09 February, 2012


AO — All-Star

Ovechkin with mirrored visor

Congratulations to Alexander Ovechkin who becomes the first Washington Capital to be voted into the starting lineup of an NHL All-Star game since Rod Langway in the 1985-86 season.
We’ll find out if Olaf Kolzig made the team next week.



6 Comments

  1. Biff wrote:

    “the first Washington Capital on the starting lineup on an NHL All-Star game since Rod Langway in the 1985-86 season”
    So are we choosing to completely ignore Jagr’s tenure in Washington? Because I’m totally okay with that.

    10 January, 2007 at 1:37 pm | Permalink
  2. Gustafsson wrote:

    Eh, I had that a bit wrong. AO is the first Capital to be voted into the starting lineup by fan ballot.
    http://www.washingtoncaps.com/news/news.asp?story_id=4499
    Thanks for pointing that out, Biff. I’ll update the post.

    10 January, 2007 at 1:51 pm | Permalink
  3. Rich wrote:

    True story: A couple of years ago my son wanted Caps Jersey (good boy) and my wife was shopping at a flea market sale and found a used one for like a 2 bucks for him. She’s telling me on the phone all excited and I’m thinking it must be a t-shirt or something. I get home and its a Jagr jersey and I’m like “You paid HOW MUCH for this!?”

    10 January, 2007 at 2:02 pm | Permalink
  4. GoBucks9 wrote:

    I miss the visor. Do you guys think Semin will get invited?

    10 January, 2007 at 5:42 pm | Permalink
  5. george wrote:

    “Crosby, three Sabres All-Star starters”
    http://stats.washingtontimes.com/nhl/front.asp
    Ovechkin’s name doesn’t get mentioned until the 9th graf, and he is not quoted (both Crosby and Briere are quoted).
    Is this a joke?

    10 January, 2007 at 7:40 pm | Permalink
  6. OrderedChaos wrote:

    That’s awful George, though it’s an AP article (not written by the Times). Then again, the fact that the Times couldn’t bother to write its own article about AO getting named a starter on the All Star team is itself pretty terrible.

    11 January, 2007 at 1:30 am | Permalink

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