Sunday October
1, 2006 (Posted Sunday 10:39 P.M. EST)
Bears drop preseason finale
to Pens, 4-1
By Joe Shetrom, 7641
Sports
joe@7641.com
In their final tune-up before
next Saturday's regular season opener, the Hershey Bears allowed
four unanswered goals en route to a 4-1 defeat to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Penguins Sunday night at Giant Center. Jordan Morrison, Tyler
Kennedy, Tim Sestito, and Matt Carkner pocketed scores for Wilkes-Barre,
while Andrew Penner and Jeff DesLauriers combined for 23 saves
in net. Quintin Laing provided Hershey's only marker of the
contest, beating Penner at 6:37 of the 1st period to give the
defending Calder Cup champions a 1-0 advantage. Frederic Cassivi
stopped 17 of 20 shots before giving way to Maxime Daigneault
(9 saves) at the onset of the 3rd stanza. The Bears finished
the 2006/07 preseason with an 0-3 record, while Wilkes-Barre
ended training camp with a 2-1 mark - both wins coming against
Hershey.
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TEAM
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1ST
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2ND
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3RD
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Total
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|
Wilkes-Barre
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1
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2
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1
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4
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Hershey
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1
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0
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0
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1
|
FIRST PERIOD - Scoring:
1, HER, Laing (Hendricks, Hunt), 6:37. 2, WBS, Morrison (power
play) (Sersen, Carkner), 15:13. Penalties: Skolney, WBS (slashing),
4:03; McNeill, WBS (fighting major), 7:23; Vandermeer, HER (fighting
major), 7:23; Johansson, HER (hooking), 13:41; Brodziak, WBS
(hooking), 15:46; Bonvie, WBS (charging), 18:57.
SECOND PERIOD - Scoring:
3, WBS, Kennedy (game-winner) (Reddox, Brodziak), 8:11. 4, WBS,
Sestito (power play) (Wallace, Bissonnette), 19:39. Penalties:
Werner, HER (hooking), 2:22; Nycholat, HER (cross-checking),
4:08; Bonvie, WBS (delay of game), 15:51; Laing, HER (interference),
17:40.
THIRD PERIOD - Scoring:
5, WBS, Carkner (power play) (Christensen, Reddox), 5:09. Penalties:
Patrick, WBS (unsportsmanlike conduct), :46; Hendricks, HER
(roughing), :46; Bodie, WBS (roughing), 4:12; Bonvie, WBS (fighting
major), 4:12; Robitaille, HER (cross-checking, roughing), 4:12;
Vandermeer, HER (instigator, fighting major, misconduct), 4:12;
Christensen, WBS (holding stick), 7:51; Patrick, WBS (roughing),
14:27; Fehr, HER (elbowing), 14:27; Patrick, WBS (fighting major),
18:36; Robitaille, HER (instigator, fighting major, misconduct),
18:36.
