NHL Preseason: Washington Capitals Vs. Philadelphia Flyers

The Hershey Bears and the club’s National Hockey League affiliate, the Washington Capitals, are proud to announce that NHL preseason action is coming to Hershey. The Capitals will take the ice in Chocolatetown to battle the Philadelphia Flyers at GIANT Center on Thursday, September 25, 2025.

The Bears and Capitals have enjoyed a longstanding affiliation that began twenty years ago ahead of the 2005-06 season. The Bears have won the Calder Cup five times during the current partnership (2006, 2009, 2010, 2023, 2024), and no NHL-AHL pairing has won more Calder Cups in that span. When the Capitals won the Stanley Cup in 2018, 14 players on the club’s playoff roster previously played in Hershey, including 10 former Bears who dressed in the Cup-clinching Game 5 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.

This is just the fourth NHL preseason game to be held at GIANT Center and the first since 2006. Previous NHL preseason games at GIANT Center included the initial NHL contest on Oct. 2, 2003 when the Flyers were bested by the New York Islanders. On Sept. 25, 2005, the Capitals and Penguins played at GIANT Center in a game that saw Alex Ovechkin take the ice for Washington ahead of his record-setting rookie season. The following year, Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Martin Brodeur helped the New Jersey Devils to a win over the Capitals in Hershey on Sept. 24, 2006. 

Further information on the upcoming NHL preseason game at GIANT Center will be shared via HersheyBears.com and HersheyEntertainment.com. 

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