20 March, 2010

Category Archives: Bruce Boudreau

There’s an Institutional Fight to These ‘Canes

11 March, 2010

A near 100-point team, hosting a hopeless, 60-point team, ought to win comfortably, no? Not when the underdog is the Carolina Hurricanes and the favored adversary is the Caps. The ‘Canes, no matter the month in the calendar, no matter how low the stakes, skate up in the proverbial grill against the Caps just about [...]

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A Star in Net at the Other End

9 March, 2010

No team has any business beating these Washington Capitals when they pump 52 shots on net, literally doubling the shots tally of the opponent, as the Caps did last night in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Dallas Stars, but hockey has a last line of defense, and on Monday night at Verizon Center Marty [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Dallas Stars, Eric Belanger, John Carlson, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Semyon Varlamov, Verizon Center, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

Let There Be (Good) Music and Dancing Amid All This Winning

7 March, 2010

When I think of the two most significant advances/evolutions in Caps’ hockey over the course of 35 years, and their impact on hockey culture here, I point to the rabid red atmosphere enveloping the team at home in Chinatown and the team’s new-age approach to cultivating media coverage.
Ron Weber on Saturday night told me that [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, American Hockey League, Atlanta Thrashers, Hershey Bears, Hockey Music, Jose Theodore, Media, Mike Vogel, National Hockey League, Semyon Varlamov, Southeast Division, Ted Leonsis, Washington Capitals, hockey blogging | Comments (0)

A Night for Newcomers

5 March, 2010

We’ll get to Scott Walker, aka Maurice Richard, in a minute.
First up, however, is the status of John Carlson. In Thursday night’s postgame Bruce Boudreau said that there would be neither callups nor demotions going forward, meaning, it sure looks like Carly’s here to stay. That means, you would have to think, that the Caps [...]

Also filed in Eastern Conference, John Carlson, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Nicklas Backstrom, Scott Walker, Washington Capitals | Comments (5)

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, [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, American Hockey, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Olympic hockey, Southeast Division, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vancouver Olympics, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

Too Little Too Late

12 February, 2010

Remember about 10 days ago when sentiment began to surface that the arrival of the Olympic break would prove injurious to all that great Caps’ Mojo? Today, not so much sentiment. In fact, in last night’s postgame, Bruce Boudreau explicitly claimed that the Olympic break couldn’t arrive soon enough for his club. He’s right. The [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Morning cup-a-joe, Olympic hockey, Ottawa Senators, Semyon Varlamov, Washington Capitals | Comments (7)

An Ending and a Beginning

11 February, 2010

The big picture: Hockey in the National League has been contested since 1917, and in all that time only two clubs have achieved winning streaks longer than the Washington Capitals’ run of 14 — the Islanders’ 15 consecutive wins of 1981-82 and the Penguins’ 17 in a row during the ‘92-’93 season. There’s a strong [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Montreal Canadiens, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Washington Capitals | Comments (9)

A Statement Win with the Nation Watching

8 February, 2010

On Super Snowy Super Sunday, a statement win. Against them. Extending a historic winning streak. Let us go sledding in red and enjoy another snow day.
Turning point? In a game in which the Caps trailed 4-1, I actually thought it came with Ovi beating Marc-Andre Fleury on a second-period breakaway to cut a 2-0 deficit in half. [...]

Also filed in 2 Points, Alexander Ovechkin, Eastern Conference, Media, Mike Milbury, NBC, National Hockey League, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals | Comments (8)

Musings of a Snow Refugee

7 February, 2010

Never has a hockey rink seemed as warm as entering Verizon Center did to me this morning. Like so many thousands around our region, I’ve been without power in my home since late Friday night. I got to see all of the Capitals’ victory over Atlanta, and not long into the Comcast post-game the fatal and [...]

Also filed in Hockey Towns, Hockey Weather, Mullets, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, Washington the Hockey Town | Comments (6)

A Warm Voice from ‘84 Makes a Reminiscing Return

1 February, 2010

It was wonderful seeing Ron Weber seated way up high in Verizon Center Sunday afternoon, headset on, mouth moving before a radio microphone with a sheet of ice below him. He joined Jonathon Warner during Federal News Radio’s Capitals’ pre-game program, and he had clutched in his hands a copy of the gamesheet from February [...]

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