Game Factoids: Face-offs
won (unofficial): Hershey: 25, Wilkes-Barre: 40
Hershey finished
0-5 on the power-play, while Wilkes-Barre ended at 3-7
The
Penguins outshot the Bears 30-24
Penner left midway through
the 2nd period with 9 saves on 10 shots. His replacement, DesLauriers,
did not allow a goal on 14 shots faced
The match also featured
three fights, with Hershey's Peter Vandermeer dropping the gloves
with Grant McNeill in the 1st period and former Bear Dennis
Bonvie in the 3rd. McNeill earned the win over "Vandy" with
numerous punches landed, while Bonvie and Vandermeer - with
over 6,000 combined penalty minutes in the American Hockey League
- battled to a draw. In the game's other donnybrook, Hershey
LW Louis Robitaille dropped Wilkes-Barre D Curtiss Patrick -
son of former WBS Head Coach Glenn Patrick - with a right haymaker
late in the 3rd
Vandermeer racked up a total of 57 PIMs in
the two preseason games versus Wilkes-Barre
Lawrence Nycholat
donned the captain's "C," while Laing and Dave Steckel each
sported an alternate captains' "A"
Carkner and first-year
pro Liam Reddox each finished with a game-high two points for
the visitors
A Chris Bourque 2nd period shot knocked off DesLaurier's
mask
In 3 preseason contests, Hershey was outscored by a 17-5
margin
Robbie Schremp, the Ontario Hockey League's leading
scorer with 145 points in 2005/06, did not play after being
assigned to Wilkes-Barre from the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday
Bears Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Trevor Byrne and Tyler
Sloan on defense, with Bourque, Matt Hendricks, and Petr Taticek
at forward
Scratched from Hershey were: D Dean Arsene, D Viktor
Dovgan, D Deryk Engelland, LW Tomas Fleischmann, G Darren Machesney,
D Sasha Pokoluk, and RW Matt Stefanishion
Former Hershey D
Patrick Traverse (97/98), was claimed off waivers by the Montreal
Canadiens this past Thursday. He was set to join former Bears
Mathieu Darche (04/05) and Graham Mink (05/06) with the first-year
Worcester Sharks
One-time Bears D Dwayne Zinger, swapped to
the San Antonio Rampage last season for Doug Doull, is currently
attending the Providence Bruins training camp
3 Stars of the
Game: (1) Penner, (2) Carkner, (3) Sestito
Referee: Ryan Fraser
Attendance: 3,771.
Coming Up: The Bears
begin their Calder Cup title defense Saturday night in Wilkes-Barre,
facing off against the Penguins at 7:05 PM from the Wachovia
Arena. It marks the fifth straight campaign Hershey has started
the regular season on the road.
Wilkes-Barre's
Grant McNeill (left) exchanges punches with Hershey's Peter
Vandermmer during their 1st period fight.
Penguins RW Dennis
Bonvie, a former Bear, gestures toward the Hershey bench following
his 3rd period bout with Vandermeer.
Sunday September
24, 2006 (Posted Sunday 10:09 P.M. EST)
Washington Capitals Vs. New
Jersey Devils
Devils dust off Caps, 3-1
New Jersey special teams shine
By Joe Shetrom, 7641
Sports
joe@7641.com
Talk about irony. On September
17, 1982, the New Jersey Devils made their franchise debut in
Hershey, PA, cruising to a 3-1 win over the Washington Capitals.
Just over 24 years later, the Devils, making their first-ever
Giant Center appearance, left Chocolatetown with another 3-1
victory
over the Capitals. New Jersey's special teams would
factor in all three goals on Sunday, with David Clarkson (power-play),
Olli Malmivaara (short-handed), and Zach Parise (5-on-3 power-play)
supplying the offense as the Devils earned their first win of
the 2006/07 preseason. Washington (1-1-1 in exhibition), playing
without reigning National Hockey League Rookie of the Year Alex
Ovechkin, avoided the goose egg when Ben Clymer's right point
attempt found its mark with just less than three minutes remaining
in regulation. Martin Brodeur, the fourth-winningest goaltender
in NHL history, stopped all 13 shots faced in 30-plus minutes
of action, while his replacement, Scott Clemmensen, ended with
20 saves. At the other end of the ice, Olie Kolzig, now in his
18th season as a member of the Capitals organization, turned
aside 15 of 18 shots.
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TEAM
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1ST
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2ND
|
3RD
|
Total
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|
New Jersey
|
2
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0
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1
|
3
|
|
Washington
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
FIRST PERIOD - Scoring:
1, NJ, Clarkson 2 (power-play) (Tallackson, Greene), 4:31. 2,
NJ, Malmivaara 1 (game-winner) (short-handed) (Pandolfo, Brylin),
13:43. Penalties: Semin, WAS (delay of game), 2:56; Hale, NJ
(hooking), 8:01; Rafalski, NJ (hooking), 12:23; Klepis, NJ (hooking),
14:47; Hale, NJ (hooking), 18:17.
