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Monthly Archives: December 2009

Brodeur Bedeviled: Caps 4 / Devils 1

Alexander Semin Signs Extension

According to Tarik El-Bashir of the Washignton Post Alexander Semin has agreed to a one-year extension. El-Bashir did not report the monetary amount in the tweet. Tarik El-Bashir: Alexander Semin has agreed to a one-year extension, GM George McPhee confirmed moments ago. Semin is a four year pro who was drafted 13th overall by the [...]

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Festive Fans Share the Spirit

There was even more red than usual at the Caps’ 5-2 defeat of the Sabres on December 23. Here are just a few of the Washington Capitals fans who were clearlyfeeling the holiday spirit. Merry Christmas from the OFB Family to yours!

Meet Washington’s Hanson Sisters

Earlier this season we schemed what we thought would be good fun for OFB’s Christmas card in 2009: outfit three of our favorite hockey lovers among local media — Comcast Sportsnet’s Tara Wheeler, Lisa Hillary, and Michelle Scalise — in Charlestown Chiefs’ sweaters and Santa’s caps at one of Washington’s most scenic skating locales, and [...]

A Night for Great Skating, and Morrison’s Magnificent Marker

This week I have as part of my city-to-suburban-home commute a wonderful walk through some snowy suburban woods. I arrived at the woods late last night fresh off a thrilling and well played hockey game downtown, featuring two quality hockey clubs, aware that much-need holiday leisure was setting in at last. It was a walk [...]

It’s Not Miller Time in Washington: Caps 5 / Sabres 2

Case Studies in Development Patience: Eric Fehr, Tomas Fleischmann, and Jeff Schultz

A quick lesson in hockey prospect development: be patient. Last May, as Capitals’ players packed up their gear after succumbing to the Penguins in seven games and headed home for the offseason, an awful lot of Caps’ fans rightly wondered what management would do to upgrade a roster that, while 100-pt.-worthy and playoff-perennial, seemed an [...]

Virginia, Is There a Santa Claus?

Not only has OrderedChaos opened himself to stalking, he has reminded Virginians that Maryland already has their Washington Capitals branded license plates. Fellow Virginians, we only have just over a week to reach the minimum required applications to establish the Washington Capitals Virginia license plate. Only 24 more applications are needed. For the cost of [...]

Forgotten No Longer: The 1960 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

Imagine setting out to document in film a historic sports achievement which by virtue of its time period offers only minimal archival footage. A great, great story to be told without much in the way of camera-eye evidence. Such was the dilemma-challenge confronted by Andrew Sherburne and Tommy Haines, makers of the celebrated 2007 documentary [...]

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