Not long into his fourth separate stint with this organization, the prodigal son of the Hershey Bears paused and tallied up the time. A winding career had launched him up and down the East Coast and across the globe, from Maine to Massachusetts, Rhode Island to Pennsylvania, Switzerland to Russia, 11 teams in three countries altogether. Sound dizzying? Try living it.
“Drafted here, spent seven years, maybe?” forward Chris Bourque said, his mind wandering. “I think that’s about right.”
He was correct. After signing a two-year, two-way deal at league minimum this summer, the only Hershey player ever with three Calder Cups returned for a seventh season with Washington and its American Hockey League affiliate.