With the 2023-24 American Hockey League (AHL) season now in the books, we continue our annual Washington Capitals prospect review and forecast series for the past season.
Photo: Eric Lord March proved to be the least successful month of the season for the Hershey Bears. The chocolate and white fell five times including three times in regulation, and lost the first three games of the month.
Washington Capitals’ veteran center Nic Dowd sustained an upper-body injury on Tuesday night as the Capitals faced the Devils at home. Dowd left the bench late in the first period after an earlier high hit from Devils’ forward Timo Meier.
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The Washington Capitals announced that center Nic Dowd will not travel with the team for their road trip over the weekend, which starts against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on Thursday (7 PM ET, ESPN), due to an upper-body injury suffered in Washington’s 6-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.
Photo: Eric Lord A season is going well when a team loses three times in a month and it marks the worst stretch of the campaign. That’s how it was for the Hershey Bears in January.
The Hershey Bears defeated the Hartford Wolfpack by a score of 4-2 on Friday in their final game of a three-game road trip. The victory moves the Bears’ record to 30-7-0-1.
Screen cap: AHL TV The Hershey Bears downed the Charlotte Checkers, 4-1 Wednesday night at the Giant Center in Hershey. Mike Vecchione scored on the power play in the first, Henrik Rybinski scored a short-handed tally in the second and Pierrick Dube added his 18th and 19th goals of the season in the win.
Photo: Eric Lord On December 8, the Hershey Bears saw their nine-game winning streak come to a halt with a 4-1 road loss to the Syracuse Crunch. Two days later, the chocolate and white dropped a 3-1 decision to the Charlotte Checkers at the Giant Center.
Photo: Eric Lord Lyon, France is a city known for its historical landmarks, silk production, soccer club and cuisine. One thing Lyon is not known for is producing hockey players.
Screen cap: AHL TV The Hershey Bears beat the Providence Bruins, 4-3 Saturday night at the Giant Center in Hershey, PA. Dylan McIlrath scored twice, Vinny Iorio scored his 4th tally of the season and Pierrick Dube added his team-leading 16th goal of the season in the win.