SECOND PERIOD - Scoring:
None. Penalties: Langenbrunner, NJ (goaltender interference),
:51; Giroux, WAS (hooking), 4:18; Lukowich, NJ (holding), 12:21;
Perrott, NJ (roughing), 17:10; Erskine, WAS (roughing), 17:10;
Perrott, NJ (fighting major), 19:13; Erskine, WAS (fighting
major), 19:13.
THIRD PERIOD - Scoring:
3, NJ, Parise 1 (power-play) (Zajac, Rafalski), 13:50. 4, WAS,
Clymer 1 (Giroux, Klepis), 17:04. Penalties: Rafalski, NJ (interference),
:18; Perrott, NJ (hooking), 9:59; Giroux, WAS (goaltender interference),
12:31; Clark, WAS (hooking), 13:25; Clarkson, NJ (holding, roughing),
19:53; Clark, WAS (roughing), 19:53.
Game Factoids: Face-offs
won (unofficial): New Jersey: 23, Washington: 24
New Jersey
finished 2-5 on the power-play, while Washington ended at 0-8
The Caps outshot the Devils 34-18
C Jakub Klepis, a member
of the Hershey Bears' 2005/06 Calder Cup championship team,
has collected 4 points over the last 2 games for Washington
(1G, 3A)
The Capitals have gone just 4-29 on the man advantage
during the preseason (13.8%)
After their first attempt at
a fight was squelched by linesmen Derek Nansen and Mark Pare,
New Jersey's Nathan Perrott and Washington's John Erskine dropped
the gloves immediately after their coincidental roughing penalties
expired late in the 2nd period. Both quickly shed their mitts,
squaring each other up for a good ten seconds before trading
blows in front of the Capitals bench. The bout, however, was
short-lived and anti-climactic, with both players eventually
falling to the Giant Center ice. After Perrott's short, ineffective
punches to the back of his opponent's head had little effect,
Erskine threw two wild rights that missed their mark, essentially
ending the scrap
New Jersey registered only 4 shots on goal
during the 3rd period
Among the former Bears to see action
for Washington on Sunday were: Kris Beech, Tomas Fleischmann,
Boyd Gordon, Mike Green, Klepis, Brooks Laich, Bryan Muir, and
Jeff Schultz. Two likely new members of the 06/07 Bears, Alexandre
Giroux and Chad Wiseman, played for the Caps
Brodeur last
played in Hershey against the Bears during the 1992/93 campaign
with the American Hockey League's long-defunct Utica Devils
New Jersey Head Coach Claude Julien started Brad Lukowich
and Brian Rafalski on defense, with Scott Gomez, Jamie Langenbrunner,
and Parise at forward
Washington Head Coach Glen Hanlon started
Brian Pothier and Jeff Schultz on defense, with Beech, Fleischmann,
and Richard Zednik at forward
D Johnny Oduya, who participated
in the Capitals' rookie camp at Giant Center in July 2005, dressed
for New Jersey
Notable scratches for New Jersey included LW
Patrik Elias, RW Brian Gionta, and C John Madden. LW Donald
Brashear sat out for Washington
Sunday's game was the third
NHL preseason contest played in Giant Center history
3 Stars
of the Game: (1) Malmivaara, (2) Brodeur, (3) Clymer
Referees:
Chris Ciamaga, Paul Devorski
Attendance: 4,255
Hershey kicks
off its 06/07 preseason slate in Philadelphia on Monday, facing
the Phantoms at 1 PM at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ.
Veteran Capitals
Netminder Olaf Kolzig blocks a shot aside during 1st period
action.
Shortly before
being relieved in the 2nd period, the Devils Martin Brodeur
makes this save to preserve his shutout.
The Caps' John
Erskine and New Jersey's Nathan Perrott tangle immediately after
being released from the penalty box.
The Capitals found
the net once during Sunday's match. This shot beat the Devil's
Scott Clemmensen to the glove side.
