#hershey bears lb

[andrebearakovsky]

Lmao the Hershey bears straightup don’t use a defenseman on their top power play unit. They were like we’re on the power play, we don’t care about this defense nonsense. And they didn’t even bother with a defenseman lmaooo

[casadoresdean]

At least we have the Hershey Bears to follow/watch… 😭

[hazzaisagoober]

Alright something that I've observed after just coming back from seeing back to back Hershey games is that their pp is so much faster it's amazing the contrast. Like they hustle and get as many shots on goal as possible. In general it seems their game is faster, I know they're younger but wasn't it once said that NHL is faster than AHL, well as of late I've not found that to be the case.. js

[backstroms-saucy-passes]

ladies and gentlemen

[anxsity]

1 ⭐ / 10 ⭐

great jobs guys (fehy & lappy). honestly? this was the funniest outcome possible. took out 3 teams just to immediately trip and fall. anyway gmbm if u dont buy a dog over the offseason i WILL be manifesting in ur office <3 peace and love to the lb but this took years off my life.

but! if i want to be positive!: this was carberys first year as an nhl head coach, let alone the coach of the fucking caps. at the beginning of the season we literally changed the entire coaching staff, all new system that we suddenly had to get used to. not to mention that the roster at the beginning of the season is way different than what we have now- we lost a foundational franchise player that genuinely emotionally wrecked the team (and they even said so in interviews!!). at the deadline we sold our highest scoring (at the time) player!! at one point or another 97% of this team was on the IR. our backup goalie outperformed our big contract "starting" goalie. we lost how many dmen at the end to shit ass calls??? this was never going to be The Year.

but hey- just look at Hershey!!!! our up and coming players are defending their championship title and doing so extremely well!!! even without their captain, without lapierre or mcmichael or iorio or miro. this franchise has a bright future, we just have to get there.

godspeed lb, wine uncles, and our dumbass players 🫡 and GO BEARS 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[holtbys-left-eyebrow]

hi!!! do you have any tips for someone getting into hockey for the first time. i want to follow the caps but i don't exactly know where to start especially since the season hasn't started (?) yet! thank you so much :-)

hi anon!!!! this ask genuinely made me smile, so i hope ur able to get something out of it (or at least maybe a list of what u don’t want to do lmao)

gonna put it under a readmore bc idk how to keep things short

ur right, the season hasn’t started yet! hockey season runs between october through the following april; there’s preseason games (for ✨funsies✨, no points) in september, and the stanley cup playoffs (our trophy run) happens from about mid to late april through till mid june.

the sport itself can be Really Confusing (no one knows what goaltender interference is), but luckily there’s a lot of online resources if ur interested in the rules, but you will Also just pick things up as you watch/listen. i’ve spent a lot of time (no joke) on the “hockey for dummies” webpage when i was watching minor leagues and couldn’t rely on announcers to tell me what was going on. that said: u don’t have to learn any of these things to be a fan, u can just be excited when ur team puts the puck in the net! that’s what we all want!

the two biggest tips i have are just: dive in and have fun. “dive in”: just pick a team (or a few, tho it sounds like you’ve chosen wisely hehe). “have fun”: exactly what it sounds like.

as for caps specific things:

the caps have an amazing broadcast team all around. if ur able to tune in (or pirate ;]) to televised games, u’ve got joe b and locker, some of the best announcers in the sport. if you’re like me, you’ll probably be listening to the radio broadcast with john walton! there’s no right way to enjoy the games, as long as you’re Enjoying them!! (and don’t feel like you have to tune into every game either, it’s nbd)

the caps fan community is truly great. since u sent me this ask on tumblr i’m assuming you’re active on here; the #caps lb tag is full of other fans that you can connect and chat with. and the ‘lb’ there means ‘liveblog’, we all tend to post our own reactions to the game as it’s happening (or talk about. unrelated things if the game is going poorly), that’s another great way to feel like you’re “watching with friends”.

if ur interested on “brushing up” on the team during the offseason, there’s a website called “russian machine never breaks” that’s been writing about caps and caps adjacent things (including reporting on the hershey bears’ calder cup win, our ahl affiliate!) since 2009 (which is around the same time i started following the team). they’re my go to resource for player profiles, game summaries, all that jazz. i recommend looking at some of the articles from the caps 2018 stanley cup run if you want some Feel Good Content

this is already long as hell and i’m not sure if i actually answered ur question so i’m actually gonna stop here and say if u have any other questions, i’m happy to answer them here or in my dms if you’d like! i’m always happy to make new fans feel welcome <3

[babekovsky]

ALEXANDER ALEXEYEV SCORED HIS FIRST AHL GOAL!! And the first Bears goal of the season!!

[washingtoncapricorns]

Alex Alex says no shut out for you!

[metro-babes]

HE

[ryangravytrain]

It’s only fitting that the caps and bears go into overtime and proceed to lose in OT a few minutes in on the same night

[hugyourgoalies]

the caps are dangerously close to being held together by duct tape and paper clips and hershey bears just in time for playoffs

[schmidtho]

it does have to suck for the isles to know they were beat by team comprised of like. 50% ahl callups lol

[lilkuzyvert]

the only person that can fix this is phil maillet he speaks french and is sexy bring him back i am no longer asking

[andrebearakovsky]

The Atlantic wins the AHL ASG, and Vitek, after giving up only 2 goals in 4 games, wins MVP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[babekovsky]

DJOOS SCORES!!!!!!! The Djoos chants are my new favorite ❤️

Tied at 2

[washingtoncapricorns]

Brian Pinho is on 🔥