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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Russian Hockey Meets Its Waterloo

25 February, 2010

Two figures loom large in Russia’s spectacular fail in the Olympic quarterfinals last night: goaltender Evgeni Nabakov and head coach Vyacheslav Bykov. Nabakov’s wholly ineffectual performance reminded of Semyon Varlamov’s in game 7 against Pittsburgh last spring. It happens to even the most talented of netminders. Obviously you just don’t want it happening in the [...]

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Americans Squeak Into Semis: USA 2 / Switzerland 0

24 February, 2010
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A Russian Blogger’s Preview of Tonight’s Big Game

24 February, 2010

OFB Comrade Dmitry Chesnokov has been making the rounds today on radio and the web offering his insights on tonight’s marquee matchup between Russia and Canada. We asked him to offer a real quick synopsis for our readers. “This is the game that most, if not everybody, has been looking forward to. Most Canadians agree with me. [...]

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Have the Admin Asst. Hold Yours Calls — Hockey’s on All Day

24 February, 2010

In about 30 minutes’ time I’ll begin some serious multi-tasking in my office. Around 10:30 I’ll begin following John Walton’s online call of the Hershey Bears’ schoolday game in Cleveland against the Lake Erie Monsters, a rematch of last Saturday’s 4-1 Bears’ triumph. The American League, to its credit, schedules a handful of these mid-morning [...]

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Vancouver: Not a Moveable Feast for Jay Feaster

24 February, 2010

“Does anyone else miss the NHL?” former Tampa GM Jay Feaster opens his anti-Olympics opinion of this week in the Hockey News. Well, Jay, that’s a relative question. Do I miss Caps-Pens matinees on snowy winter weekends? Or Caps-Flyers hate-fests on any day of the week? You bet. But Caps versus anybody in the SouthLeast, [...]

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Keith Olberman’s Never Seen These Numbers

23 February, 2010

Holy Congested-on-Cable, Batman! You gotta figure NBC will ponder moving the Winter Classic over to MSNBC now, and see if it can’t locate an ice dancing competition for New Years afternoon for the big outlet. Tip of the hat to Steve Lepore of Puck the Media for rounding up more impressive TV numbers from Sunday [...]

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A Miracle Acknowledged by Today’s American Hockey Stars

22 February, 2010

Up in Hershey this past weekend our blogger colleague Eric McErlain of Off Wing Opinion  joined us in a patriotic questioning of the Hershey Bears’ John Carlson. Carlson of course etched his name in American hockey lore last month, sudden-death silencing Canadians in Saskatoon and delivering the American Under-20 team gold. With the arrival of [...]

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High Drama in Aboriginal Dress

22 February, 2010

Pictured here: lead players from last night’s ice dancing competition at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Russians Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin, whom NBC chose to spotlight in prime time in lieu of a certain high-profile hockey game. Core demographic served: those who should be cross-checked in the head.

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Maybe . . . Just Maybe . . . NBC Wishes It Had Run Hockey Last Night

22 February, 2010

Before we address last night’s U.S.-Canada showdown, a word of hello from the Capitals’ captain to the former Capitals’ quitter, at Olympic center ice, in Super Sunday’s first big game: Can’t watch that too often, can we? The only way to improve on that Marlboro Man moment would have been if Jagr were still dating [...]

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Woah, Canada! Undefeated Americans Get A Bye: USA 5 / Canada 3

21 February, 2010
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