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Monthly Archives: March 2007

Lottery Footrace

24 March, 2007

Today, the NHL announced that its Draft Lottery will be held at high noon on April 10th at the league offices in New York. The results will be announced immediately afterward. Teams that did not make the playoffs (or those that acquired the first-round picks of those non-playoff teams) will participate in the lottery. However, [...]

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Happy, Happy, Happy: College Playoff Puck on Local Cable TV This Weekend

23 March, 2007

Wonderful news: the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) will be airing the first of three NCAA hockey playoff games this weekend beginning at 8:30 this evening, with the Midwest Regional’s second game between BU and Michigan State. Tomorrow MASN will cover the East Regional Final at 6:00 p.m. followed immediately by the Midwest Regional Final at [...]

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Choppy Seas Forecast for the Norfolk Admirals

23 March, 2007

We in Washington know well what restlessness within an American Hockey League franchise can spawn when a parent club poorly feeds the farm. In 2005, the Hershey Bears had had enough of the meager support provided by the Colorado Avalanche, and fresh from missing the AHL postseason in unheard-of consecutive seasons, they welcomed George McPhee’s [...]

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OFB Movie Review: Trailer Park Boys

22 March, 2007

Many of our readers won’t be familiar with the irreverent Canadian export ‘The Trailer Park Boys,’ now in its sixth season of production on the cable outlet Showcase. And that’s a shame, because as TV programs go — even late-night cable ones — this show has no peer. Recently OFB had an opportunity to enjoy [...]

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Bears Surge into First Place in the East

22 March, 2007

With its victory over Springfield 4-2 at the Giant Center last night, the Hershey Bears tied Norfolk with 96 points and grabbed a share of first place in the AHL’s East division. Norfolk and Hershey are also tied for the most points in the American League. The win also clinched a playoff berth for the [...]

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The Adventures of Hockey Boy

22 March, 2007

Who doesn’t hate stepping in dog poo? The lesson: Pick up after your dog, or Hockey Boy will getcha!

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The Center of Attention

21 March, 2007

A tip of the hat to JP for finding fresh news published in Sweden related to Nick Backstrom’s status for next season. According to this report, official talks between the Caps and Team Backstrom began yesterday. Fingers crossed.

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Knee-jerks: @ Buffalo, 3/21/07

21 March, 2007

And back to reality for the Caps, with a visit to the high-flying Buffalo Sabres bringing the Caps back down to Earth. The Caps were very game in the first, but Buffalo’s talent rose to the top in the second, putting the game away. Shaone Morrisonn had a good pinch later in the game, and [...]

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Bucci on Wheeler (and Ovechkin)

21 March, 2007

John Buccigross weighs in on the amazing Blake Wheeler goal in his latest ESPN column: [To] Blake Wheeler from the University of Minnesota hockey squad: Dude, I was anchoring “SportsCenter” on Saturday night when you scored that goal. It was No. 2 on Top Plays. No. 2! That would have been the lead of the [...]

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Knee-jerks: Practice, 3/20/07

20 March, 2007

With an alternate work schedule today, I was able to attend my first Caps practice since training camp and first visit to Kettler Capitals Iceplex since the ribbon cutting press conference. I took a few notes and will present them in typical OFB Knee-Jerk style. I’d estimate the attendance at about 50-75 fans. A practice [...]

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