Sunday August
6, 2006 (Posted Sunday 11:59 P.M. EST)
My, my, how the time flies
A quick summertime update
By Joe Shetrom, 7641
Sports
joe@7641.com
June 15th seems like it
was just yesterday, does it not? I had been working on a paper
for one of summer classes at Louisville that sunny Thursday
morning, feverishly pecking away at a laptop from my La Quinta
Inn hotel room on the outskirts of Milwaukee. Little did I know
at the time, but the next 36 hours would be a blur, watching
the Bears capture their 9th Calder Cup Championship, finishing
my Game 6 report and immediately hitting the road to get back
to Hershey in time for the Cup celebration the following evening
at Giant Center. Indeed, after e-mailing the game story and
pictures to our site's webmaster, we checked out of our hotel
around 1:30 Friday morning, and, merely running on adrenaline
at that point, hightailed it back to Harrisburg, where we arrived
about 5 PM. I calculated that of the 57 hours we were away from
Central PA during June 14-16, 27 were spent in our rental vehicle
(a Buick Rendezvous for those interested). Very tiring, yet
very memorable!
Before we embark on the
2006/07 season, I wanted to thank everyone that continues to
make this venture a success. That includes you, the readers,
who have e-mailed me your well wishes, whether it was regarding
our News & Notes page, or my Bear Witness features in the Bear
Trax programs. They are very much appreciated, and we hope to
bring you more of the same this year. As well, we'd like to
thank the Hershey Bears management for their continuous support
and opportunity to contribute to their storied franchise.
Enjoy the rest of your summer,
and we'll see you next month for the start of preseason camp.
The Bears will raise their 9th Calder Cup Championship banner
on Saturday, October 21 against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers
but officially begin their Cup defense on October 7 in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
against the Penguins.
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Gone
from the 05/06 Bears
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Name
|
#
|
Position
|
New Team
|
|
Robin Gomez
|
27
|
LW
|
Manchester Phoenix (EIHL)
|
|
Boyd Kane
|
12
|
LW
|
Philadelphia Phantoms
|
|
Mike Kompon
|
27
|
F
|
EHC Munchen (Germany)
|
|
Graham Mink
|
21
|
RW
|
Worcester Sharks
|
|
Mark Wotton
|
4
|
D
|
Bridgeport Sound
Tigers
|
and
likely Coming to the 06/07 Bears
|
Name
|
Position
|
Old Team
|
|
Trevor Byrne
|
D
|
Peoria Rivermen
|
|
Alexandre Giroux
|
C/LW
|
Hartford WolfPack
|
|
Quintin Laing
|
LW
|
Norfolk Admirals
|
|
Petr Taticek
|
C
|
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
|
|
Peter Vandermeer
|
LW
|
Hamilton Bulldogs
|
|
Chad Wiseman
|
RW
|
Hartford WolfPack
|
Chad Wiseman,
shown here with the Hartford WolfPack in a March 17, 2004 game
at Giant Center, is expected to be one of the on-ice leaders
for the Bears this season.
Re-signed
with Hershey for 06/07& 07/08
|
Name
|
#
|
Position
|
|
Dean Arsene
|
29
|
C
|
|
Frederic Cassivi
|
35
|
G
|
Dean Arsene, show
here during training camp last season, will be back on the Bears
blueline for the next two campaigns, having signed a 2-year
deal with Washington/Hershey last month.
Re-signed with Washington
for 06/07
|
Name
|
#
|
Position
|
|
Kris Beech
|
25
|
C
|
|
Boyd Gordon
|
13
|
C
|
|
Brooks Laich
|
26
|
C
|
Washington Capitals
2005 1st round pick Sasha Pokoluk, shown here during last month's
prospect camp at Giant Center, is expected to add size and strength
to the Bears blueline this season.
