Posts About "Mike Haviland"
Hershey Bears Announce New Coaching Staff
July 2nd, 2014 After a few months of searching, the Washington Capitals and Hershey Bears announced that Troy Mann will lead their AHL club for the 2014-15 season. Mann spent last season as the head coach of the Bakersfield Condors in the ECHL, leading them to the Kelly Cup Finals where they fell to the Alaska Aces. “Troy has a wide range of...
Hershey Bears Lose Great Hockey Mind
May 10th, 2014 In terms of job security at the professional level of hockey, there’s almost none for head coaches and their assistants. Two Calder Cup championships for Mark French followed by three consecutive first round exits caused a move to the KHL for the former Bears coach after the Washington Capitals decided not to renew his contract. Mike...
Washington Capitals, Ryan Stoa Haven't Talked Contract
April 22nd, 2014 With the Hershey Bears season over, the team looks to make some changes to get back to the AHL postseason in the 2014-15 campaign. The team only has a few players under contract for next year, with a lot of their roster to be determined by Washington along with AHL signees by Hershey GM Doug Yingst. One decision the Capitals will have to...
Hershey Bears: Why They Missed the Playoffs
April 20th, 2014 Postseason play had become a yearly tradition for the Hershey Bears and their fans since they became affiliated with the Washington Capitals. However, this season the Bears underachieved monumentally and missed the playoffs for the first time in nine seasons. First-year Hershey head Coach Mike Haviland had high expectations coming into...
Hershey Bears Top Binghamton Senators
April 13th, 2014 The Hershey Bears 2013-13 campaign came down to the wire and the club reached the playoffs on the final day of the season. The 2013-14 Bears club could have their season’s fate determined in a similar scenario, with a late season playoff push separating Norfolk and Hershey by a tie breaker. The Bears pulled out a huge 1-0 overtime...
Hershey Bears Weekly: Chris Brown Returns
April 1st, 2014 The Hershey Bears (34-25-4-4) picked up two big wins last weekend at Giant Center, giving them a shot at redemption following a troubling past few weeks. They’ll venture on a five game road trip beginning this week, with three extremely winnable away contests against Portland, Worcester and Bridgeport. Recently assigned young...
Analyzing the Hershey Bears Defense
March 30th, 2014 The Hershey Bears’ defense was outstanding throughout the 2012-13 campaign under former head coach Mark French. That trend has continued under the tutelage of first-year Bears coach Mike Haviland, who hopes a hot goalie can provide them with dangerous ammunition heading into the 2013-14 Calder Cup playoffs. Their top defensive...
Hershey Bears Weekly: Running Out Of Time
March 27th, 2014 A tough road trip awaited the Hershey Bears last weekend, with a substantial opportunity to inch closer to a playoff spot. The Chocolate and White came out unsuccessful, winning just one of their three games, including losses in their final two games of the road swing to the Worcester Sharks and Manchester Monarchs. Hershey dropped to...
Hershey Bears Weekly: Road Test
March 20th, 2014 The struggle to play a complete sixty minutes of hockey has haunted the Hershey Bears for the majority of the 2013-14 season and will be their pitfall if they miss out on the Calder Cup playoffs. Time is running out for the Chocolate and White, who have just 14 games left on their schedule in Mike Haviland’s first year as the Bears...
Capitals Prospect Stanislav Galiev Skates On Fourth Line
March 16th, 2014 Washington Capitals prospect Stanislav Galiev was hit with a tough injury earlier this season that he’s recovered from, but he hasn’t yet been rewarded with the opportunity and ice time he desires. After being scratched two straight games this weekend, the Russian born forward skated on the Bears’ fourth forward line with Peter...
Washington Capitals: Jack Hillen Continues Recovery
March 2nd, 2014 Washington Capitals defenseman Jack Hillen walked briskly across the locker room to speak with the media after the Hershey Bears 6-3 loss to the Charlotte Checkers Sunday night. Hillen had played his second game during his conditioning stint, as he recovers from a tibial plateau fracture in his right knee. He felt much better than he did...
Will the Hershey Bears Make the Playoffs?
February 27th, 2014 The Hershey Bears have a storied history of making the postseason, any other scenario which they don’t appear in the Calder Cup playoffs is considered unacceptable. They’ve missed the playoffs just twice since the 1993-1994 season and don’t plan on making it their third time they’ve been rejoining their families early back home...
Hershey Bears Home Streak Snapped
February 22nd, 2014 With an opportunity to extend their home winning streak to a season high and league high 13 games, the Hershey Bears (29-17-3-3) failed to show up Saturday night at Giant Center. They were the victims of a 5-0 drubbing at the hands of the Syracuse Crunch, who picked up their first win over their last six games. “We were flat,”...
