22 March, 2010

Category Archives: Corey Masisak

More Great Media Emerges To Cover the Caps

19 March, 2010

Two promising and appealing new media products have debuted recently and are worth highlighting.
On February 3, the Capitals began a partnership with the Examiner, running an advertisement section wrapped around the cover of the daily titled ‘Caps Extra.’ It’s an eye-catching, highly visual, four-page, color supplement that features color photos, four feature files bylined by [...]

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New Media Convergence on the Farm

19 February, 2010

This weekend OFB embarks on a roadtrip we’ve sought since our start — to Hershey, but hauling along with us a hearty contingent of D.C. hockey bloggers. We’ve long wanted to take our new media party up to Chocolatetown for a weekend and see if we could just blow the lid off the terrific puck [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Comcast SportsNet, Giant Center, Hershey Bears, Hockey Towns, John Walton, Media, Prospects, Tim Leone, Washington Capitals, hockey blogging | Comments (1)

Colleague Lost

31 December, 2009

Today’s merriment and celebration is tempered greatly by a sad reality in Washington sports media: today marks the final edition of the Washington Times as Washingtonians have come to know it for the better part of of 30 years. The entire sports department at the paper has been pink-slipped. It was a development whose impact [...]

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Top of the Tweet for the Week of December 5

6 December, 2009

We thought it might be fun and interesting to highlight Top Tweets from the Captials’ Twitter community we came across during the past week. And we’ll probably offer up a roundup of Top Tweets each week. This week was filled with talk of Ovi’s hit and style of play, the Philadelphia massacre, some vague indiscretion [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, American Hockey League, Bengt Gustafsson, Chris Bourque, Dan Steinberg, Dmitry Chesnokov, George McPhee, Hockey Reading, Hockey Wit, John Walton, Media, Mike Vogel, Nate Ewell, National Hockey League, New media, Twitter, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

A Homecoming Debut

21 October, 2008

By now you know the Washington Capitals have recalled defenseman Tyler Sloan from Hershey for this west coast road trip.  It is expected that Sloan will make his NHL debut tonight in his native city of Calgary.
A nice piece on Sloan’s journey to the NHL can be found in both The Post and The Times [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Hershey Bears, John Walton, Minor Pro Hockey, Tarik El-Bashir, Washington Post, Washington Times | Comments (2)

Case Study in How Hockey Can Be Covered: This Week's Washington Times

10 October, 2008

We’re posting the sports section fronts, with links,¬†for the Washington Times from each of the last three mornings, as they are¬†the visual equivalent of snazzy billboards beautifully boasting of Washington’s privileged status in the NHL these days. To the Times we say, we want your pixels and your print! ¬†

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Case Study in How Hockey Can Be Covered: This Week's Washington Times

10 October, 2008

We’re posting the sports section fronts, with links,¬†for the Washington Times from each of the last three mornings, as they are¬†the visual equivalent of snazzy billboards beautifully boasting of Washington’s privileged status in the NHL these days. To the Times we say, we want your pixels and your print! ¬†

Also filed in Media, Print, Washington Capitals, Washington Times | Comments (13)

How a Cup Contender Candidate Is Identified

2 October, 2008

The flattering forecasts are coming in fast and furious. The Caps are a consensus selection to win the Southeast division for a second consecutive season, but additionally, they’re commonly identified either explicitly as a Stanley Cup contender or a “dark horse” one. To quote the good living theme from the movie ‘Things to To in [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Boyd Gordon, Brooks Laich, Bruce Boudreau, Internet, Media, Michael Nylander, Mike Green, Morning cup-a-joe, Nicklas Backstrom, Prospects, Sergei Fedorov, Tomas Fleischmann, Washington Capitals, Washington Times, Washington the Hockey Town | Comments (5)

Open File: Duchesne Cup Championship

23 September, 2008

[Check out the first published photos of the presentation of the Duchesne Cup.]
I alone among camp chroniclers am sporting a playoff beard during the Duchesne Cup Challenge, but I was also a big Gator fan.
Bruce Boudreau gets the credit for conceiving the Duschesne Cup (recommended viewing: Lisa Hillary’s coverage of it), and initially, I thought [...]

Also filed in Bruce Boudreau, Former Coaches & Players, Gaetan Duchesne, Internet, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Lisa Hillary, Media, Prospects, Tarik El-Bashir, The Duchesne Cup, Washington Capitals, Washington Post, Washington Times, Washington the Hockey Town | Comments (9)

Travel Agents Need Not Apply: My R&R at the September Rink

22 September, 2008

Welcome to my vacation. This week I have friends recreating in Switzerland, Canada, and Virginia Beach. Meanwhile, I’m spending my week-long R&R at Kettler Capitals. No offense to my traditional vacation-traveling friends, but I think mine the most alluring, fulfilling, and restorative of getaways. And yes, most exotic. You could offer me a cruise, a [...]

Also filed in Alexander Semin, Donald Brashear, Hardcore Hockey Fans, Hockey, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Lisa Hillary, Media, Mike Vogel, Morning cup-a-joe, Prospects, Tarik El-Bashir, Washington Capitals, Washington the Hockey Town | Comments (9)

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