Former
Bears on the move
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Name
|
Year(s) w/
Hershey
|
06/07 Team
|
|
Nikita Alexeev
|
2003/04
|
Tampa Bay Lightning/Springfield Falcons
|
|
Evgeni Artukhin
|
2003/04
|
Yaroslavl Lokomotiv (Russia)
|
|
Serge Aubin
|
'97-'00
|
HC Geneve-Servette (Switzerland)
|
|
Greg Barber
|
2004/05
|
Storhamar Dragons (Norway)
|
|
Rick Berry
|
'98-'01
|
New York (I)/Bridgeport
Sound Tigers
|
|
Eric Bertrand
|
2002/03
|
Sonderjyske (Denmark)
|
|
Craig Berube
|
'86-'89
|
Philadelphia Phantoms (Head Coach)
|
|
Frederic Bouchard
|
2000/01
|
Rouen HE (France)
|
|
Travis Brigley
|
'02-'04
|
Augsburger Panther (Germany)
|
|
Steve Brule
|
'02-'04
|
EC Graz 99ers (Austria)
|
|
J.J. Daigneault
|
'87-'89
|
Hartford WolfPack (Assistant Coach)
|
|
Mathieu Darche
|
2004/05
|
San Jose Sharks/Worcester Sharks
|
|
Marc Denis
|
'96-'99
|
Tampa Bay Lightning
|
|
Sylvain Deschatalets
|
2002/03
|
HC Fassa (Italy)
|
|
Lanny Gare
|
2003/04
|
ES Weisswasser (Germany)
|
|
Dylan Gyori
|
2002/03
|
EHC Munchen (Germany)
|
|
Duane Harmer
|
2000/01
|
Trondheim IK (Norway)
|
|
Michael Henrich
|
2002/03
|
EHC Wolfsburg (Germany)
|
|
Chris Herperger
|
'94-'96
|
Kloten Flyers (Switzerland)
|
|
Rod Hinks
|
94/95, 96/97
|
Valerenga (Norway)
|
|
Dan Hinote
|
'97-'99
|
St. Louis Blues
|
|
Martin Hlinka
|
'03-'05
|
Hannover Scorpions (Germany)
|
|
Raitis Ivanans
|
2000/01
|
Los Angeles Kings
|
|
Trevor Johnson
|
2004/05
|
AS Renon (Italy)
|
|
Patrik Juhlin
|
1995/96
|
VIK Vasteras HK (Sweden)
|
|
Konstantin Kalmikov
|
2001/02
|
AS Renon (Italy)
|
|
Jordan Krestanovich
|
'99-'04
|
Pensacola Ice Pilots (ECHL)
|
|
Pat Leahy
|
2001/02
|
Nashville Predators
|
|
Gavin Morgan
|
2003/04
|
Vienna Capitals (Austria)
|
|
Brad Norton
|
2001/02
|
Detroit Red Wings/Grand Rapids Griffins
|
|
Eric Perrin
|
'03-'05
|
Tampa Bay Lightning/Springfield Falcons
|
|
Steve Rymsha
|
2002/03
|
Esbjerg IK (Denmark)
|
|
Philippe Sauve
|
'00-'04
|
Phoenix Coyotes
|
|
Tomas Slovak
|
'03-'05
|
Mora IK (Sweden)
|
|
Dan Smith
|
'96-'01
|
Detroit Red Wings/Grand Rapids Griffins
|
|
Charlie Stephens
|
'02-'04
|
Dusseldorfer EG Metro (Germany)
|
|
Alex Tanguay
|
1998/99
|
Calgary Flames
|
|
K.C. Timmons
|
'99-'03
|
Manchester Phoenix (EIHL)
|
|
Patrick Traverse
|
1997/98
|
San Jose Sharks/Worcester Sharks
|
|
Simon Tremblay
|
2002/03
|
Sonderjyske (Denmark)
|
|
Jason Ulmer
|
2000/01
|
Hannover Scorpions (Germany)
|
|
Jeremy Van Hoof
|
2003/04
|
HC Fassa (Italy)
|
|
Shane Willis
|
2003/04
|
Carolina Hurricanes
|
|
Brian Willsie
|
'98-'03
|
Los Angeles Kings
|
After spending
last season in Europe, one-time Bear Eric Perrin has returned
to North America, re-signing with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Other
notes:
