Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team that plays in Washington, D.C. and is based in Arlington, Virginia.
Read More at Wikipedia ›The Washington Capitals have extended their affiliation agreement with the American Hockey League's Hershey Bears through the 2013-14 season.
"We are excited to extend our affiliation with the Hershey Bears," Capitals general manager George McPhee said in a statement. "The Bears are one of the most storied franchises in the AHL and we are looking forward to the continued development of some of our top prospects in Hershey."The Bears recently completed their seventh season as Washington's AHL affiliate. In that time, the team has reached the playoffs all seven seasons and won the Calder Cup as league champ in 2006, 2009 and 2010.Nineteen former or current Bears played in Washington this season, including goaltender Braden Holtby, who helped lift the Capitals over the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals."The combined efforts of the Capitals and the Bears have produced playoff teams each year and three championships here in Hershey since our partnership began," Hershey pr...Michal Handzus scored a power-play goal late in the third period to lift Slovakia to a 4-3 victory over Canada in the opening quarterfinal game of the 2012 World Cha...
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