Down On The Farm -The AHL Hershey Bears suffered a 4-1 home ice loss to the Toronto Marlies on Saturday night, but worse yet, the Bears also lost rookie defenseman Connor Hobbs for the next 6-8 weeks because of a fractured left wrist.
The Marlies scored twice in the first and twice in the third, while the lone Hershey goal came in the final minute of the first frame, halving the Toronto lead to 2-1 at that point. Garrett Mitchell scored his second goal of the season for the Bears, getting help from Jeremy Langlois and Zach Sill.
Bears goalie Adam Carlson stopped 31 of the 35 shots he faced in a losing effort, falling to 2-2-0 on the season.
Hershey is back in action on Sunday afternoon when it takes to the road to face the Baby Pens in Wilkes-Barre Scranton.
By The Numbers -John Carlson led the Capitals with 29:18 in ice time, doing so for the 12th time in 14 games this season. Carlson is now averaging 27:12 in ice time per night this season, the highest figure of any player in the league … Carlson was on the ice for 4:59 of Boston's total of 7:07 in power play time in Saturday's game … Wilson led the Caps with five shots on net and six shot attempts … Wilson, Brooks Orpik and Liam O'Brien paced the Caps with three hits each … Orpik led the Caps with three blocked shots … Eller won eight of 11 face-offs (73%) on the night.