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Monthly Archives: January 2007

Morning cup-a-joe (1/23/07)

23 January, 2007

Comcast Sportsnight last night became a veritable rainbow of All-Star Game coverage. I thought their cameras would follow AO to his first-ever All Star appearance, of course, but this was fully two days before the show, and Comcast’s crew was on site in Dallas chit-chatting with players and coaches and sharing it all with viewers [...]

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Change Mismanagement

23 January, 2007

It’s often been said, truthfully in my mind, that hockey fans are a traditional lot. We don’t like change for the sake of change. Stompin’ Tom Connors sings “The Good Old Hockey Game,” not “The Medicocre New Shiny Hockey Game Featuring Space-Age Polymers.” Change isn’t a bad word to us, per se, but it’s a [...]

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Washington Post Express – 22 Jan 2007

23 January, 2007

express, 22 Jan 2007, page 36

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Followup on Terrific Travis Morin

22 January, 2007

OFB is lucky to have the caliber of reader it does. An hour or two after my cup-a-joe file was up this morning I received a reader tipoff to a fine and fresh profile of Caps’ prospect Travis Morin that ran in last week’s Mankato Free Press. Thanks to loyal reader sk84fun for the link [...]

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Morning cup-a-joe (1/22/07)

22 January, 2007

What a weekend for Caps’ prospect Andrew Gordon! His line read 2 goals and 4 assists in St. Cloud’s weekend sweep of Minnesota-Duluth in WCHA conference play. He now has 16 goals and 18 assists in 24 games, leading the Huskies in scoring. The junior from Halifax has improved his offensive numbers each season in [...]

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A View from the Press Box

21 January, 2007

Last week I journeyed to the top of the Phone Booth to cover the Caps/Flyers game for Off Wing Opinion, where you’ll find my game coverage from that night. What follows here is a glimpse into my experiences in the press box, locker room, and the concrete-and-steel maze that is the Capitals’ home. After entering [...]

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Knee-jerks: vs. Florida, 1/20/07

20 January, 2007

There will be many excuses, I imagine — the dreaded first game back from a road trip, the team is exhausted, the team is playing hurt etc. etc., but what it boils down to is an awful effort from the Caps, whatever the excuse. This lackadaisical effort wasted excellent goaltending from Olaf Kolzig, and the [...]

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Washington Capitals' Ice Girls: Poll Update

20 January, 2007

Last week we mentioned a post on Ted’s Take which talked about the use of ice girls and cheerleaders and started a poll. As of 10:30am the poll is basically a push. After 181 votes, 90 are for ice girls/cheerleaders while 91 are against the idea. Have you voted? Why not do so now. {democracy:3}

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Knee-jerks: @ Carolina, 1/18/07

19 January, 2007

Well, that combined mostly good news with some bad. The Caps played an excellent first period, then rode Alex Semin for the win. Olie Kolzig played well, and the team got a much-needed road win, against a surging Hurricanes team. The bad news is that Brian Pothier didn’t play at all in the third period, [...]

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Morning cup-a-joe (1/19/07)

19 January, 2007

If your Saturday errands happen to position you in or near Baudette, Minnesota, well, firstly, have some gloves and hand and feet warmers, cause you’ll be rather near the North Pole, but consider spending $5 real well and taking in the Baudette Bay Hockey Classic. Last Saturday was Hockey Day in Canada; this Saturday Minnesota, [...]

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