in this year’s tournament.
By Spenser Smallwood 5 years ago
With Tuesday night’s loss to Canada 4-2, Team USA’s World Cup of Hockey tournament will go no further than the group stages. One of the reasons for this early departure was the fact that the team’s brass seemingly decided to go with grit over skill in regards to a few key roster decisions.
The most controversial decision was leaving Pittsburgh Penguins forward Phil Kessel off the team even after he led the Penguins in both goals and points on the way to their Stanley Cup victory.
Kessel in spectacular fashion chimed in on Twitter literally moments after the final horn went off signaling the end of the road for Team USA.
Just sitting around the house tonight w my dog. Felt like I should be doing something important, but couldn't put my finger on it.
— Phil Kessel (@PKessel81) September 21, 2016
By Chris Cerullo 5 years ago
If you didn’t know already, locker room logos are sacred. You don’t step on the logo, it’s considered disrespectful and you probably want the team that the logo belongs to, to lose forever if you do commit said act. I’m not much of a superstitious gal, but it’s getting to the point in my fandom with this team that I think we should probably try everything and anything. Even if that means we won when I ate a kale salad and now I need to eat kale salad for lunch every single game day.
By Elyse Bailey 5 years ago
After spending two games mixing it up with Team Canada, TJ Oshie has returned to his normal form as a playmaker and finisher. In the first period against Finland, Oshie scored his first goal of the World Cup of Hockey pre-tournament, one-timing a shot past Pekka Rinne from the slot.
