HERSHEY, PA – With the historic 80th anniversary season of the Hershey Bears Hockey Club set to kick off tomorrow morning, there will be some familiar faces on the ice for practice while some are still in Washington.
Roster released by Hershey Sunday
The Washington Capitals announced that several players had been loaned to Hershey today including AHL-only contract players like Garrett Mitchell and Chris Bourque. Additionally, highly touted prospect Lucas Johansen and Connor Hobbs will start the season with the Bears.
ROSTER UPDATED: The following players were loaned to Hershey for the start of their training camp Monday: Albert, Simpson, Johansen (cont)
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) September 24, 2017
Hobbs, Vanecek, Bau, , Carlson, A., Bindulis, Gustafsson, McGauley, Bourque, Gazley, Mitchell, M., Mitchell, G., Hughes, Labrie (cont).
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) September 24, 2017
Several familiar faces though remain in Washington, fighting for precious few roster spots. They include forwards Riley Barber, Travis Boyd, Liam O’Brien, Zach Sill, Chandler Stephenson, Jakub Vrana, and Nathan Walker along with defensemen Madison Bowey, Christian Djoos, Tyler Lewington, Aaron Ness, Jonas Siegenthaler, and Colby Williams along with goalies Pheonix Copley and Parker Milner.
Several familiar faces though remain in Washington, fighting for precious few roster spots. They include forwards Riley Barber, Travis Boyd, Liam O’Brien, Zach Sill, Chandler Stephenson, Jakub Vrana, and Nathan Walker along with defensemen Madison Bowey, Christian Djoos, Tyler Lewington, Aaron Ness, Jonas Siegenthaler, and Colby Williams along with goalies Pheonix Copley and Parker Milner.
The Bears will head to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Wednesday night for their first pre-season scrimmage before hosting the Penguins Saturday. They open on the road in Lehigh Valley on Saturday, October 7.
For more information on practices, please see Hershey Bears Opening Week Schedule on the Bears’ website.
Additionally, the Bears have announced several promotions this season. The Promotional Schedule can also be found on Hershey’s website as well as information on purchasing tickets.
By Julie Beidler
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Stoked ! That’s a pretty dang impressive roster !!
Agree, Rick. The defense looks particularly strong.
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