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Monthly Archives: December 2007

Gabby Gets the Big Gig

27 December, 2007

Near 4:30 yesterday afternoon newly named NHL Head Coach Bruce Boudreau was enjoying his first dinner as an official NHL bench boss in the press lounge of Verizon Center. There was something too arena vendor baked ziti about the scene. I thought about where in Washington I’d want to have my first dinner were I [...]

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Knee-jerk Reactions: Caps vs. Bolts, 12.26.2007

27 December, 2007

Well my initial plan of between-period updates has been thwarted by Windows Vista and its cantankerous behavior when interfacing with the Verizon Center’s wireless network. Next time I’m bringing a LAN cable … old-school is sometimes best. Exciting game tonight, with the Caps dominating the visiting Lightning much more than the final score might suggest. [...]

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Caps 3 / Bolts 2

27 December, 2007
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Boudreau Named Head Coach of Washington Capitals

26 December, 2007

For Bruce Boudreau, the title Interim Head Coach was, itself, interim. After just 14 games at the helm of the Washington Capitals–during which the team has earned 17 points–the team made it official today by removing that pesky “interim” from his title: Boudreau is now the Head Coach, 14th in team history. Boudreau’s positive impact [...]

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Strong American Start at the World Juniors: U.S. 5, Kazakhstan 1

26 December, 2007

Unofficial shot count: U.S. 49, Kazakhstan 18 Jeremy Smith in net for the Americans. Goals from Sweatt, Rakshani, Carmen, Fairchild, and Okposo. Max Pacioretty apparently took a knee, missed some action, but returned.  Karl Alzner and Josh Godfrey and their Canadian teammates kick off their tournament this afternoon against the Czechs (starting at 1:30 EST).

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'Tis the Season for Unsanctioned Skating

25 December, 2007

Rink ice is rarely rented during the holiday week. The principal payoff for a year’s worth of surrendered Sundays making ice¬†there is this week: the¬†evening sheets are¬†mine for endless recreating. If Christmas makes children of us all, Christmas week makes me l’enfant de shinny. My beer league teammates always answer the call. Richard and Andrew, [...]

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OFB Wishes You a Very Happy Christmas

25 December, 2007
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Holiday Hiatus

24 December, 2007

One of the great traditions in hockey is something other sports don’t do. The NHL actually closes for two days allowing the players, officials, and team staffs and employees spend the Christmas holiday with their families. The last time they played over the holidays was Christmas Eve of 1972 when Michael Nylander was a mere [...]

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Trade Ovechkin? It May Come to That

23 December, 2007

The Comcast broadcast booth discussion last night of Mike Cammalleri’s game — Coach Boudreau informing JoeB and Craig that the gifted LA Kings’ pivot was, after Ovechkin, the most gifted hockey player he’d seen up close (Boudreau coached him in Manchester) — was interesting to me, to say the least. The Kings have a wealth [...]

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Knee-Jerks @ N.Y. Islanders, 12/22/07

23 December, 2007

Ah, the holiday break sets in, and so does the confusion in the Caps’ defensive zone. In what was as entertaining as watching strangers play Risk, the Isles and the Caps duked it out on in New York. Sadly, the Grinch struck on this one. Kolzig looked relatively sharp until the final 10 minutes of [...]

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