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Monthly Archives: November 2007

Growing, and Perhaps Salvaging, from Within

26 November, 2007

I’ve felt a bit like the Steve Eminger of blogging the past week — a lot of action happening about the Caps, and I was a distant witness to it. It started late last Monday afternoon, when I was enduring Braveheart-like body treatment by TSA out at Dulles Airport. One final glimpse of my blackberry [...]

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The Worst NHL Arenas?

26 November, 2007

SI.com recently did a column about the five worst stadiums. It got me thinking about hockey arenas; we’re lucky in Washington to have a great one now (though some might argue that the Cap Centre had its charms). Of course, not all teams are so lucky. Here’s a few off the top of my head: [...]

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The Week That Was

25 November, 2007

Many, including our own pucksandbooks, were out of town and away from their computers during the holiday when the big news hit. To help catch you up on the week’s events, we’ve compiled some links to a number of articles. We’re bound to have missed some, so feel free to leave us a comment with [...]

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Back to Back Wins? Caps 5 / Canes 2

25 November, 2007
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Getting to Know Coach Boudreau

24 November, 2007

The Hockey News has an excellent profile of the Washington Capitals’ new head coach Bruce Boudreau, including tidbits like his (non-speaking) role in the film Slap Shot as a rookie with the Minnesota Fighting Saints. Click here and read on. It was only fitting the Capitals would name Boudreau an interim coach. Certainly wouldn’t want [...]

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A Ring of Fire in the Ring of Kerry

24 November, 2007

Cousin and I are in the really big city now – the capital. We arrived in time for Thanksgiving dinner Thursday, and while the land here is turkeyless (and snake-free of course, thanks to St. Patrick), cousin and I require no pity. To put it mildly, we gorged ourselves grandly at Gallagher’s Boxty House. Gallagher’s [...]

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Grapes on Dames at Games

24 November, 2007

We wanted to allow Liz to get settled in a bit here before we approached Grapes for his thoughts on our adding a member of the fairer sex to our townhouse of testosterone. In this week of giving thanks, we original OFBers are thankful she’s joined our team and improved our site. It’s been a [...]

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Lindsay A Covergirl

24 November, 2007

Congrats to NBC4′s Lindsay Czarniak who shares the December cover of Washingtonian magazine with WJLA’s Alison Starling for an article on happy hours. A slideshow of the photo soot can be viewed on NBC4′s web site.

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Corner Turned? Caps 4 / Flyers 3 in OT

23 November, 2007
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Hyannisport Prez #7 Makes Good

23 November, 2007

Now that Bruce Boudreau is the Caps’ interim head coach, I figured it was worth revisiting an article that appeared in the Toronto Star in June. He’s finally realized his dream, according to his comments from several months ago: “This is my 32nd year of fighting to get to the NHL,” said Boudreau yesterday. “It’s [...]

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