Meanwhile . . .

. . . the Hershey Bears are riding a seven game winning streak. And, with tonight’s 6-5 win over Breidgport, the Bears took over the top-spot overall in the AHL, passing the Norfolk Admirals for first in the East Division of the Eastern Conference.

It’s not like a lot of the games have been close, either. Even with the Bears 6-5 score-first, fall-behind, come-back-in-the-end win over Bridgeport tonight, they have outscored opponents to the tune of 30-13 over these seven games. Tonight was the first time in these seven games that an opponent scored more than two goals.

Kyle Wilson has led the way in scoring, going 3-7-10. Among the others:

- Dave Steckel, 2-7-9
- Chris Bourque: 4-4-8, including a hat trick tonight
- Joey Tenute: 4-3-7
- Matt Hendricks: 4-3-7
- Quintin Laing: 3-4-7
- Jakub Klepis: 3-4-7 (before being recalled to Washington)

In goal, Frederic Cassivi is 4-0-0, 1.00, .963 in four appearances in this stretch, while Maxime Daigneault is 3-0-0, 3.00, .871 in three appearances.

It’s an unhappy spring for Caps fans in Washington, but in Hershey, there is hope of another deep run in the playoffs to come. Way to go, guys…