. the announcers claimed just 15, but I counted, rewound the Tivo and slow-motion counted, and it was 18 glorious noggin-knockers” — but a powerful sense of my needing to make the YouTube retrieval of this medieval deathmatch my Sunday obligation. It took a bit of digging, but oh was it ever worth the effort, and now it’s recorded, as it should be, forever for posterity at OFB.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYb5BBpH0OU

 

JoeB, previously noted appropriately for his astute call of Alex the Gr8’s greatest-ever goal in Phoenix his rookie year, rises again to the occasion in Scotiabank Saturday night.

“Oh my goodness . . . gracious . . . Chris [Neil] go down already.

“Chris Neil ate about 15 [Donald Brashear] lefts.”

We can forgive JoeB, during all that excitement, for not fact-checking the fist-throw count with Marleen in real time.  

Tarik’s lead this morning, I thought, was letter-perfect:

“If Alex Ovechkin was less than 100 percent because of stitches in his thigh, it wasn’t evident Saturday night against the Ottawa Senators.”

One might have attributed last month’s 4-1 triumph in Ottawa to the Sens taking the then victory-starved Caps lightly, but what now? Tuesday’s third matchup of the season between the teams will tell us a lot, I think, about the sort of mettle Bruce Boudreau’s players will take into the season’s second half, for they’ll host one ornery Sens’ squad in a late matinee then. But win or lose Tuesday, the Caps have already delivered an interesting potential storyline between these clubs. If — if — the Caps could somehow scratch and claw their way into the East’s eighth spot at season’s end, they’d very likely face the Sens in the postseason’s first round. And regular season MoJo between clubs often influences playoff karma. An interesting, thought, no?    

I could get used to these kind of winter-time Sunday mornings.

 

 

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Posted at 11:26 am. Filed under 3WT, Donald Brashear, Fighting, Jonathan Warner, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, Old Time Hockey, Ottawa Senators, Radio, Tarik El-Bashir, Video Clips, Washington Capitals, Washington Post.
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7 Comments

  1. Gustafsson wrote:

    I believe Spike mentioned to me that it is league policy that fight highlights are not to be included.

    The league needs to either embrace fighting (like they should) or just ban it (no, they shouldn’t) rather than take the Puffnuts approach of ignoring it officially, but loving it for the publicity and promotion it generates.

    That was one of the more fun games to watch in a while.

    Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 12:31 pm | Permalink
  2. Gustafsson wrote:

    Oh… and in the post game show of HNiC, Don Cherry completely berated Brashear for backing down from an earlier possible bout yet dancing the tango in the one he did.

    I’ll look up the comments later and add them.

    Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 12:33 pm | Permalink
  3. Matt wrote:

    Did Neil play in the 3rd? I checked the stats but the NHL managed to loose the shift charts…

    Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 2:20 pm | Permalink
  4. Jordan wrote:

    I missed the game as well, and was also upset to not see the fight in the highlights. Thanks for posting it for us!

    Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 4:21 pm | Permalink
  5. HotDog88GT wrote:

    So is the Phone Booth ice getting any better?

    Monday, December 31, 2007 at 9:49 am | Permalink
  6. Donald wrote:

    I missed the game only because it was on CSN+, and my cable provider doesnt carry it.

    Monday, December 31, 2007 at 11:01 am | Permalink
  7. Walt wrote:

    Thanks for sharing the pounding. Beshear had the fastest left I have ever seen.

    That’s old hockey.

    Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 5:47 pm | Permalink

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