{"id":333937,"date":"2025-12-06T23:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T23:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/333937\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T23:03:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T23:03:25","slug":"capitals-seem-likely-to-call-up-goaltender-after-hershey-bears-recall-mitch-gibson-from-echl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/333937\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitals seem likely to call up goaltender after Hershey Bears recall Mitch Gibson from ECHL"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hershey Bears announced Saturday that they have recalled goaltender Mitch Gibson from the ECHL\u2019s South Carolina Stingrays. Gibson\u2019s call-up suggests that the Bears will soon see one of their netminders, Clay Stevenson or Garin Bjorklund, sent to the Washington Capitals.<\/p>\n

Gibson\u2019s recall comes after Charlie Lindgren was unable to dress for the Capitals against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night due to an upper-body injury. Lindgren was a late scratch, forcing the Caps to use practice netminder Parker Milner as an emergency backup to Logan Thompson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say significant, but he\u2019s going to be out,\u201d Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery said of Lindgren postgame<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stevenson is the lone netminder in the Capitals\u2019 minor-league system with prior NHL experience, making his debut against the Pittsburgh Penguins last April. He made 33 saves in a 5-2 loss,\u00a0impressing Carbery<\/a>. This season in the AHL, Stevenson is 7-4-0 with a 2.54 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage.<\/p>\n

In 11 ECHL appearances this season, Gibson is 7-4-0 with a 2.20 goals-against average, a .921 save percentage, and one shutout. The 2018 fourth-round draft selection has played in three career AHL games for the Bears over the past two years.<\/p>\n

The Capitals returned home after their four-game road trip and took Saturday off. They\u2019ll be back on the ice Sunday morning ahead of their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Capital One Arena later that night.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the full press release on Gibson\u2019s recall from the Hershey Bears:<\/p>\n

BEARS RECALL GOALTENDER MITCH GIBSON
\nNetminder has gone 7-4-0 with the Stingrays this season with a 2.20 goals-against average<\/p>\n

(Hershey, PA \u2013 December 6, 2025) \u2013 The Hershey Bears have recalled goaltender Mitch Gibson from the club\u2019s ECHL affiliate, the South Carolina Stingrays. The announcement was made by Hershey vice president of hockey operations Bryan Helmer.<\/p>\n

Gibson, 26, has gone 7-4-0 in 11 games with the Stingrays this season, posting a 2.20 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage to go along with one shutout. He was the ECHL Goaltender of the Week for the period of Nov. 3-9.<\/p>\n

The netminder appeared in one game with Hershey last season, stopping 26 shots to earn a win at Springfield on Oct. 26, 2024. In 2024-25 with the Stingrays, Gibson went 12-1-0 in 14 games, posting a 1.75 goals-against average and a .933 save percentage in an injury-shortened season.<\/p>\n

The Phoenixville, Pennsylvania native is 3-0-0 in his AHL career with Hershey with a 1.94 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage. He made his AHL debut on Oct. 22, 2023, stopping 21 shots in a win at Bridgeport. He served as Hershey\u2019s third goaltender during the team\u2019s run to the 2024 Calder Cup title.<\/p>\n

With the Stingrays as a rookie in 2023-24, Gibson went 22-14-3 with a 2.56 goals-against average, an .899 save percentage, and three shutouts. Gibson\u2019s 2.56 goals-against average ranked third among ECHL goaltenders with 40 or more games played. He was credited with a goal in the Stingrays\u2019 win over Savannah on Dec. 1, 2023, becoming the 16th goaltender in ECHL history to score.<\/p>\n

Gibson was selected in the fourth round (124th overall) of the 2018 NHL Draft by the Washington Capitals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hershey Bears announced Saturday that they have recalled goaltender Mitch Gibson from the ECHL\u2019s South Carolina Stingrays.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-333937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}