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Monthly Archives: March 2008

New Fan Promotion in Hershey: Surgical Mask Night

26 March, 2008

Tonight the Hershey Bears will visit the Norfolk Admirals in a pivotal game in the American Hockey League’s stretch run. The schedule and the game program will identify Norfolk’s opponent as Hershey, but the actual players wearing maroon sweaters will be recognized by few who’ve followed the Bears in recent seasons. A staggering amount of [...]

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Record Setting Night and Two Big Points: Caps 3 / Canes 2 / AO 61 – SO

25 March, 2008
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Record Broken: Alex the Gr8 Sets Capitals Season Goal Scoring Mark

25 March, 2008

On the night Alex Ovechkin’s 61st goal broke the Capitals’ record for most goals in a single season, Comcast SportsNet aired the following tribute video from the Washington Capitals. [googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-898734684868329465[/googlevideo]

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Virginia Hockey Natives in NCAA Men's Frozen Four

25 March, 2008

College hockey is about to begin its annual best-of-the-best tournament; two Virginia-born hockey players are gearing up for their respective schools during this weekend’s first round on the way to the NCAA 2008 Men’s Frozen Four. Sophomore Matt Fairchild, of Ashburn, Va., is a forward for the Air Force Falcons. After 36 games he was [...]

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Gabby and Ovie Chat up the Press

25 March, 2008

Late Monday afternoon the NHL conducted a media conference call with Washington Capitals head coach Bruce Boudreau and left wing Alex Ovechkin. OFB was able to listen in and ask a few questions. We figured there would be many about Alex hitting the 60-goal mark. Since Alex’s focus is on the Capitals making the playoffs, [...]

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Alexander Ovechkin, Stand-Up Comedian

25 March, 2008

As if his on-ice accomplishments weren’t enough, Alexander Ovechkin can keep ‘em in stitches too. Gennady Boguslavsky, Sovsport‘s Montreal-based reporter, recently asked Ovechkin a few questions others wouldn’t. Boguslavsky clearly caught Ovechkin in a pretty mischievous mood. Thank you to our friend and newly-minted countryman Dmitry Chesnokov for the translation. Q. If you were to [...]

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Young at 60

24 March, 2008

The number crunching folks at the Elias Sports Bureau took a look at all the players who scored 60 or more goals in a season. When Alex Ovechkin scored number 60 on Friday night, he became the fifth-youngest player to reach that milestone at 22 years, 186 days old. The four before him are: Wayne [...]

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A Stretch Run That Could Yield a Southeast Facelift

24 March, 2008

Take a look at the records of these Southeast division teams in their last 10 games: Carolina: 8-2-0; Washington: 7-3-0; Florida: 8-1-1 That’s a .766 winning percentage by the division’s top three teams in crunch time. All three have entered March as lions. These seem more like performances by Southbeasts than teams from the “Southleast.” [...]

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The "Other" Bracket – Road to the Frozen Four

24 March, 2008

Here are the matchups for the 2008 NCAA Hockey Championship. Albany (East) No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 4 Niagara No. 2 St. Cloud State vs. No. 3 Clarkson Colorado Springs (West) No. 1 New Hampshire vs. No. 4 Notre Dame No. 2 Colorado College vs. No. 3 Michigan State Madison (Midwest) No. 1 North Dakota [...]

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Two Young Swedes Compared

23 March, 2008

A Hockeysfuture staffer on Saturday offered a comparison between 2008 draft-eligible Anton Gustafsson, son of former Caps’ great Bengt, and 2006 first-rounder Patrik Berglund (no. 25 to St. Louis). Hockey sense: Equal Speed: Equal Technical skills: Berglund Offensive game: Berglund Defensive game: Gustafsson Two-way game: Gustafsson Shooting: Equal Playmaking: Equal Leadership: Equal Physical game: Gustafsson [...]

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